InnerSphereNews, on 30 March 2019 - 12:38 PM, said:
Greetings MechWarriors! Mech Dads unite to raise awareness for Autism!
Play some matches for "Dad Bot" related Items
inspired by PGI Employee Mike Forst's daughter.
"Piranha Games, developers of MechWarrior Online, is partnering with Autism Canada to advocate for and support people with Autism and their families so that those on the Autism Spectrum can have full, healthy and happy lives."
Look for more details on Monday!
Live Streams starting April 2nd
speaking as one of your community members with Autism.... thank you. Also hank you for NOT being linked (I think) to Autism Speaks.
johntherussian, on 30 March 2019 - 02:46 PM, said:
only to ********. Which admittedly MWO forums at least have their share of. (as does gaming and the internet in general)
Mike Forst, on 30 March 2019 - 05:03 PM, said:
My daughter who has autism drew the Dadbot art. A couple of years ago I picked her from her Kindergarten field trip and brought her back to the office for the rest of the afternoon until it was time to go home. I found her some pencil crayons and she ended up drawing a robot with DAD written underneath it.
I shared it on Twitter and our resident concept artist, Alex Iglesias, saw it and quickly drew it up as MWO concept art and then replied to my Tweet with it. From there modeling it as a cockpit item ended up in our project management software and now it's going to be in the game.
I'm very happy and proud to have my daughter's doodle tunr into something that can help so many other people. It's always great to be able to give back and spread awareness.
I'll be going on streams starting on Tuesday to share my daughter's and my story and to help spread awareness. I look forward to talking to everyone and am more than willing to talk about my experiences.
that's awesome Mike. Always happy to show support for others on the spectrum.
Edited by Bishop Steiner, 30 March 2019 - 05:48 PM.