She graduated from
Florida Atlantic University, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Creative Writing, Gender and Sexuality Studies and from
New York University with a Masters of Arts. Her background is in media, teaching, and social justice advocacy. Her game,
Mainichi, role plays the day-to-day life of a
transgender person. It was exhibited at XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design in
Museum of Design Atlanta, the first-ever exhibition that highlights the work of women as game designers and artists. It was also exhibited at
Indiecade 2013. Her game helps create a notable presence for LGBT+ individuals in video games. Mattie also consults and speaks at gaming-related conferences like the
Game Developers Conference,
IndieCade, and the Queerness and Games Conference at the
Berkeley Center for New Media. She was a consultant for Spirit AI software. In 2013, she was on a panel about diversity in games at IGDA Summit and
GDC. In 2014, she was appointed as one of a hundred judges at the
Independent Games Festival. In 2017, she was associate director of IndieCade. She has taught gaming-related courses at different universities such as New York University and the
School of Visual Arts in New York City. Brice is currently a principal faculty member at the
University of California, Santa Cruz school of Art & Design: Games and Playable Media. == Works ==