GDC 2025 Speakers (Group 1)
Discover and connect with our incredible speakers for the 2025 Game Developers Conference! Will add more groups as needed.
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@pixelpoutine.bsky.social
Game Designer at Bethesda Game Studios Montréal. Union organizer at One BGS (CWA Canada Local 30111)
@tisseranddavid.bsky.social
Director of #a11y @Ubisoft | Former #GamesUR on @AssassinsCreed and @PlayStation games & hardware | Trust the process | DMs open | Words are mine | He/Him
@fadingz.bsky.social
イラストレーターです🎨 | 日本語・English(🇮🇪/🇺🇸)・中文(台) | http://skeb.jp/@FadingzZ | https://www.pixiv.net/users/27318346 | https://twitter.com/FadingzZ | お仕事のご相談はDMでお願いします | 禁🚫NO REUSE/NO AI🚫禁 | Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft. Posts are my own
@jzagal.bsky.social
Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/ https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
@amoufarek.bsky.social
Group PM, AI Research @GoogleDeepMind | Gemini | Project Astra | SIMA | Genie Formerly with Ubisoft (Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs) and Softbank Robotics (Pepper)
@randyevergreen.bsky.social
Cool dad. Game director and designer. Classic Thief series, indie studio Tiger Style (Waking Mars, Spider: Bryce Manor, Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon), freelance game developer. Multiple GotY award winner. Austin and Vermont.
@heartimecia.bsky.social
bi and ready to cry over games | writer and ex award-winning journalist | PR @ Future Friends Games | game design consultant | the game awards future class ‘20 | she/her
@sirrosen.bsky.social
Game Director + Lead Designer on Pacific Drive. Nectar Vector next. Before: Bioshock Infinite, Don't Starve, Mafia 3. Liked Movie. he/him
@emmakidwell.bsky.social
Award-nominated writer at Firaxis | Opinions are my own | Narrative for Hindsight | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/
@icotom.icopartners.com
🙋 Co-founder of @icopartners.com & @crowdfunding-agency.com 👾Supporting self-publishing game companies (Strategy | Marketing | PR) 🙆♂️Crowdfunding specialist.
@alan-blaine.bsky.social
Cat Dad and Principal Technical Game Designer for Bungie. Red Dead 1&2, GTA5, Destiny 2(various), The Warriors... (He/Him)
@lisaorgana.bsky.social
Senior Comms Manager at @icopartners.com (Baldur's Gate 3, Darkest Dungeon II, Tavern Keeper) - Cosplayer - Twitch Affiliate - GDC Speaker 🇩🇪 based in 🇬🇧 Next Events: Camp Cosplay, MCM For PR inquiries: lisa@icopartners.com linktr.ee/lisaorgana
@gorlak.bsky.social
Software Engineer @ Nvidia Omniverse. Formerly games industry vet of Infinity Ward, Kojima Productions, and Insomniac Games. Amateur Olympic Recurve archer.
@rystorm.com
Product & UX Designer for Tools, Freelance @ https://rystorm.com/ Previously Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC. Gets really excited about workflows.
@jrawry.bsky.social
Founder of Coquito Games Lead Narrative Designer at Lunacy Studios, Programmer, Musician, Writer, Anthropologist, Activist, Polymath, Adventurer, Dreamer. Opinions are my own.
@jeff-hanna.bsky.social
Father, (sometimes) pilot, and a 30-year veteran of the games industry. Now I work on the Omniverse team @ NVIDIA. Along with all of that, I am also a regular speaker at, and board member for, Game Developers Conference.
@seb-long.bsky.social
MD at Player Research. Inspiring creatives and empowering gamedev leaders with research that makes great games. BAFTA. IGDA. A11y.
@carlaeng.bsky.social
Founder Betweened - family-friendly social media. Interactive media innovator. Backpacker. Improviser. Mom. Badass. https://betweened.io
@loulamer.bsky.social
Person (they/she) who enjoys things also video game producer, consultant, coach.
@sousourocket.bsky.social
Truant Pixel VP, First Bite Games, VO director for Red Spring Studio. Attorney, voiceover director, writer, lover of games. She/her. #codenameBFR #projectpartycity #dateeverything
@toiya.bsky.social
Available for Narrative Consulting and Editing! Writer | Editor | Pseudo-Academic | Geek Schnoodle Media, LLC Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/toiya (working on a VN) http://schnoodlemedia.com http://toiyakfinley.com http://plumedeomnomnom.tumblr.com
@apepers.bsky.social
Technical system designer, proc gen ranger/druid, Roguelike Celebration MC, kaiju groupie (she/her)
@meshmodeler.bsky.social
Lead Material Artist | PlayStation Studios Visual Arts | Ex Infinity Ward | Ex Kojima Productions | Adj Professor @LCAD @Gnomon
@hughchew.bsky.social
Senior Environment Material Artist | Instructor @ AAU & LCAD| 31 | He/Him https://linktr.ee/hughchew
@markschramm.bsky.social
Director of Engineering @ Creature working on Starship Home; Also Dev @ SUPERHOT VR, Laser Dance; Made Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze & Gravity Lab; DICE & Proto Award Winner DMs always open!
@batteringham.bsky.social
GDC Talk: Bear Hugs and Dev Tears https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/bear-hugs-and-dev-tears-building-stories-for-cozy-grove-camp-spirit/907863 Lead game designer for Cozy Grove; Camp Spirit, scavenger of knick-knacks. ❤️🐌 https://linktr.ee/aliciafortier
@alexaray.bsky.social
🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Writer and narrative designer for video games, TV and stuff. NOW: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
@angeloalcid.com
Senior Corporate Counsel at Xbox Game Studios, legal guy for Halo, Gears of War, and Hellblade. Probably logged in to FFXIV right now. he/him
@huff.mn
Attorney - Founder @OdinLaw.com - Counsel to video game, tech & media companies - Strategic advisor - Father
@abogamer.bsky.social
🎮Video game lawyer. Researching: ©️ copyright, creativity, art & AI 🧠 Cognitive capitalism, XR & neurotech ethics 🔴@TEDfellow ▶️@BKCHarvard alumni ⚡Founder @womeningamesar My book📕: 'ARTficial:creativity, AI & Copyright' https://www.abogamer.com/
@themoonis.gay
Technical Producer on Asgard's Wrath 2 | Previously: Gears of War, Unity, God of War, God of War: Ragnarok | Forbes 30u30 2020 | 🏳️🌈✡️ https://ko-fi.com/qorquiq
@efparkery.bsky.social
Future Class 2021 #TheGameAwards, Gameplay Animator at That's No Moon, Prev: Santa Monica Studio #GodOfWarRagnarok, she/her
@jammerlee.bsky.social
ASR co-editor-in-chief, ASO artist, gamer, livestreamer, CEO of Metal Sonic (they/she/he) (disabled/chronically ill) ⭐️ http://jammerlee.com ⭐️ http://ko-fi.com/jammerlee ⭐️ http://twitch.tv/thejammerlee ⭐️ http://throne.com/jammerlee
@noabeazley.bsky.social
Composer: Re:Awaken, Phosfi, Protodroid DeLTA, A Token War | Professor of Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music | Boston Game Dev board of directors noabeazley.com/portfolio
@chasebethea.bsky.social
Multi-Award Winning Video Game Composer | 25+ games shipped | Global Game Jam 22’ Keynote Speaker | Commissions are Closed Business Inquiries (composer work, guest speaker, podcast guest, audio consultant) contact: chasebethea@gmail.com
@celiahodent.com
Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 celiahodent.com
@laiabee.bsky.social
@pincergames co-founder/ former president and volunteer at @Cavi_uy / #1reasontobe organizer at @officialgdc.bsky.social / LatamVGF Coord/ #thegameawards Future Class/ She/Her
@officialgdc.bsky.social
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