Victor Thompson

Victor will discuss the production process for the game West of Loathing, including concept development, design, production, and marketing.

Victor Thompson is a Minneapolis-born game maker who is currently working as a contract programmer for various games and game-adjacent projects.

Knowing the Ropes of Fantasy Tropes

Kieran Sheldon

Fantastical stories are more than mere escapism. In this talk, I will examine how fantasy tropes and game mechanics can combine to shed light on real-world situations and struggles.

Kieran Sheldon is a fantasy writer and game design student at Northeastern University. He has recently released his first game, Luminous, a dark narrative platformer that was featured and recommended on itch.io.