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Speakers, panelists and more

This year's confirmed (keynote) speakers and panelists!

Accurate as of publication on 19 November 2025. May be subject to change.

Dominic Armato

Voice actor – Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series

Talk: Defeating Impostor Syndrome: The Threepwood Method (Keynote)

Instagram | Bluesky

Sally Beaumont

Game writer & award-winning voiceover artist

Panelist: Finding the Funny: Approaches to comedy writing in narrative adventure games

Bluesky | Website

Alasdair Beckett-King

Comedian, novelist and game writer

Panelist: Finding the Funny: Approaches to comedy writing in narrative adventure games

Twitter | Bluesky

Mark Benis

Composer and game developer

Panelist: Story telling Through Audio: The Hidden Narrative

Instagram | Bandcamp

Sagar Beroshi

Narrative designer - The Chinese Room

Talk: Planning Your Haircut: Cutting Narrative Without Losing Style

LinkedIn | Website

Charles Cecil

Revolution Software

Talk: Reinventing classic adventures

Pierre Corbinais

Co-founder of THE PIXEL HUNT

Talk: The Delicate Art of Making Depressing Games

Website | Twitter

Seoirse Dunbar

Adventure Games Podcast

Panel host: Story telling Through Audio: The Hidden Narrative

Rahul Gandhi

Wiggin

Talk: It Takes Two… To Sign A Contract

Website | LinkedIn

Tom Hardwidge

Tall Story Games

Panel host: Finding the Funny: Approaches to comedy writing in narrative adventure games

Stark Holborn

Author, film reviewer and games writer

Talk: Murder She... Modularized? Authored Narrative in a Proc-Gen World

Jon Ingold

Co-founder of inkle

Talk: Always Trade Up: from inspiration to storyline

LinkedIn | Website

Antony Johnston

Celebrated author and videogames writer, including Atomic Blonde, Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village.

Talk: Just One More Chapter: How to Write a Great Story (Keynote)

Website | Bluesky

Jade Leamcharaskul

Composer, music director and audio producer

Panelist: Story telling Through Audio: The Hidden Narrative

Instagram | Website

Florent Maurin

Co-founder of THE PIXEL HUNT

Talk: The Delicate Art of Making Depressing Games

Website | Bluesky

Dave McCabe

Spooky Doorway

Panelist: Finding the Funny: Approaches to comedy writing in narrative adventure games

Website | LinkedIn

Christopher Morrison

Narrative Writer/Director - Reality +

Talk: Telling Conflict-less Stories

LinkedIn | Website

Mairi Nolan

Narrative game and puzzle designer

Talk: The Diegetic Lock: Designing Puzzles that Belong in Your World

Instagram | Website | Bluesky

Thomas Regin

North by Sound

Panelist: Story telling Through Audio: The Hidden Narrative

Steph Rennick

Games Researcher, University of Stirling

Talk: What’s going wrong with women’s dialogue in video games?

Adam Riches

Robust Games

Fireside chat: From Jam to Launch: A Fireside Chat with Adam Riches about Loco Motive

Panelist: Finding the Funny: Approaches to comedy writing in narrative adventure games

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Seán Roberts

Evolutionary psycholinguist, University of Cardiff

Talk: What’s going wrong with women’s dialogue in video games?

John Robertson

Creator - The Dark Room

Show: The Dark Room (the world's only live-action videogame)

Instagram | Website

Najmah Salam

Creative Artificer & Marketing Alchemist

Talk: How to Position Your Game Like A Pro

LinkedIn | Website

Husban Siddiqi

Fireside chat: From Jam to Launch: A Fireside Chat with Adam Riches about Loco Motive

Kathryn Vinclaire

Award-winning voiceover artist

Talk: Casting Actors For Indie Games - How To Get AAA Results on an Indie Budget

Instagram | Website

Andreas Wilcox

Clifftop Games

Talk: The Visual Effects of Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

Instagram | Website

Paul Zimmermann

Composer

Panelist: Story telling Through Audio: The Hidden Narrative

Instagram | Website

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