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Game Narrative Summit: Creating a Living World in 'Horizon Forbidden West'
Speaker: Espen Sogn (Guerrilla)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Effective Feedback for Game Writers, Narrative Designers, and Collaborators
Speakers: Alexa Ray Corriea (Electronic Arts), Lis Moberly (Obsidian)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Game Narrative Review Competition Winners: Poster Analysis
Location: Room 3014, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Game Narrative, Special Event
Format: Special Event
Game Narrative Summit: Respecting Player Fantasies in Dating Sims
Speaker: Betty Robertson (Survios)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Building Rome in a Day: A Sociological Storytelling Primer
Speaker: Jennifer Allaway (Monolith Productions)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Story: An Atomic Theory
Summit Speaker: Jeremy Bernstein (Volition)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Devising Stories as an Ensemble
Summit Speaker: Alison Lührs (Bungie)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: The Best and Most Stealable Mechanics from Tabletop RPGs
Speaker: Evan Hill (Obsidian)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: IP Development: Methodologies and Strategies
Summit Speaker: Mike Laidlaw (Yellow Brick Games)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: AAA-TYPICAL: Character and Story Arcs in Open Gameplay Structures
Speakers: Brendan Hennessy (Ubisoft Toronto), Heli Kennedy (Ubisoft Toronto)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Pitching and Workshopping Side Quests for 'Horizon Forbidden West'
Speaker: Tim Stobo (Guerrilla)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: It's Not in the Writer's Manual: A Q&A Session for New Writers
Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley (Schnoodle Media, LLC), Jennifer Allaway (Monolith Productions), Beth LaPensée (Twin Suns Corp), Jeremy Bernstein (Volition), Whitney "Strix" Beltrán (Hidden Path Entertainment)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Panel
Speaker: Graham Parkes (GoodbyeWorld Games)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Storied Bodies: DEI Topics Through Immersive Narrative Design
Speaker: Miko Reyes (Praxis Labs)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: The Future of Interactive Cinema
Summit Speakers: Simay Dinc (Recontact Games), Eray Dinc (Recontact Games)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Live, Laugh, Outline: Creating Functional Outlines That Are Good
Speaker: Tyler Hutchison (HeartMachine)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Summit: Minimal Space, Maximum Character: Creating Characters in Small Spaces
Speaker: Rowan Williams (Sprocket Games)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Lecture
Game Narrative Roundtable Day 1: Professional
Speaker: Richard Dansky (Crytek)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Roundtable
Game Narrative Roundtable Day 2: Technical
Speaker: Richard Dansky (Crytek)
Location: Room 306, South Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Roundtable
Game Narrative Roundtable Day 3: Conceptual
Speaker: Richard Dansky (Crytek)
Location: Room 312, South Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Roundtable
Title: Franchise Narrative Director
Company: Crytek
A 20+ year veteran of the video game industry, Richard Dansky has worked on franchises including The Division, Splinter Cell, Might and Magic and many more. He is the author of 8 novels, most recently Ghost of a Marriage, and was a key contributor to White Wolf's seminal TTRPG setting The World of Darkness. Richard is a member of the advisory board for the Game Narrative Summit and curates the narrative track at East Coast Game Conference. He lives in North Carolina with felines and single malt scotch for companionship.