2025 Speakers
Nessa Cannon, Game Writer/Narrative Designer, Independent
Nessa Cannon is a game writer and narrative designer with three years of experience on over a dozen games, primarily as a freelancer in the indie space. She has worked on indie hits OnlyCans: Thirst Date, Endoparasitic, and Waves of Steel, and is currently a lead writer on upcoming Raw Fury-published Star Trucker. She is a consultant on Annapurna's Forever Ago and wrote for a currently unannounced AAA project. She has spoken at PAX Online, Narrascope, and as a guest lecturer for CSU Los Angeles and Northeastern University. Nessa has been the recipient of several awards such as IGDA Velocity and Amplifying New Voices 2023.