Speakers
Gabe Cuzzillo, Developer, Independent
Gabe Cuzzillo is an independent game developer based in Brooklyn. He was the creative mind behind the 2019 IGF-nominated game Ape Out, the producer of 2025's IGF award-winner Despelote, and taught game design for four years at the NYU Game Center. Most recently he was the co-creator of Baby Steps, an open-world hiking game published by Devolver Digital.