2025 Speakers
Austin Grossman, Principal Desginer, Windup Minds
Austin Grossman is an author, narrative designer and XR designer. His game credits include Ultima Underworld 2, System Shock, Jurassic Park: Trespasser, Deus Ex, LMNO (unreleased Spielberg/EA project), Epic Mickey, Dishonored, Dishonored: the Brigmore Witches, and Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall. He worked as Interactive Design Director at Magic Leap, prototyping games and storytelling experiences. and as Principal Designer at the XR startup QXR Studios. He is currently Principal Designer at Windup Minds. He is the author of the novels Soon I Will Be Invincible, YOU, and Crooked, with several unannounced works forthcoming. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. His writing has also appeared in Granta, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He has an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and is A.B.D. in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught game design and production at Columbia University, and is currently an adjunct professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
