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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Bjarke Alexander LarsenNarrative Designer, ResearcherIndependent

Bjarke A. Larsen is a Narrative Designer and Researcher. He got a PhD in Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz, where he studied communal narrative in live service games. He worked on mobile games for 2+ years and has made a variety of personal games, as well as dabbled in ARG and Escape Room design. As a creative writer, academic, and system-builder, he is interested in storytelling in games, and the intersection of interaction, technology, and narrative experience.

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