Speakers

Star Victoria Power (aka, Slide20XX) is a composer who writes colorful music for colorful games that is heavily researched and always on time. Their work includes contribution to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's DLC, Dominique's Curse; the soundtrack for Calico (a game about magical girls running a cat cafe); the anti-racist PSAs put out by Steven Universe; and electro-swing & jazz-hop for the visual novel, Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain. They're also founder of The Rising Star Patronage Project, an organization supporting marginalized video game music composers, founder of Black in Game Audio, and they had the honor of presenting the award for Best Audio at the 2026 Game Developer's Choice Awards.

Presenting:

• 8 Lessons From Freelancers: Surviving the Game Dev Apocalypse
• Practices of Support, Resilience, and Hope: A Diversity in Game Audio Roundtable