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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Thomas ReiseneggerCo-Founder and CEOFuture Friends Games

Thomas co-founded the UK-based indie games promotion agency Future Friends Games with the goal of working on coolcoolcool indie games such as Vampire Survivors, Content Warning, Thronefall, What the Golf?, Rusty's Retirement, and Frog Detective. Since then Future Friends has also become a publisher, signing games like CloverPit, Tiny Aquarium, Summerhouse, Europa, The Cabin Factory, Gourdlets, Exo One and Laysara: Summit Kingdom. Best known for his popular GDC talks, blog posts and guides, Thomas recently pivoted to TikTok, both trying to get indies to go trending and becoming a TikTok influencer himself by racking up millions of views on silly topics. He uses his newfound power as in influencer to shed light on important social topics like, "is it okay to cut pizza with scissors?"

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