2025 Speakers
Kelly Tran, Senior Game Designer, The Believer Company
Kelly M. Tran, PhD is a Senior Game Designer at Believer. She has designed and led playtesting and research on games for children as a Principal Applied Designer at Evolved Play and as a Game Designer at Tuxedo Games, as well as through research projects affiliated with the National Science Center and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Her personal projects, available on her itch.io page, explore innovative narratives and player experiences. She has also written for tabletop RPGs, including Fetch My Blade, recognized among Polygon's Best TTRPGs of 2023.