I am an active public speaker, focusing on sharing my knowledge and experience in games writing and narrative design, as well as occasionally discussing some of the community work I’ve done to help lessen barriers for marginalized folks to enter and succeed in the game industry.
Speaking Highlights
Worldbuilding: Balance and Systems of Power panel at AugurCon, 2023
Panelists include: myself, Natalie Zina Walschots, Suzan Palumbo, and Rati Mehrohtra
Branching Stories: Unraveling Narrative Design Across Studios and Games panel at IGDA Toronto for Toronto Games Week, 2023
Panelists include: myself, Nuha Alkadi, and Josh Labelle
Narrative Design Panel at XP Game Developer Summit, 2023
Panelists included: myself, Victoria Evans, Maria Beck, and Anthea Foyer
Game Narrative Integration at Interactive Ontario’s Indie Superboost, 2022
Intro to Narrative Design & The Importance of Good Friction, at Code Coven, 2022
Nurturing Narrative Teams with New Media Manitoba, at New Media Manitoba, 2020
“From a Friend of a Friend”: Making Games Out Of Urban Legends, at Canzine 2022
Case Study: Valuable Learnings from CAPY’s 6-Month Mentorship Program at devCOM’s Call for Change Summit, 2021
Panelists include: Farah Coculuzzi, Kaitlin Tremblay, Hassan DuRant, Deborah Mensah-Bonsu
Game Narrative 20XX: Futures of Interactive Storytelling, at PAX West, 2018
Panelists include: Aaron Linde, Josh Scherr, Jolie Menzel, Kaitlin Tremblay, Alex Kain, Walt Willaims
Storytelling for Videogames, at Pixelatl, 2019
So, You Want To Be A Games Writer?, at IndieCade, 2016
Writing and Designing Text-Based Horror Games about Mental Illness, at NarraScope, 2020
DMG, Community-informed Leadership, at DMG 2021
Building A Better World Through Games, at Ubisoft Toronto, 2019
Panelists include: Riot’s Soha El-Sabaawi, Microsoft’s Gabi Michel, Tru Luv’s Brie Code, and Ubisoft’s Kaitlin Tremblay
Writeup of event here
Damage Labs : Building supports for marginalized studio founders, XP Game Developer Summit (2021)
Panelists include: Izzie Colpitts-Campbell, Kaitlin Tremblay
Hustle and Flow: Real Talk on Making It (2017)
Panelists include: Tanya DePass [Director, I Need Diverse Games], Shana Byrant [Take-Two Interactive, Senior Producer], Kaitlyn Tremblay [Writer / Narrative Designer, Freelance], Zoe Quinn [Game Designer, Independent], Brandon Stennis [Community Manager, XSplit], Kahlief Adams [Host / Co-Founder, Spawn on Me Podcast]
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