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Meet the Indie Game Academy Staff
Willem Delventhal
Willem is the Founder and Headmaster of the Indie Game Academy. Previously a Senior Engineer at Lumosity and the founder of multiple video game companies, Willem will be teaching you, guiding you, and cheering you on to create fun, meaningful games. Some call him The Wizard of Joy.
Viktor Blanke
Viktor Blanke is an Art Director based in Stockholm, via Sydney and London. Currently working at Mojang Studios and previously with Paradox Interactive and EA DICE. He strongly believes in the potential for storytelling and unique experiences within games as a medium, and its capacity for inclusion, understanding and discovery.
Mayara Fortin
Mayara is a producer for Profane MMORPG and a former Biz-Dev. She will be sharing insights on how and when to seek partnerships and business opportunities. She will also be the Head of House Cleric!
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Jeremy House
Jeremy is a self taught game designer and product manager who works as a PM at Blizzard! Jeremy will be explaining project management and is the Head of House Rogue.
David Doane
David is the former prefect of House Rogue and was once the Assistant Headmaster of IGA. David has been the producer on several indie game projects and moved on from IGA to successfully found and fund his own indie game studio, Left Turn Studios
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Meredith Fletcher
Meredith is a Narrative Designer at Maybe Interactive and will be teaching the class how to weave story into their video games.
Dave Bennett
Dave is a Senior Game Developer at Schell Games and will be focussing on effective game design. He is also the Head of House Warrior!
John Nelson Rose
John is a Senior Games Engineer at Glu Mobile and the Founder of Opium Play. He will be covering rapid prototyping techniques. He will also be the head of House Ranger!
Jordan Schuetz
Jordan has developed and released over 15 games gaining over a half a million paid downloads on multiple platforms. Jordan is an expert marketer experienced with proven strategies on growth marketing, SEO, branding, community building, and monetization.
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