The jury consists of a diverse set of individuals from around the world, who volunteer their time and experience to listen to our students’ presentations, play all of their games and deliver awards for outstanding achievements. Each member brings their own distinct expertise and share their insight and experience directly with the students at the Gotland Game Conference.
2023 Jury
Adam Jerrett
Lecturer/Game Designer at the University of Portsmouth I am a lecturer and game designer who loves m…
Read MoreAlexander Sinn
Head of Content at Team BDS Hi! My name is Alex, and I am currently working as the Head of Content f…
Read MoreÁlvaro Azofra
Associate Professor of Videogames at Ort University / Former Ironhide Games Director and Founder Pro…
Read MoreAna Laura Martinez
3D Animator at Aesir Interactive Animating and creating animation systems using Unreal Engine 4 &…
Read MoreAndy Phelps
Professor & Director at American University Game Center 25 years of teaching games, founder of t…
Read MoreArvid Edström
Game Designer & Programmer at Might and Delight Talk to me about working in Unity, or about work…
Read MoreAydin Afzoud
Action Gameplay Director at Ubisoft Stockholm 10+ years of AAA Game Design experience working for Be…
Read MoreClément Pirelli
Software Engineer at Electronic Arts (Frostbite) Programming in C++ and C#
Read MoreEric Osana
Co-founder at Nexile AB Created a company from scratch, it’s been a ride!
Read MoreFredrik Henriksen Lövlie
Intermediate Gameplay Programmer at Hazelight I am decent at making game mechanics feel good.
Read MoreJan Miller
QA Lead at Edurino In addition to leading a group of QA specialists and working with other departmen…
Read MoreJimmy Nellfors
Lead Game Designer at Toadman Interactive A senior generalist designer with a narrative background w…
Read MoreJohannes Wadin
Head of Design at Aurora Punks 17+ years of design experience in both AAA and Indie development.
Read MoreJonatan Ersarp
Environment Artist at Hazelight Working as a 3D environment artist, I combine technical skill and ar…
Read MoreJosé P. Zagal
Professor, Division of Games, University of Utah, USA Game designer and scholar. Has a bunch of book…
Read MoreKarin Bruér
Senior Producer at Remedy Karin is a Senior Producer with a background as an artist with over a deca…
Read MoreLissa Holloway-Attaway
Associate Professor in Division of Game Development, University of Skövde, Sweden I’m a teache…
Read MoreLove Åkerlund
Game Designer at Envar Generalist Gameplay Designer
Read MoreLudwig Lindstål
3D artist at EA DICE I’m a 3D artist making art and levels for multiplayer fps games.
Read MoreMarcel Bailleul
QA Lead at Paradox Interactive QA Lead and Scrum Master with expertise in Leadership, Risk-Managemen…
Read MoreMatias Lopez
Product manager at Kolibri Games (Ubisoft Mobile) Experienced in leading mobile free-to-play game de…
Read MoreMikael Andersson
Game Director at Paradox Development Studios Lead Designer for Victoria 3. Mikael is also a speaker …
Read MoreMårten Jonsson
Producer at Deloryan B.V Experienced game developer, teacher, and manager.
Read MoreNiels Keetels
Course Leader at HKU I represent the final boss fight at HKU Games and Interaction.
Read MoreNiklas Lehmkühl
Game Designer at Paradox Interactive System and Feature designer focused on game balance, reworking …
Read MorePatrick Seibert
Marketer at Too Indie To Fail Helping indie devs to realize their dreams through a decade of experti…
Read MorePhilipp Brasin
Senior Programmer – Gameplay and Tooling at Nineworlds Studios I mainly focused on gameplay an…
Read MoreSytze Schalk
Narrative Designer / Course Coordinator at HKU I’m a writer, theatre director and game designe…
Read MoreTheodor Gerhamn
Artist at Embark Studios Weapon Artist at Embark Studios with multiple years of experience in AAA.
Read MoreTove Backenroth
Junior Gameplay Programmer at 10 Chambers Increasing designers’ quality of life and making coo…
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