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Iron Game Design Challenge w/ Clara Fernandez-Vara
June 28, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

Clara Fernandez-Vara is a game designer and writer. She is Associate Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center, and co-founder of Fiction Control, a narrative design company. Her area of expertise is narrative in games and how it can integrate with game design, which she has explored both in games for research and in the commercial sphere for companies such as Warner Bros. the Spanish National Ballet, Big Fish Games, and Die Gute Fabrik. Her book Introduction to Game Analysis is now on its second edition.
Reuben Bresler (@MoxReuby) is a gaming content creator and voiceover professional living in Los Angeles. He is one of the hosts of the Magic: The Gathering news panel show Magic Mics, the DM for Wizards of the Coast's The Broken Pact, he is a regular guest on gaming streams and live events, and at conventions such as TwitchCon and GenCon.
A Challenge show inspired by Iron Chef and sessions of Iron Game Designer run by Eric Zimmerman, Tracy Fullerton, and IndieCade at past physical festivals, Iron Game Design Challenge pits two teams of three game designers against one another to use simple free tools to create games over the course of the show based around the inspiration of a secret ingredient. Produced by Ryan Omega, hosted by Sam Roberts, and featuring a jury panel.
The challenge show happens every 7 weeks, and the six weeks between each episode will feature each one of the competing designers streaming a game and being interviewed.