About Speaker

"Paxton is a indie game dev, writer, artist, and husband who lives in the Seattle, Washington area. They are a frequent game jammer, a long time advocate for small game dev communities, and currently a Narrative Technical Designer for Bungie working on Destiny 2. You can find Paxton physically at Seattle Indies events, Diversity Collective socials, Global Game Jam, and at Redmond / Eastside developer meetups (except during a pandemic, when they stay at home with two lovely cats). Paxton focuses on games that explore stories in new ways, including tabletop RPGs, Alexa-based games, interactive fiction, and mainstream commercial games. Before moving to Washington State they were part of the Central Ohio Gamedev Group and supported budding independent developers across the Midwest. Paxton participates annually in events like Global Game Jam, GMTK Jam, Ludum Dare, NaNoWriMo, IF Comp, and Games for our Future. Usually Paxton tries to collaborate with new or different developers in each event. They are always willing to talk about nuances in design, unique narrative moments in games, and books over on Twitter @sethpaxton."