2023 Judges:
Carol Mertz
Liz Ryerson
Hesi Mendez
Yiyi Zhang
Organizers:
Sebastían Gioseffi
Sebastían Blanco
Jake Weidner
With many more leaders and friends in the experimental games sphere also providing guidance!
And of course lots of help from the CAs, AV techs, and session management at GDC.
Previous EGW Session Organizers
Current Advisor:
Daniel Benmergui (Today I Die, I Wish I Were The Moon, Storyteller and Ernesto.) is an independent game designer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A passionate advocate of experimental gameplay since early in the workshop's history.
Former Staff:
Robin Hunicke (Journey, Boom Blox, MySims, Luna, Wattam) was one of the workshop’s key organizers and judges for 20 years, hosted the session for many, and was in the original indie game jam while also acting as its historian.
Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness.) founded the workshop. He's an independent game designer & programmer.
Chris Hecker (Spy Party) organized the Indie Game Jams which were featured in the first EGW sessions.
Doug Church (Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Thief) has been in the game industry since 1990. He works at Valve.
Richard Lemarchand (Uncharted, Soul Reaver, Gex) helped organize the 2012 and 2013 workshops before taking a full time gig at USC as a professor of all things game!