Panelists
Henry Stadolik
he/him
Henry is a recent WPI alum now working as a game programmer at Resolution Games in Sweden. He was also in MassDigi SIP 2020 and makes pixel art and bite-sized games in his spare time.
McKenna Gameros
she/her
McKenna Gameros (screen name Convallaria) is a content designer for the DDO team with Standing Stone Games. She is a 2022 graduate of the IMGD MS program, focusing in both academic and professional settings on storytelling in games.
Hannah Goodsell
All
Hannah is a Production Coordinator with experience producing 3D modelling projects, 2D & 3D animation, working on live shoots, VR asset creation, and app decelopment. They still actively write to develop their own narrative voice in their free time.
Jerry Snook
he/him
Jerry Snook (he/him) grew up playing the Atari and Dungeons & Dragons and has for more than a decade been linked to the community work associated with Dungeons & Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online. As the Community Manager for Standing Stone Games he works primarily in bringing internal communication external and external feedback internal, in addition to being the person behind the company’s social media and video accounts. Make sure to let him know if you have any rare Atari carts!
Matt Johannesen
he/him
Matt is a WPI IMGD alum (’22), currently working as an Unreal/C++ programmer at Disbelief in Cambridge, MA. In his spare time he likes to experiment with laser cutting, and repurpose/collect interesting game peripherals.
Barb Thompson
she/her
Barb is a Systems Designer at Standing Stone Games in Needham. After a mid-life career shift, she has been working on Lord of the Rings Online for the past 12 years, seven of which were spent in QA.
Jeremiah Franczyk
he/him
Jeremiah Franczyk is an Associate Game Designer on the Systems team at Standing Stone Games, working on Lord of the Rings Online. He is active in games volunteering, working as the Operations Director of the Boston Festival of Indie Games. He has released two of his own games along with contributing to ten other released hobbyist games. His hobbies include video games and seeing what those squirrels are up to on the back porch.