Nessa Cannon
Narrative Designer, Independent
Nessa Cannon is listed as Narrative Designer, Independent. Nessa is scheduled to speak at GDC Festival of Gaming 2027 on 1 March 2027.
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About
Nessa Cannon is a video game writer and narrative designer with over six years of experience in the industry, on over a dozen shipped titles such as Borderlands 4, Date Everything!, Star Trucker, and the Endoparasitic franchise. She has spoken at GDC, Narrascope, CSU LA, and Northeastern University on interactive fiction and branching techniques. She was previously part of IGDA's Next Gen Leader program as well as Academy of Interactive Arts and Science's Amplifying New Voices cohort. She is also an avid video essay watcher and always gets ink on her hands when changing out her fountain pen.
Upcoming
GDC Festival of Gaming 2027 1 March 2027 – 5 March 2027
- Narrative Portfolio Review Speaker
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Nessa at events on B2DB.
- Adam Dolin Narrative Lead · Turtle Rock Studios 1 shared session
- Alexa Ray Corriea Lead Writer and Narrative Designer · Gearbox 1 shared session
- Alice Camp Senior Narrative Designer · Microfun 1 shared session
- Anna C. Webster Lead Writer and Narrative Designer · Independent 1 shared session
- April MacArthur Associate Director of Narrative · Gearbox Entertainment 1 shared session
- Ashley Poprik Senior Writer · Independent 1 shared session
- Aysha U Senior Writer · Independent 1 shared session
- Benjamin Schwartz Senior Narrative Designer · Microfun 1 shared session
- Emma Kidwell Senior Writer · Independent 1 shared session
- Kelsie Mhoon Senior Narrative Designer · Obsidian Entertainment 1 shared session
- Lis Moberly Creative Lead · The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Games 1 shared session
- Sam Maggs Senior Manager, Narrative Storytelling · Critical Role 1 shared session
and 2 more people