Jess Haskins | Game editor and narrative designer

👾 Other games I’ve worked on include tropical farm sim Coral Island, steampunk airship shooter Guns of Icarus Online, and that classic cubicle pastime, Microsoft Solitaire.

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I’m also a professional editor.

⌨️ I created the Game Editors to serve game devs and creative writers in digital and interactive media.

📊 I’ve also worked in advertising, corporate communications, legal, financial, and medical editing.

📚 My background is in languages and literature, with a BA in French from Bard College.

🦉 I’ve been editing since 2006, and freelancing since 2016.

💫 I’m a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

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I’m an educator and advocate for game designers, indie developers, and academic workers.

🧑🏻‍🏫 I’m an adjunct professor of game design at the NYU Game Center and previously taught game design at Parsons.

✊🏻 I’m a proud union member and organizer at ACT-UAW Local 7902, where I serve on the NYU Adjuncts organizing committee and NYU Joint Council. I’m also a member of Workers in Unity.

📣 I teach and speak about worldbuilding, writing for games, diversity and representation, community, unionization, the New York game industry, and other topics.

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I’m a community organizer and supporter of the NYC game industry and indie scene.

I am (or was previously):

🍻 Organizer of NYC Indie Games, a social group for indie devs

⭐ Member of Death by Audio Arcade and Wonderville

🤝 Collaborator and friend of GUMBO

🏙 Chair of the IGDA NYC chapter (2015–2020)

📰 Founding editor of the NYC Game Dev Digest (2015–2020)

🗓 Curator of the NYC Game Dev and NYC Game Streams community calendars

💼 Co-organizer of the NYC Games & Digital Media Career Fair (2015–2017)

🎲 Co-founder of the New School Game Club (2010–2012)

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What I practice

Portfolio

What I preach

Teaching & Speaking

What I’ve assembled

NYC Game Dev Resources

NYC Indie Games

How to reach me

Contact

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