Kate Edwards
@geogrify.bsky.social
🎮32+ year Game Industry Veteran & Award-Winning Advocate
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Heading out today to speak at the following events:
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Heading out today to speak at the following events:
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
Goodnight from Skopje :)
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Goodnight from Skopje :)
Today I'm excited to be headed to North Macedonia (for the first time) to keynote Game Dev Rev, their inaugural game industry event! And then it's off to Poznan to speak again at the always fantastic Game Industry Conference. If you'll be attending either event, I look forward to crossing paths!
October 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today I'm excited to be headed to North Macedonia (for the first time) to keynote Game Dev Rev, their inaugural game industry event! And then it's off to Poznan to speak again at the always fantastic Game Industry Conference. If you'll be attending either event, I look forward to crossing paths!
On Saturday, @setjetters.bsky.social was honored to be at the Old Royal Naval College to help them celebrate their 100th anniversary as a filming location. We also participated in the successful @guinnessworldrecords.com attempt for the Largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters!
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On Saturday, @setjetters.bsky.social was honored to be at the Old Royal Naval College to help them celebrate their 100th anniversary as a filming location. We also participated in the successful @guinnessworldrecords.com attempt for the Largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters!
It's DLC day! If you're an Indiana Jones fan and a fan of the #IndianaJones and the Great Circle game from the amazing folks at Machine Games, the "Order of the Giants" DLC is available now on your favorite platform :) Sadly, I won't have any time to play it before I depart on 13 Sept - so enjoy it!
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's DLC day! If you're an Indiana Jones fan and a fan of the #IndianaJones and the Great Circle game from the amazing folks at Machine Games, the "Order of the Giants" DLC is available now on your favorite platform :) Sadly, I won't have any time to play it before I depart on 13 Sept - so enjoy it!
Over the weekend, I hit a milestone of working on 300 games over my career! Thank you to all my colleagues over the years who included me in your creative journeys!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Over the weekend, I hit a milestone of working on 300 games over my career! Thank you to all my colleagues over the years who included me in your creative journeys!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
devcom & gamescom! I will be in Cologne 17-22 August and speaking once again at Devcom! I'm scheduling meetings and it's getting busy as usual. Please reach out ASAP to discuss game #culturalization, @setjetters.bsky.social, my event speaking (ask early!), and/or just to catch up!
#ddc2025
#ddc2025
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
devcom & gamescom! I will be in Cologne 17-22 August and speaking once again at Devcom! I'm scheduling meetings and it's getting busy as usual. Please reach out ASAP to discuss game #culturalization, @setjetters.bsky.social, my event speaking (ask early!), and/or just to catch up!
#ddc2025
#ddc2025
If you are heading to San Diego Comic-Con next week or know someone who is, check out the game dev-related sessions that Jonelle and I are hosting as usual during the event! Feel free to share, especially with people looking to work in the game industry. If you'll be on site, I hope to see you!
July 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you are heading to San Diego Comic-Con next week or know someone who is, check out the game dev-related sessions that Jonelle and I are hosting as usual during the event! Feel free to share, especially with people looking to work in the game industry. If you'll be on site, I hope to see you!
Happy to be back home after a great, relatively brief (for me) trip to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and Develop Brighton! Such great feedback on the talks, and excellent networking.
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy to be back home after a great, relatively brief (for me) trip to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and Develop Brighton! Such great feedback on the talks, and excellent networking.
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
Today I’m heading out to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and then Develop:Brighton. I’ll be giving a culturalization lecture in Morocco and then moderating the keynote session at Develop on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well as presenting at the awards! And delivering an online lecture :)
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today I’m heading out to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and then Develop:Brighton. I’ll be giving a culturalization lecture in Morocco and then moderating the keynote session at Develop on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well as presenting at the awards! And delivering an online lecture :)
Before I flew out of JFK yesterday, I visited the amazing TWA Hotel! As someone born in 1965, the hotel’s aesthetic resonates deeply with my early childhood! And of course, it's also been a prime filming location, as found in @setjetters.bsky.social :)
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Before I flew out of JFK yesterday, I visited the amazing TWA Hotel! As someone born in 1965, the hotel’s aesthetic resonates deeply with my early childhood! And of course, it's also been a prime filming location, as found in @setjetters.bsky.social :)
Cleaning out my wallet after a long trip through 8 countries 🙂 Yes, I still carry some hard currency wherever I go because you never know when you might need it. The latest addition to my collection is Bulgaria, third down on the right!
June 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Cleaning out my wallet after a long trip through 8 countries 🙂 Yes, I still carry some hard currency wherever I go because you never know when you might need it. The latest addition to my collection is Bulgaria, third down on the right!
Congratulations to all the Machine Games team for their Game of the Year award at @nordicgame.com for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!! And this follows a great keynote panel we did this morning about making the game! I can’t thank the team enough for including me in the celebration on stage!
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congratulations to all the Machine Games team for their Game of the Year award at @nordicgame.com for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!! And this follows a great keynote panel we did this morning about making the game! I can’t thank the team enough for including me in the celebration on stage!
Heading out tomorrow on a 4-week trip to speak at various events, including Digital Dragons, @nordicgame.com, @echobasecon.bsky.social, and Dev.Play/DevTalk! Going to be a busy but fun month ahead!
May 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Heading out tomorrow on a 4-week trip to speak at various events, including Digital Dragons, @nordicgame.com, @echobasecon.bsky.social, and Dev.Play/DevTalk! Going to be a busy but fun month ahead!
After a great Reboot Develop conference, the next stop is Abu Dhabi to participate in @economist.com Culture Summit on a panel about the confluence of games and geopolitics. In other words, the focus of my career in the games for the past 32+ years. I'm really looking forward to the experience!
April 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After a great Reboot Develop conference, the next stop is Abu Dhabi to participate in @economist.com Culture Summit on a panel about the confluence of games and geopolitics. In other words, the focus of my career in the games for the past 32+ years. I'm really looking forward to the experience!
Once again, I had a fantastic time at Reboot Develop Blue! I was honored to deliver the day 2 keynote, for which I have been overwhelmed by the positive reactions and all the brilliant conversations that it has generated. Thank you to everyone who attended!
April 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Once again, I had a fantastic time at Reboot Develop Blue! I was honored to deliver the day 2 keynote, for which I have been overwhelmed by the positive reactions and all the brilliant conversations that it has generated. Thank you to everyone who attended!
It's travel time again (outside the US) and my first stop is #RebootDevelop in #Dubrovnik! This year is special as I've been asked to deliver the Tuesday morning keynote, about the 5 lessons I've learned in my career.
I hope to see you there - and if you'd like to set a meeting, get in touch ASAP!
I hope to see you there - and if you'd like to set a meeting, get in touch ASAP!
April 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's travel time again (outside the US) and my first stop is #RebootDevelop in #Dubrovnik! This year is special as I've been asked to deliver the Tuesday morning keynote, about the 5 lessons I've learned in my career.
I hope to see you there - and if you'd like to set a meeting, get in touch ASAP!
I hope to see you there - and if you'd like to set a meeting, get in touch ASAP!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of my self-employment! And I can still honestly say that I absolutely love my work! To all my clients who made this possible, I am forever grateful for your trust in my expertise!
(Photo taken during my Monday lecture at the @rgsibg.bsky.social on 15 April 2019)
(Photo taken during my Monday lecture at the @rgsibg.bsky.social on 15 April 2019)
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today marks the 20th anniversary of my self-employment! And I can still honestly say that I absolutely love my work! To all my clients who made this possible, I am forever grateful for your trust in my expertise!
(Photo taken during my Monday lecture at the @rgsibg.bsky.social on 15 April 2019)
(Photo taken during my Monday lecture at the @rgsibg.bsky.social on 15 April 2019)
@officialgdc.bsky.social last week and into the fray of #WonderCon this week! Never a dull moment!
March 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@officialgdc.bsky.social last week and into the fray of #WonderCon this week! Never a dull moment!
Off to the @officialgdc.bsky.social! Looking forward to a busy and productive week, and seeing a lot of familiar faces 🙂 Sorry I couldn’t accommodate all the meeting requests (many of which came in very late…), but I did my best, including taking some on Sunday.
#GDC2025
#GDC2025
March 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Off to the @officialgdc.bsky.social! Looking forward to a busy and productive week, and seeing a lot of familiar faces 🙂 Sorry I couldn’t accommodate all the meeting requests (many of which came in very late…), but I did my best, including taking some on Sunday.
#GDC2025
#GDC2025
Just one week away and I'm excited to be heading back to the @officialgdc.bsky.social and to be invited to participate in 2 sessions this year:
1) Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development
2) #1ReasonToBe
Hope to see you there!
#meetmeatgdc #WeAreGDC #gdc2025
1) Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development
2) #1ReasonToBe
Hope to see you there!
#meetmeatgdc #WeAreGDC #gdc2025
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just one week away and I'm excited to be heading back to the @officialgdc.bsky.social and to be invited to participate in 2 sessions this year:
1) Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development
2) #1ReasonToBe
Hope to see you there!
#meetmeatgdc #WeAreGDC #gdc2025
1) Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development
2) #1ReasonToBe
Hope to see you there!
#meetmeatgdc #WeAreGDC #gdc2025