2026 Speakers Announced!
- RFTB-Ireland
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
As my old granny used to say: We've got a kickass line-up of wild topics and whimsical treats for your ears and eyeballs this year at Run For The Border. She really did used to say that and I never understood why until this very day.
Open wide because here come this year's speakers! If you don't like them, go outside.
Brian Baglow
Scottish Games Network, Edinburgh
Ecosystem eats Industry for Breakfast
The games industry has a serious problem: it's insular, it's incestuous and it's increasingly isolated from the rest of the world... which is a problem, since the rest of the world needs us now more than ever.
Jane Tan
Not Here Not There, Co. Clare
Lessons from the Trenches
The good, the bad, and the beautiful: what I've learned from my first year as an indie dev, and why I still try to make what I make.
Aileen Wallace
Team Junkfish, Dublin
Thought Leadership: Nurturing Creativity
Utilising creative practices and workflows to provide opportunity for growth and professional development.
Tom Cuthbertson
Monitr Games, Omagh @tommycut
A Gambler's Guide to Gamedev
Every creative field is a gamble... A poker enthusiast brings lessons on risk & reward from the gaming tables to the game development industry.
Irina Kuksova
Sharp Glass Games, Belfast
Should you kiss your best friend?
The agony and the ecstasy of designing a 10-dimensional relationship system for a romance-mystery visual novel.
Thomas Cashman
Viridian Software, Dublin
Porting Pitfalls
10 tips in 10 minutes to make sure your game is ready for porting.
Caroline Anderson & Katherine Rowlandson
Kippie, Derry
Lessons from Review Club: How to co-design with kids
With years of experience designing games both for kids and with kids, we'll let you in on the results that have surprised us most.
Sam Redfern
Psychic Software, Galway
How to write 400k words without losing your mind (mostly)
Reflections on my 5.5 year journey directing a massive RPG, and how it somehow worked out.
Treasa McCabe
Spooky Doorway, Dundalk
Holding the Vision
Always listen, but don't always act; how iterative feedback shaped The Séance of Blake Manor.
Thank you to everyone who submitted a lightning talk for this year's event. Hope you enjoy the show!
Didn't get picked? Don't worry, there's always Open Mic! See what damage you can do to your career with 60 seconds of unfiltered stage time!
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