Marina Diez she/her

Marina Díez (she/they) is a Spanish award-winning game designer, game director, business expert, filmmaker and Forbes Under 30 lister based in Europe living a semi nomadic life. Marina is also a Game Director for Oh Apollo! at Blue Backpack in Berlin and she was Principal Game Designer at Blue Backpack for The Berlin Apartment. She is currently an Emotional Game Designer for Take Us North. Previously, she was the Lead Game Designer for the game Dordogne by Un Je Ne Sais Quoi Studios & Umanimation. Marina is also a consultant on emotional game design for indie and AAA companies. She is involved in many community initiatives and activism. Marina is also a regular speaker at games events such as GDC, EGX, A MAZE,... In 2023 she also hosted Independent Games Festival at GDC in San Francisco. Marina is also a film director and her work has been screened and awarded all over the world. Marina is a lister of 100 Most Influential Women in Games 2022, a Game Dev Heroes 2020 winner, a former BAFTA Crew member, an IGDA Velocity GDC 2019 recipient.