Veritable Quandary: How We Get Comfortable with Uncomfortable Conversations in Games
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM · 1 hr. (Europe/Berlin)
Stage 8 - Confex Level 2
Talk
~All~Mental Health
Information
How do we establish and nurture safe spaces for devs and players? What does healthy even look like? What are ways of working and behaviours you would love to implement? What about ways of being? And how does our industry culture inform the environments we construct for players? This is a room primed for candid and honest conversation where we will practice getting comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations. Come and enter a school of discomfort. In this session there are no observers, only participants. This is a glimpse of being uncomfortable and safe at the same time to reconcile possibilities for new beginnings.
Target Audiences
Everyone
Experience Level
Beginner
Key Take Aways
Identifying common signs that create mistrust.
Connecting tissue of company culture and player environments.
Learning to become comfortable with difficult and uncomfortable conversations.
NVDA references for conflict resolution.
Encouraging everyone to engage more deeply and vulnerably with each other to nurture healthy environments.
Session Type
Talk
