AWE USA 2026
Alissa Brodsky is returning to AWE as a speaker, this time as a Track Chair on the gaming stage.
Alissa is the Production Director for Dark Arts Software. She has produced digital content for over 25 years, with a focus on games for the last 15 years. Her published titles include Where's My Water? 2 for Disney, Oddworld: Soulstorm with Oddworld Inhabitants, and Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, plus an unannounced multiplayer AAA game with Free Range Games. Her diverse background includes a Master of Music degree in opera from Manhattan School of Music. She is also a performer in musical theater, an endorsed ukulele artist, a professional puppeteer, and a children's musician.
Her producer experience spans online, mobile, PC, console, and VR games through every phase of the development life cycle. She has led teams as small as 7 people and as large as 130 people. Alissa's current project is a fully-immersive AR/VR dance game called Trip the Light by Dark Arts Software, which brings the joy and connection of partner dancing to life with a virtual partner; it is now available in early access on the Meta Store.