Thomas Westin

International Game Developers Association

I'm a proud dad of two small kids so my time to volunteer is very limited but I try to contribute whenever I have some minutes over after putting the kids to sleep :)

I'm co-founder of Pin Interactive, developer of the award winning 3D-graphics adventure game called Terraformers which is playable by blind. I'm also a lecturer and tutor at the Multimedia-programme at Stockholm University (Dep. of Education).

I started the IGDA GA-SIG in 2003 together with Michelle Hinn, Michael McIntosh, Kevin Bierre and a few others. I'm quite pleased with what we have achieved so far, and very pleased to see the emerging interest in the general game developer community for game accessibility.

I'm interested in a wide range of areas in game development, e.g both technical and sociocultural aspects including programming, game design, interface design, graphics, audio. My focus is on using all those areas into try and create new concepts and products.