Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (he/him) is writer, historian, computer scientist, and creative technologist who creates stories, games, and interactive narratives, for both entertainment and education.
Paris is co-founder and creative director of the longest-running Tasmanian game development studio Secret Lab Pty. Ltd., where he has worked on projects for QANTAS, to CSIRO, to TasNetworks, to the ABC, and everything in between, in addition to working on first-party projects, including the BAFTA- and IGF-winning Night in the Woods.
He is also co-founder of Yarn Spinner Pty. Ltd., a company spun out of the wildly successful game tool of the same name originally developed by Secret Lab, and which is used in everything from university curricula to multiple IGF- and BAFTA-winning titles, including DREDGE, Venba, A Short Hike, Little Kitty Big City, and Lost in Random.
Paris spends much of him remaining time on community support and education in creative and technology industries—leading boards, running conferences, and more. He is the President of Tasmanian Game Makers, Inc., the Secretary of the Australasian Apple University Consortium (AUC), and is also working to improve regional STEM outreach in Tasmania as co-founder of the not-for-profit West Coast Space Centre.
Paris is the author of more than 20 technical books, many of them best-sellers, and is currently working on multiple series for both audio and screen. He lives in Hobart, Tasmania, with his wife, and serves as butler to two chihuahuas and a whippet.
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