Jean Leggett is the CEO and co-founder of games & edtech startup One More Story Games. Alongside games veteran and husband of 23+ years, Jean and Blair have developed a simplified publishing platform to help non-coding storytellers create and publish narrative games. Their vision is to re-engineer literacy through video games. They’ve raised over $500,000 since the company’s inception in 2013. Jean received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Simon Fraser University, has been a certified professional coach since 2010, and has spoken to over 16,000 people around the world since 2005 as a motivational speaker, educator and stand-up comedian. She’s also the lead writer on a game adaptation of #1 NYT bestselling author Charlaine Harris’ Lily Bard series about a sexual trauma survivor dealing with PTSD while solving crimes. In addition to being a game dev, she also teaches postgraduate classes in narrative design and is the host of a game dev/life coaching podcast called Games, Grit, & Gratitude: Real Talk.
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Level Up: Survival, Resiliency and Joy in Indie Game Dev
