Professional Practice Fellow
BA BA(Hons) (Otago)
Email lisa.blakie@otago.ac.nz
Office
1N9
First Floor
Arts Building
Albany Street
Dunedin
Mail
English and Linguistics
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Teaching
- ENGL 230 Creative Writing for Games and Interactive Media
About
Lisa (she/her, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Pākehā) is the Narrative Director and Co-Director of Atawhai Interactive, an indie video game studio based in Ōtepoti, New Zealand. Previously Lisa was the Narrative Designer and the Community Director for award winning developer Runaway Play.
Prior to working in the video game industry, she wrote an honours dissertation about indigenous storytelling in video games.
She has served on the NZ Game Developers Association Board and is a keen advocate and participant in the Māori game development community.
Awards
- 2020 Te Maunga Kai Kapua Teina award
- 20Twenties young alumni award