Sabrina Culyba is a Pittsburgh-based game designer and founder of Ludoliminal, where she designs games and provides game design consultation. She specializes in games and experiences to transform players and make real-world impact including educational games, behavior-change games, and social impact games. Her professional work has spanned online games, VR, mobile apps, location-based entertainment, and board games across a variety of industries from healthcare to education. She is the author of The Transformational Framework (ETC Press, 2018) and co-designer of the family board game Yarrr Har Hunt (2020), published by Peaceable Kingdom. Sabrina received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Masters in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. She has spoken on game design and the transformational power of games at a number of conferences including the Games for Change festival, Serious Play, Meaningful Play, and Dataviz+Cancer. Sabrina serves on the Executive Committee for the Global Game Jam and co-hosts the yearly XR Brain Jam at the Games for Change Festival.

Sabrina believes in the power of play, games, and design to empower understanding, enrich lives, and drive meaningful change in the world and in ourselves