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May 14, 2026
# Announcing the recipient of the 2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers!
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OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Olivia Reynolds** as the recipient of the [**2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers!**](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2026-vf-gamemaking)
Working closely with the residency Curator, Gamemaker residents will be introduced to guiding themes and concepts to develop new games with guidance and support from peers, InterAccess Programming Manager, and technicians. Completed games will be showcased in a public exhibition during Vector Festival 2026.
**Olivia Reynolds bio:**
Olivia Reynolds is an artist-filmmaker and recent BFA graduate of OCAD University. She loves to work with elements of video, design and storytelling, distilling rich fantasies and alternate worlds into manageable bites. She also likes to write, read and think in her nonexistent free time.
[Website](https://oreynoldsportfolio.format.com/)
[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/oreyyyn/)
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