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Katie Goode @mrsgame.dev Creative Director @triangularpixels.com
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Adam Pearce @admanic.bsky.social Creative Lead at Glowmade
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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social Programmer & Designer. Human, husband, parent, skateboarder. Gamedev since '96. Company founder. BAFTA member & winner. GameDevHeroes Programming Hero 2019. Co-creator DJ Hero. #UKGI Cthulhu fhtagn ;,;
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Jack Wentworth-Weedon @jwweedon.bsky.social He/Him
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Twilight (2008) academic.
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Callum @ayershole.bsky.social 🏴 Scottish games industry person in MCR.
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Mark @mturner.dev Video Game Programmer, previous: Freejam, high-energy & astro-physics.
he/him
https://turnermr.itch.io
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Lorna Birrell @lornastellabi.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Producer at Rocksteady | Age: Getting there | Height: Smol and dangerous | Weapon: impossible-to-read notes | All opinions are my own | she/her
Danny Page @dansonroad.bsky.social Marketing at Lo-Fi Games (Kenshi)
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Alex Moore @oldestpingu.bsky.social Lead Designer on Rogue Trooper • AvP2010 • The Persistence & many moore
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Design, Gameplay, Code, Rendering
Hellboy: Web of Wyrd | West of Dead | Deadbeat Heroes | The Marvellous Miss Take | Fable II | Black & White 2
He/Him
www.upstreamarcade.com
Adrian Townsend @adrianaudio.bsky.social Voice Director | Sound Designer | Dubbing Mixer
http://AdrianAudio.com
🎮 007 First Light 🎮 Baldur's Gate 3 🎮 Space Marine 2 🎮 Dead Island 2
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@charudesodt.bsky.social @charudesodt.bsky.social 
Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com Fractional CTO. I help tech startups scale. Making games since 1981, 200+ published titles. Solo indie dev.
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Nexii @nexii.bsky.social Web Dev, Game Dev, London based
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George Corner @gcorner101.bsky.social Senior Commercial guy at gamesindustry.biz/IGN Entertainment, lover of indie & Table Top games. BAFTA member. Dad with terrible jokes
elle @ellesillitoe.bsky.social Game designer currently working on Sea of Thieves at Rare 🏴☠️ 🌊
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Jesse Raen @jesseraen.bsky.social Head of Comms for @UpliftGames
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Dann Sullivan @isleofdann.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief Pocket Gamer Brands | EiC BigBossBattle (B3) | Words everywhere | Games judge | Co-organiser Brilliant Indie Treasures
Ryan Burls-Lay @fryry.bsky.social 🎮 Games Dev, Software Engineer, UI/UX Guy
Co-Founder of BetaJester Ltd
He/Him 🩷💜💙
I make game-ish things and TRY to grow plants 🪴
Adam Turnbull @animturnbull.bsky.social - Principal Animator in the Games Industry
- Worked: NetEase Games, Riot Games, Moon Studios, Guerrilla Games, Jagex, Mediatonic
- Eddie's biggest fan
🌎 Yorkshire, UK
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Kara Ling @karaling.org On break | Previously @PlayAdoptMe, @HypixelNetwork, HELIX | Made Become the Moon @FeldsparGames | 🏳️🌈
Matthew Green @thevoicesgames.bsky.social Solo Indie game developer located in Darlington in the north east of England thevoicesgames.uk
Dan | Wishlist Papaya Plaza on Steam now! @danyoutohell.bsky.social Games Producer
Formerly Epic/Mediatonic
Founder at Biscuit Factory Games
@biscuitfactorygames.com
Wishlist Papaya Plaza today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4580030/Papaya_Plaza/
Ed Fear @edfear.co.uk Big gay. He/him. Game director, writer & narrative designer, ex-Mediatonic/Epic. Prev: Murder by Numbers, Hatoful Boyfriend, Heavenstrike Rivals, The Swords of Ditto, many more. LGB with the T🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.
ゲームディレクターやシナリオライター パズル探偵スカウトなど。日本語OK!
Fin @finlaymcd.bsky.social Senior Programmer at Silent Games
Previously Sumo, Dimension, HammerheadVR
Wishlist Empyreal or I'll cry
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377700/Empyreal/
George Rule @ruley.bsky.social Community and Marketing Lead at Lucid Games 丨 Here we go again...
Jodie Azhar @jodieazhar.bsky.social Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game
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BAFTA Breakthrough
Gardener; bibliophile; flautist
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Michael Cameron @tiveran.bsky.social Design Manager at Hyper Luminal Games | Mentor at CG Spectrum | Previously Ant Workshop, Blazing Griffin, and Microsoft | He/him
https://linktr.ee/tiveran
Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social Map Editor @ MapGenie & Writer @ NiceGameHints
He / Him
Occasional designer of games. Find my projects at https://linktr.ee/WestyDesign
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Conor Cleon Clarke @cleonclarke.bsky.social Marketing Exec for ustwo games. Prev. Gang Beasts, NVM | A MAZE Sheffield | BAFTA Connect | MCV 30u30 2021 | BBC Sheffield's 'Resident Gaming Expert' 🎮