Venny @venezia-games.com ๐ Principal Game Designer at Sumo
๐ซง Co-Founder of Nucleolus
๐น๏ธPast: SEGA - Creative Assembly, Mojiworks
๐ท BAFTA Member, Mentor at LB
โจ Game Dev Hero 26, MCV 30u30
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ She/Her
Paul James - Game Dev Heroes 2026 QA Winner @pauljamesqa.bsky.social Award-winning Independent QA Specialist. Credited on multiple indie titles, including BAFTA award-winning Blue Prince, and IGF winner, Cryptmaster.
pauljamesgamestesting.com
https://linktr.ee/PaulJamesGT
โญ๏ธ Najmah Salam โญ๏ธ @najmahsalam.bsky.social โ
Creative Artificer ๐ช & Marketing Alchemist ๐งช
โ
Producer @ Panda Cat Games
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Brand Manager @ Team17
โ
Women in Games Ambassador
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Game Dev Heroes Production Hero โ26
najmahsalam.com
Jarvs | Indie Insights ๐ฎโฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @jarvdusa.bsky.social ๐กFounder & Director of Jarvs' Indie Insights
โฟ Award Winning Accessibility Advocate & Marketing Hero
๐ @TrekCentral.net Host & Writer
๐ช @playwitchspire.com CM
๐ณ๏ธโ๐LGBTQ+
https://www.jarvsindieinsights.com/
Jonas 'The Rising Star' Gawe @jttg.bsky.social What a(n award winning) silly man
Program Manager @ https://limitbreak.co.uk
Community Manager @ https://electricsaint.co.uk
Voice Actor - https://jonasgva.co.uk
Freelancer - https://jttg.carrd.co
Spotlight - https://app.spotlight.com/2211-8948-5465
Vladimir Cazacu | ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐โคโฟ @volodxyz.bsky.social Lead Technical Artist @ Amber Studio
Following gamedev folks here until Twitter goes down.
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
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Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Megan S @ghostgirl.net Megan Sawyer, Sr. Flora Witch at Bethesda Game Studios. Secretly 5 bats in a trench coat. Carnegie Mellon alum. Twin. Decently goth. #LLAP ๐๐ป Opinions my own & not that of my employer.
Dallas is Employed!! @dallasraelillie.bsky.social Senior Gameplay Engineer @ Small Axe Studios
prev:
- Retro Studios
- ProbablyMonsters
- Treyarch
- IGDA-F
He/She
Pan/Poly
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL๐ฅWILL๐ฅRISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics ๐+๐น liberation
Frame-A-Game @frameagame.com Because physical media matters.
Born from games, made for the physical media you keep, love, and never want to forget.
Green Man Gaming @greenmangaming.com Weโre your single, award-winning destination for everything gaming - shop | community | blog | games publisher | official partner of 1200+ devs and publishers.
Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Luke Robson @lukerobson.bsky.social Animator at Silent Games // Previously at Supermassive Games and Dimension Studios
www.lukerobsonanimation.com
Tim Repa-Davies @dontfeartherepa.bsky.social ๐ Contract Killer
๐ฌ Biz & Legal at SecretMode
ยฉ๏ธ General Counsel
๐ฎ BAFTA member
๐พ Credits: https://www.mobygames.com/person/1062454/tim-davies/
๐ซฑ๐ปโ๐ซฒ๐ผ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timrepadavies
Secret Mode - Chained Together 2v2 Race OUT NOW! @wearesecretmode.com 2025 MCV/DEVELOP Indie Publisher of the Year! STAR WARS: Galactic Racerโข, Escape the Backrooms, Everything is Crab, Still Wakes The Deep, NUTMEG!, A Little to the Left + more
https://linktr.ee/wearesecretmode
Empyreal - OUT NOW @empyrealgame.bsky.social The Monolith awaits.
Venture inside, face the remnants of a lost civilisation, unearth the secrets within.
OUT NOW PC, Xbox & PS5 in 2025 from Silent Games
https://linktr.ee/EmpyrealGame
Vialixia @vialixia.bsky.social I'm Sally ๐ CEO of UK-Based Game Studio SilentGames! DM me for game dev support & advice! // All opinions are mine only โจ //
Frida @fridsiee.bsky.social Concept artist and Silent Games and illustrator of strange characters, whimsical animals, and other fantastical things! | All opinions my own |
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/
Tom Elliott ๐๐๐๐ @handle.invalid โ๏ธ Freelance Programmer 10+ years on Augmented Empire, Transformers, Jurassic World and others, Gameplay & Lead
๐ฌ Ran GameBox & Game Dev Brew Crew
๐ I like trains!
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/@TheTomTalks
๐ https://tomsayshi.com
@Tom_SaysHi on Twit
Victor Careil @phyronnaz.bsky.social Pushing voxel technology forward at Voxel Plugin using Unreal Engine
You can DM me on discord @ phyronnaz
My blog: https://victorcareil.com/
Jeff Kilroy @kilrizzy.bsky.social Building rad games and running Curse of Strahd.
Wishlist โQuestboardโ on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3206770/Questboard/
Lu Nascimento @lunascimento.art Art director/Co-founder/Gremlin @bunnyhug.games
Worked on Moonglow Bay, Overthrown, Loco Motive, Wargroove, Assemble with Care, Timespinner, etc
โฟ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ง๐ท in the ๐ฌ๐ง โข they/them
Booked til Jan '27
๐จ https://lunascimento.art
๐ง lunascimento.art[@]gmail.com
๐ซAI
Jason de Heras ๐ฎ @jasondeheras.bsky.social Co-Game Director on the Star Wars Jedi team at Respawn/EA. Design Director Jedi: Survivor/Lead Combat Designer Jedi: Fallen Order. Combat Design God of War 3/Ascension. 2x Evo Finals Street Fighter.
https://www.jasondeheras.com
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com Creating extraordinary worlds and inviting you down the rabbit hole. Making games since 1995. #CONTROLResonant coming September 24th 2026. Pre-order now! Header by @valentinapaz.com
Now working on Control RESONANT and Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake.
Ying Liu ๐ท๐ @yingliu.bsky.social Senior Character Artist โญ๏ธ Prev: Blizzard/Overwatch
Personal Account ๐ธ๐ฌ๐บ๐ธ
๐จ artstation.com/ying
๐ท instagram.com/yingliuart
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social We Make Crowdfunded Video Game Documentaries. Watch our docs at http://YouTube.com/noclipvideo. We also do underground games coverage at https://www.youtube.com/@Noclip2.
Evan Palmer (nibuto) @evanpalmercomics.com Former Vis Dev at Netflix. Steve Urkel Saves Santa, Centaurworld, Glitch Techs, Pinky Malinky. He/Him.
meredith ๐โโ๏ธ @merryh.bsky.social ๐๐ป hello!
๐ฆ head of marketing @wingsfund.me
๐ bizdev & production consultant
๐ ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
๐ข cofounder @accessunlockanz
๐ curator for @indiedigest.dev
๐ฆ she/her
๐ฎ merryh.dev
Dana Nightingale ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @danaenight.northsky.social Director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Author of queer speculative fiction.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her fae/faer ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist ๐ต๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ BLM
Jonas Pfeiffer ๐ฟ @polygonas.bsky.social he/him โข 3D artist at @tinyroargames.bsky.social โข in my own time working on "Heart Drive", a driving 'n' fishing game โข inst: https://www.instagram.com/_polygonas/
(Andrew) Roper @arndreth.bsky.social Turning caffeine into code, via questionable osmosis.
Founder of Ropixel, specialising in Gameplay, Tools, Optimisation &c programming within Unity & Unreal (& soon, Godot) .โซ๏ธLet's chat!
GamesAid & SpecialEffect Ambassador
Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Creative director at GRIMOIRE
๐ Making Pale Tides, the witch TTRPG
โ๏ธ Art for Silent Hill: Townfall, MTG, D&D, Black Library, Axis Animation (Destiny 2, Guild Wars 2), Disney etccc
๐ https://linktr.ee/PaulScottCanavan
Del @del.art // Lead Character Artist @ AbsurdVentures - BAFTA Committee // Previously NaughtyDog / Respawn / Rocksteady / SEGA / PlayStation //
del.art
Emma Kent @goneefk.bsky.social Freelance games journalist and consultant. Archetypes Editor and Community Manager for Eteo. Probably up a mountain somewhere. Words for Eurogamer, Edge and more. BAFTA member. She/her.
โจ https://emmakent.journoportfolio.com โจ
๐ง efkwords@gmail.com
Janice ๐ธ @jchusketch.bsky.social teamLFG
Hey guess what? I nightshade and glaze everything. Im bi ๐
๐ซAI/ NFT
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Silent Games @silentgameshq.bsky.social Indie studio creating a feature-rich Sci-Fi Fantasy Action RPG, Empyreal! Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Xavier @xavierck.com character artist and going to therapy about it
๐ฌ he/him
๐บ Los Angeles
๐จ https://xavierck.com
๐ง XavierCK.3D@gmail.com
Commission Queue: https://forms.gle/ppx8dafPxgFspbQ28
Jay ๐ฆ @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
๐ฑ ๐ชด ๐ณ
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
๐ idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
๐ธ๏ธ rodkin.online
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison ๐ MIGW26 @hey.paris Game Dev? Producer? Writer? Historian? Programmer? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardoโs Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.comโs husband.
๐lutruwita ๐ซ no crypto/AI
Gary Alexander Stott ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ @garyastott.bsky.social Producer (prev. Coatsink, Lockwood Publishing). Worked on Men In Black: Most Wanted, Phantom Spark, & more.
Jay Broderick @cosmicjaybird.bsky.social โจ Painter โจTech Art โจ Game dev โจ Links: https://linktr.ee/cosmicjaybird
Senior Technical Artist @flixinteractive / Indiedev / Ex-Games Design Lecturer
#indiedev #techart #painter #gamedev #BAFTAConnect
(she/her) ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ Stroud, UK
Kronok @kronok.bsky.social Working on Scythe, a modern level editor for UE5 that's inspired by Valve's Source 2 Hammer.
https://ScytheEditor.com
MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social Working on Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/Cyclopean_II_The_Dreamlands/
Giuseppe Navarria @techdesign.rocks Tired of the AAA industry. Started a new london-based indie studio โช@weareunderdog.bsky.socialโฌ
| prev. Splash Damage / Gears Tactics, Gears of War franchise. Passionate retrogamer. He\Him.
Aravelle @aravelle.bsky.social Senior Community Manager at @rawfury.bsky.social on @blueprincegame.bsky.social, @blakemanorgame.bsky.social , @appulsegame.bsky.social & @hillthorngame.bsky.social. Special Effect Ambassador.
Dino nerd ๐ฆ๐ฆ Viewsโข๏ธ
https://lazylinks.co.uk/Aravelle
James Megretton @justjuhtai.bsky.social The artist formally known as JuhTai (someone stole it ๐ค)
๐น๏ธ Product Marketing Manager at ๐๐๐
๐ Collector of things
๐ฏ๐ต Traveller of places
Sadie Boyd @sadieboyd.bsky.social ๐ก๏ธ UI Artist on Overwatch @ Blizzard | Prev. Senior 2D/UI Artist @ Arkane Austin | 12 year Game Dev Vet and professional Sad Boyโข๏ธ
Art Insta: sadboyslays.psd
โจCilantro tastes like soap, but I am a toddler in gods garden blowing bubblesโจ
๐ bitnenfer @bitnenfer.com Engine Programmer - I donโt want to be smart, I only want to make pretty pixels - https://bitnenfer.com - Demoscene - https://lia.rebelion.digital - el/he/him - ๐จ๐ฑ
็ฑๅ
ฐ [Ela] ๐ผ @cafeela.bsky.social UX Designer in video games
speedrunner | card artist | ไธญๆๅญฆ็
Free ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฆ
she/her ๐
Jarran Hobson @jarranhobson.bsky.social Senior Character Art @silentgames / Freelance Character & Art Direction
2 goblins in a man shaped suit
http://artstation.com/jarranhobson | jarran3d@gmail.com
Patrick Wren @witdarkstar.bsky.social Senior Encounter Design on Jedi Survivor at Respawn. Past Senior MP Design on Halo. |Amateur Photographer. Pet owner of a sassy Dachshund. Now PokeWren in my spare time.
Mark Drew @markdrew.bsky.social No longer working in games. Made Harvest Hunt and Please Comply (check em out on Steam!)
Wearer of hats and moustaches.
Makes Magic DevOps at DistroKid.
๐London/Brighton
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
D, Hunter of the Dead ๐๐โจ @dekubrush.bsky.social Sr Character Artist on Overwatch โฆ He/Him โฆ Tarnished โฆ Personal account, my views are MINE!
Steven Lumpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer @ Riot R&D - Horizon Forbidden West - The Secret World - Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade - RollerCoaster Tycoon World
RJ Palmer ๐ LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com Concept Artist | Illustrator | Paleoartist | he/him
Discord Server: http://discord.gg/arvalis
Contact: arvalis@mac.com
Portfolio: https://rj-palmer.com
Store: http://rjpalmerstore.com
Zag @geoffkeene.bsky.social Design Director / CEO of Deep Field Games ๐
Lead on Abiotic Factor ๐จโ๐ฌ abioticfactor.com
Lead on ๐ซ๏ธ
Creator, Designer, Writer of Unfortunate Spacemen ๐งโ๐
Located south of south ๐ณ๐ฟ
Focus Entertainment @focus-entmt.com Bringing Space Marine 2, Toxic Commando, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, SnowRunner, RoadCraft and more to players around the world! ๐ฎ๐ค
Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.dev Ex: Roll7, Spry Fox. Now: helping teams ship faster with test automation, also Brum Indies.
https://automatedaf.dev https://atig.dev
Ironwood Studios | Whispers in the Woods is Out Now ๐ @ironwood.bsky.social ๐ฒ Official Account of Ironwood Studios ๐ฒ
Whispers in the Woods is available now.
https://shorturl.at/HE5al
Pacific Drive is available now on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 5.
Buy it on Steam: bit.ly/PacificDriveSteam
Check us out: https://t.co/zi3zToJZvn
Vitor @vitorsdm.bsky.social Cofounder & CRO @CompanionGroupLtd.
Behind the scenes helping your favourite multiplayer games ship features. Codevelopment specialist. Ex-Improbable. 
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
John Hannon @johnhannon.bsky.social Looking for work! | He/Him |
๐ฅ TRON: Catalyst
@GameDevHeroes 2020 Shortlist
http://linktr.ee/JohnHannon
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Sigurdur Gunnarsson @siggigg.bsky.social Lead AI Programmer, Unreal Engine at Epic Games
Unreal Engine Game Developer - Gameplay, AI, VR.
Past: Hyperion Realms, Wargaming, Klang Games, CCP Games.
'Rito @marmaladerito.bsky.social Past: Team Fortress 2, VR, Stanley Parable Deluxe
Present: Character sculptor maybe sort of
Future: Dirt, mushroom food
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Dan Lowe @danlowlows.bsky.social Principal Tech Animator @SonySantaMonica. Previously Motive (SW: Squadrons), Visceral (Star Wars), Ubi Montreal (Far Cry, WatchDogs), Bizarre Creations. He/Him.
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social CEO/Creative Director:
BLACK PONY IMMERSIVE
Deus Ex, Dishonored
๐น๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ค๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐
merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social Writer. Rogue One, The Book of Eli, Star Wars Rebels, Batman, The Walking Dead, Gundog etc #COYS
Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social senior social media manager at @theverge.com, also @canyoupetthedog.com guy
Cian Maher @cianmaher0.bsky.social Franchise & Lore Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Once won a pub quiz with a team called Geralt of Trivia
Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social Microplastics, theyโre fantastic. Content Director @ GLHF. Consultancy, mock reviews. Did some writing for a video game called The Axis Unseen.
Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social I have friends everywhere ๐ Lead Writer on Crossfire. Before: Gotham Knights, Star Wars: Squadrons + Battlefront II. Probably playing JRPGs or painting Space Marines. ๐ธ by Luke Fontana
Naomi Kyle @naomikyle.bsky.social Actor, host, producer, @PrimeVideo, @CBSTVStudios, @ParamountPlus, @IGN, @DisneyXD, @Discovery, @iHeartRadio. Canadian. Bookings: teamnaomi@unitedtalent.com โ๏ธ
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former news editor gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Meg Fables๐ @megfables.bsky.social Head of Marketing @ Beef Noodle ๐ Previously: Grave Seasons, One More Multiverse, Eyes Unclouded. Wholesome witch making MtG content as MegUntapped on all platforms!โจAnd occasionally Game Dev Style ๐ She/Her
Miranda Sanchez @havokrose.bsky.social Executive Editor of Guides at IGN and Podcast Unlocked member
Into books, beer, stationery, cats, video games, and writing.
She/her
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. ๐
chloe ๐ซง @echochlo.com gamer (twitch partner)
grandma (crochets)
girlfailure (fan of the chicago bears, bulls, blackhawks, and white sox)
chicago โข she/her โข ๐น๐ญ
beacons.ai/echochlo
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social fmr. community at Double Fine Productions | ex journalist (kotaku) | blue rogue | they/she | I write freelance stuff when the mood strikes
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Kitfox Games ๐ฆ @kitfoxgames.com ๐ธ Making intriguing worlds with heart
๐ธ Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
๐ธ Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames