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Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr Game graphics ๐จ Expect cute characters, grand environments, tech art tips & lowpoly appreciation โจ (EN/FR)
Check my website: https://charlesboury.fr
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
The MIX @themix.bsky.social The MIX organizes and produces digital shows, content and in person game showcases that support game developers and the culture.
Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social Them: You're the father of the xbox!
Me: If it moves back in, itโs paying rent.
theoretical physics | CEO | gastroegyptology | cacao | CHM trustee
amos @fasterthanli.me hi, I'm amos! ๐ they/them ๐ซ currently working on https://vixen.rs and ML/ASR stuff, occasionally making videos about my latest code crimes ๐ฆ rust shill until something better comes up
๐ https://fasterthanli.me
๐บ https://youtube.com/@fasterthanlime
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Victor Savkin @victorsavkin.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ Creator of Nx, the monorepo platform. Co-founder & CTO @nx.dev
Tyler Cloutier @cloutiertyler.bsky.social Founder of Clockwork Labs
XBOX @xbox.com Gaming since 2001
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Johannes Roth @coreproduction.de Founded Mimimi Games, 2008-2023.
Now working on personal projects.
Currently focusing on Bowl Timer: an elegant, distraction-free meditation timer app.
Evan Balster ๐ @art.imitates.life they/them. ๐ช game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
๐ @evan@merveilles.town
Ryan Juckett @ryanjuckett.com It's me. I run @hypersect.com
Trinket Tom | Battle Suit Aces OUT NOW @tom.trinketstudios.com Battle Suit Aces coming Oct 7!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/
President/Programmer of Trinket Studios. Battle Chef Brigade,
Battle Suit Aces; Previously Wideload/Disney; Tall; He/him; tom@trinketstudios.com
Cukia โSugarโ Kimani @sugarbycukia.xyz Hi ๐, I make games under ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, a small mom-and-pop dev shop I run with my partner, @riker.itch.io.
eddybox (hemisphere games) @eddybox.bsky.social Osmos and Karmaka creator (www.hemispheregames.com)
Most recently collaborated on Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (http://apple.co/-Gibbon) w @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social
Living in the alpine meadow...
Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social Game studio established in 2009.
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, VITRIOL, ELOH, Old Manโs Journey, CHESTO, Secrets of Raetikon, Chasing Aurora, And Yet It Moves
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Randy Smith Evergreen @randyevergreen.bsky.social Cool dad. Game director and designer. Classic Thief series, indie studio Tiger Style (Waking Mars, Spider: Bryce Manor, Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon), freelance game developer. Multiple GotY award winner. Austin and Vermont.
E McNeill @emcneill.bsky.social Indie game designer. Mostly VR. Maker of Ironstrike, Ironlights, Darknet, Tactera, Astraeus, Skylight, and Auralux.
Pixeljam Games @pixeljamgames.bsky.social Lowering your resolutions since 2006.
Dino Run 2 Kickstarter launching September 2nd! https://www.dinorun2.com
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io โข Founder, Dejobaan Games โข Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve โข 30 Year Veteran Game Dev โข Boston!
Geert Nellen @geertnellen.bsky.social Game Designer and artist. In the past: Director of Metrico, Lead Designer on Mini Motorways, worked as a designer on games like Manifold Garden and Viewfinder.
Glen Henry - DUPPY DETECTIVE TASHIA OUT NOW๐๐ป @spritewrench.com ๐ Founder/ Project Director Spritewrench Studios
๐Loudest of Jamaica Game Developer Society (JGDS)
๐IGDA - Foundation Velocity Cohort Coordinator
โ (he/him)
๐ https://linktr.ee/spritewrench
Ido Yehieli - Stellar Cartography Interactive @tametick.bsky.social Indie game dev! To the Stars and Prophet Margin. Previously: Slayaway Camp, Cardinal Quest, lots of 7DRLs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/Prophet_Margin/
Karel Crombecq @karelcrombecq.bsky.social Game dev, procedural & graphics programmer. Lead programmer and technical director for @dungeonalchemist.bsky.social.
Arnold Rauers @arnoldrauers.com Hi, Iโm Arnold Rauers.
Since 2012 Iโm creating independent video games as Tinytouchtales.
๐ http://www.arnoldrauers.com ๐
Francois van Niekerk @francoisvn.bsky.social Studio Director at @clockworkacorn.com โข he/him โข https://leafcloud.com/ โข Cape Town, South Africa
Richard Atlas @richmakesgames.bsky.social ๐ฎ CEO / Creative Director at Clever Endeavour Games (he/him)
๐ต Lover of tea, chocolate, heavy metal, cycling, fantasy, health science, and games with good feel ๐
๐ Blog here: http://richardatlas.com
Matt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social 2.5D human gamedev. Rogue Legacy 2, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Gesundheit!, Guilded Youth. He/him
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer. Currently at Innersloth, prev Exploding Kittens. Also worked on HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & lots more lil stuff.
๐ฎ carolmertz.itch.io
๐ bit.ly/carolsBGG
๐ฑ PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Greg Pryjmachuk @minskworks.bsky.social Sun is warm, grass is green | Making Honcho | Made Landlord's Super http://bit.ly/lndlrdspr & Jalopy
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HonchoGame
Discord http://discord.gg/TqCwKdR
Rลซta Pryjmachuk @rutablue.bsky.social 2D/Concept artist.
Working on Honcho.
Formerly LandLord's Super,
Shoppe Keep 2.
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
Aaron @aaron-macklar.bsky.social Iโm pretty good at using a computer. I mostly use one via @knockoutgames.bsky.social.
Dave Carrigg @dcarrigg.bsky.social Game Developer, Educator, Dad
Danny Day @dislekcia.bsky.social IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ brown belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social ๐ฅ making playful things
๐ฆโโฌ he/him
๐๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social Wishlist or playtest Reconfigure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/Reconfigure/
Co-founder Almost Human (Legend of Grimrock) & I run Hapatus Ltd for my own games + freelancing (Noita, Control, Druidstone). Game design, gfx, synths
John Austin @johnaustin.bsky.social Founder of Pontoco and Project Lead for The Last Clockwinder. Engineer, Game Designer, Tea Lover; in no specific order.
Previously: Lead XR Eng at Funomena | Research at Google Brain
@kleptine on the Hellbirdsite
Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social Founder, @terribleposture.bsky.social. Creative Director: Battle Train, Tower of Guns, Mothergunship, 3 out of 10, Mothergunship: Forge, Burgle Supply Company, more. social(at)terribleposture.com
Chris Chung @chrischung.com Indie dev behind Catlateral Damage! Cat dad, husband, food lover, collector, Pokรฉmon Trainer. He/him
Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social Indie game dev behind Duskers & A Virus Named TOM (formerly Bad Robot, Dreamworks Animation, Rainbow Studios)
info@ http://misfitsattic.com
HughSJ @hughsj.bsky.social co-founder/designer at Stellar Jockeys, made Brigador
email: hugh @ http://stellarjockeys.com
Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social Game Director & Designer making the hardboiled https://stealth.game @sleightofhand.game
ร Made Kojima's GOTYใ FRAMED ใ
ร Proud Dad / multi-award winning clichรฉ
ร He/Him
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Monica Fan => GDC 2026 @designermonicat.bsky.social Game Designer by day, k-pop and cat lover by night
Current: @Pipeworks
Cofounder: IGDA Neurodivergent in Game Dev SIG, @HimboHunter
Bubble Tea is my religion. My opinions are my own.
Aaron San Filippo (->Brighton Develop) @aaronflippo.bsky.social Owner of Flippfly (Race The Sun), and CEO of Player Galaxy, a new web games platform for UGC games.
Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
Chris DeLeon โ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com An interactive fiction guy. https://zarfhome.com, https://blog.zarfhome.com, https://eblong.com/zarf/home.html
Tabby Rose @tabbyrose.bsky.social UX Director, Mighty Yell Studios. Accessibility Advocate. she/her
#tabbymakesart #tabbyjournals
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
David Amador @djlink.bsky.social Indie game developer (like that movie) running Upfall Studios. Maker of Quest of Dungeons, Vizati and other weird games.
https://www.david-amador.com
https://www.upfallstudios.com
๐Portugal
chubigans @chubigans.bsky.social Creator of the Cook, Serve, Delicious! series, indie dev & game dev, workin' on all kinds of tasty things!
vertigogaming.net
Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social #GameDev since 1994. I do action mechanics with a twist!
Made "ChainStaff" https://tinyurl.com/chainstaff
Made Shoot 1UP, Serious Sam DD, Pig Eat Ball, Bumpy Grumpy. Worked on POSTAL, Resistance Fall of Man, Ratchet n Clank.
http://www.mommysbestgames.com
Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social Queer af founder of Glass Bottom Games. BAFTA Breakthrough. Working on Verminsteel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/ (prev: SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, etc). She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com MAEK GAEM
Expert game engineer, currently looking for work
Co-founder at @minorkeygames.com, making Eldritch 2
Guitar, vinyl, film, pro wrestling
All cats are beautiful
Anti-fascist
โ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ค he/him ๐ Texas ๐ https://dphrygian.com/
Aubrey Serr @serr.bsky.social Veteran indie game developer and GDC speaker on Level Design. Artist, animator, and programmer with 10+ years of experience. Trained economist bringing analytical skills to game design. 1990 Nintendo World Championships semi-finalist
Jumpy Bit @jumpybit.bsky.social Indie Game Studio based in Munich
https://jumpybit.com
Check out The Games You'll Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750/The_Games_You_Make/
Robin / koffeinvampir @robygon.bsky.social Making a Game about Making Games, that you will make games in it's The Games You Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750
Brian Cronin @briangcronin.bsky.social Game dev working on Slumber Realm ๐ฒ๐ค @chuggagames.bsky.social
Formerly Monster Train, Natural Selection 2, Inkbound
Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social studio director League of Geeks โข co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook โข GDC board โข co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social Worked on games like The Suffering, The Church in the Darkness, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches. Wrote Game Design: Theory & Practice. Now Studio Creative Director at FarBridge on dark new things.
Tanya Kan ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ @vividfoundry.bsky.social Vivid Foundry's Founder. She/They; BiDemi. Dev since 2012. 2D+3D art, game design, game writing, production, teaching. We made the award-winning Solace State: Embolden activists, take back power from big corp!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/928000
DevPods.gg - Make Games the Fun Way! @devpods.bsky.social Team up. Build games. Get good. Join DevPods.gg today and work with remote teams to build live games, the fun way!
Joost van Dongen @joostvandongen.bsky.social Game creator. Founder & Creative Director of Galaxy Grove (Station to Station). Former co-founder of Ronimo (Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, De Blob, Blightbound). Solo creator: Robo Maestro, Cello Fortress, Proun. Composer and cellist of The Ageless Gate
Anders Hillestad @andershillestad.bsky.social Head of Business / Royal Envoy at Vile Monarch
went to uni to become a game designer, came out the other end as bizdev
prev: SUPERHOT Team, Antagonist
Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social Game Designer of Wonderbelly Games, Mother of Imps, Champion of Forgotten Side Quests. Cooking up Arcane Eats, a fantasy cooking deckbuilder. Made Roundguard, a bouncy pegglelike roguelike. We all need joy
https://www.wonderbellygames.com/
aka TanookiFruit
Subliminal Gaming - Wishlist Button City: Soccer Days @subliminalgaming.bsky.social Vibrant cozy indie games
Button City - out now on Steam, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
Button City Soccer Days - Coming soon wishlist now!
https://www.buttoncitygame.com/soccerdays
Learn more about our studio at
https://www.subliminalgaming.com
Ryan is making Button City Soccer Days @subliminalman.bsky.social made a game about a fox and an arcade and now he's playing soccer.
Button City (https://www.buttoncitygame.com) Subliminal Gaming (https://www.subliminalgaming.com) โ still masking
Elliott Mitchell ๐ฅ ๐ง @mrt3d.bsky.social Founder Vermont Digital Arts & the original Boston Unity Group, 3D - XR Artist, Indie Game Developer, Volumetric Filmmaker & Nutter - #XR #VR #Immersive #GameDev
Rusty Moyher @rustym.bsky.social Game Designer and Programmer โ Projects: Astro Duel 2, Dig Dog, Train Bandit, Astro Party, Retro Game Crunch
https://rustymoyher.com
โจ Kaelan ๐ GDC โจ @kaelandm.bsky.social Game & Narrative Designer.
PhD Candidate at UChicago researching rad worldbuilding.
Lead organizer, QGCon.
they/he
Eric Chahi @ericchahi.bsky.social Stay tuned about Paper Beast, Another World, and more!
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Karen "Haren" Morrison @haren.bsky.social Narrative @RootsOfPacha.com | Virtual Exchange Director IGDA Foundation
| IGDA SanDiego
Opinions are my cat's, but usually mine too. We agree on a lot.
Nicole Oliver @nicolesoliver.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป Engineer working on Nx Cloud at Nx ๐จ ๐ All about illustration, design and visualization ๐ Plays with paint & pixels, she/her
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