@lynnhughes.bsky.social @lynnhughes.bsky.social
Alain Thibault @hal8000.bsky.social Artist,Curator, Artistic Director of ELEKTRA Digital Art Montreal
Emma Westecott @emmawestecott.bsky.social
dr lee cyborg @leeborg.bsky.social Chair of the Open Hardware Summit 🔧 + @oshwassociation board member + Radio Snack Executive Director 📻🥨 PhD in space stuff 🌌🚀
artist. cyborg. professional enthusiastic weirdo.
leecyb.org
they/he/iel + accords masculin 🏳️⚧️⚧️
En/Fr
🦯🦮
Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)
Ida @idatoft.bsky.social • from CPH • based in MTL • currently interested in the aesthetics of my neuronal normality
Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social Designer of Harvest & Grand Guignol. gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io.
Cooking enthusiast. Once an anthropologist and professional GM.
“Very witty and wise, like a mole underneath a tree".
Ace, aro, agender (they/them).
juliet @follypersist.bsky.social Juliet L'mous. they/them. borges, hamlet, teaching, christmas, and friends at the table. making a new home again and again
Tas Game Makers, Inc. @tasgamemakers.com TasGM is a community for Tasmanian game developers, artists, journos, and anyone interested in getting into the field. Join us! http://tasgamemakers.com/discord
@patrick-hemmer.bsky.social @patrick-hemmer.bsky.social
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.
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social 🔸Irish 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 dev / Glasgow Indie Games Fest / PizzaJam 🔸
Making indie 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 : ComputerJames.itch.io
(Stealth Crossword, Dogman95)
Northern Institute @ni-cdu.bsky.social Independent Social & Public Policy research & training for northern Australia at Charles Darwin University.
✊🏿Indigenous Knowledge & Governance 👪Population 🖊️Policy & Program Analysis 📘Education & Health 🌿Sustainable Economy, Environment & Climate
Anna Antonova @asantonova.bsky.social Coasts, social & environmental change, blue/green EU policy, blending #EnvHum & #MarSocSci | PI, "Convivial Waterfronts: Reimagining Urban Coastal Conservation for Just Sustainability Transformations" (2026-2031) at TUM SOT | She/her/Dr
Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker. UK Comics Laureate for a while. Peaked too soon. (She/her)
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
Nifflas @nifflas.bsky.social Game developer and adaptive music specialist
nifflas.itch.io
Nicolò Tedeschi @niguloto.bsky.social I’m heading there now. Race you? he/him - Santa Ragione - Freelance Graphic designer & Art director
Millo Game Audio Studio @millogameaudio.bsky.social
increpare @increpare.bsky.social Game developer in Berlin, innit.
www.increpare.com
Jay @ ENIGMA|STUDIO (tolt.horse) @enigmastud.io Irish Game Director @ ENIGMA STUDIO, a horror game studio based in Galway, Ireland | He/Him
THE ENIGMA MACHINE | MOTHERED | ECHOSTASIS
https://linktr.ee/ENIGMA_STUDIO
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social A platform for projects related to David Graeber’s legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work.
https://davidgraeber.institute
Opal Winter @cloudyopal.bsky.social Illo - kidlit - games
Currently just existing
Josie Giles @hjosephinegiles.bsky.social Writer. www.harryjosephine.com
Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Change at Universities of Manchester & Uppsala.
Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options.
Co-founder https://climateuncensored.com
Nils Deneken @nilsdeneken.bsky.social Founder, Creative Director and CEO at Die Gute Fabrik. Making games, drawing more again.
Riker @riker.itch.io I make games 🎮
https://linktr.ee/realriker
@raniyas.bsky.social @raniyas.bsky.social
Nina Mulhall @ninamlhl.bsky.social
Katelyn Gigante @silasary.bsky.social Maker of game like things
Penny Dreadful Magic (the gathering) format
MTGO stuff for Scryfall
Randomizers
Twitch Overlays
Discord Bots
I've even been known to make a game on occasion
I frequently perform crimes against the .NET framework
Mr Abbott @thegeometrician.bsky.social Likes to make things and make things happen in: dance/theatre/film/hip hop/games/writing/archives/gifs
🌊🌊🌊
Home of the #OpportunitiesAvalanche
https://www.thegeometrician.com/
#inkcypher #theendofdance
Florence Chee @cheeflo.bsky.social Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
Outi Kaarina Laiti @outi.bsky.social Senior research fellow at University of Helsinki Indigenous studies. Samigamejammer and Ethnoprogrammer.
Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social queer crip in tech research, hearing sign language enthusiast
Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social Global network of 300+ decision-makers, researchers, lawyers, activists and artists working to support those impacted by #LossAndDamage from the #ClimateCrisis.
https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the stories of his culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/Dreams_on_a_Pillow/
Tamas Andrei Foldes @sinandrei.bsky.social Postdoc at University of Surrey. Interested in Sleep / Memory / Well-being
Karen L Mansfield @karenlauram.bsky.social ResearchScientist:
EmergingTechnologies, MentalHealth/Wellbeing/Learning,
MetaScience, ResearchIntegrity, MixedMethods.
SocialEquity, People&Planet, ActiveTravel, Sustainability.
FirstGen ImposterInAcademia
Nick Ballou @nballou.bsky.social Early career research fellow at Imperial College London - video games, trace data, adolescents, mental health, open research.
Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social Father and Husband. Professor @oii.ox.ac.uk
Manuel Ninaus @manuelninaus.bsky.social Assoc.-Prof. @University of Graz 🇦🇹; Head Digital Psychology Lab 🎮🧠; digital technologies, game-based learning, learning analytics, emotions, games, neuroscience
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Jey Biddulph @jeyb.bsky.social Immersive, games and narrative are some words I like.
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social Creative Director & Founder of A Profound Waste of Time.
Graphic Designer aiming to be a jack of all trades, master of some.
Steve Heller @hellerphant.hellergood.co Producer at 17-BIT in Kyoto.
Formerly production and narrative at Fellow Traveller.
Worked on Orwell, Hacknet, The Stillness of the Wind, Neo Cab and others.
Also run indie publication Pixels for Breakfast.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
hailey @hailey.at spreadsheet pusher.
agents, safety, and atproto.
opinions are my own, especially the bad ones.
Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
🇵🇸 cowboy bebo @hinenauhea.bsky.social ☁️🫧 māori emo gamer girl 🫧☁️
🙂↕️🤝 buy toroa: skycall plz 🤝🙂↕️
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Leonie @leonieyue.bsky.social Character illustrator & low energy autistic hermit ❦ she/her
❧ Artist @ Hipster Whale
❧ about me & email http://leonieyue.com/about
❧ https://blog.leonieyue.com/
❦ studies, fanart, designs, rambles
Bart Simon @bartsimon.bsky.social Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
Ed Stern @edstern.bsky.social Basic Prog Brit Woke Remoaner Centrist Dad.
He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual.
Former Splash Damage game dev.
Full-Stack Narrative Designer/Game Writer available for hire:
https://www.sternword.co.uk/- M @milkymilkface.bsky.social @milkymilkface.bsky.social
Mink @mink.bsky.social Escape Room maker.
Paper House @paperhousegames.com videogames + culture shop + other stuff 🏚
WISHLIST Wood & Weather on Steam! ⛈️
Paperbark | BKPC
paperhousegames.com
@ngoctmvu.bsky.social @ngoctmvu.bsky.social
Katie Lloyd Williams @yayitskatie.com Games curator at 🍏. Show me your cool indie iOS games (or just send memes, either's cool). San Francisco. she/her. yayitskatie.com
Pat The Head | I'm Pat @pat-the-head.itch.io I'm a video game developer making mindful mobile games in Cozy Game Studio and also horror TTRPG adventures as Pat The Head. Those two things are not related 😁
Mahdi Bahrami @bahrami.bsky.social made Engare and Tandis
AstridMie @astridmrefstrup.bsky.social CEO @wingsfundme Parttime law student. Dyslexic ✌️She/her.
Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social Now: Scouting for Raw Fury
Before: Lots of stuff.
Pitch me that new game of yours -> https://form.asana.com/?k=SF4rPk6Y5L-NFSrVml5JOg&d=1123805143377851
(He/Him)
Tim Garbos @timgarbos.bsky.social Awkwardly trying to make people laugh through video games. WHAT THE GAMES?
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
Martin 🐨 @lydmartin.bsky.social Sound purveyor @noknok.bsky.social
Done work on: Sable, GoNNER, Dome Keeper, neverway , Tiny Glade, Townscaper, Manifold Garden
Ruby Quail @quail.bsky.social pretty artist designer, and technologist with red hair, I make gay art and write code for @acmilabs.bsky.social,🏳️⚧️ girl, (she/her) https://rubyquail.design (also @rubyquaildesign elsewhere)
Serrels @serrels.bsky.social Will you CONTINUE?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/continuemagazine/continue-a-defiant-new-videogames-magazine
Ben Abraham @afterclimate.com.au I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
jukio kallio @jukio.bsky.social Composer. Fall Guys, Minit, Dave the Diver, Nuclear Throne, Minecraft remix, Celeste B-sides, Luftrausers, etc. he/him. Wanna work with me? Great! Contact management at katariina@1358cr.com
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social ✨Things and Stuff✨
anitasarkeesian.com
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social 🔥 making playful things
🐦⬛ he/him
🀄️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
Daniel @c418.org I Music sometimes 🐈⬛
Alexander Muscat @alexandermuscat.bsky.social Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast ● Making & researching ● Working on multi-perceptual puzzler SITE UNSEEN 🔴 siteunseengame.com ● Mech head ● he/him
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Emilia @lazerwalker.com Experimental games, interactive art, OSS tools. Was games advocacy lead at MS/Xbox (+ organizer of Roguelike Celebration and !!con), currently a full-time Very Sick Person. Probably doing qigong right now.
https://lazerwalker.com
she/her
House House @househouse.com We made Push Me Pull You, and an Untitled Goose Game: goose.game. Big Walk is out now: bigwalk.game
househouse.com
Stephanie Boluk @chouxsalad.bsky.social
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com Videogame developer currently working on Mars First Logistics: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
James Rae @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social Climate scientist and geochemist
@UnivofStAndrews
| CO2 & ocean circulation past & present | Social & Environmental justice
Dr. Brooke Bessesen @brookebiologist.bsky.social 🌎🐘🌱🐬🍄🪶🌼🦩🐢🦋🐾
Marine biologist, University of Reading, studies sea snakes, big on biodiversity, author, books include Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez.
Lucy Woodall @lucymarine.bsky.social Marine conservation ecologist with an interest in the deep sea, human impacts and seahorses
Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social linktr.ee/taotaotasi
Chamorro dude in DC
Savage and Restless
More Fish, Less Pollution
Decolonize the Ocean
Mediocre Ukulele Player
Mongabay @mongabay.com Award-winning nonprofit media outlet publishing global environmental science & news in 8 languages via bureaus in India, Brazil, Africa, Latin America, Indonesia & US: https://mongabay.com
Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social Seafloor mapper, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, EC50, cyclist, 1st Black submersible diver to Challenger Deep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. NAS, NAE, ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611; She/her; views mine
bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social An independent, award-winning online magazine connecting you with stories about biodiversity and conservation from around the world. (Former account of Hakai Magazine)
Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.biographic.com/newsletter-signup/
Callum Roberts @profcallum.bsky.social Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Exeter, UK.
Chief Scientist Convex Seascape Survey; Advisor to Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Coral Institute, BBC Blue Planet III, CORDAP; Trustee of Nekton; Author of Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir.
Hanna Wirman @hwirman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Play Design, Center for Digital Play &
Head of Study Programme of MSc in Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Novruz Javadov @novruzj.bsky.social Co-founder, and Producer at Darts Games
Working on too many damn games at the same time. But mainly on "Do No Harm" right now.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Aya Naseem @ayanaseem.bsky.social Marine Biologist
Co-founder of Maldives Coral Institute
Corals 🪸Surf 🏄🏾♀️
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Kidney @dmkidney.bsky.social Design Director @intarsia.studio
Working on 🐞❤️🪲
Formerly:
Minigames Lead - LEGO Party! @ SMG
Dreams @ Media Molecule
he/him
Secret Lab @secretlab.games Secret Lab builds games. We're best known for Night in the Woods, and the Australian ABC Play School games, as well as @YarnSpinner.dev. We're currently building I Feel Fine, written by Ryan North, and Leonardo's Moon Ship. No GenAI, please.