Witt @yourogsan.bsky.social All opinions are my own. Except when they're from my corgis, but you'll know when that happens
Logan! @loganbuchanan.bsky.social Game Liker. Opinions are my own.
Currently: Senior Level Designer Next Level Games
Previously: Full Circle (skate.), BeamdogInc, Kabam.
Profile pic: DenizenQuinn.
He/Him
Kat Barkwell @scardeykat.bsky.social Indie Programmer (ex Bioware, Full Circle)
she/her
opinions are my own
Em @emaudible.bsky.social Hello! 🏳️🌈
Workin with A Shell in the Pit making noises on indie games. Big Walk, Untitled Goose Game, Night in the Woods, Chicory, Pacific Drive, Tchia etc
Emma Larkins @emmalarkins.bsky.social Board game designer - Starry Night Sky, Abandon All Artichokes, Squabblin Goblins, Epilogue, and more! she/her. PNW. Not free until we're all free. http://emmalarkins.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production. Uplifting marginalized devs.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Lauren Scott @laurenscott.bsky.social Game designer, writer, piano player, sister, human.
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social
Alicia Fortier @batteringham.bsky.social GDC Talk: Bear Hugs and Dev Tears https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/bear-hugs-and-dev-tears-building-stories-for-cozy-grove-camp-spirit/907863
Lead game designer for Cozy Grove; Camp Spirit, scavenger of knick-knacks. ❤️🐌
https://linktr.ee/aliciafortier
Elaine Gómez ✨ @elainegomez.bsky.social 🎮 Founder & Game Director | Midnight Hour Games
🇵🇷🇩🇴 President | Latinx in Gaming
✨BAFTA Breakthrough US 2024
🪶Enrolled tribal member, Higuayagua Taino of the Caribbean
William Chyr @chyr.bsky.social Artist and game developer. Directed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago.
https://studiochyr.com/
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Jacob Garbe 💀 @logodaedalus.bsky.social Quiet Poster. Retweets mostly spooky art, books, and the occasional original thought. Did a PhD on designing dynamic narrative systems in games. Senior Narrative Systems Designer.
Views my own.
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play.
Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design.
Rolling Hills 🍣 | Fetch my Blade 🐕 🗡️
klawdd @klawdd.bsky.social
@tylermakesgames.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social
Zack Hiwiller @zackhiwiller.com 20+ years as a professional game designer. Author. Football official. Board gamer. Dog lover. I was the main character of video games internet for two days in 2010. Opinions are always my own. No one else would take credit for them.
Elaine @muselle.bsky.social Studio Director @ HeartLoop Games | Faculty and Coordinator @ IVGD - Dawson College | Coordinator @ Pixelles | She/Her | Game Dev Mom
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games
Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Tomo Moriwaki @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social Our shared fiction is our reality, so... let's take better care of it. Long time game designer. Most noteworthy impact: creative director of Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
Jon Remedios @jonremedios.bsky.social Toronto based game designer/developer.
SSMP. Marc. Gone Vroom. A pile of digital trash that's disappeared.
Working on new stuff. Still missing Miitomo.
Abhi | Venba @brownmoney.bsky.social Creative Director at Visai Games
Making games that tell intimate stories with interesting mechanics, like Venba!
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
Marcus Montgomery @marcusingames.bsky.social Creative Director / Game Design Director @cstoneintstudio
www.sleepy-genius.com
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Darth Mel @melrambles.bsky.social Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Pam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Core Game Design Team, #CosmereRPG
Ennie-winning/Nebula Finalist
#ffxiv: Balmung queer, fanfic writer
business: pam.punzalan@gmail.com
https://thedovetailor.carrd.co/
Radiant Citadel • Spire/Heart • Hunter • TSL • Cosmere • BitD: The Dagger Isles
Roxanne Blouin-Payer @rbpayer.bsky.social Game Designer, Crochet-lover, RPG fanatic
Chris Proctor @dorukai.bsky.social Core gameplay designer and design director
Design Director @ Guerrilla Games
Ex-Bungie, 343 Industries, 2K Marin, Funcom, Bigworld
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. 🎲 they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
Olivia Wood @babelfishwars.bsky.social 'Funky urban Galadriel' | 'Celestial gigawitch' | 'Bird lady' | 'Crone' | “Singularly horrifying – 5 stars”
Narrative Lead & Writer
rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
Graeme Lennon @gfsl.bsky.social
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com The official English FFXIV Bluesky account.
The critically acclaimed MMORPG with a Free Trial up to level 80! ✨ freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com
Arden Osthof @ardenost.bsky.social Freelance Senior Narrative Designer.
Helped make The Division 2, Anno 1800 & 2205, Red Kiss, Mars Vice & more.
🏳️🌈 They/Them 🏳️⚧️
Hire me for your projects: https://diorama-machine.com/
BUS Game Devs - Vancouver Game Dev Series @busgamedevs.bsky.social Running game dev community events in Vancouver linktr.ee/busgamedevs
Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PAX West 1417 @pizzapranks.bsky.social Top (& only) Guy at Indiepocalypse | Home for the Unmarketable | indie games' most widely known person of zero importance
http://indiepocalypse.com
Starter Guide http://indiepocalypse.com/starter
http://indiepocalypse.com/patreon
indiepocalypse@gmail.com
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Contributing writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social Deaf dev who loves coffee 🤗♥️
Accessibility Development Director @ EA
she/they • coda mom • my views ♿️✨
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Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️ @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 🏳️⚧️
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 BLM
Cameron Williams @camwilliamsgd.bsky.social Senior Mission Designer II at Absurd Ventures
Previously at Infinity Ward & Rockstar Games
Also lead development on the fan project TimeSplitters: Rewind
Vicki Ferguson @ GDC @vickiferguson.bsky.social Principal Technical Director @ Respawn
Formerly EA, Ubisoft
Eric Park now awake for GDC again @pjheric.bsky.social He/they gayme designer. UCI GDIM '24 | USC IMGD '27
@pjheric1219 on Twitter (but you knew that right?)
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social Raze & Rebuild Studio Founder | BAFTA US Member | Ex-Monolith Prod. | Twitch Partner | LogitechG Partner | Rivals of Waterdeep & Black Dice Society Alum |TakeThis Board Chair| She/They
https://linktr.ee/cypheroftyr
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Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
Malcolm @themalcolmtent.bsky.social Emotionally, spiritually, ethically three raccoons in an overcoat (he/him)
Game designer @ Hardsuit Labs, opinions my own (especially the bad ones). Ex BioWare, BBI, Coalition, Rockstar, Radical, and more
Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social Indie dev, witch; fae/faer. I've made a 99 character RPG, a game about retired adventurers, a fake MMO, and other things. Games at cannibalinteractive.itch.io contact: cannibalinteractive@gmail.com
✨Waylon Snedker✨ @waylonsnedker.bsky.social Game Dev
Play Now: http://bit.ly/OddRealmSteam or http://bit.ly/OddRealmItchIO
Patreon: http://bit.ly/OddRealmPatreon
Discord: http://discord.gg/oddrealm
Nina Kim @rainysector.bsky.social Senior Designer at Rare
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
jess @gaypunkposer.dev gamedev, gay lil freak (she/her), meanace to creatures and electronics alike, desert rat living in the PNW
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) @fawzi.zone Creative Director on BGE2 @Ubisoft Award winning game designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @thehabibis.show opinions are my own. he/him. 日本語OK🙆♂️
Matthew - CurlyGoblin Dev @curlygoblin.bsky.social he/him
Indie Dev - Dual Eclipse Out now!!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3048300/Dual_Eclipse/
Natasha Miller @natashamiller.bsky.social
⚡️Marina Díez 🔜 Gamescom @ninfadp.bsky.social Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer ❀ Game Director for Oh Apollo! @ Blue Backpack ❀ Take Us North // The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne ❀ Consultant ❀ @Forbesunder30 2021 ❀ 🌈 she/her
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
🎮 CD sona bona
💫 Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
🍊 Spanish in UK
💼 Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
✌🏼 she/her
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Amy of Thies @thieamy.bsky.social Writer, Cat Mom, Human ● Community @ Apex Legends
● Ago: Club Penguin, Disney, Gears
🏳️🌈 she/her 🦇
David Candland @candland.bsky.social UI/UX Director at EA. Best known for my work on the Halo and Destiny games while at Bungie. http://cand.land
Kacper Szymczak @kacpersz.bsky.social CEO/Creative Director of Artificer, a Devolver studio.
Sumerian Six, Showgunners, Phantom Doctrine, Hard West, Call of Juarez 1/2/3
#gamedev x:@illusionGD
Josh Kulinski @joshkulinski.bsky.social Staff Game Designer at Bungie on Destiny 2, formerly WB Games & LucasArts. Fan of Comics and Sci-fi. | my opinions are dumb and my own
Milly 🔜 DragonCon!!! @foxesforsale.bsky.social Senior Producer @ Sprung Studios. Organiser for Full Indie Summit.
Games, cosplay, hockey, one large cat. Melbourne native living in Vancouver, BC. She/her.
Josh Watkins @potterybreaking.bsky.social Professional elder video game code typer at Treyarch. Formerly Relic, United Front. Scared to die before the Canucks win anything. He/him.
Rumberto @rumberto.bsky.social 🇵🇹 Game Developer at FunPunchGames.com || Chair at IGDA.pt
Jeff Christy @jeffchristy.bsky.social Principal UI Visual Designer #Bungie, Past: #Halo
Andres Galvis @galvis.bsky.social Gamer, Amateur Musician, UX Researcher
Aaron (Pikaaroon) 🎮📝 @theaaronleigh.bsky.social Make | Play | Discover -
#GameDesigner at PlaySide Studios - Prev: Warcraft III: R / @KromeStudios and @RareLtd on @SeaOfThieves / 🇦🇺 - he/him
#gamedev #GameDesign
Kate Rayner @kate-rayner.bsky.social Technical Fellow @xbox.com, Technical Director at The Coalition, Xbox Game Studio | Views my own | she/her
Pedro Pestana @pmnpestana.bsky.social Lead Editor @ IGN Portugal ║ ppestana@ign.com║
Intergalactic Sueca Champion
chelsea @chelseaobyrne.bsky.social chelseaobyrne.ca
chelsea@chelseaobyrne.ca
Art of Stephanie Broder @stephaniebroder.bsky.social Hi! I'm a they/them illustrator, writer and art coach. I love making comics and characters. Check out the links for my blog and deets!
https://linktr.ee/artofstephaniebroder
Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/dailyrothko?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6cc688f-88d8-4dbb-a7df-75f3b74d02be
Alex M @alex.debonairbear.ca Senior QA by day. Game maker by night.
Lefty Scifi nerd dreaming of space flight.
🇨🇦🇫🇮🏴
📍Vancouver, BC, Canada
Creator of The Labyrinth At The End Of Time.
Wishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4793030/The_Labyrinth_At_The_End_Of_Time/
Ana Margarida Matos @a-mmatos.bsky.social Like Schrödinger’s cat but making comics in the 21st century. Or maybe not.
Find more on my instagram @a_mmatos while I find myself here.
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
Sierra Louie @sierralouie.bsky.social Cartoonist, Writer, Editor, etc. based in "Vancouver."
Scott W. Bradford @scottwbradford.bsky.social Lead Narrative Designer @skate | Prev: Senior Activity Design
@skate, Senior Quest Design @Kabam | Gourmand | Coffee Drinker | Father | Views my own
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
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Pat @ur-pat.bsky.social "It is not sufficient to see and know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it." - Voltaire
❤️🐈🎮📖🎨❤️ | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 🇵🇭 | 25+
Games User Research at Activision | Call of Duty & Crash Bandicoot | Opinions are My Own
Tyler Poe @tylerpoe.bsky.social Currently building dev teams at Electronic Arts for skate, Battlefield 6 & Iron Man. Purdue alum living in Seattle. Bengals & Reds fan. Collector of films & vinyl. My opinions are my own. He/Him.
Email: tpoe@ea.com
https://www.ea.com/careers
Games User Research @gamesur.bsky.social Games User Research (#GamesUR): making video games better by understanding players 🧠 and play 🎮.
A volunteer-run IGDA SIG. Sharing articles, blogs & events!
✨️Sylvette 3D✨️🇵🇷 @sylvette3d.bsky.social ☆3D Character Artist @ nullframe.bsky.social
☆Prev. Snr Character Artist @ Gladius Studios
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