Joshua McCoy @deftjams.bsky.social SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me Multilingual digital humanities, founder of the Textile Makerspace at Stanford & the Data-Sitters Club, teaches data visualization with textiles, helped start #DHmakes. SUCHO 🇺🇦 co-founder, archiving at-risk cultural heritage. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
Duygu Cakmak @aphraella.bsky.social 
Younès ★ @pyrofoux.itch.io ∴ 🇬🇧: they/them 🇫🇷: iel, accord inclusifs
∴ Game design, Research, TTRPGs and Improv Theater
∴ amab arab acab
Find some of my work here:
🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io
🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
🧠 neurocracy.site
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social making games and doing things at PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞 (@punkcake.club)
Shotgun King, Moonpong, Hot Wax, If Letters Had Pants, SUGAR ☆ mother of cats ☆ she/her🏳️⚧️ ☆ aka "trasevol_dog"
streamers tell me about yourself here: https://forms.gle/7VEJ3oSEYdVD9Cdw7
Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social Associate professor @ University of Alberta and Canada CIFAR AI Chair @ Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Claus @wrench.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy I love spiders, zombies, space and quirky stuff. I'm here to talk about having fun with tRPGs, videogames, media and programming, and sometimes life. Take a seat […]
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bleeptrack @bleeptrack.de Creative Technologist and award-winning Artist
Speaker
Randomness Sommelier
~from generative dreams to tangible art~
~doing sidequests for a living~
#generativeart #creativecoding #opensource #maker #electronics #penplotter #solarpunk #tinyhouse 
🐔Katy🐔 @katy-mouse.bsky.social bi. 34. mixed asian southerner. writer and theatre person. masters degree in tech comm. creative producer + writer. cap sun, pisces rising, taurus moon. NC based. i love danmei and queer media tm, rpgs, prestige tv, good writing, + crunchy chunky pixels
Emily Halina @emilyhalina.bsky.social ☆ CS PhD student @ ualberta
☆ indie game dev + technical games researcher
☆ rhythm game fan, writer & composer
☆ infernal cape haver
☆ (she/her)
AI and Games @aiandgames.com Hype-free analysis and deep-dives into AI for game development.
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dipika @dipikarajesh.bsky.social comp media phd student @ ucsc
June @junevamp.bsky.social Masters student @ Telecom paris
Interaction, graphics & Design
Indie game dev
Inkenbloodstudios.carrd.co
She/her 🏳️⚧️
@creamyavocado.bsky.social @creamyavocado.bsky.social 
Fiona Shyne @fiabot.bsky.social I am a Ph.D Student at Northeastern University studying computational tools for Table Top Role Playing Games.
Joseph Aloysius @rjaloy.bsky.social An academic researcher and educator in the field of Media, with the specialisation in Digital Culture and Critical Data studies.
Claudia S @claudsicon.bsky.social ✨PhD cinema & studies✨ Assistant Prof / UTSC / Arts & Media ✨mom in academia, web gleaner, cinephile, feminist, reader, eater, walker ✨I like watching pictures move ✨Treaty 13, Tkaronto, she/her
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/
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Mike Vazquez-DeAnda, PhD @playfulmike.bsky.social Games scholar & designer, queer, Latinx, rasquachero.
Play is sacred.
Pronouns: any/all
https://www.madeanda.com
🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social
Wife. Mother. Grandmother GG
Caregiver for my dementia spouse
Retired Social Worker & Addictions Counsellor.
Vote NDP Prov/ Lib Fed
Believe in Golden Rule.
Kindness & peace.
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Radical Left Scum
Rebecca Caines @fragiledevices.bsky.social Helping build a Creative Technologies program for the new Markham Campus, York University, Canada. Full of interdisciplinary curiosity and belief in community.
Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com Neurospicy disabled trans girl, Ph.Dyke
Writes with @drtanenbaumii.bsky.social, @catblackard.bsky.social, & @jessicamudd.bsky.social
EggPrimeDirective.com
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Ink—Art CauldronFireStudios.com
Theory TessTanen.com
Alena Denisova @sevenfridays.bsky.social Associate Professor @ the University of York, UK.
Research: HCI, video games, research methods.
Interests: travelling to see places I miss out on calling home, making crappy art, playing weird video games.
Mikhail Jacob (he/him) @oroborositron.bsky.social Machine learning, D&D, music
Currently at The Coalition studio, Vancouver.
M Charity @mastermilkx.bsky.social Just a they/them programmer | Assistant Professor at University of Richmond
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Itch: http://mastermilkx.itch.io
Khaled Abdelrahman @khaledabdelrahman.bsky.social Game Developer/Designer
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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
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Pete Andrew @obligatorybrit.bsky.social Making games happen since the late 80s
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Hasnain Lakhani @mhlakhani.bsky.social I try to learn everything. Views hopefully my own. Nerd (PL, Rust, security, AI, systems, …). Leftist. Covid conscious. AuDHD (probably). YIMBY. Free Palestine.
Nicolai B. Hansen @nbhansen.dk Expert on cool software for cool people, and systems that do cool things. Looking for a new job, check nbhansen.dk and lets have a coffee. Lover of anything #pchardware and #pcgaming.
four tet wife @ryder.website https://boxd.it/wyJz
local critic & designer
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jorbs @jorbs.bsky.social he/him | i bought a house from people paying to watch me play videogames how cool is that | author: before we go live | twitch/yt partner
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; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Joris Dormans @jorisdormans.bsky.social Game designer. Lead dev for Bane, Unexplored 2, and Unexplored. Also dabbles with board game design.
Teaches game studies, generative narratology, and game design at Leiden University.
Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
Brenda Dayne @brendadayne.bsky.social Host of Cast On, a podcast for knitters.🧶Lover of books, art, birds, wildflowers, heritage textiles, women and Wales. Insufferable and correct.
Tim Day @thetday.bsky.social Lead Software Engineer at Magic Fuel Games (Playstack). Co-Founder of Sweet Roll Studio. Drexel University Alumni. Cat dad/servant.
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Simon Dor @simondor.com Prof in game and media studies. FR/EN. He/him. Il/lui.
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
enui @enuimakes.bsky.social Ttrpgs, cross stitch, small games and assorted crafts
https://enui.itch.io/
Dr Victoire Hervé - Looking for work @vherve.bsky.social Phd in Procedural Content Generation in games. Ex game engine developer. Level design mad scientist.🤘🏳️⚧️🇫🇷- G K Voris @genevievekv.bsky.social Photographer, baker, traveler, gardener, animal lover.
Josh @joshknipstein.bsky.social Game Designer and Doughnut enthusiast.
Making cool stuff with cool people at Avalon 🎮
Alexander Klink @alech.de Senior SecEng @ AWS Clean Rooms. While I do _work_ for AWS, I do not _speak_ for them.
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
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BAFTA Connect
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mathgrrl @mathgrrl.com math geek and defender of the universe - http://mathgrrl.com - Dr. Laura Taalman
Mithr4nd1r @mithr4nd1r.bsky.social (Game) Developer • He/Him • 👨🏿🦱🏳️🌈 • Opinions my own •
Mostly retweets stuff that is gamey, codeish or cute/funny hit me up if you want to talk ;)
Dave Pickett @davidmpickett.bsky.social Words, systems, games, etc.
davepickett.co
youtube.com/brick101
Ralf Bat 🦇 Dog & Margo (Moo) @gurugryff.tiggi.com Ralf (Lakeland x Patterdale) and Margo (Airedale) living in the Gloucestershire village of Painswick and exploring the Cotswolds every day.
Sam Goree @samgoree.bsky.social Interested in things that are both computational and qualitative, especially surrounding AI. Assistant professor of computer science at Stonehill College, he/him https://samgoree.github.io
Poohbear @poohbearfgc.bsky.social Poohbear but Blue | GT ‘22 🐝 | he/him | Twitch Affiliate | opinions are my own
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
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
Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, enjoyer of things. Always learning.
She/her. Profile pic by Ari!
Yes, I'm here. In the midst of job search. carolinerpitt.phd
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
Dr. Travis Faas @meanderingleaf.bsky.social Game dev professor @ Ball State University | IGDA Indianapolis chair | opinions my own | and so on.
Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
🐈Rex Parker🐈⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University / 2025 ACPT Pairs champion (w/ Penelope Harper) / https://letterboxd.com/realrexparker
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