martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social 🔥 making playful things
🐦⬛ he/him
🀄️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
leggy @leggystarscream.bsky.social Dr. Stella, PhD. Former academic, current speedrunner. Loves ProcGen, RPGs and randomizers. Non-practicing Disney Adult. Helps with @therpgvalkyries.bsky.social and @powerupwithpride.bsky.social (she/they)
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Justin Fain @fainjj.bsky.social [he/him/they] | Geospatial | Data Science | Open Source | R | SQL | Professional Windows Hater | Satellite-based Avatar of Elements | Opinions are not my own, rather something carried by the wind | Considered an expert despite my best efforts
Zack Labe @zacklabe.com Climate Scientist at @climatecentral.org | PhD | Passionate about improving science communication through data-driven stories | Harrisburg, PA | https://zacklabe.com/
Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here are only my own.
Jonathan Spira @sanbox-irl.bsky.social Designer and Lead Programmer on @fieldsofmistria.
Sometimes Jack, 'sanbox', he/him
Email me, cowards!! (on my websites at https://sanbox-irl.github.io)
American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org AMS is a professional organization that advances the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences in service to society.
https://www.ametsoc.org/
Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io I study high-impact weather, help develop high-resolution models to improve weather forecasts, and mentor scientists. Constantly striving to help those around me flourish. My views expressed here are mine alone.
Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at UND DAS | Previous NRC/NSF Fellow at NSSL | PSU & TAMU alum | Severe storm dynamics/predictability | Avid cook/baker | he/him 🏳️🌈 | *opinions my own*
Left Tyler None Gender @tryagaintyler.com they/them • London, UK
Let me tell you about spreadsheets, and how fun it is to make things!
https://tryagaintyler.com
joel a clark @joelaclark.bsky.social - solo indie @ JCGM 🎮 bsky.app/profile/jcgm-games.bsky.social
- working on new project 🌿
- available freelance 💻
- Kansas City📍
- Blaseball (2020) ⚾️🩸
- 5 cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
- he/him 👽
joelaclark.com
Kor Bosch @korbosch.bsky.social Wildlife & history
Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social Anthropologist at Stockholm University. Senior historian, Firaxis. Water, ghosts, ruins, games. สนใจเรื่องไทย แม่น้ำโขง
https://andrewalanjohnson.com
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mekong-dreaming
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Soren Johnson @sorenjohnson.bsky.social Founder of MohawkGames. Designer of Civ 3, Civ 4, Dragon Age Legends, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. Still a Mouth Breather.
Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io Game dev, currently making Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game
Rogue @rogue.site A video game website run by humans.
Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social Weather and climate scientist focused on extreme events like floods, droughts, & wildfires on a warming planet. www.weatherwest.com
ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social IGF and Hugo Award-Winning narrative designer for Freehold Games. Founding member of Nightmare Blunt Rotation. fka @inurashii. She/her. BTQ+.
Check my work out at https://ectafoole.itch.io
Snapjaw VTuber at https://twitch.tv/grastreams
Fields of Mistria ✨ Out now in 1.0 @fieldsofmistria.bsky.social Fields of Mistria is a fantasy farming / life sim RPG 🌱
Download on Steam: http://bit.ly/Mistria
Maelephant @lithovore.bsky.social He/him.🌹 DSA 🌹. Eater of stones. Also <3 ttrpgs, archery, beetles, snakes, horror, ancient history. Bisexual. Friend of spiders.
Paul ✍🏻 Dean @paullicino.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia etc. Did acres of crit/journalism. NDP volunteer.
He/him.🏳️🌈🍉I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!
linktr.ee/paullicino
Bria 🌻 @thevoidencore.bsky.social Community Director for Young Horses. voted most likely to become a pokemon master in 8th grade. Prev: CD for Blaseball
Elliot @nameoftheyear.bsky.social Cursed to never log off ☆ You may know me from my work at Blaseball; Crunchyroll; IndieCade; FanimeCon ☆
Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social Game designer on UFO 50, Hot Streak, Air Land & Sea, Spots, Scape Goat, Time Barons. Comic author on Let Go. Website at jonperry.com
CHIKU Atataka / テトラポッド葉山 @my-syumi-game.bsky.social ■ Japanese Game Designer / Lead Level Designer
■ Independent Game Development Researcher
■ Monster Hunter Frontier, Dragon Quest XI, Contra: Rogue Corps, FOAMSTARS
■ CEDEC Game Design Track Chair: https://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2025/en/
■ X: @my_syumi_game
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
Keira Gunn 🇨🇦 @keiragunn.bsky.social Math PhD, worker's rights activist, hockey goalie, cat lover, and figuring out what to do next.
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social CEO/Creative Director:
BLACK PONY IMMERSIVE
Deus Ex, Dishonored
🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
Alisha Thayer @alishathayer.bsky.social Design Director and Technical Design Advocate
Bay 12 Games @bay12games.com 
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
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
Kawa Teaño 🏔 @procgenkawa.bsky.social Proc gen ranger, city slicker, multidiscipline crafter and mender. They/them pronouns, "strange and indulgent" adjectives.
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more.
I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social
Blog: namelessquality.com
Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
Elle 🌺 Flowerbud @pxpetals.com Game Dev • Artist • Storyteller
she / they
chronically ill / ND
green mage 🪴💐
married 💍🍃
Creating Flowerbud: A Flower Shop Dating Sim w/ Godot
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3778370/Flowerbud/?beta=0
Business 💌 elle@pxpetals.com
artemis, evil boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing I write about videogames. Words @ Deleted Saves, startmenu, Superjump, TIER
Big Boss @ Stop Caring
(She/her or they/them)
https://linktr.ee/artemisawormrot
Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social Newsroom Meteorologist at the San Francisco Chronicle
Snow lover, Seattle sports fan, University of Washington graduate
sfchronicle.com/author/anthony-edwards/
LB Hunktears @hunktears.online socialist. luddite. writer & narrative designer @gardens.dev & @insecretplaces.com. father of dog. i love the beach boys. they/them (formerly blaseball, fanbyte, weird twine games) https://linktr.ee/hunktears
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 🏳️⚧️
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. PRECOGNITION for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
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
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)
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
Gabe Tutone @impressioniste.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇺🇸 | Technical Producer | World’s Edge, Monolith, Bungie and Keywords | He/him
Tamara Hughes @mamamonkey.bsky.social In a love/hate relationship with the games industry. Currently: community & marketing at Trebuchet! Previously at Rec Room, Animal Company, Deadly Delivery. VR nerd. She/her.
Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social 16th level information technologist, 12th level game designer | 60y in space https://half-apress.itch.io | pronoun he/him/his/his/himself
@isaackarth.bsky.social @isaackarth.bsky.social Procedural Content Generation! In Video Games!
I'm currently available for hire if you are in need of having something generated, or your generated things aren't behaving.
Gardens Interactive @gardens.dev A videogame studio growing the future of social roleplay. 🌳 Follow along here and on our website: www.gardens.dev
Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social Actions Speak Louder Than Words
✍️ Systemic Narrative Designer
🧭 Quest designer and world builder
🧠 Psychology and Sociology in #GameDesign
Currently @ Highdive Games
Coming Soon in 2026 from CRC Press: "Quest Giving"
Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Andreia Gonçalves @andreiag.bsky.social Sr Social Systems Designer at @EA Full Circle, working on @skate. Previously on @PlantsvsZombies. 🇵🇹🇨🇦 she/her. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/andreiagg
david van duzer @dvd.tennica.net typist.
hack.
but i repeat myself
closet cryptographer.
Dustin Freeman 🧙♂️🇨🇦 @dustinfreeman.bsky.social Applied researcher with PhD in CS/Theatre. Working on something new {📸⏩🎞️} to cross the ML-HCI Chasm. Frequent digital/immersive theatre director. Bi 🌈.
dustinfreeman.org
@squirreleiserloh.bsky.social @squirreleiserloh.bsky.social 
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
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
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
🇨🇦
FourbitFriday @fourbitfriday.bsky.social Irredeemable Game Dev
: Co-founder @oddobject.zone
: Catacomb Kids - ckgame.net
: Scrubbin' Trubble - scrubbintrubble.com
: UFO 50 - www.50games.fun
: Streams - twitch.tv/fourbitfriday
: Music - frror.bandcamp.com
: he/hɪm : ♠ ace : fourbitfriday.com
Lee Guille 🔜 Gamescom @writeleewrite.bsky.social Communications & PR Director ROCKFISH Games and @everspace.game. Previously Evolve PR, Offworld Industries, Beamdog, Blastworks.
Secret crafter. Seeker of fine microbrew. Someday screenwriter. Probably real. He/Him.
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Slashie @slashie.bsky.social IndieDev + Roguelike Guy. Roguetemple, Slashware Interactive, Ananias Roguelike, NovaMundi, Emerald Woods, and a lot more at https://slashie.net
Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com She/Her | Art Director at Mega Crit | PIGSquad Organizer | Prev Dicey Dungeons + Floppy Knights | Black Lives Matter! Trans rights are human rights!
⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆
https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/
https://marlowedobbe.com/
https://marlowedobbe.com/newsletter
nell @nellraban.com a woman with no common sense
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.
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
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
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
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
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
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. 💜
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
Rourke Bywater @rourke.bsky.social Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. 💜 procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
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/
Alexander King @literallyaking.com Game Designer, Economy/System Design. Adjunct Professor at NYU Game Center & Parsons DT. Staff Data Analyst for ACT-UAW Local 7902. Spreadsheet aficionado.
(He/Him)
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
Darren Grey @dgrey.bsky.social Affable rogue, co-host of Roguelike Radio, roguelike developer, writer for Fallout London, Skywind and various other bits, and huge Tolkien nerd
Bjarke A Larsen, PhD @bjarkeal.bsky.social Technical Narrative Designer, Community Researcher
Yes, Destiny 2 is mythology, WoW is wrestling and Charles Dickens is the culprit. He/him.
meredith 🙂↕️ @merryh.bsky.social 🙋🏻 hello!
🦋 head of marketing @wingsfund.me
🔑 bizdev & production consultant
💜 ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
🏢 cofounder @accessunlockanz
💌 curator for @indiedigest.dev
🦋 she/her
🎮 merryh.dev
Nextlevelbanana ➡️ PAX @nextlevelbanana.online indie dev | PIGSquad org team | currently building a park ranger sim in Godot 🌱
nextlevelbanana.itch.io
nextlevelbanana.live
proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social Procedural generation researcher. Currently making games.
https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com
#procgen #gamedev
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
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.
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Jay G @chozmonster.bsky.social Game Designer @BHVR, thoughts and opinions are my own and all that jazz. He/him. 
Nina Kim @rainysector.bsky.social Senior Designer at Rare
Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com 🔸 Making intriguing worlds with heart
🔸 Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
🔸 Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
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.
Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social 
Patrick Kemp @patkemp.bsky.social Father. Game designer at Spry Fox (Netflix Games). Weekend side project noodler. He/him. https://patkemp.itch.io/ 🥑🍣🍜🥟🍛🌯
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.
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation