Tokenin @tokenin.bsky.social They/them, 34, NZ.
Follow my patreon for FREE behind-the-scenes ramblings of my artwork and learning: https://www.patreon.com/cw/tokenin- T Thomas Hall @tomzai.bsky.social Game developer in NZ
Jack Jack @prunefriend.bsky.social Kiwi Game Designer making Gloam Watch; a Roguelike RPG inspired by Gloomhaven, The Bazaar, & Earthborne Rangers.
WaterCat1 @watercat1.bsky.social Big fan of video games and cats. From Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
Icon by the amazing SpookyAnonymous!
Bi 💗💜💙, He/They, '93
shannon//cannon @majorarlene.net a girl at the bottom of the world | crash test dummy (QA) | screams for games (VA) | memelord in chief for Hellforge Studios | LD/VA Project Absentia | opinions = mine | https://majorarlene.carrd.co/
Suhail @liahus.bsky.social • Game Anim/Tech Art/All Sorts
• he/him • Aotearoa, New Zealand
• Portfolio: https://suhailchadaart.artstation.com/
Max @coldout.bsky.social game dev in Aotearoa NZ
Noble Steed Games @noblesteedau.bsky.social Your game's best friend.
✨Indie game studio & consultancy in Sydney
✨Website: https://noblesteedgames.com/
✨Our Discord: http://discord.gg/Ka8suskKcs
NZ Games Festival @nzgamesfest.bsky.social New Zealand's very own celebration of gaming, for all ages ✨ 2026 NZ Games Festival starts from May 1 - 13! 🎉
Tickets on sale now! | tinyurl.com/NZGF-Tickets2026
Our website! | www.nzgamesfest.com
demi @cuddlepunk.bsky.social they / them
supposedly in possession of pretty handwriting
award-winning toy maker ✦ digital humanist
luddite
ゆうたONE / YutaONEfont™︎ @yutaone.bsky.social "Heads" and "Nerds".
Typefaces and Design.
Free fonts for reaching 10K followers.
Contact▶︎ https://meteora-st.jp
Font DL▶︎ https://lit.link/yutaone
Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social Two artists making quirky, cozy and surprising games
✨Explore our games on Steam✨
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/cookiecrayon?snr=1_5_9__400
EmIsTired @emistired.bsky.social Emily | 27 | Game Dev | Background Artist
—
• 2D artist & background artist ✨
• background artist for @avantgarde-nz.bsky.social 🌸
Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social A lucky lil team making cool stuff 😎
✈️ Wishlist NIGHT PLANE now! bit.ly/NightPlane
🚌 Play NIGHT BUS on Steam! bit.ly/NightBusSteam
Other links: linktr.ee/liquidstaticstudio
Stormcloak Games @stormcloak.games Developers of http://adaptorygame.com, an upcoming base-building survival game! Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ➡ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201620/Adaptory/
Wishlist Bashful Adoration On Steam! @kittywampusgames.bsky.social 💕H: Eggiyo on X
💕Developing an indie game about cute witches and love!!
💕 https://www.kittywampusdev.com/
PLECTRUM SOFT - Wishlist Project Mix! @plectrumxr.bsky.social VR Game Studio developing Project Mix, an anime slice-of-life VR cyberpunk bartending game.
Wishlist our game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/Project_Mix
Discord: discord.gg/TY3wck2YPW
Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio We're a scrappy indie team from Aotearoa making games that tingle the brain and tickle the weenus - like Burger Bois! 🍔
http://wishlist.burgerboisgame.com/
#cozygame #cookinggame #wholesomegame
Joe Bracewell @featuringjoe.bsky.social NZ Commercial, IP and Games Lawyer
Ngati Maniapoto and Ngai Te Rangi
he/him
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com Helping you find the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa NZ 🍦🎮 Join the Frosty Fans mailing list to stay up to date! 👉 https://frostygamesfest.beehiiv.com
frostygamesfest.com
Powered by @nz-code.nz and @strangescaffold.bsky.social
Pixelles @pixellesmtl.bsky.social Nonprofit empowering more women & other underrepresented genders in game development. Volunteer-run and based out of Montréal (Canada), we organize free career development opportunities — in-person and online.
ℹ️ http://pixelles.ca
✉️ info@pixelles.ca
Trezy @trezy.codes Maintainer @happyview.dev
Founder @cartridge.dev & @birb.house
Maintainer of HappyView, the Game Dev feeds, and @ozone.birb.house.
Oxford comma defender. He/him.
Emily 🌈 @emilygamedev.bsky.social An Aussie game dev in Berlin 😈 narrative designer & writer for [REDACTED], former narrative designer, writer and community manager for Before We Leave and Beyond These Stars.
💛 Paige Wilson💛 @neosolarius.bsky.social I dont actually check this site much!
🌱 ughhhhgh i make content for game devs
🦀 Community and Marketing @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social
💌 paige@aggrocrab.com
Ben Taels @bentaels.taels.net Kiwi, Dad, Human Factors Psychology PhD, & Games User Experience Research.
Director of Intended Experience: https://intendedexperience.nz/
Formerly Epic Games, Player Research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Te Manatū Waka, & Hamilton Zoo.
Philip Buchanan @philipbuchanan.bsky.social Indie Developer - It's Anecdotal. Creating 39 Days to Mars, Mini Matches, and Up to Par.
Carl Leducq @carlleducq.bsky.social Father | Producer at Cerebral Fix | Chairperson NZGDA | Prev. Futureverse Rocketwerkz WetaWorkshop Gameloft | Speaker
@sambattz.bsky.social @sambattz.bsky.social 
Andrew Peek @andrewpeek.bsky.social Experienced QA Tester at PikPok
He/Him
Zac Watson @itsmisterzac.bsky.social Lecturer @ MDS NZ .
Software Engineer / Designer.
Views here are my own. He/Him.
Jared Trail @trailblazerr.bsky.social Lead Software Engineer at @A44Games | Co-founder and Lead Programmer at @rainbite | @jaredtrail on twitter | He/Him
Cameron Hopkinson @catrelatedpun.bsky.social NZ-based game accessibility consultant, composer, programmer, recluse, and enjoyer of naps. NZ Games Festival board member. They/Them
Reuben Terehu @javan606.bsky.social Ngāti Hine Tattoo Artist, Game Dev, and 3D Artist. Prev work: Guardian Maia with Metia Interactive. WetaFX MoCap Intern. Be groovy to each other
Harriet Prebble @harrietprebble.bsky.social Horror gameslinger @ PikPok Games. Actor @ Gail Cowan Management & BigMouth Voices. Freelance writer at various. Aotearoa New Zealand 💗🌵
https://linktr.ee/harrietprebble
David Mason @davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social Classical and Game Music Composer. Sound Designer/Sonic Artist.
[LOOKING FOR NEW WORK!]
Email: davidmasoncomposer@gmail.com
🎼 DREDGE, Penguin Colony, Life Eater, Denari, Truck-kun, CRDM3
🔊 I Am Your Beast, TMNT: Tactical Takedown
No AI
AirSalad @airsalad.bsky.social Some people call me Salad
elinguate @alexawhereami.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ indie dev
bsg_alex @bsgalex.bsky.social Artist, video game nerd, caffeine addict. Working at Black Salt Games. We made a game called DREDGE
💫 Poppy 💫 @grubkiss.bsky.social Goblin artist 🧌✨ I work at Dinosaur Polo Club 🦕✨ they/them
⛓️💥 I make jewlery @ crush.maille on insta ⛓️💥
ren 🌱 @rensune.bsky.social hello! i'm renee, a nz game artist with many hats 🎩
⬥ 3D + 2D
⬥ shaders
⬥ nature nerd
⬥ caffeinated creature
linktr.ee/rensune
www.artstation.com/rensune
MattMakesSwords @mattmakesswords.bsky.social 3D artist, teacher, duck enjoyer (not to eat!! friend not foe)
ivysawras @ivysawras.bsky.social Aotearoa/New Zealand
20 Game Design Student at AUT
(she/they)
marcel @madmarcel.bsky.social Game developer, eater of sandwiches.
https://madmarcel.itch.io
Denari @astrodiaries.bsky.social Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589820/Denari/
Discord: http://discord.gg/cP4jfRu
Leith Caldwell @leithcaldwell.bsky.social 
~ Tom Butler ~ @butlerr.bsky.social Senior game designer @DinoPoloClub.
Co-founder and designer @Rainbite.
TTRPG Game master | Circus practitioner
Jacob Connelly @jacobgc.bsky.social Just a silly man full of joyful whimsy.
Senior programmer at Arrowhead Game Studios.
corner @bowcoy.bsky.social art goblin on the internet
please buy my game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
✨Chantelle Cole✨ @chanticole.bsky.social Game Development Sector Rebate Programme Director for NZ on Air | Former CEO at Dinosaur Polo Club | Former Board Member, Treasurer, and Sponsorship Director at NZ Games Festival | she/her
Josh K✨ @blametherobot.bsky.social Māori Content Creator || Senior Community Manager
@PikPokGames
Pedro Klein @pedroklein.bsky.social Technical Artist and Game Designer
Co-founder of @liquidstatic.bsky.social
NIGHT BUS on Steam!
Mitch Cramer @heavyeyed.bsky.social media analysis made sad
https://linktr.ee/heavyeyed
Hecknbees @hecknbees.bsky.social They/them • Community Manager for Video Games • Ngāti Hinemanu me Ngāti Paki
Streaming on twitch again 🥰
Toitū Te Tiriti | Free Palestine
https://linktr.ee/hecknbees
Bex @bexsayswords.bsky.social Global Community Development @BonfireStudios
Formerly: Community Lead at Grinding Gear Games working on Path of Exile for 10 years / Community at Riot/
🇵🇸 cowboy bebo @hinenauhea.bsky.social ☁️🫧 māori emo gamer girl 🫧☁️
🙂↕️🤝 buy toroa: skycall plz 🤝🙂↕️
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
Stef Peacock ✨ @stefpeacock.com Senior UX/UI Designer / UI Artist @ Runaway Play in Ōtepoti/Dunedin. Used to help run NZGF. Loves coffee, food, D&D, sport, too many other things.
Overuser of heart emojis. Bi he/him 💖
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Dylan Richardson @dibby.bsky.social 🦕 senior game designer @ dinopoloclub
🌈 disney nerd | lego lover | child at heart
🚂 he/him in welly, aotearoa new zealand
Lyra @lyracl.bsky.social art person
🏳️⚧️ She/They Genderfluid Rascal
📧: lyracl3d@gmail.com
bsg_joel @bsg-joel.bsky.social Programmer, writer & community on DREDGE 🎣 at Black Salt Games 🇳🇿
Nebula, Hugo and 4x BAFTA nominee.
Tana ⭐ pls wishlist Shape Sender Deluxe @tanamakes.games makes games, does swing dancing & photography, and likes to talk
Director @deadteapot.games making Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐🟡🟧
ex-Technical Designer
@dinopoloclub.bsky.social on Mini Motorways & Mini Metro
he/him
Q!✨✨ @qtee314.bsky.social Award Nominated Game programmer @ Ninja Kiwi, Queer, Coooooool person (She/They)
Sean Flannigan @radnom.bsky.social Game developer (programmer, designer, etc.) most recently worked on The Plucky Squire.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social Ngāi te Rangi. Hi-octane third international universal donor O NEG. Made award winning video game Umurangi Generation. Making Penguin Colony
Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd game dev / comics editor / author
probably worked on that thing you like
lapsed hockey reporter / aotearoa based
represented by ed wilson @ J&A
these views represent my employers so hard that my boss is actually holding a gun to my head as I type this
Regan - FF7 Unity Development @rmusicdev.bsky.social Game developer, NZ 🇳🇿🎮
Trying to remake FFVII in Unity.
Likes RPGs 🗡⚔🛡🔫🪃🏹
Ngāpuhi/Tainui/Tararā
Zag @geoffkeene.bsky.social Design Director / CEO of Deep Field Games 🌌
Lead on Abiotic Factor 👨🔬 abioticfactor.com
Lead on 🌫️
Creator, Designer, Writer of Unfortunate Spacemen 🧑🚀
Located south of south 🇳🇿
Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social Co-founder of @LiquidStatic.bsky.social
I'm a game designer with a lot of tech art experience and a software engineering degree, so uuhhh I'm a technical designer I guess?
Living in Aotearoa.
He/him
Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social Co-founder & Concept/2D/UI Artist @ liquidstaticstudio.com | Aotearoa | they/she | 🍉
Crayonix Games @crayonixgames.com Rollick N' Roll is OUT NOW! 🎉
💙 https://s.team/a/3274880
🎵 @richarrest.itch.io
🌏 ōtautahi, nz
Skull Issue @gothpink.bsky.social Spooky Gamedev Doll. Keeper of useful sarcasms.
Making Southwoods, a surreal co-op horror game.
Also making Revenant's game, by @luigiyagami.bsky.social.
Southwoods Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrangeRitual
Tip Jar: https://ko-fi.com/skull_issue
Purple Moss Collectors @purplemosscollectors.com Tiny game studio, we made Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers - http://playdndg.com
How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social Woman & POC-led studio creating beautiful, family friendly games. Working on How Was Your Day? A supernatural coming-of-age mystery thriller set in 80s NZ about light vs dark, facing fears and finding your true self.✨Wishlist: https://shorturl.at/W2gFi
ben @avgceleryman.bsky.social 🇳🇿 country bumpkin turned unity game developer & 2024 otago polytech bdes(com) graduate
currently obsessed with astroneer (again)
https://benmead.carrd.co/
Cameron Rooney @keyblademastercam.bsky.social NZ Game Developer 🇳🇿 | Programmer, Gamer, Father | Portfolio: theusualcam.wixsite.com/cameron-rooney | All you need is a little Heart ❤️ | 7.8.20
Shaun Hammond @idiot.bsky.social UI man
Wishlist my latest: avs03.com
Did:
It’s Only Money - Usual Suspects
Icarus/Stationeers/Out of Ammo - Rocketwerkz
Made the logo for New Blood
Portfolio: iisshaun.com
Jeff 🌸 @peabnuts123.bsky.social Indie game dev, web developer, artist etc 💁♀️ Currently making PolyZone, a 3D 90’s-era fantasy console 🕹️💾 Pronoun flexible 🏳️⚧️ I made https://notime.zone
New Zealand
That Ranga Guy @thatrangaguy.bsky.social Games recruiter for Australia and NZ @ Supaglu / Founder of Firestarters.games / OSINT / F1
stevi 🇵🇸 @itsstevi.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇳🇿 senior editor f(r)iction, illustrator, advocate. sir julius vogel finalist. gamedev: burger bois, amarantus, if not us.
🖤🤍❤️
Buddy Frost @buddyfrost.bsky.social Game designer at Frost Flame Games. (he/any)
Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social Scuffed and unhinged two person Kiwi indie game studio. Making our first horror game: The Poacher. Posts by Karyn (phaiakia) (she/her). The professional one? And Fin (he/him). The argumentative one.
www.robotsmakegames.com
@akauaudio.bsky.social @akauaudio.bsky.social 
Sami @puggsoy.com Technical Director at Big Adventure | Dungeon Master | 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
amila @amilanuh.bsky.social currently working on THE bus game 🚌 a competitive board game about riding the bus. background in game ui/ux design and production. really enjoy cooking veggies!!!!!! and organizing events at @aucklandmakes.games
https://www.amilanuhodzic.com/
Jess 🍔 🔜 Gamescom 🔜 MIGW @jessmwoodward.bsky.social I am all about cats, strength training, and video games. 😌
Co-founder @ Mischief Makers Studio. NZ-based Freelance 2D Art Generalist. (she/her)
Currently making: Burger Bois!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3224290/Burger_Bois/
M Dodd (Modd) 💖💜💙 @moddisms.bsky.social In my restless dreams I see that town
She/they
29
Dog mom, cat staff
Workin' on her Dogtorate (studying Virtual Pets!) at Waipapa Taumata Rau
Hugues Merle made the painting in my icon
nathania @antlord.bsky.social Animator/mocap gremlin/3D artist
Lead Animator @spacerockgames.bsky.social
Games Lecturer @ MDS
Community Organiser @aucklandmakesgames
Board Member @ NZGDA
Prev Anim Lead @ Mighty Eyes, 3D artist and animator @ SkillsVR, Conical
she/they 🇳🇿
NZ CODE @nz-code.nz Fostering a creative digital industry underpinned by video game development and training pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand.
NZ Game Developers Association @nzgda.bsky.social Supporting & developing the Aotearoa video games industry since 2001.
https://linktr.ee/nzgda
Tom Jensen @composertom.bsky.social Composer and wargame designer.
Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com
Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app