Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com || Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
Dale - BRR Games @dalekent.bsky.social Imperialist - the colonial-era 4X Strategy game where the path to becoming a Superpower runs through logistics, governance, and the slow burn of economic dominance — not just the size of your army.
#Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X #Aussie
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social). He/him.
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Emma Koch @emmakoch.bsky.social Senior 3D Artist and Game Developer.
Making internet fan art when I can. Flying by the seat of my pants.
https://www.artstation.com/ekoch
The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) is the Australian games industry’s night of nights where we join together and celebrate the outstanding games and individual achievements of the Australian game development community.
Liam Esler @liamesler.bsky.social Executive idiot at Summerfall Studios, creators of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical and upcoming exorcism deckbuilder, Malys!
🏳️🌈 he/him
Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social studio director League of Geeks • co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook • GDC board • co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026) @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social Cerebral Puzzle Showcase was created to help YOU find your next favorite puzzle game!
https://www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com/
Atticus (Attie) @attie-has-tea.bsky.social The tragic physical manifestation of "she'll be right, mate".
I'm interested in geo/auspol, I like playing piano and drinking tea, and trying hard to make the world a better place. Recovering artist.
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com Astrophysicist
JM8 & Ludo (Design Delve) ➡️ PAX @designdelve.bsky.social Creator of “Design Delve” and Co-founder of Second Wind.
Co-host of the Windbreaker & Dev Heads Podcasts.
Indie Game Dev
Global Game Jam Board Member
DMs open!
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBKwq0XD0uc3-bC1m0IYvbdu8dEX4rd2
Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social As seen/read/heard at: Second Wind | The 250 | Irish Independent | NewsTalk | Q102 | Polygon | The Escapist. He/Him.
Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social Chief Economist at @australiainstitute.org.au
Columnist on economics and politics for Guardian Australia.
Dollars & Sense podcast https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/podcasts/dollars-sense/
Elementals Jugger @elementalsjugger.bsky.social Jugger team based in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/portland-vancouver-jugger-league/
Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social Comms guy who spent 20 years writing about gaming/tech/esports (fmr. Kotaku Australia editor, ABC Tech + Games columnist, games.on.net, Gizmodo AU, Lifehacker AU, elsewhere).
Serrels @serrels.bsky.social Will you CONTINUE?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/continuemagazine/continue-a-defiant-new-videogames-magazine
David Smith @rhunwords.com Prev: Kotaku Australia, ABC Gamer. https://linktr.ee/rhunwords
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Sarah Ward @soursquirm.bsky.social Sound Designer | Composer for film and games!
🎧Don’t Stop! Girlypop! Windbound, Phantom Abyss, A Grand Mockery
Likes to climb plastic rock
Dan Golding @dangolding.com Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social Aussie Game Dev of 25+ years.
Principal Engineer at Riot Games.
Brews beer, plays games, lives life.
he/him
Renee O'flynn @scree.bsky.social Freelance video game journalist. Reviewer for Qualbert.com. Making content for Switchaboo and the IndiEXP.
Apologies will happen.
Contact me! Scree(at)y7mail(dot)com
Portfolio: (in progress) http://scree66.wordpress.com
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Steve Stamatiadis @spacecaptsteve.bsky.social Krome Studios co-founder
Award-winning Australian video game designer & drawing guy.
Blade Kitten, TY the Tasmanian Tiger, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Crinoline Crime Club, and Gunwale.
I love making pizza.
https://linktr.ee/spacecaptsteve
David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social Co-founder and Creative Director at summerfallstudios.com. Canadian game dev who escaped the winter and is now living in Melbourne, Australia! He/Him
Ben Britten @benbritten.bsky.social Previously worked on many, many games; gamedev for nearly 20 years. I am old. I post random 3d printing stuff and sometimes bunnies. He/Him. Australia. Also birds apparently.
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
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
Cam @camrogerslegal.bsky.social Lawducer or Prodawyer. I can never remember which..
Trans Rights are human rights.
Pro-Feminist ✊
I help people make cool things.💯
Austin Wintory @awintory.bsky.social Professionally curious about music. 🎶 for Journey, Sword of the Seam Eternal Strands, Stray Gods, Pathless, Abzu, LEGO Fornite, Aliens Fireteam Elite, AC Syndicate etc
1/2 of BrushesAndKeys
Alexander Sliwinski @sliwinski.bsky.social "The adult in the room."™️
Current: Vampirium: 1997 // Director: Siegecaster 🏰☄️ Executive Producer: Disney's TRON: Catalyst / Identity, Amberspire, The Banished Vault, Fights in Tight Spaces, Solitaire Conspiracy, John Wick Hex, Subsurface Circular
Elissa @elissablack.com The lesbian roadkill of the information superhighway.
Makes games, shoots photos, does indie film. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧛🏻♀️ she/her
Currently: Death by Scrolling, Second Hand Computer, and Dungeons of Freeport.
www.FuntimeElectrics.com
www.GoodNameForABlog.com
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Miracle_AU @miracleau.bsky.social Twitch Affiliate | Ubisoft ANZ Creator | Razer Creator | JUICD Energy Guildie | Red Fish Drift Club
miracle.au.ttv@gmail.com
twitch.tv/miracle_au | miracleau.carrd.co
Kos Samaras @kossamaras.bsky.social Director of RedBridge Australia. Endurance athlete. Step dad, cat dad. Former competitive cyclist, kickboxer, martial artist. 
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
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.
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘 @npurkeypile.bsky.social Made The Axis Unseen, a heavy metal horror game: http://bit.ly/3ryQ6Zg and Deedlee! Doo! Carkour! 🏎️💥http://bit.ly/43ne3H0 Worked on Skyrim, Fallout, etc.
George Broussard @georgebsocial.bsky.social Co-founded the original 3D Realms/Apogee. Published, funded, produced & created many games. Known for Duke Nukem 3D.
Game designer, artist, programmer.
linktr.ee/georgebsocial
Junebug ⚧️ @junebugrocks.bsky.social It/She
The one behind the camera
Co-developer of Webbed
Part of the team for Isopod: a webbed spin-off
Artist in many ways
Cora! :D @mostlycoragrace.bsky.social This thing all things devours...
Dineth Dissanayake @dinethd.bsky.social XR Games and Applications Developer
Giselle Rosman @jazzrozz.bsky.social She/her
Naarm, Tantalus/Keywords Australia. Game dev mum , mum worried about the death of the planet. I like birds, trees, and kindness. Former GGJ and IGDA Melbourne Lead
James Bowling @jamesbowling.bsky.social Dad, game developer, guitar adventurer
@dantreble.bsky.social @dantreble.bsky.social 
(Ni)cole Stark @mildlyadventurous.bsky.social Game dev matriarch, uniboober, mild adventurer, tired since 1993
Jeff van Dyck @jeffvandyck.com Composer - Sound Designer
*Present*:
Forts - Delverium - Squidge
*Past*:
Tempopo - Unpacking - Paint the Town Red - Hand of Fate - Alien Isolation - Total War - EA Sports - Need for Speed - Skitchin'
Angus Coolan @angus.coolan.games Freelance Pixel Artist and Animator on Unpacking, Tempopo and Delverium. Game Developer currently making The Ropeway. He/Him
Stephen Berg 🎮 @stephenrberg.com @spungegames.com Technical Director. I love superheroes, comics and wrestling. I collect retro gaming stuff. He/Him #gamedev
https://www.stephenrberg.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@stephenrberg
Steve Williams @konaju.bsky.social Aussie game dev veteran at Mighty Games on the Build and Test Team. Also plays with livestreaming, DJ, lighting, audio and running live music events. He/him.
Alex Driml @busalonium.bsky.social Brisbane game dev
Currently making L8R SK8R https://store.steampowered.com/app/3046610/L8R_SK8R/
Also made Gerrymander https://busalonium.itch.io/gerrymander-dx
Also, currently open for contract work
Supertonic @supertonic.au Award-winning game audio studio
https://linktr.ee/supertonicaudio
Kiera Lord @cratesmith.bsky.social fedi: @cratesmith@blahaj.zone
cohost: @cratesmith
Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games Game designer at @sbug.games
Buy Wirm! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/Wirm/
Dead Walshe @deanw.xyz Dean Walshe:
3D Art lead on Wild Bastards and Void Bastards
Past games I have worked on include Stellar Warsy things and the Borderlands Interquel doodad.
https://deanw.xyz/
(He/Him)
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social indie game dev
Assault Android Cactus🔋, Unpacking📦, Tempopo🌷
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and I’ll bloody do it again if you’re not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Nik 🌻 @nikpantis.bsky.social Aussie in LA. Sr Producer @ Riot Games. Previously Assassin's Creed, Moving Out, Warhammer & more. Horror fan, kinda funny, bi 🌈
Clinton Shepherd @foolhardygames.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at Mighty Games (Keywords). Coffee, game dev and painting minis, in no particular order... (he/him)
Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social Posting human made Sci-Fi art
My band 👉 All India Radio https://linktr.ee/allindiaradioband
https://linktr.ee/Scifiart
Jc @moonpunch.bsky.social Artist
Also made a game!
➡️ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2382670/Gangs_Of_Asia/
➡️ Join our Community on Discord:https://discord.com/invite/Eb2c2vK2nr
Michael Diskett @disky2003.bsky.social Indie game dev ex Bullfrog, ex MuckyFoot, ex Rockstar North, ex Visual Science, ex THQ, ex Sega, ex Krome, ex Pandemic studios, now Five Lives studios.
Into astro photography, complaining about unity, go, MTG, indie game
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
John Passfield @johnpassfield.bsky.social Made Halloween Harry and Flight of the Amazon Queen. Co-created TY the Tasmanian Tiger. I’m making Super Robot Survivors and Halloween Harry.
https://linktr.ee/retrojohnno
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social Writer, journalist, guy that says stuff (about stuff). Editor of The Shot. Anti-genocide. Special envoy for social discontent.
noom is making games @noom.mistforgegame.com Software developer, indie game dev. I like to make small games.
🔗 https://rohanmoon.itch.io
Memory's Reach @100stones.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of 100 Stones Interactive. Wishlist Memory's Reach now on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2126810/Memorys_Reach
Anders @andersg.bsky.social 🇳🇴in🇦🇺 Award winning audio designer, synthesiser and whiskey person. Delverium, Wild n Chill, TFC2, Cozy Caravan, Memory’s Reach, Windbound, Rohingya Boy
Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social Formerly of PC Powerplay and various other places. Freelance game reviewer. Connecting with game devs, but not having a lot of time for social media ... Tell me about your game. (PS. I am not Peter Morgan. 😂)
Alec Shea @alecshea.com Tasmanian, based in Munich. Composer, voice actor/director and sound designer for games and animation! Also do improv/DnD Animations/Comedy Sketches!
Lance McDonald @manfightdragon.bsky.social でっち上げられた魔法に敏感鉄塔と I’m sensitive to fake magic and power-lines.
Grace Bruxner @gracebruxner.bsky.social ive decided to post……. gracebruxner.com for work stuff 
Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au Probably on my phone // They/Them
👀 I’m gay ahahaahahaha
✨Games Content, Game Dev & Tiktok
✨SMM+Comms Manager @theindiexp.bsky.social
✨NextPlay // Features + News @nextplayau.bsky.social
📌ANZ GAME DEV/Media List BELOW!
DMs open or heyalexbestie@gmail.com
Gabriel Morton @gabrielenguard.bsky.social A slapdash attempt at the slipshod.
I am writing about every episode of The Simpsons.
I have played every DOS game.
Read here: https://keepetclassy.com/authors/gabriel
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@KeepetClassy/streams
Ana Opara @anopara.bsky.social Procedural art nerd, ½ of Pounce Light with @h3r2tic.bsky.social, co-creator of #TinyGlade a diorama doodling game 🏰🌿 s.team/a/2198150 🏳🌈💟
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
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Yahtzee Croshaw @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social Creator/voice of Zero Punctuation and the entirely legally distinct Fully Ramblomatic. Critic. Novelist. Game designer. Wears slippers. https://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com 🎬 Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Hamish Plaggemars @hjplaggemarsva.bsky.social 🇦🇺 Voice actor, writer, lover of dark hazelnut chocolate.
#TheAmazingDigitalCircus | #Warhammer | #ArenaofValor | #REEDS | #RoadofShadows
Remote Capable
Website: hamishplaggemars.com
Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social Game Designer/Generalist - Searching Interactive
Get Crabmeat on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat
Prev - Design / Co Founder @samuraipunk
https://nicholasmc1.itch.io/
Mitch Clifford @mitchclifford.bsky.social Animator and co-founder at 5 Lives Studios.
Will send pictures of my dog upon request.
(He/him)
Chris Murphy @highlyspammable.bsky.social Principal Technical Artist on the Developer Relations Team for Unreal Engine. Generally handle Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia with Epic Games but sometimes you'll find me elsewhere. Have a tendency to rant.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Leonard Skeonard @mike.reuben.games making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Dean Ferguson @deanferguson.bsky.social Character artist, and co-founder of 5LivesStudios, creators of Cozy Caravan, Windbound, and Satellite Reign.
He/Him.
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com Portal with cats. ⚛️ Quantum madness in TWO places at the SAME time! 🐱🐱Play solo or coop, 🤔solve puzzles and 🚓evade security!
Play on Steam 👉 https://s.team/a/2111550/
Contact - hello at abandonedsheep dot com
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social 40 year veteran games developer. Working with Screen Agencies, Publishers, and Developers.
Production on (REDACTED) for Fireshine
Production on DREDGE, Moving Out 2, Before We Leave, Age of Darkness, CONSCRIPT for Team17.
www.gameconsulting.com.au
Nick Pitts @nickdoesntsleep.bsky.social Nerd, Australian, TTRPG's, Cocktails, Reading. knows how to tie a tie good, but wouldn't.
Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com a longtime industry vet, I make games and lead design teams, and am looking for my next opportunity. Check out my rarely updated blog at http://www.zenofdesign.com
I'm a white cis straight male (he/him), an ally albeit an occasionally imperfect one.
Samara-Jade — Her Bloody Creature Out Now! @jadedsynic.itch.io Narrative Design/QA for games, Gothic/Urban/ParaRom (🌶️🥵) fiction. She/Her. 🖤💛❤️ 🩵🤍🩷 Creds: Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Hard Wired Island, Victoria 3, Thousand Hells, et al. https://linktr.ee/jadedsynic.contact
Dan Vogt✨ @danvogt.bsky.social Creator of DATA WING and Skyward Journey. Formerly co-founded Halfbrick. 😊✨ he/him
📍 Brisbane, Australia
🌐 danvogt.info
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him