itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames
Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/
https://www.indiecitygames.org
🚫🤖🚫
Becky Frass @pointlessinsanity.bsky.social Graphic designer, video & new media artist
www.beckyfrass.art
www.pointlessinsanity.com
Chicago, IL 🏠
daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @daff.space eats plants
does stunts
made STREET UNi X
@street-uni-x.bsky.social
working on it's solitaire
support me on patreon:
https://patreon.com/dafffodil
liberation for everyone
fascists collapse and rot
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Autumn Rose Taylor @lusterly.bsky.social ✨Brand Manager, Marketing & Publishing ✨
🏙️ Chicago-based
prev:
🔳 Bethesda Softworks
🧪 Owlchemy Labs
🚀 Phaser Lock Interactive
🥽 VR Austin
🎮 Fantastic Arcade
🌈she/they
Robert Groves @robertgroves.com robertgroves.com | ✶✶✶✶ | Chicago, IL
Teaches machines irony; they reply with stack traces. Survived Leet Heat, still tastes colors. Deploys personal code at 2:42 a.m. because chaos needs company. So it goes.
amy 🐟 @amysgamezone.com 🎮 senior video game producer, gameplay/audio/narrative
▶️ ? @ pipeworks
⏪ PERFECT DARK @ the initiative | THE DIVISION HEARTLAND @ ubisoft | RUMBLEVERSE @ iron galaxy
✨️ voice actor | queer | 💖 tuna melts
🌿 she/they 🌍 chicago
🔗 https://amysgamezone.com
Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social Creative Director, Sculptor, Veteran of the games industry for 20+ years. Total nerd. Literal Zombie. Opinions are mine, and mine alone. 🫀
Former: FuzzyBot, Naughty Dog, Retro Studios, Double Fine
www.landofkoz.com
www.secondbreath.net
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Derek @astralcitymini.com Senior Editor at MARVELOUS USA.
Chicagoan. Reader. Writer. Runner. Gamer.
And he makes a mean cuppa coffee. ☕️
FFXIV: Serph Embryon (Hyperion)
🏳️🌈
astralcitymini.com
HBO MaXXXinoparsnip @dekkoparsnip2.bsky.social Chicago-area based queer dad who likes foisting weird movie crap on people, Virgo, he/him, mildly surly but harmless 🏳️🌈
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
🔗 www.draknek.org
Dowager Allison Salmon @codecrafty.bsky.social I've made a bunch of games and a couple kids.
Programming Design Patterns Wonk.
Chaotic bi 🩷💜💙🏳️🌈
I would rather be outside
My opinions are my own. She/Her.
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.
✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・
Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸
🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
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/
Catt Small @catt.design Designer with too many hobbies in Brooklyn. I run @gdocexpo.com in my spare time. People go "ooh" when I say I make video games.
Prof @wertle.bsky.social I've been a Game Designer for 18 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel, write MHA fanfiction, cosplay, and make bat plushies!
https://wertle.carrd.co/
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
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social 25+ year Animation and Game Dev veteran
Done putting where I work in my bio
Sometimes makes cool stuff. AuDHD AF.
“The Greatest Unreal Developer In The World™️”
He/HISM
Cailín Walsh 🍀 @cailin.dev I convert coffee into videogames over at Celsius Game Studios / Fabulously tall / Maybe a little bit into road cycling / A delightful hobgoblin of chaos and joy ❤️
(it's pronounced ca-leen)
she/her
Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social ✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
✨ Wholesome Games organizer
✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
✨ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
✨ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
Margaret Dax @margaretdax.com • she/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • Berlin • ex Maschinen-Mensch, Iron Galaxy, Gearbox Software • EN/DE • mass follow = block •
Ben Crossbones @bencrossbones.bsky.social Audio expert, burrito connoisseur, anti-Christ, metalhead, cat dad.
Current: Halo Studios! +🔥🍕🔥+ Dumpster 🧃 Prev: #Concord #Redfall #Prey #WilsonsHeart #OrganTrail #THPSAlumni and 40 others!
bencrossbones.com
Devon @devonsoft.bsky.social he @younghorses.com octodad bugsnax game programmer
Jerry Belich @jerrytron.com he/him - senior narrative/content designer @ Squanch Games | creative tech making award-winning escape rooms & alt ctrl games, Choosatron, MFA in experience design, ping me for design/hacker/maker stuff - https://jerrytron.com/projects
Joshua Tsui 🍥 @joshuatsui.bsky.social Producer/Director
Games: Tony Hawk, WWE, Mortal Kombat and others.
Films: SXSW2020 feature documentary Insert Coin.
Bonus: Director of Innovation at DePaul University
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/
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 🏳️⚧️
Andrew @digitalcantina.com The Mensch, The Myth : Tech Artist For Video Games : Lvl 39 : Opinions are my own etc : Northern IL is Home : He/Him
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
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
David Mann @davidmann3d.com I'm a Principal Outsource Manager at Zynga now!
I still like making 3D characters tho
Opinions stated are my own.
https://davidmann3d.com
Robert Zubek @rzubek.bsky.social Making games for longer than seems advisable.
Recently, AI lead at Take-Two; earlier at SomaSim, Zynga, EA etc.
Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs.
Author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/
Hello from Chicago!
Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social Wine Ghost Creator, BUGSNAX Story Editor, NOT A WOLF illustrator & former CAKE organizer!
Repped by Linda Camacho (Gallt and Zacker) and Mary Pender (WME)
🐛They/Them🐛
Patrick McCarron @mccarron.com Staff iOS Engineer at M1 Finance. Volunteer Director of Bit Bash Chicago. Game nerd, Cubs fan, Aphant with ADHD. He/Him. Sometimes Mortal Kombat nerd at @ TRMK.org. Also now an EV driver of a Hyundai Ioniq 5.
Zachary Johnson is not ok @zachstronaut.com Game and Network coder for @StageFrightGame.bsky.social by Ghost Town Games. Director of Joggernauts by @spacemacegames.com. Minneapolis creative dev (he/him). Not okay.
Cat selfie enthusiast.
Visit: zachstronaut.com
AffinityChris @chris.affinityarchives.com Game producer at Red Games Co. (ex Iron Galaxy, Phosphor Games, & Spooky Cool Labs / Zynga).
Co-creator of @support.affinityarchives.com, and streams on Twitch as AffinityChrisTV (@actv.affinityarchives.com). I also collect retro games!
Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social Former journalist, current writer, dad, and games and horror guy, always and forever a Chicago Guy
https://boxd.it/1yEZr
Amanda Hudgins @barelyconcealed.bsky.social Columnist at Unwinnable / alt ctrl developer/ very tired 
mildmojo @mildmojo.bsky.social software developer, llm hater
used to make games, will again one day
he/him
izzy kestrel @iznaut.com 🎮 game designer/engineer (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena)
🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC
🦎 Gex’s #1 fan
iznaut.com
Jasmine (Jazz) Eladas @jazze.bsky.social Jazz of all trades, master of some (she/they)
Game Dev, 3D animator and generalist, MTL 🇨🇦
Now Freelancing ⚔️ for:
• Ambedo
• Strange Scaffold
Nathan Mishler @nathan-cypher.bsky.social Game Creator 🎮 Aikido Instructor 🥋 Game Creation Instructor 💻 Sewist 🧵🩷💜💙 | 🩷💛💙
Jamie Sanchez @spacedragon.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ she/her
Curiouser.design makin’ websites
JamieSanchez.com blog
AnimeChicago.com founder
BebopBeat.com pod co-host
BitBashChicago.com co-founder
R25th 🏳️⚧️ is trying its best @r25th.bsky.social - alt game developer (ctrl & otherwise)
- radio DJ on WRFL (sundays 10pm to midnight)
- burlesque performer
- big challenges advocate
- perpetual mess
- girl that was put together wrong
- inhuman snuffdoll
- it/she
- warning: bad words -
Gerald Kelley @geraldpkelley.bsky.social I make games and art - Tech Artist for Zynga - Creator of Abzorb and DeckStacker
geraldp.net
Megan Carnes @magmacranes.bsky.social Composer for 🎬 & 🎮 & more: Shouting Down Midnight, This Is Desmondo Ray!, Noclip, _starweaver_, and a lot more
Music Implementer: The Lamplighters League
🎶 game dev making Divinuet
Chicagoan, she/they
megancarnesmusic.com
taplink.cc/freshfromthecoven
🐑💬🐝🔒❤️ (♂️) @bobbylox.bsky.social Award-winning Educational-Games Designer, Toy Inventor, Alt.Ctrl Maker. Chicagoan. Former Bit Bash person. Apologetically Me. https://bobbylox.com- K Kins @kimseye.bsky.social hi I used to be a fish! vindictively cool aunt. monk-coded. she/her
Not Bobby @thlllp.bsky.social what's up fuckers
i don't think people should have to pay for food or housing or childcare or healthcare.
brice puls! @bricepuls.com Game Dev (Battle Suit Aces, Killer Queen, Bugsnax, Tumbleseed, Tony Hawk)
Exhibit/Interactive Designer (MSI, Field, CAC)
Faculty @ Columbia College Chicago
Operations Dir. @ VGA Foundation
Exhibitions Dir. @ Bit Bash
they.
https://linktr.ee/bricepuls