Denhop @wtheknife.bsky.social Making a VN https://www.patreon.com/c/Denhop
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆผ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐จ
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
Zoรซ โBaddie Proctorโ Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please donโt tell anyone Iโm here, Iโm just trying to exist ๐คซ they/them
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social BAFTA US Member | Ex-Monolith Prod. | Twitch Partner | LogitechG Partner | Rivals of Waterdeep & Black Dice Society Alum | Into the Mother Lands RPG Creator & CD |TakeThis Board Chair| She/They
https://linktr.ee/cypheroftyr
twitch.tv/cypheroftyr
Michael Berto @pawsmenu.info pawsmenu.info
thezium.art
MahinTheMachine @mahinthemachine.bsky.social Currently Freelance | Previous Video Producer/Presenter at Gamesradar, TheGamer, GINX TV, Tech Radar, Metro Gamecentral, +more | BAFTA Connect Member/ RTS Member | Looking for Work ๐
Aaron San Filippo (โ๏ธMadrid) @aaronflippo.bsky.social Owner of Flippfly (Race The Sun), and CEO of Player Galaxy, a new web games platform for UGC games.
Nugget @compactnugget.bsky.social She/her โข twitch affiliate โข acnh โข
neopets acct @quigukiqueen
๐ชป https://linktr.ee/compactnugget
Charlotte McDonnell @coollike.gay (she/her)
Chiitan๐ใกใใใโ @chiitan.love I'm chiitan Japanese crazy mascot
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธChiitan is a transgender ally๐ณ๏ธโ๐
BL,furry,YURI,Yume LOVE๐ค
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Caps @capsulesys.bsky.social ~Ex-SEGA backend java dev~
~Mx Streamer (twitch.tv/capsulesys)
~๐๐ค๐๐ค~
~So many unfinished game projects~
~Making a City of Heroes MTG fan set, maybe I'll finish it!~
Slow Burn Podcast @slowburncast.bsky.social Cozy Game Podcast ๐ง Wednesdays on all streaming platforms @NintenTalk @paytons_corner @MintendoGaming | Business inquires: slowburncast@gmail.com
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social Leftist. Cinephile. Video game person. Shares initials with Cayce Pollard. - N @nagaiindustries.bsky.social @nagaiindustries.bsky.social
kc ๐ play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net โจ game dev & translator / @tokyoindies.comใฎในใฟใใ
๐ฎ made A YEAR OF SPRINGS / a pet shop after dark / A TAVERN FOR TEA / &c.
โถ๏ธ site โ npckc.net
โถ๏ธ blog โ tnywndr.cafe
Heroes of the Seven Islands - OUT NOW @heroes7islands.bsky.social Solo game dev making hand-drawn RPGs in which anthropomorphic heroes fight silly monsters
Heroes of the Underworld https://store.steampowered.com/app/4689120
Heroes of the Seven Islands https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010290
โ๏ธ raphaelht@gmail.com
Brendan Arnold @brendanarnold.bsky.social #CreativeTechnologist :: Policy Lab, HM Government :: Tech practitioner/Design thinking/Policymaking/Making :: Cleethorpes/Bristol/London
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Dr. Marc-Andrรฉ Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | ๐จ๐ฆ Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Manda Farough | Project Red @ PAX Rising! @amandafarough.ca Dir. of Production, Causeway. Executive Producer & Writer (Truck-kun, TMNT: Tactical Takedown), Strange Scaffold. Principal narrative (Terrible Lizards, GNAW). Award-nominated Multiclasser. @virtualeconcast.com cohost. Queer mama. amandafarough.ca ๐จ๐ฆ
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Mike Futter | Project Red @ PAX Rising! @futterish.fsquared.biz Dir of Ops and Publishing, Causeway Studios. Producer, Strange Scaffold. Founder of F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks
Mike@fsquared.biz
michaelfutter.com
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life ๐ค
Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net ๐ฉท๐๐
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
โ๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Saffista, PhD๐๐น๏ธ๐๏ธ @saffista.bsky.social Anti-Academic PhD | Industry Consultant |NYMG podcast | Black Games Archive co-founder | Twitch/TikTok/YouTube: Saffista | Black Women of CoD, TeamSideQuest, & Rainbow Arcade | Powered by LogitechG nymgamersaffista@gmail
Io Dodds ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโพ๏ธ @iododds.bsky.social Freelance reporter in Silicon Valley covering tech, politics, & LGBT. ISO 8601 stan; tabletop gamer; lowercase = shitposts. Formerly @the-independent.com
Signal: @iohazard.01
Email: laureniododds@gmail
Subscribe to IOSPHERE! https://iosphere.beehiiv.com
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much.
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social _Prof. for Game Design & Game Studies (HNU)
_PhD Triforce Holder
_Podcast Founder "Game Studies" (NBN)
_Editor "Games" (TITEL kulturmagazin)
_Expert Advisor "Games" (DFJV)
_Xbox: Inderst1978
_Former Int. Community Strategist (Koch Media)
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Simon Dor @simondor.com Prof in game and media studies. FR/EN. He/him. Il/lui.
Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social Bellisario Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University. Former President, International Communication Association. Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, Penn State.
Media Psychology, Media & Emotion, Media & Social Cognition
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studiesโ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
Nicholas Andriani @nicholasandriani.bsky.social Storyteller, Poet, Worldbuilder. Iโm a writer & narrative designer of educational multimedia including games, animation, & screenwriting. Story Doctor. ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK.
Former archaeologist specializing in Story Theory, Folklore & Performance
Keith Burgun @keithburgun.bsky.social Game designer living in Brooklyn NY.
Christopher Leech @chrislpsych.bsky.social He/Him
Lecturer of Psychology.
PhD Psych - video games & mental health.
Person with Albinism.
Friends with: Take This, Safe In Our World, Limit Break Mentorship, and Impact & Many Cats Studios.
Views mine.
https://linktr.ee/BlindPsyche
Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer @PAX East @doctorkilmer.bsky.social Researcher with Take This. Clinical psychologist using games in therapy with Respec Psychological Services. Opinions are all mine. (she/they)
Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social ๐ฎ33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
๐Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
๐ฌCXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
๐Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
โ๏ธEvent/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social Kentuckian | Adventurist | Learning Addict | Communicologist | Amateur zoologist |Professor at Ohio State
Samuel @technomancersam.bsky.social I'm an Indie game developer focusing on family friendly games you can play from the couch!
Sarah Stang @sarahstang.bsky.social Feminist game and media scholar. Associate Professor of Game Studies and Director of STAR Lab at Brock University.
Andy Boyan @boyan.bsky.social real special kid
Gary @garywells.bsky.social PhD UC Irvine โข University of Edinburgh โข UC Santa Barbara โข GameBoy.- L Lars de Wildt @larsdewildt.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Media & Cultural Industries @ University of Groningen. he/him.
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
๐https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
๐https://mybook.to/taminggaming
๐ฏhttp://www.ludocene.com
๐http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Tanja Adamus @darktiger666.bsky.social
John Sutherland @sutherjohn.bsky.social Writer, story structure wonk, patriarchy saboteur, currently writing and directing from Seattle for Tactile Games in Copenhagen and Buenos Aires.
Mark Danger Chen @mcdanger.bsky.social Games scholar, academic editor and coach, book cover illustrator, webmaster, PC builder, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Appalachian State U. Need input on a project? Hire me!
Letters to students: https://markdangerchen.net/letters/
Bubba Gaeddert @bubbagaeddert.bsky.social ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ @ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ | ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ & ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐, & ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐
Josuรฉ Cardona @josuecardona.bsky.social
Jane McGonigal @janemcgonigal.bsky.social Futurist, game designer, author
Kat Schrier @katschrier.bsky.social Educator | Designer | Researcher | Author | Inspirer | Innovator | Director of Games | NEW from Oxford UP: #WetheGamers http://gamesforcivics.com ๐ฎ ๐ She/They
Esther MacCallum-Stewart @neveahfs.bsky.social
Steph Orme, Ph.D. @stephorme.bsky.social Ex-professor now working in UX. Games and games culture scholar. I love martial arts, gaming, Star Wars, and boba tea.
stephanieorme.com
For fandom chat, follow me on Threads @steph.orme
Jenna Perkin @jennaperkin.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | University Professor of Game Development | Writer and Game Designer @ YES! Inc. | she/her
Linktree: http://linktr.ee/jpperkin
Scott DeJong @scottdejong.bsky.social Making and studying games about disinformation.
Fulbright scholar.
PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar.
scottbdejong.ca
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com ๐ง Tenured brain, fresh daily takes. Maximum citations but sanity questionable. The prof your prof follows for daily advice. University Research Chair & Tenured Full Professor.
The read that returns your rigour โ https://go.lennartnacke.com/newsletter
M. Rohangis Mohseni @romohseni.bsky.social Media psychologist | Intersectional humanist
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Frans Mรคyrรค @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
Platinum @platinumparagon.bsky.social PhD in Mental Health Research and creator of Psychology and Video Games. Video game lover and dog enthusiast. She/Her. contact@platinumparagon.info
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
Dr. Sarah Hays, PsyD @drhayspsyd.bsky.social Games Non-Profit Connoisseur, Queer & ADHD advocate | Therapist - Game to Grow | Clinical Contributor - Take This | โAn effervescent disaster Iโd protect with my lifeโ - Dr. Jared Kilmer
*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social ๐๏ธ ๐ฎ Story-type games person ๐ซ๐ก๏ธ Game Narrative & Roleplaying Researcher ๐ฅ Narrative Designer/Writer ๐ฅ WGGB Games #BAFTAConnect @LBMentorship ๐ฅ
Pete Etchells @peteetchells.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social โจThings and Stuffโจ
anitasarkeesian.com
Josh Boykin @wallstormer.bsky.social Founder, @intelligame.us. Head of Curation, @gdocexpo.com. Narrative Director, Lancer Tactics. #ThoughtfulPlay
For work/opps: josh@intelligame.us
Nick Bowman (ๅ
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) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. (Full) Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media. Launch Editor, Global Perspectives of Communication (Oxford x ICA).
Mikko Merilรคinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social Comm Prof|Michigan State|Entertainment media|Well-being|Morality|CommNeuro
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email i_h@hotmail.com
Nonadecimal @nonadecimal.com Making social impact games like:
๐ช episodic systemic narrative Jovian Nights
๐พ cyberPUNK open world RPG Black Ice
โ๏ธ Forbidden Chess
๐ฆ cellular automata RTS about feedback loops
nonadecimal.com
loambrowngames @loambrowngames.bsky.social Hi everyone, I'm here too now!
Solo Game Developer whose friends help a lot
Making "A Town with No Name"
Inspired by Pokรฉmon blue graphics, but there's no Pokรฉmon and its a spooky
https://www.instagram.com/loambrowngames/
Finn Paul @finnpaul.bsky.social Composer, singer-songwriter, photographer
@thefinnplelife
https://www.finnpaulmusic.com/
Can You Pet the Dog? @canyoupetthedog.com animals + video games
run by @tristanacooper.bsky.social
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social Game director of "The Abbess Garden", a cozy & historical gardening game๐ฟ
Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/The_Abbess_Garden/
Newsletter https://mdstudiogames.com/newsletter/
Dr and researcher CHCSC lab, Univ of Versailles ๐
(she/her)
Suzanne Clemente ๐ซ๐ @micocool.quest Indie game dev ~(โฬฟฤนฬฏโฬฟ )~
Made Gloopalaxy ๐ฆ
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3496970/GLOOPALAXY/
Perfect Garbage ๐พ๐ชฆ๐ช wishlist Grave Seasons @perfectgarbage.bsky.social An indie game studio genre-mashing cool stuff. ๐ฉโ๐พ๐ฉธ
Currently developing #graveseasons
Releasing this Fall on PC and consoles
Wishlist us on Steam below!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255110/Grave_Seasons/
Black Salt Games ๐ฃ DREDGE @blacksaltgames.com 4x game devs from NZ who made DREDGE, a cosmic horror fishing adventure, now available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Epic Games Store, GOG and mobile.
Steam: http://bit.ly/bsgdredge
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/s9j9JCydzN
Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co creating videogames | made bernband, grunn, and more | part of @sokpop.co
Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com Gamedevs. We make Scarlet Hollow and Slay the Princess
Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias but this account is run by Tony
Discord community: discord.gg/blacktabbygames
Stranga Games @strangagames.bsky.social Official Stranga Games twitter! One Man Dev + Digital Artist ๐ฆ๐บ | Game Merch: http://redbubble.com/people/Strangaโฆ
Cloak and Dagger Games - Hob's Barrow out now! @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social Making indie adventure games! BAFTA longlisted studio based in London.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is out now on PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch! Physical pre-order available via Lost in Cult!
https://linktr.ee/cloakanddaggergames
Raphaelle Lussier is tired @rlupi.bsky.social Digital archaeology/3D art. Co-founder and Art Director at Lowbirth Games! Worked on This Bed We Made
๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social ยฝ of indie game co SFB Games w/ brother Adam
MADE: The Mermaid Mask, Crow Country, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House, Detective Grimoire
Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social creative director/writer of Crow Country, The Mermaid Mask, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House. SFB Games w/@sfbtom.bsky.social
Adam@SFBGames.com
Mango Protocol @mangoprotocol.bsky.social Crafters of the #PsychoticAdventures :
#CLeM | #ColossusDown | #AgathaKnife | #MechaNika
Join the #PsychoticArmy
http://discord.gg/rRutSzc
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Bryant Cannon @lasercannon.bsky.social Game Director / Lead Developer @ Night School Studio. Black Mirror: Thronglets | OXENFREE | Afterparty | OXENFREE II: Lost Signals. he/him
Bad Viking Games (Rob & John). Strange Antiquities OUT NOW! @badvikinggames.bsky.social Two colourblind brothers running an Indie game studio in the UK. We are making:
Strange Antiquities - Out now.
Strange Horticulture - Out now.
linktr.ee/badviking
Rob: @robdonkin.bsky.social
John: @johnnydonkin.bsky.social
james martini @jamesmartini.me they/them
solo game dev on byte: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/BYTE/
randy johnson enthusiast