Hungriger Henry Zhou @normandhaw.bsky.social Researcher in Game Studies, Design, AI and Science & Technology Studies. Trying my best to read critical theories. He/Him. Committed to my lifelong duty of no original tweet. https://normand-1024.github.io/
Joshua McCoy @deftjams.bsky.social SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social Procedural generation researcher. Currently making games.
https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com
#procgen #gamedev
1001nights-ai.bsky.social @1001nights-ai.bsky.social Witchy story-crafting game where you need to survive an evil King by telling stories ๐ฎโจ
Wishlist & Play Demo on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2542850/1001_Nights/
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Stephanie Boluk @chouxsalad.bsky.social 
Jake Weidner @jakeweidner.bsky.social #Gamedev Jake of All Trades!
Admin & Industry Liaison at NYU Game Center
Advisor for Experimental Game Workshop team at GDC
Formerly a Producer at: Pontoco, Pixelberry, Funomena
Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social Coordinator of EU Projects & Cultural Assets at Heritage Malta - Technology and Experience Development Unit
visual artist / designing playful experiences for museums / researching interspecies interactions / ACI / (and some other stuff)
Ancient Chaos @ancientchaos.bsky.social 
shm garanganao almeda @sh1m.bsky.social "shim" (they/them)
@ the design of artistic support tools, sustainable creative ecosystems, puppets, train cosplay ๐จ๐๐ฐ
berkeley, adobe research, mj storytelling
https://shmuh.co
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ญ
๐ Brian Bucklew ๐ โอค๏ผโฟ๏ผโอค โ๐ฎ @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Springer @springer.springernature.com Publishing expertise since 1842.
dipika @dipikarajesh.bsky.social comp media phd student @ ucsc
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow ๐ @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the storiesย ofย hisย culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
June @junevamp.bsky.social Masters student @ Telecom paris
Interaction, graphics & Design
Indie game dev
Inkenbloodstudios.carrd.co
She/her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Lorraine๐ฌ @lorandbehold.bsky.social making games and doing things at PUNKCAKE Dรฉlicieux ๐ฅ (@punkcake.club)
Shotgun King, Moonpong, Hot Wax, If Letters Had Pants, SUGAR โ mother of cats โ she/her๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โ aka "trasevol_dog"
streamers tell me about yourself here: https://forms.gle/7VEJ3oSEYdVD9Cdw7
Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social Postdoc at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, studying NPCs with AI-generated dialogue.
Editor: Eludamos
PREORDER SCHOLAR'S CODEX: https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/scholars-codex
domford.net
Arda Erdikmen @ardae.bsky.social Film lecturer@Istanbul University-C, gaming ph.d., digital heritage and retro guy, zx spectrum, Master of BasinC. ref-xx@github
Nisha Devasia @nishadevasia.bsky.social PhD @ UW studying meaningful game experiences | prev. SWE @ Twitch. MIT '21, game credit on God of War: Ragnarok | https://ndevasia.github.io
Vinicius Marino Carvalho @vinicius-marino.bsky.social Writer | Historian | Post-doc, UNICAMP | ARISE, Middle Ages in Modern Games ๐ฎ Stair na hรireann ๐ Environmental History ๐โโฌ Cat dad | Gaeilge
Meu romance: https://tinyurl.com/349wdeud
Blog: https://finisgeekis.com.br/
Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3F9RVGD
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
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.
Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social 
M Charity @mastermilkx.bsky.social Just a they/them programmer | Assistant Professor at University of Richmond
Github: http://github.com/MasterMilkX
Itch: http://mastermilkx.itch.io
Diogo Pereira Henriques ้ฌผไฝฌ ๐ฏ ๐ @diogo-ph22.bsky.social ๐ Cities & social justice activist, creative technologist, designer, researcher, educator, learner @ UNESCO
๐ก Communications officer @ecreaeu.bsky.social
๐ Social media editor @ Nexus Network Journal
๐ฌ Writing: PT, ENG, ES, FR, CN
๐ https://dph22.github.io
Anna R L Carter @annarlcarter.bsky.social โจ Research Fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle working on the Re:Play Project exploring Playful Learning in HE.
๐ผ Working on HCI, Playfulness, Multisensory and Cultural Heritage
๐โโฌ Cat Lover ๐Star Wars Enthusiast
Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University โข working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
Bastian @ricecakejoe.bsky.social ๐จโ๐ป iOS & Game Developer โข Coding for ODDADA
Pierrec @wednesdays-game.bsky.social Award-winning game writer
Bury Me My Love - Haven - Road 96 : Prologue - Shinobi Art of Vengance - Wednesdays and many more. https://pierrecorbinais.com/
Play Wednesdays: https://www.arte.tv/digitalproductions/en/wednesdays/
sunset visitor ๆ้ฝ้ๅฎข | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio sunsetvisitor.studio makes diverse narrative games through the lens of speculative fiction.
1000xRESIST | s.team/a/1675830/
Prove You're Human | s.team/a/4533950
DISCORD: discord.gg/sunsetvisitor
Nicole He @nicole.pizza game developer ๐ญ director of The Crush House ๐ซ BAFTA Breakthrough '24 ๐ฟ she/her
https://nicole.pizza
Julia Makivic @jmakivic.bsky.social I make alternative controller games about ghosts, organic technologies and parallel worlds. 
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social โข Principal Writer - Iron Man @ Motive Studio
โข Comic Writer - Star Trek, Killtopia: Nano Jams, Hoax Hunters, ReincarNATE
โข prev games: Jurassic Park Survival, 40K Space Marine 2, Gotham Knights
โข ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
โข All views my own
www.ashleywritesgames.com
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social They/Them
Technical Narrative Designer at Fenris Creations (formerly known as CCP Games) | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
ๆฉๆSayu @descendinight.bsky.social ๆ็ปๅธ ๐ฅ stickers and prints โ
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/descendinight/
Dames 4 Games @dames4games.org Dames 4 Games is a Nonprofit 501c3 creating opportunities and building platforms to celebrate femmes of all ages who love playing and creating games! ๐ฎ
๐ dames4games.org
Juliรกn Palacios @yulelepalacios.bsky.social Indie dev / made Promesa, Cuccchi
https://www.yulele.dev/
http://julian-palacios.itch.io
Countess Lita @countesslita.com Vtuber on bsky!!
http://twitch.tv/countesslita
http://countesslita.com
I'm also a developer, educator, video game reviewer, and ancient online vampire.
Biz inquiries: litacountess@gmail.com
Posts may contain spiders ๐ท
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|๐น๐น๐บ๐ธ|๐ AFNarratives@gmail.com
๐บ Cat Mom ๐บ
afnarratives.carrd.co
Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social VP of Commercial and Portfolio Development @ Annapurna // Enjoys games, horror, and loud noises
Simone Tranchina @simonetranchina.bsky.social Freelance character artist - animator - art director // TenderClaws Stranger Things VR // Ustwo Games Wildlife Alba // Co-founder @spacebackyard.bsky.social
Spacebackyard ๐ @spacebackyard.bsky.social // Independent creative crew //
@madposthumanist.bsky.social @alearci.bsky.social @giucapan.bsky.social @simonetranchina.bsky.social
www.spacebackyard.com
Ram-Ram-Studio @coline-ramram.bsky.social Ram Ram Studio is a small video game studio - Our games are based on traditional aesthetic and original storytelling. Released 30 BIRDS and developping MARIOLE :
https://ram-ram-studio.itch.io/mariole
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3830930/Mariole/
of the Devil @ Wishlist Episode 3 @nthcircle.bsky.social Indie Studio making cinematic games, for Evil. https://nthcircle.studio/
๐ฎ Play our Award-Winning Games: https://linktr.ee/otdevil
๐Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/UVdtGDMWMg
โจPlay of the Devil: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739630/
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
AstridMie @astridmrefstrup.bsky.social CEO @wingsfundme Parttime law student. Dyslexic โ๏ธShe/her.
WINGS @wingsfund.me Investing in the best PC indie games from studios led by women & gender marginalized devs.
Everything good comes with a side of WINGS. ๐ฅโก๏ธ
๐จ www.wingsfund.me/pitch ๐
Sena Bryer @senabryer.com Voice actor. Game dev. Angry baby. She/ella
VO: Atlas Talent
#FFXIV #InuOh #UnicornOverlord #Cryptmaster #CookieRunKingdom
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor ๆ้ฝ้ๅฎข โข made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Zhenghua Yang (Z) ๐ Tokyo Game Show @z.serenityforge.com Founder/CEO of @serenityforge.com, Creator of Fractured Blooms, TEDx Speaker, DICE Awards Jury
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus #DDLC, LISA, To the Moon, NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD, Slay the Princess, Vivarium, Sister Other Paranoia.
serenityforge.com
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
Mer Grazzini ๐โ๏ธ๐ฌ๐ง Develop:Brighton @mergrazzini.bsky.social ๐ฎ๐๏ธGame designer and artist
๐Currently working at Storyteller
โ๏ธI write about games at Press Over News
๐Co-founder of Matajuegos Co-op
She/her | Argentina | Hype elemental
https://mergrazzini.itch.io/
Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social BBC journo interested in gaming, tech and culture | โญ MCV Women in Games 2026 Journalism Impact Nominee | ๐น๏ธ Adventure game lover and streamer! twitch.tv/cressup | https://linktr.ee/lauracress | Work email: firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk
Younรจs โ
@pyrofoux.itch.io โด ๐ฌ๐ง: they/them ๐ซ๐ท: iel, accord inclusifs
โด Game design, Research, TTRPGs and Improv Theater
โด amab arab acab
Find some of my work here:
๐ฎ pyrofoux.itch.io
๐ฌ knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
๐ง neurocracy.site
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
@iplayedgame.bsky.social @iplayedgame.bsky.social ๐ฅ| I do game reviews
๐| I love indie games
๐ | DM me to review Your game
๐| Youtube: http://youtube.com/@Iplayedagame
#gaming #indiegames
Luba Elliott @elluba.bsky.social AI art curator
www.elluba.com
Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social Award-winning reporter. News editor at Game Developer.
Previously seen in Edge, Stuff, and Wireframe.
Tips: chris.kerr@gamedeveloper.com / chris.kerr.gd@protonmail.com / DMs open / Signal: kerrblimey.43
David Melhart @davidmelhart.bsky.social ๐ PhD in Games and Affective Computing | ๐ฎ Assistant Professor @ SDU Metaverse Lab [https://gdlt.sdu.dk/staff/] | ๐ฒ game goblin [http://goblingoulash.com] | ๐ he/they
Taewook Kim @taewook.bsky.social PhD student @ Northwestern
https://taewookkim.com
CoffeeWithCross @coffeewithcross.bsky.social Studio Game Director. Career from Warcraft 2 Tides of Darkness to Silent Hill Ascension. Watch my podcast Brain Arcade. Letโs accelerate the indie revolution.
CoffeeWithCross.com
https://linktr.ee/coffeewithcross
Alex Calderwood @xenoscope.bsky.social PhD student | pataphysics | poetry | reluctant computer | text editors | related nonsense
https://nonsens.ing/
Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
melian dialogue tree @vogontheater.bsky.social Wordsman, gameswright. || Narrative Designer [Intern] @ Behaviour || Designer of Shadow Doge || Youtube: Vogon Theater || stephenfriedrich.com || He/er/il || Views are yours
Jonathan Lessard @glandeurlessard.bsky.social Chaire de recherche en design de jeu (Concordia)
Crรฉateur-Chercheur-Glandeur
jonathanlessard.net
lablablab.net
www.game-design.ca
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.
Paul Hart @farmergnome.bsky.social Programmer/Artist/Co-designer on @thecryptmaster.bsky.social . IGF winner, occasional hiker, keyboard enthusiast.
Lee Williams @wiwyums.bsky.social Games developer, writer and all-purpose enthusiast. IGF winner! Credits include Cryptmaster, Valheim, Spirits of Xanadu, Ironheart, Fall Guys and Return of the Obra Dinn.
Akupara Games @akuparagames.bsky.social ๐ขTortoise-powered game publisher
๐ขBehind The Frame, GRIME, Absolute Tactics, Rain World, Astrea + MORE!
Patch | Indie Gaming Magazine @patchmagazine.bsky.social The monthly indie gaming magazine ๐ Shipped worldwide from the UK ๐
https://linktr.ee/patchmagazine
ๆๆ็ Jade Leamcharaskul ๐ต @jdwasabi.bsky.social ๐น Composer-Arranger โข ๐
Game Audio + Events Producer โข ๐ฅ Taiko drummer
๐ Launching live game music events
๐ IGDA London Co-Chair โข ๐๏ธ POCInPlay โข ๐ญ BAFTAGames โข ๐ Future Class 2022 โข ๐Game Dev Heroes Sound Award Winner 2020 โข She/Her โข ๐น๐ญ๐ฒ๐พ โข ๐ซ GenAI โ
VioletVexx @violetvexx.bsky.social The Gremlin Witch vtuber! ๐ฎ๐
Also the local potion seller โบ๏ธ
I like to make cosplays and play games and Iโm learning how to do art! ๐
Donโt forget to follow me on twitch โบ๏ธ
Link tree - https://linktr.ee/violetvexx?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&
Pablo F. Quarta ๐๐บ @pfquarta.bsky.social ๐ Narrative Designer & Producer
โจ IndieCade Winner, A MAZE Finalist
๐บ Cofounder of Matajuegos Co-op
๐ฆ 1/3rd of Atuel
๐ English, Spanish, Italian
๐ Queer, They/He
๐ธ pfquarta@gmail.com
nolen @itseieio.bsky.social the internet can still be fun!
https://onemillioncheckboxes.com โข http://eieio.games โข https://everyuuid.com โข https://onemillionchessboards.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.
The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
๐๏ธ December 2026
๐ www.indiegameawards.gg
๐ฌ Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
๐ Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org Founded by Double Fine and iam8bit. indie games are good.
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. I make films with and against AI to see what isnโt there. Gates Scholar, Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Zein โ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games Award-winning game and narrative designer. Excessively inconsistent. Artistic Allrounder. Empathetic Entertainer.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | enby | he/they | ๐ซA/I
Wishlist Soulblaze: s.team/a/3505230
Presskit: https://impress.games/press-kit/cosmicmocca/soulblaze
*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
PaigeOnline @paigeonline.bsky.social Community Manager at Raw Fury |
she/her |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Dr Victoire Hervรฉ - Looking for work @vherve.bsky.social Phd in Procedural Content Generation in games. Ex game engine developer. Level design mad scientist.๐ค๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ซ๐ท
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetiรจre @agaitcheson.bsky.social ๐ญ Let's get creative together, on a stage!
โจ Drag clown and videogame programmer
๐ Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Joost Vervoort @joostvervoort.bsky.social Developing 'gloriously unearthly' anticapitalist RPG @allwillrise.bsky.social. Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination, Utrecht University. Games, mystery, transformative politics. Singer @terzijdehorde.bsky.social & @sunlightaltar.bsky.social
Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social Toronto-based indie studio making story focused games & cool stuff. Currently making narrative roguelite horror Curse of Resthaven. Creators of the award-winning game Lil' Guardsman. Account run by Scott Christian - studio director, narrative and music guy
Luis Leรณn | Wishlist 'This Is Not For You' @lleon779.bsky.social Game Writer & Designer
@interactivedreams.bsky.social
www.luisleon.com.mx
Joel @phoenixup.bsky.social Time Bandit, IGF23 Nuovo Finalist, Part 1 out now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/
Marxist, she/her
https://phoenixup.itch.io/
thinking of giving up gamedev for the dance ๐
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
@crowscrowscrows.com @crowscrowscrows.com 
Jonathan Coryn @corjn.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Ga(y)me creator
๐น๏ธโโ Made Player Non Player
๐ Most amazing game award AMazeFest2023
๐ https://corjn.com
trying gal @naceallabug.bsky.social leath phrรญobhรกideach. semi private. me at my crankiest. off the cuff comments from me here really do not represent my genuine thoughts and feelings.
Sokpop Collective @sokpop.co videogame boyband from the future | games: http://sokpop.itch.io | subscription: http://patreon.com/sokpop | @aran.sokpop.co @tijmen.sokpop.co @tom.sokpop.co @rubna.sokpop.co
Die Gute Fabrik @gutefabrik.bsky.social An award-winning ๐ฉ๐ฐ indie game studio, we made โต Saltsea Chronicles, โ๏ธ Mutazione, ๐คผโโ๏ธ Sportsfriends, & more. Handcrafted games made by human beings. linktr.ee/gutefabrik
Yuri Stern | SIGNALIS @laststarfarer.bsky.social Made #SIGNALIS, a dark anime sci-fi survival horror game, with @antihelios.bsky.social
http://rose-engine.org
OUT NOW โจ Buy SIGNALIS: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1262350/
Tributary Games @tributarygames.bsky.social London based games studio. We made King of the Castle and made Occlude: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/Occlude/
Scavengers Studio @scavstudio.bsky.social Indie Game Dev Studio in Montreal Canada ๐
We made Darwin Project and SEASON: A letter to the future!
Other Tales @othertales.bsky.social A small game studio drawn to the enigmatic and unusual. Creators of the co-op puzzler Tick Tock: A Tale for Two and the game anthology Miniatures.
๐ : https://linktr.ee/othertales
๐ฎ : https://tinyurl.com/miniaturesgame