Scott Jon Siegel @numberless.bsky.social Designer of playful social experiences. Lead Game Designer @ Board.
I love making things that bring people together.
https://numberless.net
https://board.fun
@buildmachinegames.bsky.social @buildmachinegames.bsky.social
Leyla Johnson @leylacj.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director at MohawkGames | Ambassador at WomenInGames | NIX Juror | Old World Grammy Nominee | Board Member at HoodedHorse
Mike W @gekido.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian Metis, Emmy award-winning Tech Producer / Tech Director. ex-Unity, Namco, Roadhouse, Gamedev for 25+ years... Tech Director on Adam & Baymax shorts, etc
Current: Cloudhead, Megacrush, Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
Leo K @leokrogue.bsky.social Smoke and mist in a hooded cloak.
youtube.com/LeoKRogue/
Nikki Kuppens @patt3rson.bsky.social Senior Game Designer @ Raw Power Games. Previously IO Interactive, Ubisoft Massive. Worked on The Division 1 & 2, Halo: Spartan Assault/Strike, Gatling Gears, Greed Corp. Opinions are my own.
Quinn Duffy ๐จ๐ฆ @quinnduffy.bsky.social I've made games and have opinions. Homeworld, Impossible Creatures, Company of Heroes 1 and 2, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, Age of Empires IV and others.
Caroline Marchal @caromarchal.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director of independent narrative studio @interiornight.com
CD on As Dusk Falls
Former Lead GD on Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls
GDC and Develop Advisory Board
Jonathan Tweet @jonathantweet.bsky.social Grandmother Fish (Macmillan 2016), the first book to teach #evolution to preschoolers, plus science games for kids (www.grandmotherfish.com). Over the Edge, #TTRPG of surreal urban danger (atlas-games.com/overtheedge). D&D 3E, Ars Magica, Everway, etc.
Orcusdorkus @orcusdorkus.bsky.social Accused anglophile, husband, father, gamer, and full on fanboy/groupie of all things TTRPGs. Cheese enthusiast.
YT Channel: youtube.com/@orcusdorkus
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/titterpigs-the-ttrpg-podcast/id1585863093
Soren Johnson @sorenjohnson.bsky.social Founder of MohawkGames. Designer of Civ 3, Civ 4, Dragon Age Legends, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. Still a Mouth Breather.
Brad ๐จ๐ฆ, GM of Magic, Mushrooms, Mead @silentbrad.bsky.social He/Him | Canadian ๐จ๐ฆ #ElbowsUp | forever-DM | running my second streamed TTRPG campaign (Magic, Mushrooms, Mead) on Moonbeam, Twitch, and YouTube
Tab Creations @tabcreations.com Developer and publisher of roleplaying games and card games, including Shadows Over Sol, Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and more!
Website: https://tabcreations.com
Kickstarter: https://buff.ly/4dYdgi2
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tabcreations
Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social Microplastics, theyโre fantastic. Content Director @ GLHF. Consultancy, mock reviews. Did some writing for a video game called The Axis Unseen.
Darby McDevitt @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social Game Developer, Writer.
Author of The Halter, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Sims 2 DS, etc.
Follow for music clips, literary quotes, Assassinโs Creed trolling.
darbymcdevitt.com
Shane Liesegang, SJ @sjml.bsky.social ๐ญ theater kid turned
๐ฎ game dev turned
โ๏ธ Jesuit priest
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐พ), theology, starfield, migrant care (๐ต๐ญ)
present: pastoral ministry in Portland
https://shaneliesegang.com
Interactive Ontario @interactiveontario.com Our Mission: To inspire, unite, and enable Ontarioโs Video Game/IDM community to achieve long-term growth and prosperity.
https://interactiveontario.com/
Alexander (TOTAL RELOAD game creator) @torshock.bsky.social ๐ฎ Dev of the puzzle indiegame TOTAL RELOAD: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2412090/Total_Reload/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/KzVB4YKvPu
๐ Newsletter / Press Kit:
https://torshock.kit.com/total_reload
Haider @sinbad.bsky.social Game Developer. Solar Sailor. 90% of my body is Deus Ex.
Leon @donjuanleon.bsky.social Linux. 60 FPS goblin. Worked on some video games. Tacoma, Gone Home (console), Dishonored, BioShock 2, Counter-Strike.
robin ๐ซ uvw-cwa @rbn.fyi hi ๐
Designer of playful experiences. Looking for work! Prev: lead GD @ Lunacy, Reflector, Ubisoft... https://robin-v.net
him, lui ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ
Intentionally spending my energy fighting the doom, not posting about it.
Pic by McSkirt https://linktr.ee/mcskirt
Patch Kolan @patchkolan.bsky.social @PlaysideStudios Narrative Lead | Author of many games and books and such | Ex-@IGN | Ex-RebootPR | Come say hello!
Chris Cummings @chrisgcummings.bsky.social Principal Systems Designer @ Bethesda Game Studios. I dig talking about design, art, and music. Opinions are just me.
David Pierce @davidpierce.bsky.social Game Designer ๐ฎ Programmer ๐ป Dog Dad ๐ถ
Lead Systems Designer at Bethesda Game Studios; my opinions are my own.
Ryan Payton @ryanpayton.bsky.social Founder & Studio Head of Camouflaj, part of Oculus Studios.
Batman: Arkham Shadow โ Iron Man VR โ Rรฉpublique โ Halo 4 โ Metal Gear Solid 4
Kenn Hoekstra @kennhoekstra.bsky.social IT Guy. Husband. Father. Friend. Horror Fan. KISS Army Soldier. People's Champ. Wisconsin Sports. Politics. Screenwriter. Resister. Sober.
Writer/Editor for @pophorrordotcom.bsky.social
Andrew Yoder @andrew-yoder.bsky.social Lead Level Designer at MachineGames. Helped on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and the rereleases of Quake 1 and 2. Modder of old games. American in Sweden. Views expressed here are my own.
Albert Oelschlรคgel - working on Trails of Suebia @albedood.bsky.social Unity Developer & 3D Generalist. Passionate about RTS and city-building games. Crafting simplicity.๐ฎ๐ ๏ธ
https://discord.gg/rmXWptT3jk
Support my journey: https://ko-fi.com/phaatalbert
#GameDev #IndieDev #RTS #CityBuilder #3DModeling #unit #unity3d
Level Design Podcast @leveldesignfm.bsky.social All things Level Design in an easy-to-digest podcast hosted by
@markdrew.bsky.social
! Available now on Spotify! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/leveldesign
Steven ter Heide @steventerheide.bsky.social Creative Director at Wild Sheep Studio.
Previously: Game Director at Guerrilla
Killzone | Rigs | Horizon Zero Dawn | Maestro | Adorable Adventures
Steve de Niese @stevedeniese.bsky.social Lead/Game dev at Metal Pandas Studio. Founder and Creative Director at Assemblo. Sometime solo game dev. Programmer, artist, musician. Melbourne, Australia. ๐ฆ๐บ
https://linktr.ee/letterafterz
Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.fyi Phantomcompass.com studio head. 30+ yrs in the #gamedev biz & still learning. He/him/ratboy.
โ๏ธ #artist + #writer
๐พ #videogames + #tech
๐ฒ #ttrpg + #minipainting
๐ค #karaoke
๐ฆ #Toronto
Danda @dandastur.bsky.social Traductor de series y videojuegos. Izquierdista pesado. En internet desde 1996. Fui baterรญa de rock progresivo https://open.spotify.com/album/7ops7tph6jMMwsjVejFxbw https://senogul.bandcamp.com/album/senogul www.jugadoresdefortuna.com Aviso: REPOSTEO MUCHO
KRIS GRAFT STARTER PACK @krisgraft.bsky.social marketing @ alienware | ever-recovering game journalist fmrly gamasutra & game developer dot com | video games | motorcycles | smoked meat ๐ต๐ญ / ๐บ๐ธ
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
Black Pigeon Games @blackpigeongames.bsky.social ๐ชถ Black Pigeon Games ๐ชถ is an independent indie game studio dedicated to creating story-rich and immersive ๐ horror games ๐.
Project Echo FPS @projectechofps.bsky.social Reviving the greatest era of the FPS Tactical Arena Genre.
Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/jzzaP73zYQ
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@projectechofps?si=MeUd_fs_o0vAnkQL
#fps #gaming #newgame
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Rรถki) โข BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 โข BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee โข 2 x BAFTA Juror โข Industry speaker & mentor โข He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Stuart Jeff | Wood Fired Games @stuartjeff.bsky.social Former AAA developer gone solo to build your next favorite strategy game! Previously spent 20+ years building games like Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends, Age of Empries III: Asian Dynasties, Dropzone, Elderscrolls Legends, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches.
@AdrianBalanon @adrianbalanon.bsky.social Principal Gameplay Design @ Undead Labs | Formerly: Treyarch, Luxoflux, , Irrational, Hanger 13, Nvidia, Microsoft, Shrapnel | Game Systems/Level/AR/VR Designer | He/him.
crista | Fear the Spotlight OUT NOW! @cristac.bsky.social half of @cozygamepals.bsky.social
Fear the Spotlight is out now!
https://cozygamepals.com/
she/her game dev
A Gamedev Sergal ๐พ๐ฎ @adorablesergal.neocities.org ๐จ๐ฆ she/her Mom ๐ญ stargazer, ๐น๏ธ gamedev
idTech4 engine appreciator, Doom 3 shotgun enjoyer
๐ I draw porn, yo ๐
โค๏ธ๐งก๐ค Eggbug Forever ๐ค๐ฉท๐
#art #gamedev
Margot 'Elawen' Blanchard @margotblanchard.bsky.social Lead Designer at Lowbirth Games ๐ฅ
Bretonne montrรฉalaise ๐ฅ| French from Bretagne, best place in France๐
| living her best game dev life in Montreal
๐ Narrative & Social impact Design โ๏ธChallenging social bias players one game at time๐ผ
Elle/She | Fr/En
Took @tookley.bsky.social Web/Game Dev, Trekkie, Board/Video gamer & former doctor
Sean Dick @seandick.net Rogue gameplay programmer Puppy Truck, Tonight We Riot, ReBop Blasters
https://dean-sick.itch.io
Steel Haze @pauloprudente.bsky.social ๐ง๐ท Game Dev, programmer
โข Employed by a VR game studio
โข Working on an indie mech game
Join the mecha feed: http://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bpmo2mr26in2yszq3wej7ylv/feed/aaalkbg6czody
Opinions are my own
๐ต๐ธ โญ
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/
Jamie Cutting @jamies.place 22, Games Design Graduate. Christian. https://linktr.ee/jkgcutting Designer & Programmer on Cuppa Coffee Games' ScrapShift for #Tranzfuser2024
jamies.place
Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com ๐๏ธ Lead Environment Artist on Blackfrost: The Long Dark II
๐ผ Currently Hinterland
โช๏ธ Previously Graceful Decay, Big Robot Ltd, Aardman.
๐ญ Climate anxieter, ๐บ cider appreciator, ๐น prog snob, ๐๏ธ Bristolian.
he/him
๐ www.thepixelcrush.com
Milan @mipin.bsky.social producer, designer, critic. in & around gamedev since '13
teaching "experimental creative videogame critique"@ bauhaus university
prev: massive miniteam, maschinen-mensch, monokel
<3 concept art, indie films and interactive media
he/they
The Amber Crew @talesofmetal.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of The Amber Crew, a French indie game studio founded by developers from Gobelins and ENJMIN.
We love making games and sharing the journey!
https://linktr.ee/talesofmetal
MindFunk @mindfunk.bsky.social Game Dev. Music Junkie. Storyteller.
T.J. McLain @tjmclain.bsky.social Indie game developer at Myna Games. Formerly: Lead Combat Designer on Marvel Contest of Champions and Transformers Forged To Fight. I mainly post about politics, games, and anime.
Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com Failed Media Critic, Washed Up YouTuber, Formally Trained Self-Loather | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com ๐ฅ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
๐ GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
๐ Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
๐งฒ Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Dan Schmidt @dfan.bsky.social Co-creator of Ultima Underworld, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, et al. Lead singer & songwriter of Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer-Incentives. These days I mostly play the piano and Go.
Dorian Hart @dorianhart.bsky.social Connoisseur of fine dad jokes.
Author of the Heroes of Spira epic fantasy series, starting with The Ventifact Colossus.
www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92
Game designer: System Shock 1 & 2, Thief, BioShock
Dad, husband, board gamer, RPG player, hiker. He/him
Rob Simpson @thebobert.bsky.social Toronto-based animator. See also: Book Reader, Music Nerd, Video Game Dork, Beer Snob, Alleged Replicant. @rws_12 on Twitter
LewieP @lewiep.bsky.social BizDev Exec for Develop:Brighton.
Formerly of NSPCC, Lionbridge & Fanatical. SavyGamer Founder.
Douglas @dmgregory.ca Game design professor, math and science geek.
Did spreadsheety stuff for Splinter Cell Blacklist, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and Far Cry 6. Moderator on gamedev.stackexchange.com
Formerly @D_M_Gregory on Twitter (he/him/his)
Joe Bernstein @bernstein.bsky.social New York Times reporter. 5โ9โ
@roleplaying-thief.bsky.social @roleplaying-thief.bsky.social A blog about stealing from various media for your own ttrpgs
https://theroleplayingthief.bearblog.dev/
Source of Mana @sourceofmana.bsky.social Source of Mana
https://manasource.itch.io/source-of-mana
Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
Victoria Tran โจ @victoriatran.bsky.social โจ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
โจ Wholesome Games organizer
โจ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
โจ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
โจ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
Jeff STARGAZY Sheen @stargazy.com Since 2009, STARGAZY has made innovative games.
Democracy 4 / Democracy 3 Africa / Prison Architect
๐ https://linktr.ee/stargazy
Fandom Ledger @fandomledger.com Video Game and anime news and reviews. Plus a bunch of other fun shit. @advanced.gg partner. Pokemon, Umamusume, and Hololive are the best.
https://www.fandomledger.com
Ethan Topping @funnybear2.bsky.social Level Designer & Game Dev๐ฎ #leveldesign #gamedev
https://ethantopping3.wixsite.com/website
Kirk Hamilton @kirkhamilton.com I make music and podcasts. Host of Strong Songs ๐ถ and Triple Click ๐พ
strongsongspodcast.com
tripleclickpodcast.com
KirksNotes.com
Profile pic: Alicia J. Rose
kiera @w1ntk.bsky.social ancient / early-medieval historian | ttrpgs
Game Republic @gamerepublic.bsky.social Game Republic is the largest games network supporting growth & success for #gamedevs, affiliates & unis/colleges, running GaMaYo and #GRNewHorizons- visit gamerepublic.net or join The Great Northern Games Discord here -> https://discord.gg/y52sj4yMGn
Novruz Javadov @novruzj.bsky.social Co-founder, and Producer at Darts Games
Working on too many damn games at the same time. But mainly on "Do No Harm" right now.
Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk Head of Education & Practice, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow. Programme Director, Graduate Apprenticeship in Software Engineering. Co-director, Games & Gaming Lab. Director, Ada Scotland Festival.
Will Maiden @willmaiden.dev ๐ฎ Video Game Designer
๐ฃ Big into Sci-Fi, comic books, spy and noir stories, Board Games, TTRPGs and probably a bunch of other things
๐ Stockholm, Sweden
๐ผ chiefrebel.com
๐ป He/Him
๐ https://linktr.ee/willmaiden
Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social Senior Game Designer, programmer, writer, former indie turned professional, Cat Parent (of 3), Progressive, Tired. (He/Him)
Vlad Trutniev @trutniev.com 3D Environment Artist
trutniev.com
Indie Game Developer
https://blskyl.ink/ivyjuice.games- J Joe @joespicher.bsky.social Senior Technical Designer - Lightspeed LA
Randy Smith Evergreen @randyevergreen.bsky.social Cool dad. Game director and designer. Classic Thief series, indie studio Tiger Style (Waking Mars, Spider: Bryce Manor, Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon), freelance game developer. Multiple GotY award winner. Austin and Vermont.
Wesley @wtnass.bsky.social ๐ป Tech professional, problem solver, lifelong learner
๐ Living in Conception Bay South, NL
โก๏ธ Kickboxing, running, weight training
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Proud dad of three awesome kids I love spending time with
๐ Hobbies include D&D, reading, and discovering new things, etc...
Star Anvil Studios @staranvil.bsky.social Maker of TTRPGs like the Secret World and soon to be released Starbreaker.
#SWADE #D&D #savageworlds
bri @sidequestbri.com disabled & queer graphic designer creating digital loot for gamers & roleplayers #TTRPG pfp art by @tsurudraws.art
bri@sidequestdesigns.com
Lexa @lexacutable.bsky.social ๐ Game programmer ๐ sleepy wine mom ๐๐ผ loyal sailbird ๐ saucy on main ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ I like heavy metal, photography, vtubers, dry humour, Trackmania, mahjong and snuggles
Melbourne, Australia
She/her
๐ @lexacutable@eldritch.cafe
Nitai Bessette @nitaib.bsky.social Game developer. Canadian. One quarter sheepdog.
Nitai.com
Trevor Dikes @trevordikes.bsky.social Dad.
Lead Sound Designer - Avalanche Studios.
Game Audio, Music, Gym, Comics, Coffee and a lot of Dragon's Dogma.
Stockholm, Sweden
Augustin "Darrek" De Vita @augustindv.bsky.social Producer @Amplitude, ex @Ubisoft @Trackmania
Martin Donlon @wickerwaka.com Professional game developer. Unprofessional FPGA developer, hardware hacker and reverse engineer.
Let's Roll Press | PAX U @letsrollpress.bsky.social Let's Roll Press is a publisher of DnD 5e-compatible content and campaign settings. We are a diverse team of business experts, writers, artists, editors, and musicians passionate about collaborative storytelling.
OKiPOKiGAMES ๐ San Japan @okipokigames.com I'm making a Kirby meets Mega Man inspired action platformer. Check it out at: okipokigames.com
Check out the booth at San Japan! September 4-6 @ Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
Matthias Worch @mworch.bsky.social Iโve been making games for over 25 years.
You can find my GDC talks at http://www.worch.com.
shahaan @shahaan.me ๐ฎ game designer @ electronic arts
โ๏ธ building game systems [and overthinking why they work]
๐ฟ offering shower thoughts and photos of squirrels, both unsolicited
๐ toronto, canada
Eric Pihlblad @ericstifer.bsky.social Current HCI Grad Student. Past: UXR Test Lead for @Respawn and @EA. VR User Research @Meta. Variety streaming.
VR-ENTHUSIAST.
Gamer.
ANIME.
All views are my own.
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 Manatลซ Waka, & Hamilton Zoo.
Gallien @gallien.website Principal web developer @ leconsortium.coop
Passionate miniatures painter : find me @gallien.miniatures on Instagram or Facebook
Jamie @jamietaylor2610.bsky.social Level Designer
MegaJord @jordanranger.blacksky.app He/They โ brain-only writer/ Photographer/ Graphic designer/ Table top RPG enthusiast/ Sci-fi and fantasy reader/ Color Pink enthusiast / ๐ฌ๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค
Wes Brown @iamwesbrown.bsky.social ๐ธ #Photographer | Binge Watcher | Marvel Zombie | Star Wars Nerd | #CanesFam | Sneakers | Chaotic Good | Dungeon Master | he/him
Evil Robot Games @evilrobotgames.bsky.social We make TTRPG supplements for Pathfinder โ๏ธ and Starfinder ๐, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Steampunk โ๏ธ, and Western ๐ games.
Now with 50% more Galactic Starcruiser posting.
Elliot George Mann @elliotgmann.bsky.social Game dev & music producer based in Leeds. elliotgmann.com
Currently working on Gata Guressi, a scifi language translation adventure.
Wishlist and play the demo here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3962430/Gata_Guressi/
Kanzi Scheme @benrkv.bsky.social DC antitrust lawyer by day, tabletop gamer by dusk, opossum by night.
@lukenockles.bsky.social @lukenockles.bsky.social Level Design Director @ Chokepoint Creative ๐ฎ Former Ubi & Lionhead. He/They