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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
Mischief @mischief.games We're the best game studio to ever do it.
Desktop Explorer 💾 AVAILABLE NOW! @desktopexplorergame.com An eerie point-n-click mystery game through the abandoned profiles of an old PC.
A game by Recurring Dream | Funded by Outersloth
💬 Join our Discord: http://links.recurringdream.studio/discord
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Sam @tworune.bsky.social ✏️ thing making things
🌍 brisbane / meanjin
New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social Sage advice from the best source there is: video games.
Made this because the original vgadvisor deactivated their account for some reason. Tag me or send DM for submissions (I'll bookmark them to repost them later).
PEAR哥 @peargor.bsky.social Impatient indie 2D animator from 🇭🇰
Contact: perryloart@gmail.com
https://borntoworkretail.com
https://youtube.com/@Peargor
Erin Catto @erincatto.bsky.social I created Box2D. I enjoy all kinds of programming, but specialize in physics and animation. Working on The Legend of California.
Inigo Quilez @iquilezles.bsky.social Math & Art Videos.
* https://youtube.com/Inigo_Quilez
* https://iquilezles.org
Created Shadertoy, Pixar's Wondermoss, Quill, and more.
2 Mello @2mello.net Music maker
audio director @virtuoso-neomedia.bsky.social virtuoso.world
https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
pfp by @saredd99.bsky.social
julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
Luke S @lukesanderson.bsky.social Game Developer, making Turnip Mountain & Tiny Turnip
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138410
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social 13-year game journalist. Senior writer at GamesRadar+. Previously: PC Gamer, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer. Email: austin(dot)wood(at)futurenet(dot)com
TopSpin has Comms Open @topspinthefuzzy.bsky.social Animator, Artist |SHE/THEY| DM for
@StumbleQuest | Comms: OPEN https://vgen.co/TopSpinTheFuzzy
| https://castingcall.club/TopSpinTheFuzzy | topspinthefuzzy@gmail.com | http://twitch.tv/topspinthefuzzy |
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nutti @nuttimeister.bsky.social what if sky but blue?
https://www.patreon.com/cw/nuttimeister
find me here: https://nuttimeister.carrd.co/
(i repost sometimes)
Middle Space @middlespacegames.bsky.social We’re a small Australian indie studio creating the games we love to play.
Wishlist Cloudlings: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451260/Cloudlings/
Studio Website:
https://middlespace.org/
harp @haaarpb.bsky.social
the gyrados of hot women @renorraven.bsky.social games writer, designer, and critic. co-founder of Crit Build. formerly: kotaku & waypoint.
find my work at critbuild.org
Ashley Schofield is going to Gamescom! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social essayist, critic, journalist, editor
author of VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GR+, RPS, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Mothership, Stop Caring, Deleted Saves, Skybox
https://ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/
she/her
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
BitSummit / ビッツサミット @bitsummit.bsky.social Kyoto. The gaming convention. Since 2012.
Next up: May 21-23, 2027.
vashito @vashperado.bsky.social digital artist . canadian . anti A/I
linktr.ee/vashperado
GLITCH @glitchprod.com Indie animation studio making fun, colorful shows with occasional violence and existential breakdowns :D | business@glitchprod.com
Palette Swap @paletteswap.site The true colors of gaming & entertainment news. // Gaming and entertainment news of a different color.
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barbarism critic @scarletred.bsky.social filthy commie, musician, software engineer, momrade | intolerant left | real down to Mars girl 💫 read my blog: https://www.dialecticsofdecline.com
ReDreArt @redreart.bsky.social She/Her
Digital artist
Commissions are limited, few slots open
Please do not edit or post my art anywhere without permission 💛
redreart.carrd.co/#commissions
Tom Looman @tomlooman.bsky.social tomlooman.com
Unreal Engine Developer. Making Courses for Indies & AAA Studios
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire @mousethegame.bsky.social Join Jack Pepper on a noir-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, the black and white FPS by Fumi Games and PlaySide. Out now 🐭
https://mouse.playside.games/BuDsbd9
Xploshi @xploshi.bsky.social Xploshi / Robin
Annoying cartoon doe / beanie girl thing putting amateurish fever dreams on the internet since 2020 🦠 Musician first, animator second!! Stay a while :3
🦌/23/🏳️⚧️/🏴 https://youtube.com/xploshi
Profile pic: @flowuhpowuh.bsky.social
🧡🎧🧡
DevteamLife @devteamlife.com The painfully relatable comic about gamedev.
✨ Website ✨ http://devteamlife.com
💛 Shop 💛 http://devteamshop.com
➡️The Book➡️ https://www.studiolounak.com/lounak-shop/lounak-books
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social contact: christopher at nebula dot tv
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | 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
Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr Game graphics 🎨 Expect cute characters, grand environments, tech art tips & lowpoly appreciation ✨ (EN/FR)
Check my website: https://charlesboury.fr
Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social ⭐ Technical books and courses for game developers ⭐
Unity • Godot • Shaders • Technical Art • Math for Graphics
Technical Art Books and Courses 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jettelly.link
@courtesy.bsky.social @courtesy.bsky.social official regional branch for "Courtesy's Post's". Cowriting on 3D Mainichi Modern
courtesycalling.com
James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social Dread Delusion etc
he / him
Nomo Studio ✨ Momento OUT NOW! @nomostudio.bsky.social We're a small indie studio making warm, soft-hearted video games. 💖
🇦🇺 Brisbane, AU
👋 @themajichan.bsky.social
🧸 currently working on @playmomento.com with @fataliencat.com, it's out now on Steam! ✨
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social Sometimes I make YouTube videos. Right now I play a lot of chess!!! Tomorrow, who knows?
Martin Fowler @martinfowler.com Software Design Loudmouth. Works for Thoughtworks. Also hikes, watches theater, and plays modern board games. He/him.
host of https://martinfowler.com
RJ Palmer 🔜 Dragon Con @rj-palmer.com Concept Artist | Illustrator | Paleoartist | he/him
Discord Server: http://discord.gg/arvalis
Contact: arvalis@mac.com
Portfolio: https://rj-palmer.com
Store: http://rjpalmerstore.com
Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020.
lostincult.co.uk
Dragon Ball Z Episodes @dbzepisodes.bsky.social Hey, it's me Goku! Stay tuned for more episodes of Dragon Ball Z!
inspired by @sm64stars & @sm64starsvideos
dms open for suggestions/submissions
run by:
@gizmouse.bsky.social
@hyperfixt.neocities.org
@horseplinko.bsky.social
わす @cermrnl.bsky.social PEPAKO作ってます!
気楽なつぶやき
nick kaman @smashynick.bsky.social Aggro Crab small business tyrant
pixelframe.design @pixelframe.bsky.social https://pixelframe.design/
Dedicated to providing quality, original, human-written content on a variety of topics in the design world, including: expert articles, design tips and tutorials, trending topics, and culture.
Yarn Spinner @yarnspinner.dev The friendly tool for game dialogue! Now in Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine + more! Made by best mates from way down under, who've worked on games from Night in the Woods to Demonschool 💚🖖🌱
https://yarnspinner.dev • http://discord.gg/yarnspinner • Human-Made
Stupid Twink @stupidtwink.bsky.social The dumbest twink on earth
http://topa.to/stupidtwink
No Context MUGEN @nocontextmugen.bsky.social MUGEN = INFINITE (無限) |
Submissions via DMs (Chat) or Google Forms (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEsWDaBsZ_Z3WNAKkLhryT4iDUZDibcq8cCeAXuNkstActTw/viewform)
Pastebin of MEGA links: https://pastebin.com/wKxkHGzt
dom @zerstoerer.bsky.social art + animation + game maker in berlin
Minit / The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe / Accounting
https://dom.ink
@kanokoga.bsky.social @kanokoga.bsky.social I draw funny things φ(・ω・ ) https://linktr.ee/kanokoga
Earl Grimm Games @earlgrimmgames.bsky.social We're an indie studio driven by the makings of magic, and gameplay that makes you wonder.
Currently brewing up a game about magic, deduction, and tea-time.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4707040/On_the_Hearth/
Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social ⦿ Murder mystery game in which Excalibur is the murder weapon!
⦿ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2622180
⦿ More links: https://excalimurder.carrd.co/
⦿ Dev: @teochhim.bsky.social
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please don’t tell anyone I’m here, I’m just trying to exist 🤫 they/them
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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
Dragon Fractal Games @dragonfractalgames.com An indie game co-op focused on making fulfilling games 🔥🐲
🐭🪄 DRAGGIN' OUT ON STEAM & ITCH.IO
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3475110/Draggin/
https://dragonfractalgames.itch.io/draggin
United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
Brace Yourself Games @braceyourselfgames.com Vancouver-based indie dev and publisher. Made Crypt of the NecroDancer, Cadence of Hyrule, Phantom Brigade, and more.
Currently developing Rift of the NecroDancer 🎸
@hitsujigoods.bsky.social @hitsujigoods.bsky.social Artist/Owner of Hitsuji Goods http://patreon.com/hitsujigoods http://hitsujigoods.com
Play NEET Girl Date Night! http://hitsujigoods.itch.io/ngdn
ENG/日本語
Bits & Bops 🎵 OUT NOW @tempolab.games Bits & Bops is an collection of original rhythm minigames!
OUT NOW ON STEAM: https://s.team/a/1929290
Barry Kramer @barrykramer.bsky.social Frequent streams, infrequent videos. ˙ ͜ʟ˙
Business contact: barrykramerbusiness@gmail.com
😐👉 twitch.tv/barry
😒👉 youtube.com/BarryKramer
😮👉 youtube.com/BarryWasStreaming
Fabrizio Espindola @fabrizioespindola.bsky.social ⭐ Technical Art made simple ⭐
Unity • Godot • VFX • Math for Graphics
Books, courses & shader breakdowns
Technical Art explained : https://linktr.ee/fespindola
Amini Allight @amini-allight.org Solo game developer, VR enthusiast. Developing LambdaMod, a free and open source multiplayer game with VR support
noé @celechii.itch.io (no-AY) genderfluid dumbass, programmer at @ko-op.com working on young suns, overflowing with love, stops to pet the alley cats :) (they/she)
knivesforcats.online
KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com Worker-run game studio. Young Suns 🪐, Goodbye Volcano High 🦕, Ridiculous Fishing EX 🎣, Winding Worlds 🐛, GNOG 🤖
linktr.ee/koopmode
Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social The first openly French-Canadian author to be banned in Texas. 🏳️⚧️
Patreon : www.patreon.com/assignedmale
Tipjar : www.ko-fi.com/sophielabelle
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Simon S. Andersen ✈️ GAMESCOM @snakepixel.art Pixel artist | illustrator | Creator of Owlboy and Vikings on Trampolines | CO-CEO of: http://dpadstudio.com
MY NEXT GAME: https://www.vikingsontrampolines.com/
My links: https://linktr.ee/snakepixel
My artwork: https://www.snakepixel.art/
they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social creator of Bright(2017) starring will smith and joel edgerton
AdHoc Studio @adhocstudio.com An independent game studio focused on interactive storytelling.
Ryan McCaffrey @dmc-ryan.bsky.social Senior Executive Editor at IGN. Car guy. Friend to dogs everywhere. The "DMC" is because I used to own a DeLorean. Yes, really.
Pepperbox Studios @pepperboxstudios.bsky.social Indie Game Studio 🇫🇮 Crafting pixels that are hard to master but impossible to forget
https://linktr.ee/diceofkalma
Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com Helping you find the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa NZ 🍦🎮 Join the Frosty Fans mailing list to stay up to date! 👉 https://frostygamesfest.beehiiv.com
frostygamesfest.com
Powered by @nz-code.nz and @strangescaffold.bsky.social
Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social The world's longest-running festival celebrating the art and culture of independent games and playful media. Established in 2004.
freeplay.net.au
Dan Galbraith - 'Isle of Feathers' is✨580%✨funded! 2hrs left!🏝️🦜🪶 @magpiebusiness.bsky.social Brisbane-based Tech Artist, Tabletop Designer
He / Him
Making a board game about birds with @junobanuno.bsky.social
Follow 'Isle of Feathers' on Kickstarter! https://rb.gy/sb9z17
Previously ▲ Mountains, SMG Studios, Playside, 'Think of the Children'
Serenity Forge @serenityforge.com Creating meaningful & emotionally impactful experiences that challenge the way you think.
#DDLC Plus, LISA, To the Moon, NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD, Fractured Blooms, Gone Home, Tiny Bunny (Зайчик)
Discord: http://bit.ly/3a9Oy2O
https://serenityforge.com/
Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games Aotearoa, New Zealand-based studio making Shape Sender Deluxe!
🟡 🟧 ⭐️
⭐️ Wishlist here ⭐️ s.team/a/2976470
niosis @niosis.bsky.social https://keyfairy.com.au/
Bea - commissions open! 🇵🇷 🇦🇺 @beabravo.bsky.social Artist and nerd.
Https://beabravo.art
Patreon=beabravo
Nat Delnova 🇻🇳 @natdelnova.bsky.social Hopelessly Apophenic
Game Dev @ Bad Ping
From Australia, travelling the world, currently in Vietnam.
Tallest Tale 🎺 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2837190
Delphinium 💙 @cinnadev.bsky.social ✨ Call me Sev! - 23 - She/her - Australia ✨
Making Delphinium 💙
Amy Potter-Jarman 🌺 @hellomisspotter.com games + marketing + my dog 👩🏼💻 the @FrostyGamesFest.com girl 🎮 join my lil indie games club: @pixelexplorersclub.bsky.social ✧* kiwi in sydney *✧ she/her
Buru and The Old People | Wishlist on Steam @buruthegame.bsky.social An upcoming, short narrative adventure game 🌳 Explore the hand-drawn world 💬 chat with quirky locals 🎲 encounter D&D inspired mini-games.
💌 https://buruthegame.beehiiv.com/subscribe
🔗 https://linktr.ee/buruthegame
📫 buruthegame@gmail.com
Lone Pine 🔜 Demo Out Now @lonepinegame.bsky.social Aussie indie game developers 🇦🇺 || Lone Pine is a narrative graphic adventure where you photograph cryptids || Wishlist on Steam - made in Godot
Links: https://linktr.ee/bangbangbangio
E: hello@bangbangbang.io
Sam Martin @sam-martin.bsky.social Animator, Composer & Sound Designer ✨
Bang Bang Bang Interactive 🟦 🟪 🟩
Working on Lone Pine - Wishlist on Steam🌲
Brisbane 🇦🇺
No More Robots @nomorerobots.io Best video game publisher ever since 2018.
Little Rocket Lab, Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw, Yes, Your Grace, Earth Must Die, Let's Build a Zoo, Spirittea... just loads of games basically. Run by @mikerose.bsky.social
https://nomorerobots.io/
Oddlark @oddlark.com creating quality oddities https://oddlark.com
https://store.steampowered.com/dev/oddlark
Crewtapes @crewtapes.bsky.social hi i'm ollie / https://linktr.ee/crewtapes / he/him pakeha living in so-called australia
Dan @danferguson.bsky.social Game Developer🕹
Director @ dobdob.studio
WISHLIST pls :)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4260790/Ascent_of_the_Last_Colossus
He/Him
Tempopo 🌷🎶 is OUT NOW @tempopogame.com OUT NOW! ✨ An upbeat musical puzzle game from @witchbeam.com.au the studio behind @unpackinggame.com 🌷
Available for PC, Mac, Xbox, and Switch: linktr.ee/witchbeam
Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Wishlist Bashful Adoration On Steam! @kittywampusgames.bsky.social 💕H: Eggiyo on X
💕Developing an indie game about cute witches and love!!
💕 https://www.kittywampusdev.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
Silver Stitch @silstipro.bsky.social WISHLIST 'M.I.S.': store.steampowered.com/app/3516430/Management_In_Space/
~chaotic game dev~
I design universes.
⟦they - them⟧
Sav Wolfe @transwitcher.bsky.social Triple Award Winning game developer, Manager of Events, Content and Communication at IGEA, Content and Admin on GCAP, horror freak, crafts, thanatology and cryptozoology. Trans and queer!
Was previously TimesNTroubles on the other sites.