Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social Just a ๐ฉ๐ฐ Danish retro game enthusiast and novice translation romhacker
I like to share stuff I find around the interwebs that has to do with retrogaming, romhacking, homebrew, and indie projects.
As well as other random curiosities and thoughts.
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social Generally games, generally Steam. Business at Valve.
@joeatt.bsky.social @joeatt.bsky.social 50% of DU&I Games
Filippo Beck Peccoz @fbeckpeccoz.bsky.social I make music for games I love, and also founded my own studio in 2025! https://linktr.ee/fbeckpeccoz
๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ Wishlist Imprinted - demo out now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3980340/Imprinted/
N64brew @n64brew.bsky.social A welcoming community dedicated to development and homebrew for the Nintendo 64. Join us and other N64 enthusiasts at:
https://discord.gg/WqFgNWf
Doctor Funfrock @doctorfunfrock.bsky.social I'm a #gamedev #indiedev from Germany and a former game design professor. Recently published https://www.metacritic.com/game/dungeons-of-dreadrock-2-the-dead-kings-secret/
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Ryan is making Button City Soccer Days @subliminalman.bsky.social made a game about a fox and an arcade and now he's playing soccer.
Button City (https://www.buttoncitygame.com) Subliminal Gaming (https://www.subliminalgaming.com) โ still masking
Subliminal Gaming - Wishlist Button City: Soccer Days @subliminalgaming.bsky.social Vibrant cozy indie games
Button City - out now on Steam, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
Button City Soccer Days - Coming soon wishlist now!
https://www.buttoncitygame.com/soccerdays
Learn more about our studio at
https://www.subliminalgaming.com
Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social Game Designer of Wonderbelly Games, Mother of Imps, Champion of Forgotten Side Quests. Cooking up Arcane Eats, a fantasy cooking deckbuilder. Made Roundguard, a bouncy pegglelike roguelike. We all need joy
https://www.wonderbellygames.com/
aka TanookiFruit
Anders Hillestad @andershillestad.bsky.social Head of Business / Royal Envoy at Vile Monarch
went to uni to become a game designer, came out the other end as bizdev
prev: SUPERHOT Team, Antagonist
Joost van Dongen @joostvandongen.bsky.social Game creator. Founder & Creative Director of Galaxy Grove (Station to Station). Former co-founder of Ronimo (Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, De Blob, Blightbound). Solo creator: Robo Maestro, Cello Fortress, Proun. Composer and cellist of The Ageless Gate
DevPods.gg - Make Games the Fun Way! @devpods.bsky.social Team up. Build games. Get good. Join DevPods.gg today and work with remote teams to build live games, the fun way!
Tanya Kan ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ @vividfoundry.bsky.social Vivid Foundry's Founder. She/They; BiDemi. Dev since 2012. 2D+3D art, game design, game writing, production, teaching. We made the award-winning Solace State: Embolden activists, take back power from big corp!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/928000
Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social Worked on games like The Suffering, The Church in the Darkness, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches. Wrote Game Design: Theory & Practice. Now Studio Creative Director at FarBridge on dark new things.
Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social studio director League of Geeks โข co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook โข GDC board โข co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
Brian Cronin @briangcronin.bsky.social Game dev working on Slumber Realm ๐ฒ๐ค @chuggagames.bsky.social
Formerly Monster Train, Natural Selection 2, Inkbound- J @jlauha.bsky.social @jlauha.bsky.social
Robin / koffeinvampir @robygon.bsky.social Making a Game about Making Games, that you will make games in it's The Games You Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750
Jumpy Bit @jumpybit.bsky.social Indie Game Studio based in Munich
https://jumpybit.com
Check out The Games You'll Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750/The_Games_You_Make/ 
Aubrey Serr @serr.bsky.social Veteran indie game developer and GDC speaker on Level Design. Artist, animator, and programmer with 10+ years of experience. Trained economist bringing analytical skills to game design. 1990 Nintendo World Championships semi-finalist
David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com MAEK GAEM
Expert game engineer, currently looking for work
Co-founder at @minorkeygames.com, making Eldritch 2
Guitar, vinyl, film, pro wrestling
All cats are beautiful
Anti-fascist
โ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ค he/him ๐ Texas ๐ https://dphrygian.com/
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 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social #GameDev since 1994. I do action mechanics with a twist!
Made "ChainStaff" https://tinyurl.com/chainstaff
Made Shoot 1UP, Serious Sam DD, Pig Eat Ball, Bumpy Grumpy. Worked on POSTAL, Resistance Fall of Man, Ratchet n Clank.
http://www.mommysbestgames.com
chubigans @chubigans.bsky.social Creator of the Cook, Serve, Delicious! series, indie dev & game dev, workin' on all kinds of tasty things!
vertigogaming.net
David Amador @djlink.bsky.social Indie game developer (like that movie) running Upfall Studios. Maker of Quest of Dungeons, Vizati and other weird games.
https://www.david-amador.com
https://www.upfallstudios.com
๐Portugal 
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)
Tabby Rose @tabbyrose.bsky.social UX Director, Mighty Yell Studios. Accessibility Advocate. she/her
#tabbymakesart #tabbyjournals
Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com An interactive fiction guy. https://zarfhome.com, https://blog.zarfhome.com, https://eblong.com/zarf/home.html
Chris DeLeon โ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
Aaron San Filippo (->Brighton Develop) @aaronflippo.bsky.social Owner of Flippfly (Race The Sun), and CEO of Player Galaxy, a new web games platform for UGC games.
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Monica Fan => GDC 2026 @designermonicat.bsky.social Game Designer by day, k-pop and cat lover by night
Current: @Pipeworks
Cofounder: IGDA Neurodivergent in Game Dev SIG, @HimboHunter
Bubble Tea is my religion. My opinions are my own.
Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social Game Director & Designer making the hardboiled https://stealth.game @sleightofhand.game
ร Made Kojima's GOTYใ FRAMED ใ
ร Proud Dad / multi-award winning clichรฉ
ร He/Him
HughSJ @hughsj.bsky.social co-founder/designer at Stellar Jockeys, made Brigador
email: hugh @ http://stellarjockeys.com
Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social Indie game dev behind Duskers & A Virus Named TOM (formerly Bad Robot, Dreamworks Animation, Rainbow Studios)
info@ http://misfitsattic.com
Chris Chung @chrischung.com Indie dev behind Catlateral Damage! Cat dad, husband, food lover, collector, Pokรฉmon Trainer. He/him
Greg Pryjmachuk @minskworks.bsky.social Sun is warm, grass is green | Making Honcho | Made Landlord's Super http://bit.ly/lndlrdspr & Jalopy
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HonchoGame
Discord http://discord.gg/TqCwKdR
Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social Founder, @terribleposture.bsky.social. Creative Director: Battle Train, Tower of Guns, Mothergunship, 3 out of 10, Mothergunship: Forge, Burgle Supply Company, more. social(at)terribleposture.com
John Austin @johnaustin.bsky.social Founder of Pontoco and Project Lead for The Last Clockwinder. Engineer, Game Designer, Tea Lover; in no specific order.
Previously: Lead XR Eng at Funomena | Research at Google Brain
@kleptine on the Hellbirdsite
Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social Wishlist or playtest Reconfigure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/Reconfigure/
Co-founder Almost Human (Legend of Grimrock) & I run Hapatus Ltd for my own games + freelancing (Noita, Control, Druidstone). Game design, gfx, synths
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social ๐ฅ making playful things
๐ฆโโฌ he/him
๐๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
Danny Day @dislekcia.bsky.social IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ brown belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
Dave Carrigg @dcarrigg.bsky.social Game Developer, Educator, Dad
Aaron @aaron-macklar.bsky.social Iโm pretty good at using a computer. I mostly use one via @knockoutgames.bsky.social.
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
Rลซta Pryjmachuk @rutablue.bsky.social 2D/Concept artist.
Working on Honcho.
Formerly LandLord's Super,
Shoppe Keep 2.
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer. Currently at Innersloth, prev Exploding Kittens. Also worked on HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & lots more lil stuff.
๐ฎ carolmertz.itch.io
๐ bit.ly/carolsBGG
๐ฑ PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Matt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social 2.5D human gamedev. Rogue Legacy 2, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Gesundheit!, Guilded Youth. He/him
Richard Atlas @richmakesgames.bsky.social ๐ฎ CEO / Creative Director at Clever Endeavour Games (he/him)
๐ต Lover of tea, chocolate, heavy metal, cycling, fantasy, health science, and games with good feel ๐
๐ Blog here: http://richardatlas.com
Francois van Niekerk @francoisvn.bsky.social Studio Director at @clockworkacorn.com โข he/him โข https://leafcloud.com/ โข Cape Town, South Africa
Arnold Rauers @arnoldrauers.com Hi, Iโm Arnold Rauers.
Since 2012 Iโm creating independent video games as Tinytouchtales.
๐ http://www.arnoldrauers.com ๐
Karel Crombecq @karelcrombecq.bsky.social Game dev, procedural & graphics programmer. Lead programmer and technical director for @dungeonalchemist.bsky.social.
Ido Yehieli - Stellar Cartography Interactive @tametick.bsky.social Indie game dev! To the Stars and Prophet Margin. Previously: Slayaway Camp, Cardinal Quest, lots of 7DRLs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/Prophet_Margin/
Glen Henry - DUPPY DETECTIVE TASHIA OUT NOW๐๐ป @spritewrench.com ๐ Founder/ Project Director Spritewrench Studios
๐Loudest of Jamaica Game Developer Society (JGDS)
๐IGDA - Foundation Velocity Cohort Coordinator
โ (he/him)
๐ https://linktr.ee/spritewrench
Geert Nellen @geertnellen.bsky.social Game Designer and artist. In the past: Director of Metrico, Lead Designer on Mini Motorways, worked as a designer on games like Manifold Garden and Viewfinder.
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io โข Founder, Dejobaan Games โข Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve โข 30 Year Veteran Game Dev โข Boston!
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
Pixeljam Games @pixeljamgames.bsky.social Lowering your resolutions since 2006.
Dino Run 2 Kickstarter launching September 2nd! https://www.dinorun2.com
Rusty Moyher @rustym.bsky.social Game Designer and Programmer โ Projects: Astro Duel 2, Dig Dog, Train Bandit, Astro Party, Retro Game Crunch
https://rustymoyher.com
Elliott Mitchell ๐ฅ ๐ง @mrt3d.bsky.social Founder Vermont Digital Arts & the original Boston Unity Group, 3D - XR Artist, Indie Game Developer, Volumetric Filmmaker & Nutter - #XR #VR #Immersive #GameDev
E McNeill @emcneill.bsky.social Indie game designer. Mostly VR. Maker of Ironstrike, Ironlights, Darknet, Tactera, Astraeus, Skylight, and Auralux.
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.
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social Game studio established in 2009.
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, VITRIOL, ELOH, Old Manโs Journey, CHESTO, Secrets of Raetikon, Chasing Aurora, And Yet It Moves
eddybox (hemisphere games) @eddybox.bsky.social Osmos and Karmaka creator (www.hemispheregames.com)
Most recently collaborated on Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (http://apple.co/-Gibbon) w @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social
Living in the alpine meadow...
Cukia โSugarโ Kimani @sugarbycukia.xyz Hi ๐, I make games under ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, a small mom-and-pop dev shop I run with my partner, @riker.itch.io.
Trinket Tom | Battle Suit Aces OUT NOW @tom.trinketstudios.com Battle Suit Aces coming Oct 7!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/
President/Programmer of Trinket Studios. Battle Chef Brigade,
Battle Suit Aces; Previously Wideload/Disney; Tall; He/him; tom@trinketstudios.com
Ryan Juckett @ryanjuckett.com It's me. I run @hypersect.com
Evan Balster ๐ @art.imitates.life they/them. ๐ช game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
๐ @evan@merveilles.town
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