Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
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Respec @respec.net Respec.net is a no BS website about video games from games media veterans. Independently owned and operated with pride.
Niels Leenheer @html5test.com CTO of Salonhub. Creator of http://html5test.com, writes at http://nielsleenheer.com, team @FronteersConf, Google Developers Expert, Invite me to speak at your event.
Velan Studios @velanstudios.com Independent by choice. Inventive by nature. Making games worth caring about since 2016.
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Game AI Programmer & Consultant
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BAFTA Connect
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new experimental micro-rpgs every wednesday https://itch.io/c/6836843/2026-rpg-sketches
avatar @riversausage.bsky.social
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
Christophe is making Prerolled! @qaqelol.bsky.social ✨ Tech Artist & Game Dev
🩵 Godot, Blender, Krita
🌈 Queer from Québec 🇨🇦
Makes free Gamedev guide & tools
🌱 https://qaqelol.itch.io/tweens
📚 https://qaqelol.itch.io/cheatsheet-viewer
Wishlist Prerolled!
🎲 store.steampowered.com/app/4475970
He/Him
🤡 No AI
Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social Law professor and writer. Expert on tech, privacy, AI, and sarcasm.
🐦: https://twitter.com/tiffanycli
🧵: https://www.threads.net/@tiffany.c.li
🐘: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli
TiffanyLi.com if you insist
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.bsky.social making maps about video games
maps: https://www.deviantart.com/vgcartography/gallery
maps (alt): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uKdhIsnLedeHJ65ZApFO8UooplBcrUC
videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKb0fgAJTw12acNBJqYzrOg
Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social 🇪🇪🏳️⚧️ | Archivist | 13 CVEs in Chrome | CSS sophomore | MapartCraft | Horse | rebane2001#3716 | Lyra 🦊
she/her
https://lyra.horse/
@rebane2001@infosec.exchange
ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better.
She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
Shodan Safari @shodansafari.lol Posting random entries from everyone's favorite internet security search engine.
Content may be 18+ and NSFW. You have been warned.
Complaints/Takedown requests: @meson.ninja
see also @vnclotto.misentropic.com for more open internet infrastructure
Kenney @kenney.nl ✨ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
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Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social The only account dedicated to letting people know what's fresh and new in the world of Nintendo 64 and Quest 64, a game that hasn't changed for 20+ years.
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
ak @dumplingmenace.bsky.social philly menace no longer in mpls. still here for the internet’s butts. they/them, very gay, too online. #Rstats
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
inkle @inkle.co Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink; home of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope podcast..
Games: TR-49, A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Expelled, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery, and Pendragon.
🔗 inkle.co
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com @mothership.blog co-founder/managing editor ✨ i like books, games, feminism, and my dog. DM or reply for email!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Shahid Kamal Ahmad @dancingmonkeys.net “A punk existentialist coder alive to his mortality, standing in wonder at the world”
Code, Games, Words, Coaching, Music and #LFC
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Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
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)
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
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.
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Lauren Scott @laurenscott.bsky.social Game designer, writer, piano player, sister, human.
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social 
Nina Kim @rainysector.bsky.social Senior Designer at Rare
Jurie @jurie.bsky.social Game developer since 1991. Into interactive storytelling, procedural content generation, game AI. Dutch immigrant in Toronto. Ex-demo scene.
Alicia Fortier @batteringham.bsky.social GDC Talk: Bear Hugs and Dev Tears https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/bear-hugs-and-dev-tears-building-stories-for-cozy-grove-camp-spirit/907863
Lead game designer for Cozy Grove; Camp Spirit, scavenger of knick-knacks. ❤️🐌
https://linktr.ee/aliciafortier
Elaine Gómez ✨ @elainegomez.bsky.social 🎮 Founder & Game Director | Midnight Hour Games
🇵🇷🇩🇴 President | Latinx in Gaming
✨BAFTA Breakthrough US 2024
🪶Enrolled tribal member, Higuayagua Taino of the Caribbean
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social Technical system designer, proc gen ranger/druid, Roguelike Celebration MC, kaiju groupie (she/her)
William Chyr @chyr.bsky.social Artist and game developer. Directed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago.
https://studiochyr.com/
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Patrick Kemp @patkemp.bsky.social Father. Game designer at Spry Fox (Netflix Games). Weekend side project noodler. He/him. https://patkemp.itch.io/ 🥑🍣🍜🥟🍛🌯
Jacob Garbe 💀 @logodaedalus.bsky.social Quiet Poster. Retweets mostly spooky art, books, and the occasional original thought. Did a PhD on designing dynamic narrative systems in games. Senior Narrative Systems Designer.
Views my own.
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
🎮 CD sona bona
💫 Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
🍊 Spanish in UK
💼 Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
✌🏼 she/her
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social 
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play.
Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design.
Rolling Hills 🍣 | Fetch my Blade 🐕 🗡️
Natasha Miller @natashamiller.bsky.social 
klawdd @klawdd.bsky.social 
@tylermakesgames.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social 
Zack Hiwiller @zackhiwiller.com 20+ years as a professional game designer. Author. Football official. Board gamer. Dog lover. I was the main character of video games internet for two days in 2010. Opinions are always my own. No one else would take credit for them.
Elaine @muselle.bsky.social Studio Director @ HeartLoop Games | Faculty and Coordinator @ IVGD - Dawson College | Coordinator @ Pixelles | She/Her | Game Dev Mom
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games
Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Tomo Moriwaki @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social Our shared fiction is our reality, so... let's take better care of it. Long time game designer. Most noteworthy impact: creative director of Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
Jon Remedios @jonremedios.bsky.social Toronto based game designer/developer.
SSMP. Marc. Gone Vroom. A pile of digital trash that's disappeared.
Working on new stuff. Still missing Miitomo.
Abhi | Venba @brownmoney.bsky.social Creative Director at Visai Games
Making games that tell intimate stories with interesting mechanics, like Venba!
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Marcus Montgomery @marcusingames.bsky.social Creative Director / Game Design Director @cstoneintstudio
www.sleepy-genius.com
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Darth Mel @melrambles.bsky.social Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Pam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Core Game Design Team, #CosmereRPG
Ennie-winning/Nebula Finalist
#ffxiv: Balmung queer, fanfic writer
business: pam.punzalan@gmail.com
https://thedovetailor.carrd.co/
Radiant Citadel • Spire/Heart • Hunter • TSL • Cosmere • BitD: The Dagger Isles
Roxanne Blouin-Payer @rbpayer.bsky.social Game Designer, Crochet-lover, RPG fanatic
Andreia Gonçalves @andreiag.bsky.social Sr Social Systems Designer at @EA Full Circle, working on @skate. Previously on @PlantsvsZombies. 🇵🇹🇨🇦 she/her. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/andreiagg
Chris Proctor @dorukai.bsky.social Core gameplay designer and design director
Design Director @ Guerrilla Games
Ex-Bungie, 343 Industries, 2K Marin, Funcom, Bigworld
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. 🎲 they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
Olivia Wood @babelfishwars.bsky.social 'Funky urban Galadriel' | 'Celestial gigawitch' | 'Bird lady' | 'Crone' | “Singularly horrifying – 5 stars”
Narrative Lead & Writer
rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
@squirreleiserloh.bsky.social @squirreleiserloh.bsky.social 
Graeme Lennon @gfsl.bsky.social 
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com a longtime industry vet, I make games and lead design teams, and am looking for my next opportunity. Check out my rarely updated blog at http://www.zenofdesign.com
I'm a white cis straight male (he/him), an ally albeit an occasionally imperfect one.
Palette Swap @paletteswap.site The true colors of gaming & entertainment news. // Gaming and entertainment news of a different color.
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ミルキー The Duke of URL @milkman.bsky.social Author of 'Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record'
Game industry stuff.
Official House Party stan account.
https://beacons.ai/jamesmielke
rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social normal guy
https://linktr.ee/MikeIsaac
Carrie Coon @carriecoon.bsky.social Physics would like a word.
morgan sung @morgansung.bsky.social internet explainer, yarn hoarder, professional yapper on Close All Tabs from KQED ❣️
Method Man's Hand Gestures @jamellpelle.bsky.social He/Him
Actor/Writer
Here to express that love for film whether french vanilla, butter pecan, or chocolate deluxe.
Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social I'm a bot posting videogame box art every hour or so, follow if you want to discover new games or remember old ones. | Maintained by @kroniksan.bsky.social
My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social “CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL” - THE GUARDIAN.
“A GIFT” - VULTURE.
TIME OUT 50 BEST PODCASTS
One guest. Five video games. A perfect console.
Patreon.com/myperfectconsole
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💾 SIGCIS Conference @sigcisconf.bsky.social Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society of SHOT. SIGCIS 2025: Power Surge will take place virtually on Sept 25-27. See details and CFP here: https://meetings.sigcis.org/
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Wildgate @playwildgate.com 🚀 New spaceship crew-based PvPvE shooter
🎮 By Moonshot Games + published by Dreamhaven
✨ Available on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series
▶ linktr.ee/playwildgate
Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Michael McWhertor @mmcwhertor.bsky.social Movies, video games, keshi, dogs, food, and menswear are things I enjoy. I previously worked for @polygon.com.
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
Russ Frushtick @russfrushtick.bsky.social now: partnerships @ kinda funny & the besties podcast - previously: co-founder of polygon
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social GenX movie nut; Philly guy; cat fan; former film critic; nerdy podcaster
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
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