ANIMAL WELL @animalwell.bsky.social A Game of Secrets - available now on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch
http://www.animalwell.net/
Bonfire Gaming @bonfiregaming.bsky.social A group that uses gaming to bring a better world. We focus on sustainability, inclusivity, accessibility, and community. This page includes all events that we host. Check our website: https://bonfiregamingchi.org
George Hufnagl @grhufnagl.bsky.social Currently Senior Sound Designer, Dialogue @ NetherRealm Studios: Mortal Kombat 1, Mortal Kombat: Onsalught
Past: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Name That Tune, Battlechef Brigade
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grhufnagl
nattie ✨ vaaasm @vaaasm.com Artist, Writer, Gamedev! ✨
Art Director on HyperTyper 2000 💻⚡
Wishlist HT2K now! -> s.team/a/3125430
Solo dev of Hallow Grove, Trash Dungeon, & more
Portfolio, Games: https://linktr.ee/vaaasm
they/them, 🇵🇷
💛🤍💜🖤
★ windupthing ★ @windupthing.bsky.social ★ miki (meeky) ★ he/they ★
i make games and cartoons
6 feet under chicago
windupthing.com
Grizzhoot @grizzhoot.bsky.social A fur-feathered monster making games
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
@dootdootdoots.bsky.social @dootdootdoots.bsky.social 
RBI (Strike King) @rbistudios.bsky.social Making Strike King, a Bowling Roguelike
https://playstrikeking.com
Charles Voita @chawlsv.bsky.social Chicago game dev. Working on cool stuff. Sr Programmer @ E-Line Media. Previously Seafrog, One Hand Clapping, Grim Tranquility. (he/him)
https://chawls.itch.io/
𝕮𝖎𝖆𝖓 (key-in) @cianrice.dev Irish lad in Chicago.
Soon to be unemployed DevRel @ Magic Leap
Founder @kohococoa.dev
Prev: BostonFIG, nWay, EA, Harmonix + more
——
PMEPDX Out Now: https://bit.ly/pmepdxbsky
HYPER GROOVE AX this October
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Thoughts are my own | 少し日本語OK
Paper @paperrbirds.bsky.social Just a queer solo dev working on my first narrative indie game, A Week Before Autumn! For fans of corn (the Midwest) 🌽
miek @mdkulikowski.bsky.social 
mildmojo @mildmojo.bsky.social software developer, llm hater
used to make games, will again one day
he/him
Kawa Yanagi @ Midgardsormr @kawaxiv.bsky.social FFXIV, mainly. SNES is #1 GOAT 
Lola @lolashiraishi.com 
Brad Flick @bradflick55.bsky.social Design Director @eveningstar.studio 🎮| #SonicMania #PennysBigBreakaway
London 🇬🇧 & Los Angeles 🇺🇸
Hockey 🏒 | Baseball 野球 ⚾| Game Boy Camera Photography 📷
Abigail Velez @abbytapple.bsky.social Chicago based Illustrator!
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social ✨🎮Helping indie games find their players! 🎮✨
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
📅 Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
FRACT @fract.online Context-first microblogging app. Simple PR: If you're tired of algorithm noise and AI spam — try FRACT.
Jump in: https://fract.online/
GitHub (OS - AGPL v3.0): https://github.com/boomstrickweb/FRACT
Quib! @turkeyhammer.bsky.social 34. It's not polite to talk about yourself. I was in BIG HOPS tho.
𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕤 ❤️💛💙💚💜 @allflags.bsky.social Zazzler, refugee/imigrant from Twitter.......
Be curious ---> https://www.zazzle.com/store/allflags?rf=238555236939573440
---> https://www.facebook.com/WorldAllFlags
---> https://ro.pinterest.com/Zazzle4AllFlags/
Jeremy // Making Star Spark @jeremyjackson.bsky.social Learning, growing, and staying caffeinated.
Working on #StarSpark, the anime tournament roguelite: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639950
🎮 https://jeremyjackson89.itch.io
🐘 https://mastodon.social/@jeremyjackson
📍KY
Rubberduckycooly @rubberduckycooly.bsky.social Big chillin | fun fact enjoyer | Programmer | Penny's Big Breakaway 
bigsirgames.bsky.social @bigsirgames.bsky.social Escape from Slumberland demo out NOW! Play and Wishlist on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3011520/Escape_from_Slumberland/
Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social indie game dev
Assault Android Cactus🔋, Unpacking📦, Tempopo🌷
@amandamitchell377.bsky.social @amandamitchell377.bsky.social 
amanda @amango.bsky.social makin stuff n playin stuff || 🎮 gameplay programmer @eveningstar.studio || she/her
rae @raemakesgames.bsky.social game designer, programmer, researcher
creator of 'beating a dead horse'
raesuarez.itch.io
Potion Rouge @potionrouge.bsky.social 🩸 RPG, City Builder & Dungeon Crawler, Narrative
🔥 10 people, 3 years, 1 game
🌱 Early Access on Steam by 2027
🎮 Jazz Dev, French indie studio
https://potionrouge.com/index.html
Creotag @creotag.bsky.social Find YouTubers who already cover games like yours.
https://creotag.com
Pretty Guardian Boba Fête @theodinspire.com Daddy, but not your daddy. Antifascist. He/They
Art at @art.theodinspire.com
Dave Padilla 🔜 Develop Brighton @davepadilla.bsky.social CEO at Evening Star. Executive Producer on Penny’s Big Breakaway.
Irregularly here. Regularly elsewhere.
@barbar-ware.bsky.social @barbar-ware.bsky.social 
baiomu @prismapunch.net Prismapunch Games
Developing Raysing!
Godot/DM/C#/Javascript
Columbia College Chicago Graduate
Yogstation/Meranthe
9 + 10 = 21
dubai chocolate labubu
JustSomeSara 🌻 @saraecardona.bsky.social 2D/3D Character Animator, she/her, ENG/SPA 🇵🇷
⭐️ Work Contact: saraestercardona@gmail.com
Paul Veer @pietepiet.com Pixel-artist, Animator, Art Director | Currently Game Director | Works: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, Cadence of Hyrule, Sonic Mania, Sonic Mania Plus, Nuclear Throne, GunGodz, Super Crate Box & more.
pietepiet.com
_aitchFactor @aitchfactor.bsky.social 22! melbourne! australia!
https://hfactor.mataroa.blog/
Have A SPU-ky Halloween, Everyone @okonomiyonda.bsky.social 一所懸命HW設計者のふりをやっとる現代のC++が大嫌いなSWの開発者。FPGAのGPUと家庭用ゲーム機の設計、うちの猫(ニュートリノ+コスモス)、百人一首、競技かるた、お箏の演奏、ゲーム開発、抹茶＋和菓子
投稿は私個人の意見で、会社を代表するものやない
https://fpga.maisonikkoku.com
Feel sleepy every day @yingxiwuyuki.bsky.social I do sound. And will post sound journal here (if I didn't forget
Hunter Bridges @hunty.biz Game Creator, Composer・CTO at Evening Star・Credits incl. Penny’s Big Breakaway, Sonic Mania, Zero Zero: Perfect Stop・電車ファン
Nathan Mishler @nathan-cypher.bsky.social Game Creator 🎮 Aikido Instructor 🥋 Game Creation Instructor 💻 Sewist 🧵🩷💜💙 | 🩷💛💙
CrabdominalPain @crabdominalpain.bsky.social 31 | Monster Masher | #Environmentalscience graduate!| #Characterdesign / #Creaturedesign | #BodyHorror Creator | 🦀🦀 | Email: GabeDCard@Gmail.com
Alina Christenbury @alinawithaface.bsky.social she/her | Game Maker / Designer / Programmer | currently: Disbelief (NDA) 🤫
prev: Ruckus Games (The Holdouts), The Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day)
I don't suffer bigots.
A better world is possible or else 😘
alinachristenbury.com
Renegade Arts Entertainment @renegadeartsent.bsky.social Award winning Small Press graphic novel & comic book publisher, family run, operating from a secret mountain lair in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Our fiction reveals more truth than just the facts ever could.
https://renegadeartsentertainment.com
Sofia Elena @sofia-elena.bsky.social 3D game artist 🕹️🎨 | Based in Chicago 🏙️🌭🍺 From Austin, TX 🤠 | https://sofiaee.artstation.com/
Christian Whitehead @cfwhitehead.bsky.social Game Dev / Musician / All-round tinkerer. Friend to pixels and polys alike. Creative Director and Lead Engine Architect @EveningStar
amelia h @amegosh.bsky.social what?? huh?? contains artistic nudity
ameliaherman.artstation.com for professional work
Lumen Game Dev @lumengamedev.bsky.social Solo self-taught indie game developer working on a parody/anti-cozy game! Imagine Stardew Valley if it were self aware and poking fun at itself.
https://youtube.com/@lumen-game-dev?si=vK4OR6M6jwDpINyi
zach @belimoth.com psych ward prom king
inventor of the game shoe
github.com/belimoth
belimoth.itch.io
chicago
1991
Fervir @fervirgames.bsky.social Working on RRRATGAME in #godot
Creator of Creature Keeper
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Take Back Democracy @takebackdemocracy1.bsky.social Group of individuals working to expose the lies and hypocrisy of the MAGA movement. Far right media dominates right now, but we are working to offset the misinformation and hate that has taken over our society.
Gerald Kelley @geraldpkelley.bsky.social I make games and art - Tech Artist for Zynga - Creator of Abzorb and DeckStacker
geraldp.net- A @animepauly.bsky.social @animepauly.bsky.social
superfunc @superfunc.bsky.social video games
🌜 czar @ yoyogigames
🌞 HW @ playstation
· interested in perf stuff, custom engines
· made Gun Trails for playdate (https://play.date/games/gun-trails/)
· previously at that's no moon, nvidia, netflix, disney and pixar
Aaron San Filippo (✈️Madrid) @aaronflippo.bsky.social Owner of Flippfly (Race The Sun), and CEO of Player Galaxy, a new web games platform for UGC games.
Bria 🌻 @thevoidencore.bsky.social Community Director for Young Horses. voted most likely to become a pokemon master in 8th grade. Prev: CD for Blaseball
saam @saamsoft.bsky.social game dev and garf lover
He/They
Views are my own
profile pic by @sweatyeggy
dtox12 @dtox12.bsky.social Memes and dreams
Autumn Rose Taylor @lusterly.bsky.social ✨Brand Manager, Marketing & Publishing ✨
🏙️ Chicago-based
prev:
🔳 Bethesda Softworks
🧪 Owlchemy Labs
🚀 Phaser Lock Interactive
🥽 VR Austin
🎮 Fantastic Arcade
🌈she/they
Buildstash - manage software binaries @buildstash.com For app, game, and embedded teams - store and manage all your builds, share with your team, distribute to testers, manage rollouts, and deploy to stores 🚀
https://buildstash.com
Kalle MacDonald @kallemacd.com making games -> hope’s peak, butter side down, the linda society
writing things @ tomorrowed.com
Matt Parker @kanisama.bsky.social chicago-area game developer and collector, vintage anime and manga enjoyer, language learner, laserdisc watcher. now featuring rhythm games
Cem @cemevin.bsky.social Game developer
The Creative Collective @create-connect.bsky.social We believe that creativity thrives in collaboration and that every artist deserves access to the tools, connections, and support needed to succeed.
https://create-connect-succeed.carrd.co
Brody 🚀 Brooks @brodybrooks.com 🕹️ Gameplay & Tools Programmer
🧑🚀 He/Him
🎮 Past Games: Harmonium: The Musical (tOG), Where Cards Fall (The Game Band), Exhibit 01: The Equipment of Apollo 15 (Solo), Mr. Robot: 1.51exfiltrati0n (Night School Studio)
Clarrisa @clarrisawoods.bsky.social Indie Game Dev | 2D/3D Artist | He/Him 🏳️🌈
Working with UE5 + Blender
🎮 Prev: Borderlands 3
📄 Open for opportunities
🔗 clarrisawoods.carrd.co
🎨https://vgen.co/Clarrisa
Mike O'Connor @proguerammer.bsky.social Head of Engineering at Iron Galaxy Studios. Obliterator of Perforce depots, and scourge of IT departments everywhere. Resident suburban dad.
nullnxte @nullnxte.bsky.social hi im nate, i make games in #Godot
find more at www.nullnxte.com
Genesis Stephens @genesisstephens.bsky.social Impact for Orphans , homeless & Vulnerable children in Uganda with aiming at giving them hope 🙏. + Empowering
JOHN 15:12 NIV
and for more info ℹ️⬇️.
https://raysofdivinityfoun.wixsite.com/raysofdivinityfounda
Bun Gun @bungunart.bsky.social Chicago based artist, primarily games
Cat enjoyer
Check out my latest projects:
https://skeeeth.itch.io/degausser
https://knaughts.itch.io/anathema
Business inquiries: bungunart@gmail.com
#art #gamedev
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
lauren gallagher @notexactly.bsky.social she/her 📍 chicago
https://somethingelse.works
↳ design and such
clients include Annapurna Interactive, Bungie, Cards Against Humanity, FX's The Bear, Microsoft, Mom+Pop Records, The SpringHill Company, and more
@drtlbs.bsky.social @drtlbs.bsky.social 
Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com 🏳️⚧️ Sylvia Carol Woo (she / her)
🎮 Senior Software Engineer at NetherRealm Studios
🚨 Opinions are my own, neither representative of my employers' nor my colleagues'
Swarmforge @swarmforge.bsky.social Hi! We're Swarmforge, a miniscule indie #gamedev studio in Chicago.
Wishlist SOLARFLARE today!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/SOLARFLARE/
Discord: https://discord.gg/vPbpk5TB86
Jed Whitaker @jed05.bsky.social Working class humanist. Day job in (not game) dev, mostly dealing with UX. Sometimes games critic/partnered streamer @Jed05 http://Twitch.tv/Jed05 email: Jed@JedWhitaker.cool
Margaret Dax @margaretdax.com • she/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • Berlin • ex Maschinen-Mensch, Iron Galaxy, Gearbox Software • EN/DE • mass follow = block •
Colin McInerney @colin.how Game designer, programmer, writer.
Studio Head @pedalboard.games.
Sometimes @strangescaffold.bsky.social and @criticalbliss.bsky.social
Website: http://colin.how
Buy CRDM1RR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3830150
Big Boss @ Micromanagement Games @micromanagementgames.com Indie game developer focused on accessible management games. Platforms of choice are Rust and the Bevy game engine.
👉 Currently working on a shopkeeper game with an attitude.
Heather Dove @squeetimes.bsky.social Technical Artist @ Disbelief | Traveler | Pun Enthusiast
Josh Delson 🔜 GDC @joshdelson.bsky.social Game Developer
https://beacons.ai/joshdelson
Oskar⚡オスカー🔜Tokyo Game Show @okiokipanic.bsky.social Tokyo-based designer making games, UI/UX, vector, pixel, and 3D art!
東京でゲーム、UI•UX、イラスト、ドット絵、3Dアートを作っています！
GREZZO ➡️ One or Eight ➕ Cool Indie Stuff
https://thinkoskar.com/ ⚡
Tony Zahnle @tzahnle.bsky.social C# programmer
Recovering ex-game dev
Video game enjoyer
he/him
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.
Beth Sparks @sparksel.bsky.social Painter, illustrator, concept artist. Chicago-adjacent. Likely to get lost in the woods. Likely to get lost in cities. Delicious according to bugs.
they/them
artstation: https://www.artstation.com/sparksel
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/sparksel
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Jamie Sanchez @spacedragon.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ she/her
Curiouser.design makin’ websites
JamieSanchez.com blog
AnimeChicago.com founder
BebopBeat.com pod co-host
BitBashChicago.com co-founder
Notley Hawkins @notleyhawkins.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Painter