Henrique Olifiers @olifiers.bsky.social Co-Founder, Gamer-In-Chief of BAFTA-winner Bossa Studios. Chairman tinyBuild. Driver of the ZX Spectrum Next. Retro computing fan. Maker. Space enthusiast.
Rhod @rhodjp.bsky.social Video games, Cycling, Kyoto, Cats.
Once built a real working Arwing.
Super Scram Kitty OUT NOW!
Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social Bafta nominated game developer and owner of Tikipod. Co-Dev and Publisher of Astro Aqua Kitty, Iron Crypticle, Aqua Kitty, Rock Boshers.
Currently based in VIC region, AUS.
Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social Retired video game programmer. 40+ years developing videogames and software.
Creator of games for the BBC Micro, Electron, NES, SNES, PC, XBox, PS3/4, Mobile, Vita, 3DS.
Former LEGO Developer
I also rescue and archive old game development disks, DM me!
Paul Hopwood @acousticsinuk.bsky.social Acoustics and radio engineer in the UK, aka @acoustics_in_uk on Twitter and @zark_off on Mastodon 
Tom Hannen @tomhannen.ft.com Video @ FT, before that BBC
Mastodon @tomhannen@mastodon.social
Can’t DM here. Use Signal: tomhannen
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
mark semczyszyn @marksemczyszyn.bsky.social No longer standing in the twisted wreckage of the Twitter (and soon to be Threads) Airbus. If anyone wants to know, yes, I’m still full of shit but no longer funny.
Damn. I broke a nail.
Fisk @fishen81.bsky.social LFC. Mostly.
Luke Peek @lukepeek.bsky.social ✨ Lead Technical Artist at Dlala Studios ✨
Disney Illusion Island | Battletoads | Floor 13 | Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Geraint @geraintp.bsky.social 
Kieran D’Archambaud @kieranda.bsky.social Studio Technical Director and Co-Founder of Expression Games. Previously at Rare, Evolution Studios and Fabrik Games.
Leo Zullo | Mr Z @leozullo.bsky.social Co-founder of Wired Productions | Co-founder of Black Razor Records |
Co-founder and Chair Trustee of Safe In Our World.
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Indie for life... which means stubborn as F$%k!!!
Jeff Vavasour @vavasour.ca I try to be decent.
Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.
Nick Pelling @nickpelling.bsky.social Hand-to-hand punster, cipher mysteries expert, former caveman games programmer: now an embedded developer. He/him. Chaotic good.
Develop:Brighton 2026 @developconference.com Develop:Brighton 2026 - 14-16 July | The UK's biggest game developer conference. Bringing together the European game dev community from global superstars to micro indies - since 2006
Nosebleed Interactive @nosebleedinteractive.com Developers of fabulous videogames such as Vampire Crawlers, Arcade Paradise, Arcade Paradise VR, Vostok Inc and The Hungry Horde!
Paul Colls @paulcolls.bsky.social Game Director at Beat Games/Meta, Former Sumo Digital, Fierce Kaiju, Rockstar Games & Activision/Blizzard dev, DJ, comic book geek and lifelong NFFC fan.
Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social I help games businesses navigate growth... or something.
💖Co-director @ Limit Break Mentorship
🌿 COO @ Apparance
😻Growth @ IMPRESS
🎮 #GamesIndustry
🚐 #Vanlife 🏚️ #BarnLife
🚵 #MTB
📍Wales, UK
https://heydanthomas.com
CreativeChris @creativechris.bsky.social Engineering Leader
Striving To Make 3D Tech Accessible
Multiplayer
Unity since 2009
Investor in Fintech and Renewable Energies.
http://chrispope.tech
Tim Moss @tdmoss.bsky.social Game Dev Dinosaur, car nut, music fan, foodie. Now vibe coding for fun.
Don’t be an asshole, but don’t obey in advance, grow old dis-gracefully.
UK / California. Making games since '89. 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Alex Cox 🤖 @alexcoxfm.bsky.social https://alexcox.omg.lol
Brandon Boyer @brandonnn.bsky.social Professional good thing liker.
http://brandonnn.com
matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com 💾 FITS ON A FLOPPY 🤓 Indie Dev since ~1990 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️ Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
Claudio Giacopazzi @giacopazzi.bsky.social Founder, industry veteran, and advisor with 25+ years in interactive entertainment. Key contributor to shaping and licensing globally recognized IPs. Instrumental in founding and growing successful companies in the industry.
Derek Carroll @derekcarroll.bsky.social (he/him)
I make totally sweet games like MechAssault, Shadowrun, Halo: Reach, and Destiny.
I use this account as a placeholder and for testing purposes. My main social media presence is over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@mantis
(Find me there!)
Rudi Kolenc @rudikolenc.bsky.social https://www.rudikolenc.co.uk/
Freelance Environment Artist and Animator currently working on Thief VR - Legacy of Darkness
Previously:
Animator, 3D Artist at https://dreamfeel.ie/
Animator at https://gutefabrik.com/
Will post, RT: art, cute stuff, and food
Bad Viking Games (Rob & John). Strange Antiquities OUT NOW! @badvikinggames.bsky.social Two colourblind brothers running an Indie game studio in the UK. We are making:
Strange Antiquities - Out now.
Strange Horticulture - Out now.
linktr.ee/badviking
Rob: @robdonkin.bsky.social
John: @johnnydonkin.bsky.social
Into Games @intogames.bsky.social We are a UK charity that helps people get the skills and support they need for a career in game development, particularly if they are from a working-class or under-resourced background. Find us here: https://intogames.org/
Relay @relay.fm With podcasts covering technology and creativity, Relay brings together some of the most influential and unique voices on the internet to create powerful content each and every week.
James Thomson @jamesthomson.bsky.social Indie iOS / Mac developer from Glasgow, Scotland. Maker of the PCalc scientific calculator, and a cool dice app. Occasional writer, conference speaker, D&D player, and podcast pundit.
Paul Murphy @pmurphy1978.bsky.social Pretends to write. Owner, Ninty Media. Long time Spurs sufferer, amiibo collector, retro Nintendo fanatic. Liable to moan, swear or talk too much about the gym. Sorry.
Mike Schmitz @mikeschmitz.bsky.social I help people apply values-based productivity principles to get more out of the notes & ideas in their PKM systems, primarily using Obsidian.
Mikah Sargent @mikahsargent.com Dog enthusiast. Tech enthusiast. Pensive being. Podcaster. Journalist. Empathy advocate. | he/him
Jim Metzendorf @jmetzendorf.bsky.social Audio Engineer; Photographer; Musician
Ben McCarthy @benricem.bsky.social Irish, non-binary, maker of apps, taker of photos.
benricemccarthy.com / anilineapps.com
weirder here than everywhere else.
they / them
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇮🇪
Argonaut Games @argonautgames.com We gave Croc his backpack, made Star Fox do a barrel roll, and bumped to the bass with the biggity Buck Bumble. Argonaut is back in the game.
💼 Game Developer 📍Gobbo Valley 🔗 https://linktr.ee/argonautgames
📅 Joined Croctober 2024
Rosemary Orchard @rosemaryorchard.com Professional nerd, developer, podcaster, geek!
Kathy Campbell @kathycampbell.com 🦄 Business Unicorn 🦄
🎙️ Podcaster 🎙️
🐉 CEO of Dragonmount 🐉
💕 Caregiver 💕
🥪 Official Sandwich Decision Maker 🥪
Federico Viticci @viticci.macstories.net Founder and Editor-in-Chief @macstories.net. I write about iPad, iOS, indie apps, and making computers more fun.
I also co-host @appstories.macstories.net, a podcast about Apple and the world of apps, and @npc.macstories.net, a show about handhelds.
Myke Hurley @myke.social Podcaster and Co-Founder at @Relay.fm, Creative Director and Co-Founder at @CortexBrand.com.
Dan Moren @dmoren.com Author, podcaster, inexplicably a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him.
https://dmoren.com
Stephen Hackett @ismh86.net iPod Sock & PowerPC enthusiast.
Ben Andac @thesakediary.bsky.social I make stuff | currently making movies @Liberty Films | associate producer on the Rogue Trooper movie | Mike Bithell's muse | prev: No Man's Sky
Astrarium Games @astrarium.games An experimental volunteer indie game development studio, providing developers, new graduates and people interested in the games industry with help creating and growing a portfolio, networking and industry advice, and help launching games.
Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com Author and commentator. Book: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns'. Busy AI coding.
Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
Handy tools: https://www.superuseful.com/
Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
Reece Millidge @dampgnat.bsky.social Damp Gnat is Reece Millidge's independent games studio in Brighton UK. Icycle, Wonderputt, Adverputt and other curiosities. BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. He/him
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
Dave "ddt" Taylor @tslug.bsky.social Coder on original Doom, Quake games. These days, I dig serving on advisory boards, helping with biz/tech strategy, raising money, recruiting, whatever comes up.
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
David Housden @davidhousden.bsky.social BAFTA and Ivor Novello nominated composer for Disney’s Illusion Island, Luna Abyss, Battletoads, Thomas Was Alone, QUBE 2, Lost Words: Beyond the Page, Volume, etc.
Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social Aussie Game Dev of 25+ years.
Principal Engineer at Riot Games.
Brews beer, plays games, lives life.
he/him
Mike Arkin @revoemag.bsky.social Multi award winning game producer/studio head. Over 200 shipped games including WWF, Die Hard Trilogy, AVP, TXR, Oddworld Soulstorm, Bloodrayne. Currently working on 7 days to die and Croc.
Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social He/Him | Australian living on noongar boodja.
Lead developer of 🍺Innkeep @ Boot Disk Games.
元日英翻訳者。
Steam👉 https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep
Discord👉 https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU
Mailing List👉 http://eepurl.com/gzRndT
Dylan Makes Games @dylancuthbert.bsky.social Ultra veteran game dev, I have made a /lot/ of games, some of them are hits! Some of them aren’t! But I love every one of them.
Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net Designer/Engineer. Maker of things. Emoji artisan. Keyboard enthusiast (@kapowaz.industries). Coventry City fan. Invented @-replies. Not John Green. Non-American. He/Him.
Jason Page @jason-page.bsky.social Video game composer since 1988
Graftgold, C64, PlayStation, OPM demo disks..
Currently Audio Director at Unity
Neil Broadhead @neildavidb.bsky.social Head of Marketing @wiredproductions.com | Co-Founder @safeinourworld.org | BAFTA Member | Ambassador for Special Effect | Mental Health Advocate | Hubby & Daddy
Martin Griffiths @trickygriff.bsky.social #NoMansSky Engine Programmer. Owner of #TrickyPixels who re-mastered #JourneyPS4. Platform lead on #ProjectCars and EA’s Harry Potter games. BAFTA member
GeoffG2 @geoffg2.bsky.social Credited with making the image of video games older, edgy & ‘cool’ with #Playstation #ps1. Worked in #videogames #tech & #marketing , now in #AI driven games research & insights. #ADHD is my special power. Father of 5, passionate gamer for 40yrs.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Gary Penn @garypenn.bsky.social Creative director, designer, dreamer, maker, father, drawer, felter, gamer, writer, editor, flâneur, BAFTA winner, legit Games Media Legend, spoony
Andrew Wright @andrew-m-wright.bsky.social Ex UK Games industry pom, now living in Australia. Marketer, Domainer. Layabout.
N’Gai Croal @ncroal.bsky.social Communicator. Observer. Griot.
Miles Jacobson @milessi.bsky.social Gaffer @sigames
director @footballmanager
Industry Ambassador @warchilduk
@lofootball committee
VP @specialeffect
Governor @elamhq
Cooking Blog http://miles.cooking
Personal account
The BGI (National Videogame Museum) @thebgi.bsky.social Games charity with mission to transform lives with games, governs The National Videogame Museum (@nvmuk.bsky.social), GamesEd Summit, award-winning learning and vocational courses.
Richard Browne @rpwbrowne.bsky.social Over 35 years in the games business ; former Domark, Psygnosis, Philips, Microprose, Universal, THQ, Digital Extremes. Now consulting, advising and developing IP.
The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. 🎮🕹▶️ #PlayTheMuseum
https://thenvm.org/
sarwech @sarwech.bsky.social zerotomrr.me
supareels.com
Dan Bridge @danfbridge.bsky.social Aging Gen x software developer making video games. Likes to help & run. Not always consecutively. 1981 60m dash runner up. https://palatinegames.itch.io/idlings
Retrospecs @retrospecs.bsky.social A pixel art image processing app for iOS
https://8bitartwork.co.uk/
Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
HeyStephenHey @heystephenhey.bsky.social Head of Publishing @RadicalForge
Board member of Manchester Game Network @Gameopolis
Side gig - https://www.unseen-galaxy.com
@SpecialEffect Ambassador
Member of @BAFTAgames
Proud Mancunian
❤️ 🎮 Sci-Fi & LEGO all views are my own
Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com Game Director @HandCircus.com . SimonOliver.com - Block Rancher, Rolando, Okabu, Seabeard. Prev Toy Invention Director @LEGO.
Moving Unit @movingunit.bsky.social Senior Digitial Designer. Liverpool FC obsessive. Gaming inspired merch. Designs seen on Redmen TV. Visit www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MovingUnit
Niclas Åberg ^‿^ @totebo.bsky.social I've made casual video games for 25 years. Web and mobile. Code, design, art. miniclip.com, yarn.games, totebo.com. London. Defold!
Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com Fractional CTO. I help tech startups scale. Making games since 1981, 200+ published titles. Solo indie dev.
LinkedIn: https://markripley.net
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grumpyoaf
Indie: https://wearedinosaurs.uk
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ 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
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
DreStation @drestation.bsky.social 🏆 BAFTA winning Game Designer
🔎 Unearthing the hidden stories behind interactive entertainment
🔗 https://linktr.ee/DreStationXX
Gorm Lai @gormlai.bsky.social Making games since 2004.
Co-Founder https://globalgamejam.org/ https://nordicgamejam.com/
Personal site: https://gormlai.github.io/
Working on Fugl - https://bit.ly/3st8vLs
BAFTA Member & Winner
PhD Student in AI & Games at @IGGI
Lapsed Demoscener
Green Man Gaming @greenmangaming.com We’re your single, award-winning destination for everything gaming - shop | community | blog | games publisher | official partner of 1200+ devs and publishers.
Imthaz @imthaz.bsky.social Technology enthusiast. Apple nerd. iPhone photographer. Digital creator. Movie buff. Occasionally funny. Writing tech at http://volatileinputs.com
Imthaz.com/links
Martijn van Zwieten @mvavz.bsky.social 🎮 business coach helping videogame founders build better studios
15+ years in games | executive MBA
Read The Long Game newsletter: https://www.martijnvanzwieten.com/newsletter
Michael French @michaelfrench.bsky.social London Games Festival. Successfully not in any starter packs
Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social coding since 1984. writing songs since 1996. husband since 2000. dad since 2015. 2X founder, currently of Rebecker Specialties. ex-LG, PlayStation, Roblox.
Vic DeLeon @vicdeleon.bsky.social he/him. artist. activist. dinosaur lover. elder-goth. fan of sharks. Doing arty things for games & shows. Former Halo guy at Bungie & 343. HTC VIVE, ILM Disney, ARK. Embrace the strange and unusual, and be kind to each other dammit.
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former newshound gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
Alan Zucconi @alanzucconi.com Director of Studies at Goldsmiths, UoL • Senior Lecturer • Game AI • Game Developer • Shader Master • Content Creator
Jason Doig @jasondoig.bsky.social Programmer - Currently @ Abstraction, previously Psygnosis, PlayStation R&D.
Paul Pridham ⛈️ @madgarden.bsky.social Indie game developer, of a sort. Retro games, glitchy synth, C, FORTH, blacksmithing. Made Death Road to Canada, EGGNOGG+, Punch Quest, and some other stuff
jasper byrne @jasperbyrne.bsky.social making new game+ (for 14 years)
superflat games / lone survivor / hotline miami / romeo is a dead man music etc
music: spacerecordings.bandcamp.com
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Amy Hennig @amyhennig.bsky.social Co-President, New Media, Skydance Media – MARVEL 1943: RISE OF HYDRA and STAR WARS. Formerly Director / Writer, UNCHARTED franchise, and LEGACY OF KAIN / SOUL REAVER series.
Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social 40 year veteran games developer. Working with Screen Agencies, Publishers, and Developers.
Production on (REDACTED) for Fireshine
Production on DREDGE, Moving Out 2, Before We Leave, Age of Darkness, CONSCRIPT for Team17.
www.gameconsulting.com.au
Alex @pintofsimilar.bsky.social Confusion will be my epitaph As I crawl a cracked and broken path.
Adam Campbell @ac-revolution.bsky.social Program Manager
Co-founder @ pocplay.org
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.