Happy Paintings @happypaintings.bsky.social Miro/Orange
I made Fear & Hunger and F&H2: Termina
FPL Raptor (Ross) @fplraptor.com 170,000+ YouTube Subscribers - http://youtube.com/@FPLRaptor | Host of @fpltherapy.bsky.social | Inquiries - fplraptor@gmail.com
Ghost Town Games @ghosttowngames.bsky.social Bafta Award winning indie games studio based in Manchester, England.
Makers of Overcooked!
Busy at work on our new game Stage Fright - a cooperative two player adventure
www.ghosttowngames.com
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/
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
87 🏖 @bonaneh.bsky.social 🦑 illustrator and whatnot
🦞 Monument Valley 3, No Longer Home, Before Your Eyes // 🏧 Remaining Grace
🦐 open for work // contact: hana.c.lee@live.com
🦀 he/they 🏳️⚧️🇯🇵🇰🇷
🪼 https://www.hana-lee.co.uk
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
John Drake @johndrake.bsky.social |General Manager, 20th Century Games |
|VP, Business Dev for Disney/Pixar, Lucas & 20C Games |
|Ex-PlayStation, Ex-Harmonix // Ex-The Main Drag Drummer|
Luckily in the right place/right time for a few big games.
Loves games, music, TV, my wife & kid.
Greg Lobanov @greg.style silly game maker
making @beastieball.bsky.social
blog: http://wishesgames.com
profile banner is a fanart by wendi/trebuchet/闻笛
Rhys Elliott @superhys.bsky.social Head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics.
Ex-Newzoo & Nielsen. Analysis in IGN, BBC, Giant Bomb, The Guardian, GameSpot, GIBiz and more.
Lives on a canal in the Netherlands, but spends most of the time looking at screens instead.
Very Welsh.
Angel Spence-Lewis @angieoreo.bsky.social Operations Officer at ustwo games , BAFTA Connect Member
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
⚡️Marina Díez is finishing a new game! @ninfadp.bsky.social Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer ❀ Game Director for Oh Apollo! @ Blue Backpack ❀ Take Us North // The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne ❀ Consultant ❀ @Forbesunder30 2021 ❀ 🌈 she/her
@stealthcrystal.bsky.social @stealthcrystal.bsky.social
ustwo games - The Garden of Life is out now 🌷🌸🌼 @ustwogames.co.uk Creators of Monument Valley, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Assemble with Care & Desta: The Memories Between ✨ Buy Monument Valley 3 today!
linktr.ee/ustwogames
Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com Musician and software designer. Collaborator with Brian Eno, Karl Hyde and Tim Bowness, co-creator of Bloom and Scape, cofounder of Burning Shed. Fond of Dogs.
http://peterchilvers.com
generativemusic.com
Steffan Glynn @steffanglynn.bsky.social Designer/Developer • Making moving machines for tappable screens • Automatoys out now!!
Nick Button-Brown @nickbuttonbrown.bsky.social Games Industry veteran trying to improve financing for games companies, founder of The Games Angels, Chair at Outright Games, UKIE board member, Chair at coherence, Trustee at OKRE and helping some really great startups.
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
Caroline Marchal @caromarchal.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director of independent narrative studio @interiornight.com
CD on As Dusk Falls
Former Lead GD on Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls
GDC and Develop Advisory Board
Jasmin Habezai-Fekri @lowpolycurls.bsky.social Senior 3D Environment Artist at Airship Syndicate on Wayfinder! Prev. Airborn Studios (Palia), Square Enix, Sketchfab, Google ✨ I like to make stylized environments ✨ BAFTA connect member
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
William Pugh @honestwilliam.bsky.social i make video games at crows crows crows - the stanley parable, dr langeskov, EAT, the club, accounting+, temple of no and MORE! (he/they)
Melissa Chaplin @melissarchaplin.bsky.social Head of Archives. Writer.
Jack Attridge @attridge.bsky.social Creative Director at Supermassive Games. Founder of Flavourworks (acquired by Telltale Games). @AttridgeJack on tweeter
˗ˏˋ Shay Hulbert ˊˎ˗ @unicorndevgames.bsky.social Senior freelance 3D Character Artist and Printmaker
https://linktr.ee/unicorndevgames
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Please contact for availability!
Cait Goodale ✧ @caitgoodale.bsky.social principal UX designer ✦ Glowmade & Mythmatch & other secrets prev: DREST, King, Memrise, Minecraft ✧ printmaker and creative dilettante
🏴 in LDN ✦ she/her
📬 designcaitlin.substack.com
Rianna @vividfax.bsky.social Game designer & programmer ✤ co-organiser of Advent.js, knitwear designer ✤ prev Hollow Ponds, Stellar Cartography, Treeplanter ✤ https://vividfax.itch.io/
Sam @sunlightafterdark.com ✦ Maker of things 🖼️🎮🎻👘📱 ✦ Designer @ ZA/UM ✦ Game design lecturer @ NWSPK ✦ sunlightafterdark.com ✦ They / Any
Jo Haslam @joannahaslam.bsky.social Design Director at @snapfingerclick.com • Ops Lead at Limit Break • BAFTA Breakthrough '21 • The Game Awards Future Class '21 • Formerly Mediatonic & Relentless • Lover of trash TV & baking
Allie Oldfield @allieoldfield.bsky.social London based illustrator & freelance special edition publishing designer | She/her.
www.allieoldfield.com
Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social Creative Director & Founder of A Profound Waste of Time.
Graphic Designer aiming to be a jack of all trades, master of some.
Imogen Calypso Mellor @imomellor.bsky.social Games marketing @YRSTRULYUK ✨Previous: PC Gamer, GAMINGbible and Puzzles at the Telegraph ~ Co-founder of startmenu and host of GDC '21 ~ imogencsmellor(at)gmail.com
Taylor Adams-Harriott @designateddruid.bsky.social Game Designer
She/Her
🍵 Tea Drinker 📖 Book Collector 🐦⬛ Bird Watcher 🪴 Occasional Plant Killer
TaylorAdamsHarriott.com
Lauren Kaye @leveluplauren.bsky.social 🎤 Host / Presenter
🔮 Lover of Final Fantasy
🎭 BAFTA Member
💖 Swipe Right / Account Manager (Creators)
Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale 🎲💀🏞️
- TERMINUS 🎲💀🚇
- Trick or Retreat 🎃🎲☕☺️
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
Jamie D @uk-resistant.bsky.social Freelance VFX, Tech artist & Art director.
Also a solo indie game developer.
Games I've made:
Hellscreen - https://t.ly/5nPhB
VaporwavePinball - https://t.ly/hGSlh
#Indiedev #gamedev #techart
Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social Game Designer & Writer - Burnt-out raccoon
☕ Coffee Talk 2 & Tokyo 🎮 Ex-Lively Studio
🖋️ Words in LITG, F1 Manager, Anchored Hearts, BCS Mag
🥖 Baguette in Porridgeland
Trans rights are human rights, I can't believe that needs to be said.
awstein.com
Ev Amitay @evyatron.bsky.social Senior Programmer @panicstationshq.bsky.social working on Very Safe Dino Park 🦖.
Previously on: Techtonica, Tron: Catalyst, Rollerdrome, OlliOlli World, Fable Fortune, Fractured Space.
Made "There You Go" https://evyatron.itch.io/there-you-go
🌎 London, UK
Aadit Doshi @aaditdoshi.com Senior Technical Designer @HundredStar games.
Previously @RocksteadyGames @2k. personal projects/ things of interest. USC '17 .
Opinions are my own.
Accessibility++
Ilyass | Brave Rooster Games @braverooster.bsky.social 💡 Game Designer | UX/UI Expert | Digital Artist
🎮 Passionate about game design, creating experiences, and educating on UI/UX. 🇵🇸
brave-rooster.itch.io
Soph @serknowles.bsky.social Soph/Green | Lead Artist at Sad Owl Studios, working on Viewfinder | BAFTA Breakthrough UK 2024 | London UK | She/Her
Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
🕵 Indie Dev
🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer
🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
🕸 www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Ed Nightingale @ednights.bsky.social Gaming Account Manager @ Premier PR
Formerly @ Eurogamer
Twitch: twitch.tv/ed_nights
🏳️🌈He/him
Lu Nascimento @lunascimento.art Art director/Co-founder/Gremlin @bunnyhug.games
Worked on Moonglow Bay, Overthrown, Loco Motive, Wargroove, Assemble with Care, Timespinner, etc
♿ 🏳️🌈 🇧🇷 in the 🇬🇧 • they/them
Booked til Jan '27
🎨 https://lunascimento.art
📧 lunascimento.art[@]gmail.com
🚫AI
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive💃
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Emily Brown @tabbyhanita.bsky.social Lead designer @ustwogames | #baftabreakthrough 2022 | she/her | profile photo by BAFTA/Sophia Spring
Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social Bad puns and video games since 1999.
eurogamer.net/subscribe
Netflix @netflix.com One Last Time
David Hellman @davidhellman.bsky.social http://davidhellman.art // artist from Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (video game), Braid (extremely old video game), A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible (evergreen web comic), Second Quest (graphic novel) // anti-zionist Jew 🇵🇸
Game Devs of Color Expo (Day 3) 🥳 @gdocexpo.com Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo
Ryan Young @ludicryan.bsky.social he/him // Game Designer // Sword Fighter // Cat Dad
Previously worked on: Ballgame, Monument Valley 3, Surviving the Abyss, Dynasty of the Sands
Currently freelance Game Designer. Game developers must unionise! Based in Belfast
ludicryan.com
Sean Wenham @seanwenham.bsky.social Videogame Developer.
Lead Artist at Ustwo Games during the day.
The New Game at night.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3069870/Apartment_Story/?beta=0
Guy Richards ✌️ @iamguyceratops.bsky.social Independent games, developers and publishers at Xbox. I like games, dad life, cycling, doggos, FPL and good vibes.
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I make games. I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social Video games & deals. I post deals which may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Epic Creator Code: Wario64
Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com Video Game Vids: YouTube.com/tamoorh
Bonfire Sit: https://player.gg/publications/bonfire-sit
GSW Vids: youtube.com/@justuspodcasts
Instagram: instagram.com/tamoorh
Contact: businesstamoorh@gmail.com
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
Videos: http://guard.bike
Podcast: https://lnk.to/JeffGerstmann
Patreon: https://jeff.zone/
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com 🎬 Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
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
Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social ✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
✨ Wholesome Games organizer
✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
✨ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
✨ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Asher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social Recovering game developer. Made Threes + Beast Breaker. he/him
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
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee.
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they • e/iad 🏳️⚧️
Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social ½ of indie game co SFB Games w/ brother Adam
MADE: The Mermaid Mask, Crow Country, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House, Detective Grimoire
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Jodie Azhar @jodieazhar.bsky.social Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game
GameDev; Freelance Technical Artist
BAFTA Breakthrough
Gardener; bibliophile; flautist
🏳️🌈🇬🇧
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Fluttermind @fluttermind.bsky.social http://discord.gg/tYfHgXc
Co-creator: Fable 1 & 2, Dungeon Keeper & Druid.
Creator: Incoboto, Spellrazor & Moonring
Music: http://madrayken.bandcamp.com
Writer on Hellboy: Web of Wyrd, West of Dead, The Horns, OG Fable 1 & 2
flo veltman 🔜 Paris Games Week (maybe?) 🔜 AdventureX (maybe?) @vltmn.itch.io they/them • @florianvltmn on the bird site, #gamedev, made How to Say Goodbye! prev: Lieve Oma, designer on Monument Valley 2, Assemble with Care • links: https://linktr.ee/vltmn
Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Made Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com 🎮 WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
✨ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
💜 Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
🔄 Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
🌺 She/Her
🦘 MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
Tony @tony.coculuzzi.social • Programmer @innersloth.com
• Prev: Cuphead lead dev + Florence lead prog + other things
• Making cool things as @wilder.games
• Married to @farah.coculuzzi.social
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
https://tonycoculuzzi.com
Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social 🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Lead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
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
Eduardo Hulshof @eduardo.peculiarpath.com Creative Director, Technical Designer, Level Designer, World Builder. Teacher, Founder @peculiarpath.com (He/Him), Previously Ubisoft and Lionhead. 🇨🇦🇧🇷 http://linktr.ee/eduardohulshof
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187080/Reply_All/
Matt Gambell @mattgambell.co.uk Independent Video Game Designer and Programmer. Currently working on Cabs Of Chaos and making Unity videos at: youtube.com/GameDevGuide
Brian Crecente @crecente.bsky.social President Pad & Pixel video game consulting
https://linktr.ee/crecente
BAFTA member
Kotaku founder
Polygon co-founder
Former video game editor Rolling Stone, Variety
Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games • Founder and editor @onemorecatch.site
• Acting deputy editor @nintendolife.com
• Freelance editor and writer for hire
• Previously Polygon, Eurogamer, Digital Spy
Mostly RTs, guides, retro games & Pokémon Go. BAFTA member. He / him. Late for everything
zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social a real good person in a real bad place
http://zaratustra.itch.io
✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・
Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸
🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel
Jon Smith @heyitsjon.bsky.social Trying to Build a Better Game Industry
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and Opinions are regrettably my own.
Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social A small, efficient game studio. Creators of I Am Your Beast / El Paso, Elsewhere / and more.
🐶 Come hang with us in the Discord!
https://discord.com/invite/dog-airport-game
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
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
Zach Soares @voxels.ca Voxel Art, animation and game design
🐟 Co-founder/Creative Director @bunnyhug.games 🐰
Made Moonglow Bay and many other things
🎨 Voxels.ca
Bi 🏳️🌈 they/them
EN/FR/PT-BR
Myriame・.🦂 @mllepilgrim.bsky.social Event Producer at @iii-initiative.bsky.social ・ Excecutive Producer gamedev.world ・ Production Consultant・Photographer
Worked on POSSESSOR(S), Beast Breaker, & a lot of other stuffs~
she/her・🏳️🌈 🍉
Saleem @seemo.bsky.social Co-founder, Executive Committee @ko-op.com They/them. Free Palestine. Wear a mask.
Producer on Young Suns! www.youngsuns.com