Ukiyo Studios ⇨ Gamescom/ PAX WEST/ TGS/ PAX AUS @ukiyostudios.com BizDev/ PR/ Event Exhibition /Consulting/ Merchandise for #gamedev and #indiegame.
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Ojiro Fumoto @moppin.bsky.social Game designer / POINPY / Downwell / UFO50
Augusto @augustoccc.bsky.social 3D Artist | Gamedev | Marketing | 26y | 🇦🇺🇧🇷
https://acccaldeira.wordpress.com/
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
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Sydney Games Festival @sydneygamesfestival.org https://sydneygamesfestival.org/
October 13 - October 18th
Ceri @classicceri.bsky.social
Nom👾 @nomibelle.bsky.social 📍Sydney, NSW
Naomi Jackson ⚪️ She/Him (gender fluid)
⚪️ ABC News, IGN, Superjump Magazine, SIFTER, Nom's Games Corner
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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Alison Lührs @alisontheperson.bsky.social Writer, Seattleite, outside kid, narrative game dev. Personal account.
alisonluhrs.com
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
Queensland Games Festival @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social
Secret Lab @secretlab.games Secret Lab builds games. We're best known for Night in the Woods, and the Australian ABC Play School games, as well as @YarnSpinner.dev. We're currently building I Feel Fine, written by Ryan North, and Leonardo's Moon Ship. No GenAI, please.
James Swinbanks @jamesswinbanks.bsky.social former video games reviewer and podcaster, now just a games enjoyer. musician (bass and synth) and audio nerd. gamer. football (soccer) and motorsport fan. cat dad. #mufc
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Launchable Socks @launchablesocks.bsky.social Music for magic people ✨
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Artist and composer for games 'n such 🎶
Worked on Qbeh and TOEM (BAFTA winner debut game)
🎶
Say hello at launchablesocks at gmail
Chunky Quail | Wishlist Slumbering Woods @chunkyquail.com Chunky Quail is a two-person game development studio from Brisbane, Australia.
Working on a mushroom growing exploration adventure Slumbering Woods.
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3243350?utm_source=bsk
Linktr: https://linktr.ee/ChunkyQuail
Asymptotes. @asymptotes.au Asymptotes is a games event in Naarm, Australia, celebrating imperfection.
You can see our past events here: https://asymptotes.au/
Sim @simorico.bsky.social Hey, I'm Sim, a small (literally) Brisbane dev enjoying the little things in life & doing my best to create big things.
Developing "The Lone Lantern" - he/him - 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally - http://simorico.itch.io
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social Director @gamesmellow.bsky.social
Game dev / Narrative Game Designer / UX Designer. Creator of Blueberry, a game about a woman's life, trauma and memory processing. Co-creator of Orwell games.
SMG Studio | LEGO® Party! is out now! @smgstudio.bsky.social LEGO® Party! (Out Now on all platforms)
SPiNG & No Way Home https://store.steampowered.com/developer/SMG
Our games: Moving Out📦 | SP!NG on #applearcade | Death Squared | RISK: Global Domination | Thumb Drift | One More Line
smgstudio.com
amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (✿˙ᗜ˙)੭ avid reader 📚 sometimes writer 📝 日本語少し話せる★彡 (she/they) based in Melbourne https://marlzipan.carrd.co/
Facu @facundoo.bsky.social just a lil guy trying to live | Games producer - player of things. Currently producer at @Supertonic.au
Always queer | He/They | Gadigal Country/Sydney
davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com indie gamedev in japan • mixolumia • executive golf dx • core fault
Lenja making WATERFUL🌱 @lenjamakesgames.bsky.social 🎮 Solo #gamedev aka Findling Games 🪨
🌱🌈🍉
⬇️✨ WATERFUL on Steam ✨
s.team/a/4414110/
Nomo Games ✨ Momento OUT NOW! @nomostudio.bsky.social We're a small indie studio making warm, soft-hearted video games. 💖
☀️ Sunshine Coast, AU
👋 @themajichan.bsky.social & @ryanphillips.bsky.social
📬 newsletter.nomo.studio
🧸 worked on @playmomento.com with @fataliencat.com - OUT NOW on Steam and consoles! ✨
Fat Alien Cat | Making Momento ✨️ @fataliencat.com Brisbane based game studio founded by Julian Beiboer and Jess Lyon. Currently working on Momento in collaboration with Nomo Studios
Wombat Brawler @wombatbrawler.com Crafting relaxing games set in the wilderness, one pixel at a time.
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/wombatbrawler
Newsletter: https://mailinglist.castnchill.com/
Jeremy Ray @thejunglist.bsky.social Chatting about game design, psychology, and policy at grokludo.com
FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social URL & IRL showcasing vaporwave, synthwave & adjacent genres.
Core team are: @MyPetFlamingo.bsky.social, @timeslaverec.bsky.social, @DonorLens.bsky.social, @PatrickFakeman.bsky.social, @RobDysonPR.uk.
Posts by Rob.
Online mag: https://future-sounds.uk/
desert sand feels warm at night @desertsand.bsky.social https://desertsand.bandcamp.com/
Also 沙漠里的沙子晚上很温暖, 1/2 of 沙漠鱿鱼
Slushwave and ambient artist.
If music didn't exist, the sand wouldn't be warm.
Cold Salvage - A Multiplayer Horror Game @coldsalvage.com https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368320/Cold_Salvage/
Cold Salvage is a horror co-op game set aboard abandoned wrecks. They drift through the void of space, but they are not safe - something lurks within. Explore. Repair. Survive
From @bunguin.games
luxury elite @luxuryelite.bsky.social "I gotta start watching twin peaks and listen to every album ever made and then I will be luxury elite" -@enraile.bsky.social
https://luxuryelite.bandcamp.com
My Pet Flamingo @mypetflamingo.bsky.social Independent UK based net label, majoring in Vaporwave, Future Funk & Barber Beats…
Sister label of TimeSlave Recordings, purveyors of Grade A Synthwave. Most posts by Enzo!
EvilEntity|DartRacerDev @evilentity.bsky.social Indie dev from Poland working on Dart Racer and The Witch's Spooky Mansion! Chinchillas are the best :3
Links: https://www.piotrjastrzebski.io/links/
Disparity Games @disparitygames.bsky.social The family fish and chippy of game development - wishlist Toil & Trubble on Steam now!
https://lnk.bio/disparitygames
Back Pocket @backpocket.gg Australia's most video game variety channel on Twitch and YouTube, hosted by Gus Ronald, Peter Burns, and Ruby Innes | https://backpocket.gg/
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social
Liam Flannery @liamflannery.bsky.social Sydney based Indie Game Developer (he/him)
Play Factory 95:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3987250/Factory_95/
Sign up for the Factory 95 mailing list:
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SuperSheaff @supersheaff.bsky.social Making 'Cloudlings'
store.steampowered.com/app/4451260/...
Working at
middlespace.org
Alexander Swords @alexanderswords.bsky.social Playful storyteller. Engaging educator. Maker of games both serious and not. Working on Totem Teller and other unannounced things.
They/them
alexanderswords.com
CONTINUE Magazine @continuemag.bsky.social A Very Good Videogames Magazine.
Home to the Mad Conts, our backers, our friends.
Issue 01 coming soon!!
www.continuemagazine.com
Cam @camrogerslegal.bsky.social Lawducer or Prodawyer. I can never remember which..
Trans Rights are human rights.
Pro-Feminist ✊
I help people make cool things.💯
nige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes Gamedev, 30-something, robot liker, low poly rat appreciator
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2163160/OVRLRD/
Things I have made: OVRLRD; The Second Death of Daedalus Mole; Rapid Unplanned Disassembly; mistakes
Jack Ryan 🙏🧪 @jacksonwryan.com not a spy.
investigative journalist.
President, SJAA.
Co-founder, CONTINUE magazine
i write about people, science, integrity, dodgy stuff, video games, art
newsletter: nobreakthroughs.com
New Blood Interactive @newblood.games Your favorite game developer's favorite game developers.
DUSK, AMID EVIL, ULTRAKILL, Gloomwood, Fallen Aces, Blood West, SGS, FAITH and TENEBRIS SOMNIA 🩸
http://Waste.Money http://WeHate.money
James O’Connor @jickle.net Games industry producer, narrative designer, editor and critic. Author of Untitled Goose Game for Boss Fight Books and (unannounced second book). jamesoconnorau at gmail.
Ligmanauts @ligmanauts.com A ballsy take on the "Play with your Friends" genre. Roll around and grab your friends by the fistful in co-op platforming mayhem for up to 8 players!
Piers 💫 🔜 MIGW @piers.zip Solo dev cat person
📍 Brisbane 🇦🇺
💫 Working on Freeline! - a frenetic, kinetic, parkour speedrunning platformer.
✨ https://parkourcat.com/ - Wishlist Now!
🌐 https://piers.zip/
20 | They/Them
castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social 🎨 Senior game artist and art director with 20 years of experience | 🎮 Pixel artist & gamedev | Playdate dev | ⚧️⚢
🍉 🇵🇸
Clients: Mojang (Minecraft), WB Games, Hasbro, SEGA, Panic, Unity, IDW
📬 christina.neofotistou@gmail.com
🎨 castpixel.artstation.com
Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev Video game writer and and narrative designer.
Personal blog: https://azhdarchid.com/
Fediverse profile: https://azhdarchid.online/@bruno
Full bio: https://brunodias.dev/bio/
THESE POSTS ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
leena @hetconned.bsky.social Independent researcher mapping the fantasies the far-right are selling in a “post-truth” world. Interested in their affective economies, performance, and function. Exploring hetconning as a political technology of the far-right. https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Stormcloak Games @stormcloak.games Developers of http://adaptorygame.com, an upcoming base-building survival game! Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ➡ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201620/Adaptory/
Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Making #Adaptory at @stormcloak! Brand new mum ❤️. Plays musicals 🎸🥁. she/her
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@soundasleep, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Twice Different @twicedifferent.bsky.social Indie dev studio making dark roguelites
https://store.steampowered.com/app/998740/Ring_of_Pain/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2319730/Winnies_Hole/
Climate Town @climatetown.bsky.social Solve climate change or die trying.
Full videos on YouTube👇
https://linktr.ee/climatetown
Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social Benn Jordan / The Flashbulb
••Recording artist | YouTuber | Researcher••
https://linktr.ee/BennJordan
Scott from Fuzzy Ghost @scott.fuzzyg.host I put the "Ghost" in Fuzzy Ghost. Also the visual stuff. Also the story stuff.
WINGS @wingsfund.me Investing in the best PC indie games from studios led by women & gender marginalized devs.
Everything good comes with a side of WINGS. 🔥⚡️
📨 www.wingsfund.me/pitch 😎
Atticus (Attie) @attie-has-tea.bsky.social The tragic physical manifestation of "she'll be right, mate".
I'm interested in geo/auspol, I like playing piano and drinking tea, and trying hard to make the world a better place. Recovering artist.
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer • narrative designer • lesbian • nyc
repped @ HMLA by @ninarichner.bsky.social
BitSummit / ビッツサミット @bitsummit.bsky.social Kyoto. The gaming convention. Since 2012.
Next up: May 21-23, 2027.
M.| Game Dev. 🎮 @fizzackz.bsky.social 32 | Au
- Married to @veselekov.bsky.social
- ORIGAME DIGITAL @origamedigital.bsky.social
- Chief Operating Officer
- Lead Executive Producer
- Entrepreneur
#BizDev #IndieDev #GameDev
- Creators of #UmurangiGeneration and #PenguinColony
cain @cmddx.itch.io makes weird horror games
check out PROXIMATE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/PROXIMATE/
https://cmddx.itch.io/proximate
contact@cainmaddox.com
melbourne. he/him 🏳️⚧️
David Smith @rhunwords.com Prev: Kotaku Australia, ABC Gamer. https://linktr.ee/rhunwords
Defunctland @defunctland.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Account of the Defunctland YouTube Series. Posts by Kevin Perjurer.
T-Dog by T-Dog @tdogbytdog.com This is a company by T-Dog, for T-Dog. Remember that we are ultimately capable of being T-Dog.
tdogbytdog.com
Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social Game Designer/Generalist - Searching Interactive
Get Crabmeat on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat
Prev - Design / Co Founder @samuraipunk
https://nicholasmc1.itch.io/
The Game Club @thegameclub.bsky.social "It's like a book club, but for games!"
The Game Club is about creating real friendships, one game at a time. Come join us at https://t.co/v5v17K2gJd
Scott West @crimsonpig24.bsky.social Likes motorbikes and Japan. 🇬🇧 in 🇦🇺
Joel from video games @walistudios.au 🐉 Wishlist Wyrmspace 🌌 Tactics today!!!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4122350/Wyrmspace_Tactics/
[-o-] Always was, always will be
💾 Co-founder and Game Design lead @ Wali Studios
❤️🔥 Freeplay board member
🃏Certified card game freak
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
🥀𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖏𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓 𝕰𝖊🥀MALYS: the Exorcist deckbuilder OUT NOW! 🕯️👹 @theboyofcheese.bsky.social Asian-Australian Art Heaux™️, Art Director for @summerfallstudios.com, Magic: the Gathering Illustrator, Dungeon Master, plays games on easy. (He/Him) 🦇❤️💜💙
NO AI / NO NFT | Opinions are my own
amy louise doherty👻📷 @amyloudoherty.bsky.social Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight
Creative Director of @archrebels.bsky.social - GHOST CAM
Narrative Designer - God of Riffs, TSS, Exercise Your Demons
👻Get GHOST CAM on Steam shorturl.at/0NCUf
she/her
Louie Roots @louieroots.bsky.social
common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social Mads Mackenzie 💀 narrative game dev, mundane birdwatcher, sometimes cosplayer 💀 they/them, icon by Penta 💀 director @fine-fiends.bsky.social
Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com quit tech to make the most stupid game possible
🏩 Building Relationships 🏘️
indie dev - GDC Speaker - He/Him 🏳️🌈
pole dances to video game music
pls wishlist 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships
Cole 🧃 @exhaustedalien.bsky.social graphic designer + ui/ux game artist from naarm/melb Aus 🪲 exhaustedalien.carrd.co
Intarsia Interactive @intarsia.studio Handcrafting weird little games with weird little guys
https://intarsia.studio/
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Midnighters @midnighters.games Midnighters are an expert production collective, providing bespoke video game production and publishing support for developers and publishers who need an extra set of hands.
midnighters.games
Nick Folkman @nickfolkman.bsky.social Writer/Twin w/ maxfolkman.bsky.social • Now: Senior Writer at Insomniac Games • Past: Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, We Lost Our Human, Massive Chalice • Also co-host @scriptlock.bsky.social
Max Folkman @maxfolkman.bsky.social Writer, Director w/ @nickfolkman.bsky.social • Now: Senior Writer @ Riot Games • Prev: Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank, Miles Morales, MASSIVE CHALICE • voice on @scriptlock.bsky.social • Rep: Dallaslyn Lamb
zøë wolfe @glitchwolfe.studio she/they
freelance - video editor, vj, game capture person, circuit bender, game boy camera nerd
glitches featured on @aesnos.bsky.social @numetalagenda.bsky.social @noclipvideo.bsky.social and more
drums/viz @bellacose.music
zoewolfe.gay
Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com Videogame developer currently working on Mars First Logistics: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/
Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social • Principal Writer - Iron Man @ Motive Studio
• Comic Writer - Star Trek, Killtopia: Nano Jams, Hoax Hunters, ReincarNATE
• prev games: Jurassic Park Survival, 40K Space Marine 2, Gotham Knights
• 🏳️⚧️
• All views my own
www.ashleywritesgames.com
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social Engineering Director @ gravitywell.games • Aussie Goofball and indie dev• Prev Call of Duty dev (MW, WZ, WW2 etc) • Writes engines and physics for fun
Indie Dev Digest ANZ @indiedigest.dev Bringing indie dev news for Australia & New Zealand straight to your inbox. The Indie Dev Digest (est. July '24) is a newsletter round-up of information for digital game developers across Australia and New Zealand, primarily in the independent games space.
Acerola @acerola.gg Graphics Programming Youtuber
Formerly Intel, Sony Studio Bend
https://www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t
alt: @acewola.bsky.social
kv @trepegroupie1.bsky.social Editor-in-chief at covergeek.com
Team Frosty Games Fest (as seen at Summer Game Fest!)
he/they
📧: kieron@covergeek.com
Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com Helping you find the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa NZ 🍦🎮 Join the Frosty Fans mailing list to stay up to date! 👉 https://frostygamesfest.beehiiv.com
frostygamesfest.com
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social The world's longest-running festival celebrating the art and culture of independent games and playful media. Established in 2004.
freeplay.net.au
Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social Deaf dev who loves coffee 🤗♥️
Accessibility Development Director @ EA
she/they • coda mom • my views ♿️✨
pfp by D.SLOOGS 🥹⚡️
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Disc 2 Games @disc2games.bsky.social Developers of Canvas City, a turn based tactical RPG on Roller Skates. 🛼
Our DEMO is now available on Steam!
Wishlist on steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3226830/Canvas_City/
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
andy [known agitator] @meltedmasks.me Brain Worms (https://brainworms.me) | Fragments TTRPG System | #mediacrit | writer, designer | he/him | Wellington, Aotearoa
currently playing: Obra Dinn || Elden Ring || Zenless Zone Zero
thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games he makes games, including:
🏰 Kingdom: New Lands
🌱 Cloud Gardens
🍕 Pizza Possum
Meena Shamaly 🎮🎻🎙 @musophrenic.bsky.social Award-winning hugger. I make music & poetry & I talk a lot, especially about video game soundtracks on ABC Classic. Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/MeenaShamaly