Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social 🎮 Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
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🎭 BAFTA Member
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🎵 Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
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Alison Lührs @alisontheperson.bsky.social Writer, Seattleite, outside kid, narrative game dev. Personal account.
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Hooded Horse @hoodedhorse.bsky.social Publisher of Manor Lords, Against the Storm, Norland, Workers & Resources, 9 Kings, and other great strategic and tactical games.
Our store page: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/HoodedHorse
Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. 🏴 in 🇺🇸
Raze and Rebuild Studio @razeandrebuild.bsky.social A new indie co-op studio that is rising from the ashes of the games industry. Founded by Tanya DePass, Tarja Porkka-Kontturi, Laura K Buzz, Ian Schreiber & other devs, creatives and leaders in the industry as members and advisors.
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/
EGG @elbowgreasegames.bsky.social elbowgreasegames.com
Studio funding should be more like startup funding!
Elsbeth Larkin @funtimesmcgee.bsky.social Senior Tools Programmer formerly Double Fine & WoW. Expect a lot of Games, Dog, Cat pics and random memes. My thoughts are my own.
Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv 🩸 CITY COUNCIL OF DARKNESS
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
AK Fedeau @akfedeau.bsky.social writer and narrative designer. avowed, company of heroes 3, ra ra boom, dangerous crowns, etc.
Jay Turner @silopolis.bsky.social Writer, Narrative Designer, gamer, crazy cat dude, cancer survivor, and giant nerd.
(Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2, Army of Two: Devil's Cartel, Dead Space 3, Avowed)
All opinions are my own and of dubious value at best.
Poly Fighter 🔜 Early Access Oct. 13 👊 @polyfightergame.bsky.social Choose your Character ➡️ Select your Opponent
💥 Fight 💥
Go Further ➡️ Grow Stronger
Poly Fighter Demo is out Now
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
@maro254.bsky.social @maro254.bsky.social
Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social Costume designer and modelmaker for film and TV. Occasional cosplayer and video maker | She/Her. UK based.
More active on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evilcleverdog
KessWylie @kesswylie.kess.co President of http://Kess.co toys, http://kessentertainment.co games host of TheMMcast podcast, Tiktok creator. http://linktr.ee/kesswylie @themmcast He/Him info@kess.co
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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
@derektness.bsky.social @derektness.bsky.social
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Josh Simons @joshuamsimons.com He/Him | Opinions Mine | Founder of Broken Door Entertainment | Digital Marketer | Game Designer | 📧josh.simons.bcse@gmail.com
Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social freelance game writer/narrative designer (Borderlands 4’s Loveless, Endoparasitic/Endoparasitic 2, Star Trucker, a bunch of other stuff) open to new work!! ✨ #1 Ratatouille Fan ✨ she/her
my website has pictures of my dog: https://www.nessacannon.com/
Abbie Potter @pokabbie.bsky.social Senior Rendering Engineer on Forza Horizon 🚗
Creator of Pokémon Emerald Rogue 💚
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Lauryn Ash @espressocat.bsky.social Writing, Systems, & All Things Narrative • Currently rebranding and playing with my cats Mugicha and Kupoccino ☕️ ✍🏼• Formerly State of Decay, Marvel’s Avengers, and NDAAAAs • ✨ • 🎙️ 1/2 of Furidashi Podcast • she/her
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
danny thrax @dannythrax.bsky.social Producer, game dev, writer, music artist
Exec Producer @yasukethegame.bsky.social
Crowdfunded $1M+ for indie creators
Music featured by HBO, Netflix, Ubisoft…
Juno nominee, MMVA winner
Passionate about creative projects/people 💞
Dan Gerstein @pebby.net Game Director for Free Stars: Children of Infinity at @pistolshrimpgames.com
Formerly Toys for Bob (Skylanders, Madagascar, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam).
Opinions are my birds’. he/him
Ravi, Trending Non-Gamer of the Year @ravikanodia.bsky.social The world's normiest weirdo. Yes, that's a real Emmy. No, don't blame me when PSN is down. I play Magic the Gathering but I only buy the cheap cards. まだ日本語を習っている。
kory @kbones.fun he/him | https://linktr.ee/kory_ | kbones.fun
Nicole Lazzaro 🐰 🕹️ ❌👑 @nicolelazzaro.bsky.social XR Hall of Fame | Designed 1st iPhone Game | 4 Keys 2 Fun. Unlocking human potential through play. Developer of Follow the White Rabbit Tales an XR mystery adventure you play in the real world with your real friends. Now soft launched on 🍎 Vision Pro!
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
Soren Johnson @sorenjohnson.bsky.social Founder of MohawkGames. Designer of Civ 3, Civ 4, Dragon Age Legends, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. Still a Mouth Breather.
Outersloth @outersloth.com We fund game.
By Innersloth.
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crowe ✦ hex 🌱 @hexnoblesse.bsky.social game/narrative designer | mage prince | non-binary & bi 💕 (he/they) | opinions are my own!
#GameDev
IGN @ign.com We're all about movies, TV, and video games!
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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
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer at Innersloth on Among Us Story: On Guard.
Previously at Exploding Kittens. Also made HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & more.
🎮 carolmertz.itch.io
🃏 bit.ly/carolsBGG
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st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Michelle Rapp ➡️ MagicCon Atlanta @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social Vorthos. Bi. Viet-American. Artist. Obsessed with her spawn. Technically Award Winning GM. Dungeon Manager on LRR. BLM. They/She. kilnfiendpottery@gmail.com.
Ceramics IG: kilnfiendpottery
Illustration IG: michellerappdraws
Commissions are closed.
Megan Smith @megansmith13.bsky.social Senior Game Designer for Magic: The Gathering #WOTCstaff | Representing 💀💀💀 on the Council of Colors | Opinions are my own | She/Her
@whiteandnerdytv.bsky.social @whiteandnerdytv.bsky.social
Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com I make games - co-op games - Left 4 Dead, portal, etc - now The Anacrusis.
Unprepared Casters @unpreparedcasters.com The D&D podcast where you never need to catch up! Hosted by @whipjack.bsky.social & @ameliasom.com
New episodes Mondays!
biz ➡️ unpreparedcasters@gmail.com
Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
sisi jiang @six6jiang.bsky.social they/them/他
senior games writer // former hoyoverse scriptwriter // ex-kotaku reporter // 3x award nominated game developer // forbes 30u30 // midautumn game is my baby
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Alec Frey @alecfrey.bsky.social Production Director at Obsidian. My opinions are my own. Pentiment, Avowed, The Outer Worlds, Deadfire, and Tyranny.
I'm also making Net Gains a fishing roguelite! -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/4525980/Net_Gains_Demo/
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more.
I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social
Blog: namelessquality.com
Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Liana Ruppert @dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com Community, VA, Creators, Marketing, Accessibility in games, books & TV. Owlchemy Labs Sr Comm Manager. TV-side:
✨Fallout
✨Vox Machina/M9
✨The Mighty Nein
✨Secret Level
Prev➡️Multi-award winning D2 CM/Accessibility Co-Lead at @Bungie, Game Informer,+more
bluejay @bluejay.tv professional cutie ✿ tabletop RPGs, cosplay, fantasy fashion/styling ✿ twit @bluejayonx insta @bluejay || she/her 💙💜💖 ✿ alt @bluejayirl.bsky.social
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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.
Ursa Ryan @ursaryan.bsky.social Creating Delightful Youtube Content https://youtube.com/@UrsaRyan
kiera @kierab.bsky.social game designer, artist in free time | they/she | 27 | working or napping
Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social Podcaster/cultural consultant/game designer | @aznsrepresent.bsky.social & @JohnWhoPodcast.bsky.social | CandleKeep Mysteries, The Dragons of D&D, Dragon Delves, Avatar Legends, Dark Archive, Tian Xia, Ross Rifles | Opinions mine | danielhkwan.carrd.co
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/
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • SirusXM Host • Creator: Let's Address This • Subscribe: qasimrashid.com/subscribe • Media requests: admin@justwinteam.com
Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social Native Haudenosaunee Television & Musical writer. Wasn’t cool in high school, and never will be. 🥸 I like D&D and stuff. Rep’d at Verve. Ska:rù:rę & Muscowpetung Cree 🪶 Two-Spirit
www.imdb.com/name/nm5422690/
#WGAStrong #StandwithAnimation
David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com MAEK GAEM
Expert game engineer
Co-founder at @minorkeygames.com, making Eldritch 2
Guitar, vinyl, film, pro wrestling
All cats are beautiful
Anti-fascist
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👤 he/him 🌎 Texas 🔗 https://dphrygian.com/
JNR (Civ Modding) @jnr-modding.bsky.social Modder for Sid Meier's Civilization VI and VII. Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/id/jnr13/myworkshopfiles/
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Raw Fury @rawfury.bsky.social Indie Game (un)Publisher | Kingdom👑 Esoteric Ebb 🎲 Moonstone Island💎 Blue Prince 💙 Blake Manor 🏠 Monsters are Coming 👾 Last Man Sitting 🪑
Anung Un Drama @space-ghost.com the sky above the port was the color of television tuned to a dead channel
this is my personal account
💿 IT engineer/analyst
👾 retired LCS commentator
💀 zygote necromancer
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Kate Dollarhyde @katedollarhyde.bsky.social Narrative lead @ Obsidian Entertainment, writer, occasional photographer
katedollarhyde.com
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
Take This @takethis.org Take This is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization decreasing stigma and increasing support for mental health in games.
https://linktr.ee/takethisorg
allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social game systems designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. i have definitely worked on games you've heard of. i probably still do.
american. native seattleite. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her.
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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social I make games in my pajamas. BAFTA Breakthrough, two time BAFTA award nominee and one time winner.
Working on SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR at Strange Scaffold
Prev: I AM YOUR BEAST, CRDM3, Clickolding, 10 Second Ninja X, Castles in the Sky
Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social 🧬 Co-Founder, Lore + Wiki Manager @ dnacreative.ca
🎮 Producer of video games
📜 Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
✨ Notion template creator
⚔️ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
🖤🩶🤍💜 she/her
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
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.
Johnny Stanton IV @johnnystantoniv.bsky.social NFL’s #7 Tweeter | D&D Nerd | AthleteAlly Ambassador | NEGU | He/Him
sinkrpg.com to preorder SINK! Adventures on the Caldereach Sea!
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
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Anna Megill @annamegill.com Lead Writer on Cyberpunk 2 at @CDPROJEKTRED • Fable • CONTROL • Dishonored: DoTO • Avatar: FoP • Guild Wars 2 • Award-winning game writer & author • The Threshold Kids are my fault, sorry • www.annamegill.com
Caretaker of HiMirri.bsky.social
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.
Noah Downs, Esq. @mylawyerfriend.bsky.social Gaming, IP & Entertainment Lawyer 📧:noah@premackrogers.com
GM of Forgotten Paths D&D podcast
COO Seventy-Eight Strange
Skeets 🚫 legal advice
Haunted Table @hauntedtable.games Independent tabletop game design studio. Creators of award-winning TTRPG Triangle Agency. Pick up our stuff at shop.hauntedtable.games! Account run by @calebzane.bsky.social
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Legends of Avantris @avantris.bsky.social D&D Shenanigans! Publisher of The Crooked Moon.
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp I talk about the Stuff that keeps Happening.
he—but also—him
🔗 https://endeavorance.camp
@potatomcwhiskey.bsky.social @potatomcwhiskey.bsky.social
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
noelle 🪩 @noelleingway.bsky.social game production and narrative. previously firaxis. she/her, opinions are my own 🎤💃
Mallory Gibson @malloryog.bsky.social http://mallorygibson.com
Narrative Lead: Firaxis
Writer: The Beaverton, Fear Thy Neighbor, Archer: Danger Phone, +more
IGDA-F Next Gen Leader (Virtual Exchange 2023, GDC Alumni Program 2025), Game Dev Heroes (Narrative Finalist, 2025)
She/Her, views my own
doc @docseuss.bsky.social ADIOS. HARDSPACE. PARATOPIC. Narrative Designer. Creative Director. Game design consultant.
http://patreon.com/docgames
http://medium.com/@docseuss
http://paypal.me/stompsite
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
Viditya ✨ Voleti @vidityavoleti.bsky.social Interactive Artist / Award Winning Game Designer / Educator
He/Him