héctor sanchez @hecsanchez.bsky.social president - @annapurna.com interactive + new media // we help artists create games and tv and films and animation and theater
Origin Point Games @originpointgames.bsky.social African games. The world. The bridge. Live 12 NOV 2026
XBOX Game Dev @xboxgamedev.bsky.social Let's make games!
Home of the XBOX Game Developer Community. Join us on Discord: xboxgamedev
Siya @siyagrim.bsky.social Game Designer/ Writer always looking to make cool stuff. QA Tester at
@24bitgames
I also draw! He/Him
Dan @d3d.bsky.social Game Developer in South Africa
Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social VP of Commercial and Portfolio Development @ Annapurna // Enjoys games, horror, and loud noises
Feather’s Edge by Clockwork Acorn @clockworkacorn.com We make timeless games with chunky designs
http://clockworkacorn.com
Wishlist Feather's Edge on Steam: https://feathers-edge.com/
MIXTAPE by Beethoven & Dinosaur @mixtapegame.bsky.social a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation 💿
Mixtape is OUT NOW on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Switch 2, EGS
mixtape.game
www.makeyourownmixtape.com
https://bit.ly/MixtapeGame
ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com an independent studio focused on creating high-quality stories and experiences across Live Action and Animated Film and Television, Live Theater, and Interactive Gaming.
Jess Dyer @juicedanim.bsky.social 💪lead animator@groundshatter💪i make gun-fu look gun-cool🤜🔫
💥2 FIGHTS 2 TIGHT SPACES💥 OUT NOW!
Jack Everingham @jackeveringham.bsky.social Business Development Manager at Reforged Studios | Looking to connect with talented game studios and publishers 🎮
Nina @ninacliff.bsky.social Games Industry Business Development - Special Effect Ambassador @SpecialEffect❤️ - Smoggie - Apex Capybara - Mighty Duck energy - she/her🙋🏻♀️
Malcolm Collins @malcolmcollins.bsky.social CEO | Producer | Dry Stone Waller 
george w @grgwllrd.bsky.social Co-Founder @secretsaucegg.bsky.social - a marketing and publishing agency for Indie-AA games and studios. Love games, football and good food.
Digital Foundry @digitalfoundry.bsky.social Charting the state of the art in gaming tech | Please consider supporting our Patreon: http://bit.ly/39jltgA | Commercial enquiries: business@digitalfoundry.net
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
ID@XBOX @idatxbox.bsky.social Celebrating independent games & helping you self-publish games to XBOX 💚
Official Links 📺 https://linktr.ee/idatxbox
Contact us 💌 id@xbox.com
James Vigor @onevigor.bsky.social Programming @ groundshatter.bsky.social - Knights in Tight Spaces, BAFTA nominated Fights in Tight Spaces. Author of the science fiction novel, The Reality Exchange.
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Tanya Meeson @tanyameeson.bsky.social Novelist / Speculative Fiction / The Fulcrum (2022) The Akashic Records of The Last People as Written by Neko (2024) / Chief Manifestor of King Ecbert's indoor bath / posting about curiosities, art, writing, books...
https://tanyameeson.com/
Lyndy Bailey @lyndyb.bsky.social Outdated enthusiast
Studio Coordinator at Ground Shatter
2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces out Now! 👊🏼
Alisha Thayer @alishathayer.bsky.social Design Director and Technical Design Advocate
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Almost Ready Games Fund @almostreadyfund.bsky.social ARGF is a games fund that invests in almost finished indie game projects to help them across the finish line.
🌐 https://www.almostready.fund/
Reforged Studios @reforgedstudios.bsky.social We unlock video game potential
reforgedstudios.io
Paul Kilduff-Taylor @mode7games.bsky.social indie games // electronic music // words
Mode 7 // nervous_testpilot + _ensnare_ // Mode Collapse
mode7.games - indie games
nervoustestpilot.com - electronic music
modecollapse.com - words
@rustyrenegade.bsky.social @rustyrenegade.bsky.social 
James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces, out now in Early Access. Ground Shatter director, Bristol Games Hub minister without portfolio. Mostly talking Turtles, Statham, Wick.
Kris Antoni - Toge Productions @kerissakti.bsky.social Founder of Toge Productions #gamedev #indiedev from Indonesia.
Made: CoffeeTalk, Infectonator.
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Spincinnatus Revolvus @spincinnatus.bsky.social Bikes not bombs.
Damnatio Games @damnatiogames.com Game development company founded in Bordeaux, France, in 2021. We are the creators of Heat and Run, now available on Steam! https://damnatiogames.com
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Matt Benic @mattbenic.bsky.social Game developer and cat lover. Helping other game devs get their games onto every shiny game playing box @ 24 Bit Games
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Sean Goncalves @the-son-of-wolf.bsky.social Indie Games Designer, Interested in all aspects of gaming.
Currently working as Head of Quality Assurance @24bitgames
He/Him/They/Them
SpacThEMan @spactheman.bsky.social Love Games / Retro / F1 / McLaren / Rugby. Previous Managing Editor for G3AR / SA Gamer / 🇿🇦🇳🇿
ruthy0nfire @ruthy0nfire.com #AuDHD | Not a girl | Curiousity fuels my will to live |
Managing Director: @nibbleafrica.com
Gareth @neverglade.bsky.social Data analytic goblin by day, player of all the games by night. Sealed the pact with @nxtrms
Jessica Ronnell 🔜 Summer Game Fest/IGN Live @jessicatronn.bsky.social @Xbox @IDXbox | @idatxbox.bsky.social Sr. Developer Engagement Manager | Foodie | Human to my pups | GT: TygerLadi | Opinions my own
Natalie @ncthbrt.northsky.social Trans, Woman, Game Dev/Tech Artist, Neurodivergent, Recovering Startup Founder, South African, Cat mom x2, Gay Married, Tentative belief we're already post human and cyborg and might as well act accordingly. RADICAL BODY AUTONOMY NOW
Tarryn van der Byl @nxtrms.bsky.social cats | dogs | raccoons | game development | synthwave | sci-fi | cyberpunk | other stuff
shitposting live from cape town, south africa
Ground Shatter 💥 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces @groundshatter.bsky.social 🌟 Indie games studio from Bristol
💥2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces out now: s.team/a/3734890
🏹 Knights in Tight Spaces out now: http://s.team/a/2315400
Developers of @fightsgame.bsky.social and @kitspacesgame.bsky.social
Juliette Love @juliette-love.bsky.social Game sound designer, composer and cellist
Lara Brown @larabrown.bsky.social 🚀🎮🌿☕
People & Ops in startups, tech, and creative industries.
Operations Director @kythera.ai
https://linktr.ee/laraeliz.brown
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Cthulouw @cthulouw.bsky.social Human, and not an elder god
Pun connoisseur
Creator at will
Ambassador for WIGJ
World's Okayest Person
She/her
Brandon Wolff @defjamforcutie.bsky.social Senior Quality Analyst at Failbetter Games
Writer in my free time
South African living in Dublin
He/him
Jonathan Hau-Yoon @techartjon.com artist 🌟 tech artist 🌟 game developer @ Free Lives 🇿🇦
Working on Dressmaker, previously Terra Nil, Fortnite, Broforce, GORN, Genital Jousting
Luke Lamothe 🇨🇦 @angrymoose.bsky.social Making video games for 25 years.
Northern Ontario ❤️
Fix your heart or die.
(He/Him)
Gazza_N @gazza-n.bsky.social Some kinda veejogam makey man. Behold my miscellaneous musings. he/him
Hadlee Simons @hadleesimons.bsky.social Smartphone journalist and lame pun guy.
Simon Stockley @newagegamer.bsky.social He/Him
Sa Game-Dev
@leon-vn.bsky.social @leon-vn.bsky.social 
Ben Myres @benjamming.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director at @nyamakop.co.za
“a white guy” - @Aftermath.site
Eden Marie @neonepiphany.com She/her. Engineering lead at @xbox.com (Gamertag: Em). I like Kit Kats. Opinions are my own, and also bad. If you use stupid fonts I will cut you. Avi by @pianta.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
I like Letterboxd https://boxd.it/1hRkn
Phil Spencer - P3 on Xbox @xboxp3.bsky.social Microsoft Gaming
BondSarahBond @bondsarahbond.bsky.social Momma 👧🏾👦🏾 | President of Xbox 💚🎮 | Needs green tea 🍵 | Likes sparkly shoes 👠 | Loves games and the people who make them.
XBOX @xbox.com Gaming since 2001
Annette Gonzalez Porter @amgo.bsky.social ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program Manager. Formerly PlayStation, Harmonix, Game Informer. Chicagoan. Mom.
Johann Ungerer @kaegun.bsky.social Entrepreneur, solution architect, game developer, armchair philosopher.
raxter @raxter.bsky.social they/them, myth, minor legend, artistic technician, that person you've met at that thing way back yeah I was so sure when I saw you that we met somewhere a year or so ago how are things since then?
am looking for work! ➤ http://raxterbaxter.com/portfolio/
Ben McInnes - Making 💀👑 @benmcinnes.bsky.social Designer, programmer and occasional hardware tinkerererer
One half of @lootdonkey.bsky.social
Making Fool King (Wishlist now)
He/him
LiZZarD @lizzard-ros.bsky.social Father | Leftist | Data & Insights Leader | Game Dev Hobbyist | Runner and when time permits I play games
Jon Keevy @jonkeevy.bsky.social Writer of games, film & fiction.
IGF nominated Narrative Excellence.
Father of Coco.
The Unwoven Warrior out now in South Africa. (Seeking reps in N America)
Open for consulting & commissions
Boiled Goose Games @boiledgoosegames.bsky.social Game dev miscreants from Cape Town, SA.
https://boiledgoosegames.itch.io
John D @thestoryfox.bsky.social 
animal @animal531.bsky.social Game dev and software for games.
Jean-Luc @stateofdelirium.bsky.social 🎮 QA guy
🎭 Stand-up comedy @ First Draft
🦆 Silly duck
Find me around Playtopia, Maker's Massive, Super Friendship Arcade, First Draft Comedy, and Armchair.- 3 @3nigma.bsky.social @3nigma.bsky.social
Steven Tu @tuism.bsky.social VR, game dev, illustrator. Sticker collector. Makegamessa. Burner. Karaokeist. Seamstress. Animal magnet. He/him. With 24bitgames🕹️ linktr.ee/tuism
Bracken Hall @mbewu.itch.io Teenage manic mutant pixie ninja dream turtle girl
(He/him)
Samuel Burnett @desktoysam.bsky.social South African hobbyist gamedev making whatever this is https://desktoy.itch.io/
https://www.youtube.com/@DeskToyStudios
Chris Basson @bassoncj.bsky.social https://chris.basson.io/
The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art He/him. Cape Town based bearded Illustrator & games animator at @freelives.bsky.social. Husbear of @dwuff.com. Metalhead. TTRPG enthusiast. Cat and dog dad. Bisexual.
✉️ thebeardlyben@gmail.com
linktr.ee/thebeardlyben
FUCK AI
Tallulah Lucy @tallulahlucy.bsky.social Lvl 38. Love books, writing, craft and art.
Cukia “Sugar” Kimani @sugarbycukia.xyz Hi 👋, I make games under ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, a small mom-and-pop dev shop I run with my partner, @riker.itch.io.
Kirsten-Lee @kirstylee.bsky.social CEO at Evil Landfall? 😈 Selection committee member at WINGS 🪽
Jack Ex_Ludis @ex-ludis.bsky.social Game developer @ Clockwork Acorn. Retired marxist. Colonial philistine.
https://ex-ludis.itch.io/
Dorian @damousey.bsky.social Producer - available/LFG.
They/them.
Game making, naps, art making and other drugs (because lupus)
Artwork purchasable from damousey.me
TheGrahamZA | Narrative Designer & Writer @thegrahamza.bsky.social Narrative Designer, Writer & Localisation Editor.
I've worked on 15+ games, including Residual, Deck of Souls, Organs Please, and OverKnights.
I also build games in GameMaker.
Contact details and portfolio 👉 linktr.ee/thegrahamza
Danny Day @dislekcia.bsky.social IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ brown belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
Wahooney 🔸 @wahooney.bsky.social Game developer. Eternal Blender Boi. Unreal game developer (recovering Unity Developer). 
Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social Tech-culture journalist. Copy editor. Game dev. Hire me!
World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
Words: https://brainwavez.org/
Tiny games: https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/
Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
Sam Wilson @samwilsonwriting.bsky.social Writer and director living in Cape Town, South Africa. New novel “The First Murder On Mars” out now https://www.samwilsonwriting.com/order-now.php
Richard Bolland @studiobolland.bsky.social 🇿🇦 Making games & interactive animation at https://www.studiobo.io/
Pieter Koornhof @pkoornhof.bsky.social COO: 24 Bit Games. Recovering lawyer. Recovering academic. Lover of wine, liver of a 20 year old (according to my doctor, at least). Opinions my own. 
Francois van Niekerk @francoisvn.bsky.social Studio Director at @clockworkacorn.com • he/him • https://leafcloud.com/ • Cape Town, South Africa
Old Man Wikus @wikusradyn.bsky.social 
Tamara Oh @tamara0h.bsky.social Independent writer, editor, and communications consultant.
Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.
Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social Former game journalist, current game podcaster. Also a very good marketer, but that’s not for games. I watch a lot of TV. Fix your hearts or die.
She/her
astrid @lilstrid.bsky.social Community Director at Saber Interactive. Slightly nomophobic.