Sophie Cleverly 💀 @hapfairy.bsky.social Author of SCARLET AND IVY and VIOLET VEIL (HarperCollins). Lover of symphonic metal, books and all things spooky. She/her 🎃♿🏳️🌈
Bath/Wiltshire
Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy Podcasting about roguelike games, their development, and their history. https://grogpod.zone
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grogpod, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Skywind @skywind.bsky.social Morrowind reimagined: we're recreating TES III from the ground up as a total conversion mod for Skyrim.
https://linktr.ee/tesrskywind
Jay Ma @jarmustard.bsky.social ・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
・京都・
The Alan Turing Institute @theturing.bsky.social The Alan Turing Institute is the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.
turing.ac.uk
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 🏳️⚧️
Bay 12 Games @bay12games.com
Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
Jeremiah Reid @vulgat.bsky.social Making some games https://www.roguebasin.com/index.php/User:Jere
The Creator (of ADOM) @brannalbin.bsky.social ADOM Creator & Maintainer, Grog Creator & Maintainer, Realms of Ancardia: Eternal Strife Developer
http://www.realmsofancardia.com/
https://www.roguelike.games
https://www.adom.de
Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io Game dev, currently making Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
Younès ★ @pyrofoux.itch.io ∴ 🇬🇧: they/them 🇫🇷: iel, accord inclusifs
∴ Game design, Research, TTRPGs and Improv Theater
∴ amab arab acab
Find some of my work here:
🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io
🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
🧠 neurocracy.site
@harkinjames.bsky.social @harkinjames.bsky.social
Badger Punch Games @badgerpunch.com We’re two old school Norwegian gamedevs with a passion for creating new games for retro & modern platforms.
#C64, #Amiga, #evercade, PC and more 🕹️
www.badgerpunch.com
Wishlist Roguecraft DX: http://thalamus.link/roguecraft
#gamedev #indiegamedev #c64
Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social Ever-learning mathematician trying to do work in maths, AI, game dev, writing and digital art. 🇦🇺
🌐 Site | https://www.brettwitty.net
🦣 Mastodon | https://mstdn.social/@brettwitty
📰 Newsletter | https://the-creative-process.ghost.io
Joseph Hewitt @gearheadrpg.com Cartoonist, programmer, educator, Newfoundlander living in Korea. Hamster herder. Creator of mecha RPG GearHead. Lead penguin of Polar Bear Comix. Mask wearer. He/him. Old. #Comics #GameDev #ghrpg
https://polarbearcomix.com/
https://gearhead.itch.io/
Rogueliker @roguelikerofficial.bsky.social Video games for the procedural generation. Bringing a positive outlook and detailed coverage to an underserved crowd of awesome nerds. Get in touch at editor@rogueliker.com
Mike Johanson @mikebjohanson.johanson.ca Rogue game theorist and reinforcement learning scientist in 🇨🇦. Formerly: co-founder Artificial.Agency, RS DeepMind, PhD UAlberta, Poker AI. Gaming 🎮🎲, curling 🥌, knitting 🧶, geocaching 🗺️. (he/him).
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
Ed Key @edclef.bsky.social I run big distances and paint tiny models and have regular sized cats.
@edclef and @newts.minis on Instagram
See also @twistedtreegames.bsky.social
Signum University @signumuniversity.bsky.social A non-profit, online higher education institution. Specializing in Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Germanic Philology, and Classic Literature.
signumuniversity.org
Mikeburnfire @mikeburnfire.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
fia! @fiashouse.bsky.social UNTIL MY HANDS ARE BONES | words @ VG247, RPS, GameSpot, Polygon, Eurogamer, Uppercut
📧 oisinkuhnke(at)gmail(dot)com
making videos https://www.youtube.com/@fias_house & @gameassistyt.bsky.social
Chip Collier @allyourfaultforever.com Procgen wizard wannabe. Cosmic Doom.
Fix your hearts or die!
http://allyourfaultforever.com
https://icosahedron.website/@photex
Team FOLON @teamfolon.bsky.social Team FOLON® is the team behind Fallout: London, the DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4. Available free on GOG and Overwolf: linktr.ee/teamfolon
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social Dr Beatriz Mingo. Radio/X-ray astronomer and sustainability enthusiast. Ernest Rutherford Fellow livin' la vida LOFAR at the University of Hertfordshire (UK). European 🇪🇺 Cat minion 🐈 Metalhead 🤘 She/them 🏳️🌈.
Same handle on Mastodon!
Glenn R Wichman @capmango.bsky.social Happiness Engineer
DarkTwinge @darktwinge.bsky.social Twitch Streamer of 10+ years, Board Game Designer, Voice Actor, FTL & Brotato Balance Mod Dev. (He/Him) Business contact: darktwinge@gmail.com.
ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social IGF and Hugo Award-Winning narrative designer for Freehold Games. Founding member of Nightmare Blunt Rotation. fka @inurashii. She/her. BTQ+.
Check my work out at https://ectafoole.itch.io
Snapjaw VTuber at https://twitch.tv/grastreams
Roguelike Radio @roguelikeradio.bsky.social Roguelike Radio is a community run podcast and features a broad spectrum of hosts and guests talking about roguelikes and roguelike game design from player and developer perspectives. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or visit http://www.roguelikeradio.com
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social Maker of Squardle and other games.
http://fubargames.se/squardle (Latest version is v2.014)
https://patreon.com/furbyfubar
Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Renara Hawke @renarahawke.bsky.social Voice Actor, Vocalist and all round digital producer.
Works of note:
- Fallout: London - As Archie!
- Skywind - As .... A lot xD
- Tamriel Rebuild - As Meridia and Namira
and more!
Check out my portfolio at: https://renara-hawke-va.co.uk/cv-resume
Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
ASCII Dracula @robotparking.kvlt.rip roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and IF 🦇 basketball 🦇 fake grindcore 🦇 Battletech 🦇 miniature painting 🦇 skateboarding 🦇 former: Managing Editor: First Person Scholar 🦇 they/them 🦇🍷⚰️
Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokémon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset 🟨🔺🔵.
Andrew Krausnick @heyandrewk.bsky.social Creative Director @ Shiny Shoe. Made Trove, Monster Train, Inkbound, and others (and more to come!)
CallMeClever -> Artillis Dev @callmeclever.bsky.social I'm a solo dev working on Artillis, a roguelike tower defense game in a dense procedural world. Wishlist here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236920
#GodotEngine #IndieDev #GameDevelopment
Other socials:
https://linktr.ee/callmeclever
Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social A human online resisting the AI slop economy. Games, hobbies, musings. Consulting, design and marketing. I also have a blog at manastone.ca . Occasional YouTube content at https://www.youtube.com/@AlexAshpool
unbreaded | Tic Tactic @unbreaded.bsky.social Indie game dev and sworn enemy of gluten 🚫🥖
Working on Tic Tactic, an anti-chicken propaganda piece disguised as a roguelike deckbuilder
Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3256850
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social Writer of video games, books, short stories etc.
A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART out now
Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media
Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more
http://www.lockhartwrites.com
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
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Robin Baumgarten 👨🏭✨ @robinwobbles.bsky.social Experimental Playful Hardware Designer. I made Line Wobbler, which won some awards. Now working on Quantum Jungle ✨🌱🔨
Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social 16th level information technologist, 12th level game designer | 60y in space https://half-apress.itch.io | pronoun he/him/his/his/himself
Alan Zucconi @alanzucconi.com Director of Studies at Goldsmiths, UoL • Senior Lecturer • Game AI • Game Developer • Shader Master • Content Creator
Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social VP at CREW https://www.citizensforethics.org/
David Williamson @david.williamsons.net I like pie.
Diego Cath @diegocath.bsky.social I make small games that you can play anywhere and maybe even incorporate into your daily life.
My games: dxgames.el
Some ideas: medium.com/@diego_cath
Maschinen-Mensch 🤖 Mother Machine 🤖 out now! @maschimensch.bsky.social Berlin-based indie studio, made Curious Expedition 1 & 2, and just released Mother Machine!
Get it on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980?utm_source=MM_bsky
Cosmetics pack: https://shorturl.at/qM9hE
Daniel Linssen @managore.bsky.social I make games
https://managore.itch.io/
https://bit.ly/leapyearonsteam
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Ben Porter @eigenbom.bsky.social Game developer for life. I made MoonQuest and many other things. AAA gamedev by day. On the web at https://bp.io. Also https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eigenbom.
Change my profile pic: https://bp.io/app/avatar
Historically: https://twitter.com/eigenbom
Hayden Scott-Baron @docky.games Game Designer.
Previously: Ustwo Games, Microsoft/Xbox, Frontier, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evo, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and more. He/they.
Andrew Aversa (zircon) @zirconst.bsky.social CEO Impact Soundworks, founder @ Impact Gameworks, programmer, musician/producer, dad. I make stuff like Tangledeep, Shreddage, Super Audio Cart, Flowstone Saga etc :D
Letitia Lemon 🍋 @letitiathelemon.bsky.social Yes it's my real name! Streamer/host/model/voiceactor/immersive actor/
Bethesda UK Community rep
Agent: LittleBigDoor
CharoMiami @charomiami.com Commissions: FULL 🌴🦩
Collector • Gamer • Freelance Illustrator • Crafter • Movie Addict
BLM | 🏳🌈 | She/Her/They
https://charomiami.carrd.co/
📧 charostudios@gmail.com
My tags • #CharoMiamiART • #nerdnest • #FalloutLondon • #CharoMiamiWW
Martin Lovell - Actor @martinlovellact.bsky.social Voice actor | Headshot Photographer
John Smith, Col. George Major, the Protectrons (and more) in Fallout London - ‘aaaAAAaahhh!’
Portfolio: https://martinlovell.myportfolio.com
Spotlight: https://www.spotlight.com/3415-6723-9502
Kornel Kisielewicz @epyoncf.bsky.social Professional roguelike and engine programmer. Indiepocalypse survivor. Founder of ChaosForge. Author of Jupiter Hell, DoomRL, DiabloRL and AliensRL!
Callum J. Quick @callumjquick.bsky.social Lead Writer & Programmer of Fallout: London @ Team FOLON
proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social Procedural generation researcher. Currently making games.
https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com
#procgen #gamedev
Misha @the-goblin.bsky.social Prof of Game Design at CCNY. Games: Sumer (Switch, Steam), Goblin.bet, Odd Goblin (itch). Cohost of Dead Letters podcast (@dead-letters).
Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. All-ages deduction game DEDUCTOPIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/Deductopia/
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.
Jeremy // Making Star Spark @jeremyjackson.bsky.social Learning, growing, and staying caffeinated.
Working on #StarSpark, the anime tournament roguelite: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639950
🎮 https://jeremyjackson89.itch.io
🐘 https://mastodon.social/@jeremyjackson
📍KY
Ulfsire @ulfsire.bsky.social made Path of Achra, currently developing Lands of Achra, dark fantasy and pixel art, contemplating the vanished earth
https://pathofachra.com/
Nj0rd @nj0rd.bsky.social I work at Kitsune Games as a writer, narrative designer, and producer with @eniko.bsky.social. Lead writer for Kitsune Tails
I mostly post about my games, my cat, and Covid, but not necessarily in that order.
Mask wearer
He/Him
David Amador @djlink.bsky.social Indie game developer (like that movie) running Upfall Studios. Maker of Quest of Dungeons, Vizati and other weird games.
https://www.david-amador.com
https://www.upfallstudios.com
📍Portugal
Brianna Townsend @brianna.town ✨ C/C++ developer✨ she/her ✨ creator of unfinished video games ✨
Creating and blogging about Chronicles IV: Ebonheim, a tactical Ultima/Rogue-like built solo with a custom engine
Wishlist today! https://chrongame.com
https://brianna.town
Zeno Rogue @zenorogue.bsky.social roguelikes, mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry
HyperRogue (non-Euclidean roguelike), RogueViz, ZenoRogue (non-Euclidean visualization) on YouTube, Hydra Slayer (math roguelike).
Wrong @wrong.bsky.social she/her | trans lesbian commie pinko | likes yuri, horror, theater, mecha anime, model kits, and tabletop rpgs | was Bad Wrong Fun on Twitter and other places.
Ondřej Žára @ondras.zarovi.cz
Quasimorph, 1.0.4 is OUT! @quasimorph.bsky.social Dark #turnbased #roguelike #RPG set in space far into the future | Discord: http://discord.gg/hb5QdAA4yN
1.0 released: s.team/a/2059170
Kong & Applesauce @kongwen.bsky.social Photographer (amateur). Synthesist (even amateurer). Reader & writer (professional).
Erstwhile academic. Settler on unceded Mi'kmaq land. He/him.
Dungeonbard @dungeonbard.bsky.social Australian creator of daily mazechessgame.com challenges, Dungeons & Dragons creator, Dungeon Master and always looking for a path to adventure
Martin O'Reilly @martinoreilly.bsky.social Director of Research Engineering at the Alan Turing Institute, turning research into practice. Trustee at the Society of Research Software Engineering. He/him.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
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
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social Makes games and pictures.
itch: https://st33d.itch.io/
mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@st33d
Electron Dance @electrondance.com Words on videogames. Video essays on videogames. Ex-Thinky Games streamer-in-residence.
A place - www.electrondance.com
John Harris @rodneylives.bsky.social Metafilter member (JHarris), @Play writer, roguelike person, oldweb enthusiast, Loadstar for C64 preserver
Wrote Exploring Roguelike Games & We Love Mystery Dungeon
Mastodon: @rodneylives@mefi.social
rodneylives.itch.io
setsideb.com
BLM! Trans rights!
One Life Left @onelifeleft.com Award-winning (?!?!?) radio show & podcast vaguely about videogames, presented by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and (currently) Charlesbot. Available on Resonance FM, iTunes, Spotify, and our website: hello.onelifeleft.com
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.
Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/alecmeer
Games writer and consultant. Hairy little guy.
Now: lead writer on SAROS at Housemarque
Past: Returnal, Total Warhammer, Trek To Yomi, No Man's Sky, Humankind, more. Ex-journo, inc RockPaperShotgun.
Brighton, UK
Geraldo Nascimento 🔜 Develop @solivagant.bsky.social Lead Programmer⚡ Game Developer 🎮 Public Speaker 🔊 Writer 📗 Sustainable Coding 🧑💻 🇬🇧
Husband.
#unreal #gamedev #indiedev
Am writing Induction, a #cyberpunk vegan novel, Tapeworld Book I 🗡️
linktr.ee/geraldo.nascimento
Twisted Tree @twistedtree.bsky.social
UK Games Fund @ukgamesfund.bsky.social Working to support the UK’s early-stage games development community.
J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social Writer/producer. Babylon 5, Sense8, Changeling, Thor. Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America. Together We Will Go, The Glass Box. DO NOT POST STORY IDEAS.
Scripts, behind the scenes posts and a lot of conversation at https://www.patreon.com/thejoepage
Rogueliker @rogueliker.bsky.social "Thread the needle cautiously and you'll thrive." - Me, Apparently
Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social Sci-fi and fantasy author, writer of The Dex Legacy BSFA Award-winning audio drama, Social Media Officer @BSFA, gamer, bi, proud epileptic and aspiring grown-up 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Terra Randoma / Those Far Stars @terrarandoma.bsky.social Creators of Terra Randoma https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120400/Terra_Randoma/
and now working on Those Far Stars https://store.steampowered.com/app/3760790/Those_Far_Stars/
Byte Arcane making Sigil of Kings @byte-arcane.itch.io Transmuting code into graphics and gameplay. Making an open-world fantasy roguelike/rpg: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195820/Sigil_of_Kings/