Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Scott @positronplays.bsky.social 🛠️ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games
📺 Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer
https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays
CalixJumio 🇲🇽 @calixjumio.me https://calixjumio.me
César (He/Him) Code + Art + Design
🧩 Dev'd at Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
🪲 Made SUPER CRANE http://bit.ly/42ea9NN
🇲🇽 Admin at INDI-ES http://discord.gg/Z9eyP8A
Check out: @lagshowcase.bsky.social
Jason de Heras 🎮 @jasondeheras.bsky.social Co-Game Director on the Star Wars Jedi team at Respawn/EA. Design Director Jedi: Survivor/Lead Combat Designer Jedi: Fallen Order. Combat Design God of War 3/Ascension. 2x Evo Finals Street Fighter.
https://www.jasondeheras.com
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
🎮 Creative Director sona bona
💫 Freelance game design
🍊 Spanish in UK
👗 Sewist
💼 Prev Preloaded, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus, etc.
🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
✌🏼 she/her
Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) @fawzi.zone Creative Director on BGE2 @Ubisoft Award winning game designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @thehabibis.show opinions are my own. he/him. 日本語OK🙆♂️
Konstantinos Dimopoulos 🔜 Gamescom Dev @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social Speaker. Storyteller. Director @MountSinaiNYC, Philosopher. Writer. Aspiring Iron Man. Guy trying to make the world better. Views my own.
Ashraf (١٠ف) @ashtaf130.bsky.social Duck lover and game developer. I make games, write stories, and run communities. He/him
Lucy Blundell 🔜 Gamescom @kinmoku.bsky.social Independent Game Developer – Made One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE, now working on Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart | IGF | Indie Cup | Previous EA Chillingo | Brit residing in Germany | Invisibly disabled | She/They 🖤🩶🤍💜
www.kinmoku.games
Lola @lolashiraishi.com
Tom Happ @axiomverge.bsky.social Indie gamedev who made Axiom Verge. Special needs dad. Curious about everything. Likes too much stuff and tries to do it all.
axiomverge.com
axiomverge2.com
thomashapp.com
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
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
Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
#blackgamedev ✊🏽 they/them 💛🤍💜🖤
beatdowncity.com
💜 Cyn ✨ @obicynkenobi.bsky.social Director of marketing & community teams. 14+yrs in game dev. VanCity🇨🇦
Previously: company of heroes, dawn of war, marvel contest of champions, transformers forged to fight, squad, starship troopers
Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social Games Writer: Massive Entertainment #AvatarFrontiersofPandora
Co-director @ 3-Fold Games: Before I Forget, WindrushTales. BAFTA member.
Former games journo. Brit Caribbean living in Sweden who loves books & films.
Catt Small @catt.design Designer with too many hobbies in Brooklyn. I run @gdocexpo.com in my spare time. People go "ooh" when I say I make video games.
erak @strotchy.bsky.social Serious rabbit hole lurker. Worked on UFO 50, Spelunky 1&2, Downwell, +++
https://garyyk.com
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social an aperol spritz in human form
(views expressed are mine alone)
IGDA @igda.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer
Tom Sennett @tomsennettgames.com Award-winning indie game designer, web developer, and artist from Philadelphia (he/him). RunMan, Deepak Fights Robots, One Million Stars, Hugby, and more https://tomsennettgames.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
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 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Indrani @indrani.bsky.social 🕹️ Game designer @durontogames.bsky.social
🎲 Community @blacktabbygames.com, @sunsetvisitor.studio
🐉 Co-founder @desisndragons.bsky.social
🌍 Find me @ indrani.me
🏳️🌈 She/they 📍Mumbai, India 😴 Probably tired
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
Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
Emelie Edholm @emelie.bsky.social Cat herder for a bunch of gfx folks at Rockstar.
Coffee and a stiff drink, please.
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Moo Yu (Mythmatch Out Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Making Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch Out Now and 20% Off: 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
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Product & Tool UX Designer, Freelance Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Tom Fulp @tomfulp.newgrounds.com I run Newgrounds, co-founded The Behemoth, made a game about The Room and I'm currently making Nightmare Cops!
Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social 🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent on Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. Past: @Kotaku, @io9, #RiseOfTheBlackPanther, @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. Next: Batman/Static: Beyond from @DCComics EvanNarcisse.com
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social 🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK
Nana Moon { game dev } - WISHLIST BATHORY @moonana.bsky.social Anti Capitalistic Rethroric through games narrative.
Director, Narrative Designer, Artist.
⭐Virgo Versus The Zodiac
🎸Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk
🩸 @bathorygame.bsky.social
💜 Support me: https://www.patreon.com/c/moonana
📧 nana@moonanagames.com
Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social Now: Scouting for Raw Fury
Before: Lots of stuff.
Pitch me that new game of yours -> https://form.asana.com/?k=SF4rPk6Y5L-NFSrVml5JOg&d=1123805143377851
(He/Him)
⚡️Marina Díez 🔜 Gamescom @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
Harrison Lemke @hplemke.bsky.social knyght full of thought and slepy • musician (harrison lemke, brother android, dragon warrior) • game dev (boots quest dx) • he/him
Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
FourbitFriday @fourbitfriday.bsky.social Irredeemable Game Dev
: Co-founder @oddobject.zone
: Catacomb Kids - ckgame.net
: Scrubbin' Trubble - scrubbintrubble.com
: UFO 50 - www.50games.fun
: Streams - twitch.tv/fourbitfriday
: Music - frror.bandcamp.com
: he/hɪm : ♠ ace : fourbitfriday.com
Jan-Bart van Beek @janbart.bsky.social Studio Director & Art Director at Guerrilla Games. Original concept creator of Horizon Zero Dawn. BAFTA & Golden Calf winner. Poweruser of the word Basically.
Squidly @squidly.newgrounds.com Squid-shaped dev on Renaine
I stream #gamedev weekdays ➡️ twitch.tv/squuuidly
@streamnotifs.bsky.social for stream notifications
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
Elisabeth Beinke @ebeinke.bsky.social Principal Level Designer (17+ yrs in games) Ex-Respawn, Ex-Irrational
🌿 she/her ☘️
🎮 #IronMan #StarWarsHunters, #BioshockInfinite, #DOOM, #LastExpedition #Mafia3, #PerfectDark #TransformersReactivate 🎮
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
🏳️🌈 You Matter 🏳️⚧️
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. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social she/her | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Game dev/Pixel Art/3D
Made UNSIGHTED, working on ABYSS X ZERO: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2872300/ABYSS_X_ZERO/
Work With Indies @workwithindies.com A kind job board and inclusive community supporting careers in #indiegames.
banner by @ericalee.cc
Borys B. Trienin 📊 @borystrienin.com indie games business @rcp.family
publishing https://songs-of-silence.com
borystrienin.com
Nazih Fares 🔜 Gamescom @nazihfares.com 💼 Game Producer @Savoirludique.com
🃏 Making the game @ArabMisfits.com
📇 Vice Chair of @IGDA.org Game Credits SIG
🗿 @BAFTA.org Member and Jury
🏳️⚧️ Non-binary | He/They
🗣️ EN/FR/AR/ES/and more languages
📷 Olympus EM-1 and Pixel 7 Pro
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Clifton B @cliftonb.bsky.social Designs games with time mechanics || Organizes Demospree || Throws One Drop yo-yos || He/they || Ask about my research & product design workshop!
Play Seasonspree on Switch! https://bit.ly/seasonspreeswitch
Not on Steam! https://bit.ly/seasonspreesteam
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former newshound gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
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・🏳️🌈 🍉
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
Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social Senior Character Artist ✨
Leonard Skeonard @mike.reuben.games making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Erlend Grefsrud @erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social Games for computers. More or less recovered after finishing ☄️Go Mecha Ball☄️: https://t.co/DzRqWvFIVR
Current thing: Stomp City
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
Shawn @shawnpierre.com Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
Lisette Titre-Montgomery @lisettetitre.bsky.social Co-Founder @cstoneintstudio
Past: Art Director #Psychonauts2
Advisor: @gameheadsoakland
Nominations/Awards: @BAFTAGames & @TheGameAwards
https://linktr.ee/LisetteTitre?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMT
Neha✨️Available for Work✨️ @nehapolitan.bsky.social Composer/SFX for indie games
Venba🍛 (sfx)
All Will Rise (sfx)
Thousand Hells (music)
Eternights ⚔ (sfx)
Six Ages 2 🌤
Playdate/Sweet Baby 🎈
Speaker du Franglais She/Her
www.nehapatelaudio.com
nehapatelaudio@gmail.com
Harrison G. Pink 🔜 DragonCon @gilespink.bsky.social Award-winning Game Designer. Lead Narrative Designer - @shinyshoegames.bsky.social. Tall Bermudian 🇧🇲. Tiki-drink enjoyer. Prev: Cyan (Myst, Riven), Blizzard (Diablo IV), Telltale (TWD, TFTBL), 2K (Mafia III) - www.harrisonpink.com - NO AI NO NFTs
Vadym, friend of eggbug @yellowafterlife.bsky.social I write tools and code for videogames!
Links and newsletter: https://yal.cc/links
Paul Grzymkowski @paulogy.com Lover of games, music, movies & staying thoughtful among the chaos. Watch me sprout more awesome / awful / clever / crazy ideas than I know what to do with :-)
[ http://www.paulogy.com ]
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure) / Cultural Consultant (Dragon Age: The Veilguard). Podquisition. Access-Ability. Author. 2024 Journalism Impact Winner. 2024 GA Conf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter and proud union member at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Shams jorjani @shamsjorjani.bsky.social CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Still not a vampire.
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.
Julie Elven @julieelven.bsky.social Soundtrack vocalist 🎙️ for #JamesNewtonHoward, #LorneBalfe, #HorizonForbiddenWest, #HorizonZeroDawn, #InfinityNikki, #Netflix, #BAFTA, #CriticalRole, #BBC, #TheGameAwards, #WorldofWarcraft, #LeagueofLegends & more ❤️ she/her • 🌈
Amora B. @amora.ink Practically dripping with ennui.
Tamagotchi collector and character designer on Celeste currently working on something secret!
See more of my art at:
https://amora.ink/
Brazilian/Canadian
She/her
blender bitch | making a karate-kid like beat 'em up 💢 @luluuland.bsky.social Luiza Diniz
Senior game artist and co-founder at @ragdollfrog.bsky.social |
IGDA F Next Gen Leader | prev: senior 3D artist at Timberline Studio
https://linktr.ee/luluu_land
🎮 Silvia Gaetano ☕ @meowstations.bsky.social I handle comms in games | Safe In Our World & Pioneers of Game Dev Austria Ambassador
💜🎮 | 🗣️ 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇨🇳
She/Her (they/them ok) | Views mine, kinda fruity 🌈 kinda kinky 🤫
🔗 linktr.ee/meowstations
Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games.
Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
PotionsACuriousTale.com
Rosie T @rtparty.bsky.social 💚 Games Bundle Person
👾 Game enthusiast
🧶 Crochet Hobbyist
🎤 Ex Podcast host
🌎 Patron @ Safe In Our World
🔬 Advisory Board Member at iGGi
🧠 Mental Health Advocate
💛 GIBiz Game Changer ‘23
🌿 Plant based
linktr.ee/rtparty3
Kris Antoni - Toge Productions @kerissakti.bsky.social Founder of Toge Productions #gamedev #indiedev from Indonesia.
Made: CoffeeTalk, Infectonator.
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Joana 🔜 Gamescom @layn75.bsky.social I make games and stuff! 🔸 she/her 🔸 Tech Artist 🔸 co-organizer @FemDevsMeetup🔸 Cosplayer 🔸 🏳️⚧️♠️🏳️🌈 🔸 layn75.carrd.co
Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss) @ziraeliss.bsky.social Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmö, Sweden 🏳️🌈🇵🇹
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
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.
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor. A bit of voiceover, occasionally.
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
📍The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware
👾 www.twitch.tv/eenbou
ianboudreau.com
Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net BLIND GAMER | Creator/Host | Available for Accessibility Consulting | Twitch Ambassador | #AMDAmbassador | Future Class 2020 | Biz: steve@stevesaylor.net
stevesaylor.net/links
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
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social creative director, educator, & food blogger (she/they) | made @validategame.com
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com creator of IN STARS AND TIME ✨ working on @truthscrapper.bsky.social 📚 i make things that make you feel things
website ✨ www.insertdisc5.com
All My Games On Steam Are Here Click Here ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/insertdisc5/
Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I tweet insights about gaming + more.
.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social :: lead dev @ darkwebSTREAMER @darkwebSTREAMER.bsky.social
::: anthropologist|englishslit🌱
👁️🗨️ darkwebSTREAMER: tinyurl.com/darkwebstreamer
👂 podcast: directional.show
✉️ chantal @ whalitfdotcom