Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
Dark Hi and Lois content now at @darkhiandlois.bsky.social.
@cmgroover.bsky.social @cmgroover.bsky.social 
Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
Autumn Chen @red-autumn.itch.io interactive fiction writer - https://red-autumn.itch.io/
she/her ↙↙↙
Dylan O'Donnell @citizenpsmith.bsky.social Geek of diverse paths, but board games come first. He/him/they. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Q. Pheevr @q.pheevr.ca “Frigidly shy at the commencement of a party, confusingly vigilant about the middle, and insultingly weary towards the end.”
“Combine[s] stateliness with a desperate effort to be funny.”
Pronouns: accustomed to he, also fine with they
http://q.pheevr.ca
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social). He/him.
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Rourke Bywater @rourke.bsky.social Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. 💜 procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
Sarah Avery @sarahavery.bsky.social Mythopoeic Award winning fantasy writer 🪐📚, escaped academic, beginner permaculture gardener, Gen X Army brat, DC area local, she/her, https://SarahAvery.com, https://www.patreon.com/SarahAvery
Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social Historian & Anthropologist of security technologies, once great lockpicker, now just a great dad.
Impossible to overstate how much I think about locks...
Joey Jones @jodonjo.bsky.social Doctor, dabbler, reader and riddler. Writes interactive fiction. | www.joeyjon.es
Konstantinos Dimopoulos 🔜 Gamescom Dev @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social Reviewer, Essayist, Hugo, Aurora, and Darwin Award finalist.
Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
Adam Thornton @athornton.bsky.social Nerd
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
devoted homo 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Damian Isla @damianisla.bsky.social Games, AI and other things.
Carolyn VanEseltine @mossdogmusic.bsky.social Still game dev, Amazon, she/her, etc. Just much quieter these days.
jadelennox @jadelennox.bsky.social I am a wild beast!
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Boston Indies @bostonindies.bsky.social 💀🪄 Boston's home for independent games since 2009! 🎮
Apart of @BostonGameDev.bsky.social ♟️🎱
https://linktr.ee/bosindies
Misty Granade @misty.granades.com 🩷 abstract mixed media artist & maker
❤️ blogging like it's still 2003
🧡 no AI in my biz
💛 Corgis: Anwyn & Feferi
💚 misty.granades.com
🩵 newsletter: https://pencilbooth.com/mgranade
💙 if you ❤️ my work: https://ko-fi.com/mgranade
💜 she/her
Dan Cox @videlais.bsky.social Pronouns: they/them
Assistant Professor of Game Design
📗Dynamic Story Scripting with the ink Scripting Language
📗Twine Cookbook
🌐: https://dancox.me/
📺: https://www.youtube.com/@DanCox
✍🏼: https://videlais.com
Josh Stead-Dorval @joshsteaddorval.bsky.social Narrative Designer | Game Designer
Games Researcher, Writer, Musician
joshsteaddorval.com
joshsteaddorval.itch.io
medium.com/@through-the-dorstead
Eric A Anderson @edoublea.com Creative Director co-leading Cyan Worlds. Worldbuilder & TechArtist. Helped make Riven, Firmament, Myst, Obduction, The Witness, & more.
Roger Matthews @roggah.bsky.social Cinematic Tech Artist, Narrative Designer
www.roggah.com
Jacqueline Ashwell @isquiesque.bsky.social Jacq of all trades, master of some. I enjoy playing & making games, listing to & making music, nature & architecture photography, science and tech, making things, and cats. Born in the Midwest, formerly of Appalachia, Alaska, Cascadia, and Hawai`i.
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator. Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD Computational Media).
University of San Francisco lecturer (incoming).
Projects: jazztap.github.io
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison @hey.paris Game Dev? Producer? Writer? Historian? Programmer? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
📍lutruwita 🚫 no crypto/AI
Alan Villani @orsmab.bsky.social Recovering Video Game Developer
Farbs @farbs.org Game! Dev!
Same Farbs, More Cat Photos:
https://mastodon.social/@Farbs
NarraScope @narrascope.org NarraScope is a hybrid conference on interactive narrative by @iftechfoundation.org. Join us in 2026 at the University at Albany, June 12-14. https://narrascope.org/
rm [-r] lininger @0xdaeda1a.bsky.social Distinguished Risk Pokemon will be my final form. Cthulhu cultist, lawful good. Yay Seattle! Opinions belong to my autocorrect, not my employer. /her
Also 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
Matt Griffin @mifga.bsky.social Writer, producer, podcaster, professor, conference producer, consultant, and 3D printing / biofabrication expert. He teaches at NYU IDM and NYU ITP programs. Conference Chair for NarraScope 2025 and Senior Producer for Construct3D Educator Conference.
Yarn Spinner @yarnspinner.dev The friendly tool for game dialogue! Now in Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine + more! Made by best mates from way down under, who've worked on games from Night in the Woods to Demonschool 💚🖖🌱
https://yarnspinner.dev • http://discord.gg/yarnspinner • Human-Made
Graham Pentheny @grahamboree.bsky.social grahamboree.lol
Senior Engineer @ spryfox.com
Cofounder & Treasurer @ bostongamedev.org
Core Maintainer @ recastnav.com
Game AI Pro 1,2,3
Boston Game Dev @bostongamedev.bsky.social We support local games and the folks who make em!
Calendar: meetup.com/bostongamedev
Boston Gamedev Week: https://gamedev.boston/
Game dev collective of
@bostonindies.bsky.social
@bospostmortem.bsky.social
and more!
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
Doug DeJulio @dfjdejulio.bsky.social If you follow me and I have no idea who you are, I'm likely to block you.
@billmaya.bsky.social @billmaya.bsky.social 
B.J. Best @bjbest60.bsky.social Radio ghost, game designer and developer, interactive fiction writer, poetry generator.
Pippa Brooks @pwbrooks.bsky.social they/them 🧑💻 software engineer for algo trading and game dev 🤖 AI but not _that_ kind of AI 🔊 audio tinkerer 💭 rpg & interactive fiction enjoyer
Asmadi Games (Chris) @asmadigames.bsky.social We make cool games! One Deck Dungeon + Galaxy, We Didn't Playtest This, Innovation, and more. Playing games is fun, and we want everyone to be able to have fun.
Account managed by Chris.
Jeff Ward @fuzzybinary.bsky.social Staff Software Engineer - Flutter and Game SDKs at Datadog. Game industry ex-pat (Bethesda, Orbus, Fire Hose). Hobbyist indie dev and board game design. Dart embedder.
See more content on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@fuzzybinary
Jenni Polodna @hamsterdisco.bsky.social one time I started a small fire inside the Williams Street microwave by being a complete idiot
hope you wanna read bloosks about my baby
Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com Hugo nominated writer of Last War in Albion, Neoreaction a Basilisk, and TARDIS Eruditorum. Anarcho-occultist. The girl your mother lacked the imagination to warn you about.
liza @lizadaly.com Interactive fiction, computational art, political tech. Somerville, MA, USA. Studying native plant horticulture. Amateur scholar of fringe utopian sci-fi. I will pet your dog. I’m more active on Mastodon as liza@post.lurk.org
Ido Yehieli - Stellar Cartography Interactive @tametick.bsky.social Indie game dev! To the Stars and Prophet Margin. Previously: Slayaway Camp, Cardinal Quest, lots of 7DRLs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/Prophet_Margin/
Eric Chahi @ericchahi.bsky.social Stay tuned about Paper Beast, Another World, and more!
Chris Martens @chrisamaphone.bsky.social mostly not here, but there: https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs- J Josh Juran @jjuran.bsky.social
Dan Fabulich @dan.choiceofgames.com I work at https://www.choiceofgames.com/
FAB-you-litch. he/him
Jack Welch @dhakajack.bsky.social By day, I set up and run cancer clinical trials, globally. Some hobbies include trying not to kill everything in my garden, ham radio, interactive fiction and computer projects. Also, games. I live in southwest France.
David Cornelson @david-cornelson.bsky.social Father of 5 Gen-Z, #bucks, #packers, #brewers, #software #architect, #domaindrivendesign, #founder, Scrabble and #poker, #interactivefiction, lives in Gold Coast #Chicago. Claude Code Engineering Harness: https://devarch.ai/.
🌈🌈🌈 ally he/him
Cyan Worlds @cyan.com We're a game development studio creating places that become your world: Myst, Obduction, Firmament, and now... Riven. 📖✨
🔗 http://www.cyan.com/games
Robin Ward @eviltrout.com "The Incident at Galley House" is out now on Steam! You might also enjoy our previous game, “The Roottrees are Dead”.
Previously: co-founder of Discourse
https://galley.house
https://roottrees.com
https://eviltrout.com
@iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org Nonprofit organization supporting interactive fiction tools and services. IFComp, Twine, NarraScope, and more.
Evan Balster 🍂 @art.imitates.life they/them. 🪗 game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
🏠 @evan@merveilles.town- P @peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social Game designer, writer, teacher in NYC. Co-founder Scryptid Games & Unquiet Games. They/them 🤖 natmesnard.com
Sorcy! @sorcyress.bsky.social Dancer/teacher/mathematician/queer who just wants to build community and see posts from friends. My pronouns are they/them/theirs. My goal on twitter was to block every single person and I will happily do the same here, life is too short to be annoyed. 
Ross Raszewski @lraszewski.bsky.social https://www.trenchcoatsoft.com
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 📚🕹️ 🎲 in NYC #G4C2026 @hoppingfun.bsky.social One of those creative types: Word-y, geek-y, game-y (oh wait).
I've been making games, stories, media, books, jazzy content for oodles of clients for decades. Come see: hoppingfun.com
Judith Pintar @judithpintar.bsky.social Director of Game Studies & Design at the U of Illinois; Sociologist (STS), storyteller, narrative designer, player of harps, digger of gardens, longtime wanderer in LOTRO; fan of Tanith Lee & CJ Cherryh; https://el3.judithpintar.com; judithpintar.com.
Liam @heptadecagram.bsky.social 
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
Simon Christiansen @simonchris.bsky.social Interactive fiction writer. Normal fiction writer. Poet. Contact Juggler. Author of PataNoir, Death off the Cuff and AlethiCorp. He/him. #dkgame. https://sichris.azurewebsites.net/
Dave Choat @kugelblitz00.bsky.social Graphic artist/U.S. Army Public Affairs Officer (retired). Dog/cat person, gamer, cook, voracious reader, reenactor and random critic of whatever strikes my fantasy.
Note that entertaining ideas does not indicate their acceptance.
Liberal Democrat
Dave Chalker @davethegame.bsky.social Game Designer:
🏎️ Thunder Road: Vendetta
🦈 Get Bit!
👑 Talisman: Alliances
🏠 Betrayal at House on the Hill 3e
💎 Thief's Market
👊 Sentinels Comics RPG
🔥 Heat
🎲 and more.
💍@qthecocker.bsky.social
VP of @unpub.org
he/him
Lynn Cherny @arnicas.bsky.social Into creative ML/AI, NLP, data science and digital humanities, narrative, infovis, games, sf & f. Consultant, ds in Residence at Google Arts & Culture. (Lyon, FR) Newsletter arnicas.substack.com.
@salty-horse.bsky.social @salty-horse.bsky.social 
Gina Mai @ginamai.bsky.social 
marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social Gamer, dancer, programmer, reader, fan, geek, SJM. He/him/his
Often on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/marcmagus
Andy Baio @andy.baio.net The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter.
WWW: https://waxy.org
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio
Dan Sanderson @dansanderson.com Writer and software engineer in Seattle, WA, USA. Game design, electronics, movies, classical piano, #pico8, #mega65. he/him
Web: https://dansanderson.com/
Mastodon: @dddaaannn@xoxo.zone
Discord: dddaaannn
Previously on Twitter as: @dan_sanderson
CooperMeg @megcoopermeg.bsky.social Meg, Margaret, Mom
she/her
Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social I make games (and music), and play games (and music).
One half of https://metanetsoftware.com
J.P. Tuttle @jpt9.bsky.social 
Wiley Wiggins @wysiwyggins.itch.io UCLA Design Media Arts/ Game Lab (BA ‘21, MFA ‘23), Fantastic Arcade, Computer Chess, Waking Life, Dazed and Confused
https://wileywiggins.com
Scott Weiss @squonk777.bsky.social Computer science professor, board game enthusiast, audio escape room creator. 
Faisal @faisal.com 
Jay @laefer.com Views are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
Drew Olbrich @drewolbrich.bsky.social I'm creating a special relativity explainer app for iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.
https://www.lunarskydiving.com/relativity/
Dennis Jerz @dennisjerz.bsky.social Grateful for libraries, vaccines, and America's First Amendment freedoms. Humanities/English (my views are my own)
jerz.setonhill.edu (blogging since 1999)
@pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social 🔟 pancelor.itch.io/make-ten-deluxe - out now!
making short games, learning how to make longer ones too
- games: pancelor.itch.io/
- website/blog/etc: pancelor.com/
Caleb Wilson @astrobolism.bsky.social I read things, I write things, I play and design games
sickleburg.com
Joost van Dongen @joostvandongen.bsky.social Game creator. Founder & Creative Director of Galaxy Grove (Station to Station). Former co-founder of Ronimo (Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, De Blob, Blightbound). Solo creator: Robo Maestro, Cello Fortress, Proun. Composer and cellist of The Ageless Gate
@mathbrush.bsky.social @mathbrush.bsky.social 
Dave @dml.bsky.social iOS/macOS developer at Airbnb. Defendant US vs LaMacchia. ex-spam fighter, social media guy (twitter, threads). #blacklivesmatter
Manon (manonamora) @manonamora.bsky.social IF experimenter
Games here: https://manonamora.itch.io/
THIS ACCOUNT IS STILL ALIVE I'm just restructuring stuff xD
CooperJohn @cooperjohn.bsky.social 🚀NASA (retired, aperture science)
🎲game designer (The Gang, Homeworlds)
✒️poet (old forms, new embarrassments)
🏞️dendrophile (tree hugs, mushrumps)
👽sci-fi (hard, classic)
🧗climber (trees, rocks)
🍺trivia (poor memory, good times)
🏳️⚧️ pronouns (he/him)
Adam Summerville @autumnsburg.bsky.social He/Him. PCG Person -- @ CD Projekt Red, formerly a professor at Cal Poly Pomona
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
Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed