MSTRYFE @mstryfe.bsky.social Freelance Pixel Artist
Snoozy Kazoo ๐ค @snoozykazoo.com ๐น๏ธ We make really, really dumb video games
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ LGBTQ+ owned
๐ฑ Creators of the #turnipboy games
๐ Workin' on #rizzdungeon
DWebster๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ด๐จ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ @dwebstersf.bsky.social Birds Without BordersโMostly, my bird photography and bird art from coastal northern California, the Southwest, and Latin America
Lost Gator Collective @lostgatorco.bsky.social We're Lost Gator Collective! We're a tiny indie game studio based out of Chicago, currently working on: That Time I Got Trapped In An Office Dungeon
Follow our devs!
@bradstar879.bsky.social
@skizznugget.bsky.social
@neee.bsky.social
@lezl.bsky.social
Chris Stallman @chrisstallman.bsky.social Art Director at Young Horses. Worked on Octodad and Bugsnax.
Sage Coffey๐ฟโ @sagecoffey.bsky.social Wine Ghost Creator, BUGSNAX Story Editor, NOT A WOLF illustrator & former CAKE organizer!
Repped by Linda Camacho (Gallt and Zacker) and Mary Pender (WME)
๐They/Them๐
HeyTibo @heytibo.com ๐ Freelance technical artist https://heytibo.com/
๐น๏ธ Makes games and such http://gtibo.itch.io
๐งโ๐ Currently working on Wild Cosmos s.team/a/3051070
๐ซ๐ท๐ฅ Criminally French
๐ช Gym boi
AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social ๐ Amplifying the voices of #AAPI in #gaming
๐ Promoting cultural appreciation
๐ Highlighting representation in games & related content
๐ Supported by @igda.org
๐ฌ Discord: https://discord.gg/r6tk9n74zW
๐ฎ itchio: https://aapiingaming.itch.io/
Sebastian Gosztyla | Seabaa @seabaa.bsky.social I make small games as Seabaa.
Created finity. and DUAL!
2024 Apple Design Award Finalist
https://seabaa.com
Sebastian Gosztyla @sgosztyla.bsky.social I make small games as Seabaa.
Created finity. and DUAL!
2024 Apple Design Award Finalist
https://seabaa.com
@kellie-lu.bsky.social @kellie-lu.bsky.social Playful. Exploring peoplehood. Literature, games, visual art. The apocalypse. The loss of that which you hold dear. Etc.
ใฌใณใธใผ@Algolemeth้็บไธญ @gunzee2.bsky.social Medium-Rare Gamesใจใใๅ็พฉใงใฒใผใ ใฎๅไบบ้็บใใใฆใใพใใ็พๅจใฏAlgolemethใจใใใฒใผใ ใ้็บไธญใ7144
Doot ๐ชฒ๐ชท Wishlist Milki Delivery ๐ฎ๐ฒ @dodoot.bsky.social Indie gamedev working on small cute games ๐
(He/Him)
Minami Lane, Froggy's Battle, Kabuto Park, Milki Delivery
https://linktr.ee/dodoot
TheDuriel @theduriel.bsky.social 8 year Godot Engine Game Developer. TRPG & Graphics Designer. Open to inquiries, commission, contracting. Lead programmer on "Not Us" and "Nylon for Godot". https://theduriel.itch.io/nylon
Naraven - making The Dropouts @naraven.bsky.social "Student have been going missing from Noirmont High for over a century."
Put Twin Peaks, Stranger Things and Life is Strange in a bowl and shake well.
Wishlisting helps for real <3 steampowered.com/app/3303670
Our community!: https://discord.gg/SJn9YbEU3F
Andreas Lathe @schneekuh.bsky.social game dev
Lucia/Lukas Ekberg @luciathedragon.kobolds.zip typical gun loveing transgender fur๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ. intress in tech and poltics. โค๏ธ dragonfur and protogens pan & nb. member of left party of ๐ธ๐ช.
foxhole: Colonials [420st] (war 117 & 118)
They/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
โ๐ข You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Godot Engine @godotengine.org Your free, open-source game engine ๐ฎ๐ ๏ธ
Develop your 2D & 3D games, cross-platform projects, or even XR ideas!
๐ https://links.godotengine.org/
Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com Summer Game Fest Edition: June 4th 4PM PT https://youtube.com/@Women-LedGames | Highlighting women in the games industry, sharing their projects, and their experiences.
Kitfox Games ๐ฆ @kitfoxgames.com ๐ธ Making intriguing worlds with heart
๐ธ Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
๐ธ Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com Brightening your day with uplifting, thoughtful, compassionate, and cozy games.
wholesomegames.com
yukon ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @yukonmakes.games โค๏ธ in lesbians with @psipuppy.fish
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ she/her (trans af)
๐ค i run @snoozykazoo.com
๐ฑ turnip boy & taffy's mom
๐ https://yukonmakes.games/
starbi - making Tinkernest ๐ชน @starbi.dev i really like pixel graphics and building worlds.
game dev, tech artist
wishlist Tinkernest: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4060980
afterwalk.studio
Ysbryd Games | LOVE ETERNAL OUT NOW! @ysbryd.net Weโre a boutique video game publisher working with game devs the world over to publish games that have spirit, like VA-11 HALL-A, WORLD OF HORROR and Demonschool!
campsite.bio/ysbrydgames
Lente โต๏ธdev on a boat @handle.invalid I live on a boat and I love to make games :) ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
- I made Spilled!: http://s.team/a/2240080
- Come hang in the Discord: http://discord.gg/lente
All Links / Projects: Lente.me
Oh Apollo! + The Berlin Apartment + Constance - Blue Backpack @bluebackpack.bsky.social Makers of Trรผberbrook ๐ณ Leonโs Identitรคt ๐ค Dino Dino ๐ฆ Part of the btf Cologne family ๐ฅ
linktr.ee/blue_backpack
Chromatic Ink | Dice Gambit is OUT NOW! @chromaticink.bsky.social A turn-based tactics game for PC, Out Now on Steam!
Steam Demo! http://steampowered.com/app/2753240
Pls Wishlist ๐๐ http://steampowered.com/app/1812860
Rymdlingen @rymdlingen.bsky.social I'm making Froguelike!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2315020/Froguelike/
Dani Felix @danifelixdev.bsky.social I make video games. ๐ I'm currently 50% of Go Go Galago Games, working in the trenches on CORR. Big fan of monsters. Some o' the cool internet humans may know me as 'Bot'.
- Views expressed are my own.
KateSz @purrtatopowered.me Gamedev ๐ฎ, cats ๐ฑ, succulents and mushrooms ๐
Brian Diamond - Audio Design for Games @briandiamondvo.bsky.social Audio Design & Music, and VO - Reach out at www.briandiamondaudio.com
CraftCraft - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2226430/CraftCraft_Fantasy_Merchant_Simulator/
Korter 1996
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3086500/Korter_1996/
LeeneOfficial @leeneofficial.bsky.social Artist/Indie Game Dev
Creative Director of Death and Taxes/ CraftCraft, Art Lead of Broken Alliance
Founder of Placeholder Gameworks
Spelkollektivet @spelkollektivet.com World's largest co-living and co-working space for game developers. You focus on developing your game; we take care of everything else.
https://spelkollektivet.com/
Slaps @s1aps.bsky.social Indie Game Dev / Artist - working on, Mecha multiplayer game, Drift Shell
Black 27 He/Him
๐ Minors Begone!
My itch io: http://s1aps.itch.io
Snurly @snurlsss.bsky.social I make art (sometimes unpixellated)
Autumn Rose Taylor @lusterly.bsky.social โจBrand Manager, Marketing & Publishing โจ
๐๏ธ Chicago-based
prev:
๐ณ Bethesda Softworks
๐งช Owlchemy Labs
๐ Phaser Lock Interactive
๐ฅฝ VR Austin
๐ฎ Fantastic Arcade
๐she/they
Elemera @elemera.com Elemera is an open-world monster tamer game with a persistent simulated ecosystem and a focus on connection rather than collection.
Go to elemera.com for more details or join our community Discord https://discord.gg/pXFKW89mub
Mike Flood @mikeflood.bsky.social He/Him - Programmer at Finji working on @usualjune.bsky.social
Pixel Breakdown @pixelbreakdown.bsky.social I am a programmer and game developer and also have a podcast type thing where I interview indie devs. More on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PixelBreakdown
Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com Game Director @ Luckshot Games: Big Hops & Sausage Sports Club. Previously: Owlchemy Labs, Battle Chef Brigade, Manifold Garden. Liker of rock climbing, running, sudoku, tiktok. Austin / Chicago guy.
https://linktr.ee/chriswade__
Kohococoa Design Works @kohococoa.dev POCKET MYSTERY EP DX is available now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3300480/POCKET_MYSTERY_EP_DX/
HYPER GROOVE AX coming October 2026.
https://kohococoa.dev
sam @samloeschen.bsky.social "Leading" "engineering" at Messhof. Made Wheel World. Making a new thing!
Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social indie game dev. browse my fine softwares!
made Tall Trails, Fossil Corner, & Plant Daddy
overfull.games
Zuhn @kevinzuhn.bsky.social Creative Director at Young Horses ๐ (Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Bugsnax) I play all of the games.
They/Them
Bit Bash Chicago @bitbashchicago.com Chicago's Alternative Game Festival.
Keep up to date by signing up for our mailing list at https://www.bitbashchicago.com/
Greg Wohlwend @aeiowu.com Hard to pronounce videogames.
Matt Ryszkowski @mattryszkowski.bsky.social 3D Artist | BA Game Art Columbia College Chicago
Previously at SomaSim, Trixel Creative
Games, VFX, Animation, Entertainment
matt viglione @mattviglione.bsky.social I make games at SomaSim. I help run the Chicago Game Lab. I live in Chicago. Go Sox.
Megan Varde ๐ด @mvardeparty.bsky.social 3D environment artist @YoungHorses.com on Bugsnax and something else ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
I have approximate knowledge of many things
โญ๏ธ she/her
๐Chicago
๐ @hatsproductions.bsky.social
pfp by @tgi.bsky.social
Big Scrumbo @bigscrumbo.bsky.social 
brice puls! @bricepuls.com Game Dev (Battle Suit Aces, Killer Queen, Bugsnax, Tony Hawk Pro Skater)
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Exhibit/Interactive Designer (MSI, Field, CAC)
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Faculty @ Columbia College Chicago
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Exhibitions Director @ Bit Bash
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Executive Director @ VGA
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they.
https://linktr.ee/bricepuls
Sam Castree, III: Ace Attorney @indiegamelawyer.bsky.social Video Game Lawyer, Lord High Executioner at Sam Castree Law. All opinions are *your* own. How do you like that? (You like it very much.)
BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW ๐ค @team.trinketstudios.com An anime-inspired, card-battling, narrative-focused RPG from the makers of Battle Chef Brigade. Play now!
Steam: https://t.co/KEwMsjZDhS
PS5: https://tinyurl.com/3afpp5mh
Switch: https://tinyurl.com/7amc5fef
Discord: http://discord.gg/trinketstudios
Sinister Design @sinisterdesign.net Creator of turn-based tactics games and SRPGs; most recently, Together in Battle! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267210/Together_in_Battle/
๐ง: sinisterdesign@gmail.com
David Laskey @d-lask.bsky.social ๐ฎ programmer @ Evening Star
talk to me about volleyball, language learning, one piece tcg, or cycling. if you don't then i'll probably start talking to you about one of them lol
๐chicago
Jamie Sanchez @spacedragon.bsky.social โถโถโถโถ she/her
Curiouser.design makinโ websites
JamieSanchez.com blog
AnimeChicago.com founder
BebopBeat.com pod co-host
BitBashChicago.com co-founder
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Kevin Geisler @luthyr.bsky.social Programmer/Producer at Young Horses, creators of Bugsnax & Octodad.
Hobbyist Photographer. Perpetually on FFXIV.
The Men Who Wear Many Hats @hatsproductions.bsky.social HatsProductions.com
๐ฉ Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! MaxGentlemen.biz
๐ Organ Trail https://hatsproductions.com/organtraildc/
Working on: Max Gentlemen: Escape From Moriarty Mansion https://store.steampowered.com/app/3047590/
Kailey @kvpm2.bsky.social Project manager by day, director of @indiecitygames.org also by day | Chicago
Trinket Tom | Battle Suit Aces OUT NOW @tom.trinketstudios.com Battle Suit Aces coming Oct 7!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/
President/Programmer of Trinket Studios. Battle Chef Brigade,
Battle Suit Aces; Previously Wideload/Disney; Tall; He/him; tom@trinketstudios.com
Eric Huang @trinketeric.bsky.social Trinket Studios art guy
Trinket Ben @ben.trinketstudios.com I principally wear a programmer hat at Trinket Studios. Arguably I wear other hats there too, but they're tinier and sillier. Battle Suit Aces, Battle Chef Brigade, and a handful of other Unity tinkerings. he/him.
๐๐ฌ๐๐โค๏ธ (โ๏ธ) @bobbylox.bsky.social Award-winning Educational-Games Designer, Toy Inventor, Alt.Ctrl Maker. Chicagoan. Former Bit Bash person. Apologetically Me. https://bobbylox.com
Robert Zubek @rzubek.bsky.social Making games for longer than seems advisable.
Recently, AI lead at Take-Two; earlier at SomaSim, Zynga, EA etc.
Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs.
Author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/
Hello from Chicago!
Young Horses @younghorses.com Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com
BradStar | Game Dev @bradstar879.bsky.social Indie Game Dev | Software Engineer | Rubikโs Cube Artist
Co-founder of @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Working on That Time I Got Trapped in an Office Dungeon -> store.steampowered.com/app/3424620
Also made Murder At Midnight-> store.steampowered.com/app/1578890
Skizznugget @skizznugget.bsky.social Gamedev
I cant stop making music and art and stuff it makes me so happy
Les! @lezl.bsky.social 28 ๐ฒ๐ฝ| Fashion Designer & Illustrator
also game dev and makes silly doodles โจ
Project Manager / Artist @lostgatorco.bsky.social
My website/socials: https://heylezl.carrd.co
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames
Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/
https://www.indiecitygames.org
๐ซ๐ค๐ซ
Megan Carnes @magmacranes.bsky.social Composer for ๐ฌ & ๐ฎ & more: Shouting Down Midnight, This Is Desmondo Ray!, Noclip, _starweaver_, and a lot more
Music Implementer: The Lamplighters League
๐ถ game dev making Divinuet
Chicagoan, she/her
megancarnesmusic.com
taplink.cc/freshfromthecoven
Formed By Zach @formed-by-zach.bsky.social Freelance game developer in Chicago, IL
In a state of perpetual rumination
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Currently playing: Scrolling through my Steam library until I get bored
Binary Clone (HyperTyper 2000) @binaryclone.bsky.social Developer of HyperTyper 2000 with @vaaasm.com. Musician.
Occasional pixel artist. Jack of all trades. They/them
Wishlist HyperTyper 2000 on Steam! s.team/a/3125430
๐ฆ๐พ๐๐พ โก @kimikimi-more.bsky.social ๐ต๐ญ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ chicago game, film, & stage composer
โจ wishlist the afterlife cafe on steam โจ
๐ฑ @aapiingaming.bsky.social
๐พ fortune 500 gaming company marketer
๐ต https://linktr.ee/kimikimi_more
Bumblebean Games @bumblebeangames.bsky.social Solo dev in Chicago!!
Grove: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3307710/Grove/
Ewe Shall Not Pass: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2480210/Ewe_Shall_Not_Pass/
Also a director of Indie City Games
Jonah (he/him)
Simon @slepkin.bsky.social Chicago-based #gamedev. I like swarms and robots and unfortunately complex interlocking mechanics!
Wishlist https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/SOLARFLARE/ before it releases on May 27!
Studio: @swarmforge.bsky.social
Gamejams: knaughts.itch.io/
nattie โจ vaaasm @vaaasm.com Artist, Writer, Gamedev! โจ
Art Director on HyperTyper 2000 ๐ปโก
Wishlist HT2K now! -> s.team/a/3125430
Solo dev of Hallow Grove, Trash Dungeon, & more
Portfolio, Games: https://linktr.ee/vaaasm
they/them, ๐ต๐ท
๐๐ค๐๐ค
หหห Neelam หหห @neee.bsky.social She/Her | โจChicago-basedโจ
Senior 3D Artist @owlchemylabs.com
3D Contract Artist @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social
Art Director @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Prev: HakJak Studios, Funomena
neelamjani.com
โจ Opinions are my own โจ
๐ซ Say No to AI ๐ซ
spacedani2 โจ๐๐ช @spacedani2.bsky.social I paint with pixels!
Also, occasional music, and game dev!
Chicago based.
Stream my debut release, Lunar Psychosis!! out everywhere โจ https://daniorizaba.hearnow.com
Wurm Fud (in dev: DOUR TOWER) @wurmfud.itch.io Chicago artist/gamedev. Horror games, art games, and RPGs in no particular order. Overly fond of skeletons holding swords. Chicago Indie organizer.
Wishlist Dour Tower! https://s.team/a/5090590/
Check out Slaughter Void! https://s.team/a/3333980/
๐ฎ๐๐๐ (key-in) @cianrice.dev Irish lad in Chicago.
Soon to be unemployed DevRel @ Magic Leap
Founder @kohococoa.dev
Prev: BostonFIG, nWay, EA, Harmonix + more
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PMEPDX Out Now: https://bit.ly/pmepdxbsky
HYPER GROOVE AX this October
โโ
Thoughts are my own | ๅฐใๆฅๆฌ่ชOK
Nick McKay @nicholasmckay.bsky.social Chicago indie game dev by day
... and the same by night
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username๐)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app