Marcus Lynn @herrlynn.bsky.social Owner ItsAllAGame, prof. gamedev & Amiga/ST DemoCoder (Shadow@Pseudo-Ops&Dynamic Duo) Ex-Flaming Fowl Studios Founder, TD@Lionhead, Smallrockets, Criterion
Alpha Nomos @alphanomos.bsky.social A world in which rhythm meets combat! 🎶
Check out our demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4154870/Alpha_Nomos__Demo/
🏴☠️DeckWrecking Pirates - Roguelike deckbuilding @dracblau.bsky.social Couple of Game designers and developers behind DeckWrecking Pirates - Roguelike deck-building about deck-wrecking.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3995060/DeckWrecking_Pirates/
ENDSVILLE Games @endsville.bsky.social Core gamer, nerd, and theoretically a streamer.
Christopher Dring @dringo.bsky.social Games Business Journalist and Analyst. Editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Game Business. As seen on: GamesIndustry.biz. MCV. BBC. The Guardian. Sky. Doctor Who Magazine.
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
Cash for Kids @cashforkids.bsky.social A grant-giving charity helping disadvantaged children that need it most across the UK.
Tom Richardson @tomrjourno.bsky.social “Gaming-literate journalist” for BBC Newsbeat. Can tell a NES cart from a SNES cart. DMs open. tlh.<my surname>@proton.me OR t_richardson.94 via Signal
Lauren Kaye @leveluplauren.bsky.social 🎤 Host / Presenter
🔮 Lover of Final Fantasy
🎭 BAFTA Member
💖 Swipe Right / Account Manager (Creators)
🌵Disobey @disobey.gg We create spicy influencer campaigns & social content for the games you love 🌶️
👉 disobey.gg
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__
Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social Art director and concept artist in games. Previously did stuff for Riven, Half-Life: Alyx, Westworld VR, Mondo. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social Bonjour !
Animator, illustrator, director (sometimes) making animals as bouncy as possible ❤️
Safe space 💙 Be friendly and respect eachothers 🙏
Dom2D 💜 @dom2d.bsky.social Art, game design, doodles.
Here for nice/cute/weird board games, video games, illustrations, and pals. Worked on Dig Dig Dino, Bomb Busters, Flinthook, Dig! Dig! Dino!, Geek Mind, BioGems, Where's Waldo, and so on!
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Kinuko / 絹子 @kinucakes.bsky.social Artist, animator, game developer. Previously Future Club, Necrosoft, Wayforward, Evening Star and more - now onto new things ✨ Art and apparel at http://koibeat.com! My art is sometimes NSFW! 🇺🇸🇯🇵のハーフ https://kinucakes.carrd.co/
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too
Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art Pixel artist | illustrator | Creator of Owlboy and Vikings on Trampolines | CO-CEO of: http://dpadstudio.com
MY NEXT GAME: https://www.vikingsontrampolines.com/
My links: https://linktr.ee/snakepixel
My artwork: https://www.snakepixel.art/
Nicole He @nicole.pizza game developer 🍭 director of The Crush House 🍫 BAFTA Breakthrough '24 🍿 she/her
https://nicole.pizza
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.
Cory Schmitz @coryschmitz.bsky.social Designer at PlayStation coryschmitz.com
Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social Director @eteogames.bsky.social • Creative Director of Sable
eteogames.com
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Ana Opara @anopara.bsky.social Procedural art nerd, ½ of Pounce Light with @h3r2tic.bsky.social, co-creator of #TinyGlade a diorama doodling game 🏰🌿 s.team/a/2198150 🏳🌈💟
Nick Popovich @nickpopovich.bsky.social Co-Founder and CEO Monomi Park, Director of the Slime Rancher series and ???, he/him
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
〽️ax krieger asks: who's going to PAX WEST? @maxkriegervg.bsky.social Max! He/him. Game dev. Loves design, culture, cooking. Aromantic/enm. Games: CROSSNIQ+, Among Us VR. Runs @aqualounge.tv. Next: more games!
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social he\him, also a Dad
AD @ Spry Fox on Spirit Crossing
Open playtest: s.team/a/2321960
Black Trans Lives Matter
Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com game developer / artist
gabbydarienzo.com
Fabraz - Demon Tides & Bubsy 4D @fabraz.bsky.social Made Demon Turf + Slime-san | Working on DEMON TIDES & BUBSY 4D | Forbes 30u30 | IGF Judge | Expressive Platformer Guy | NYU Incubator EP | Indie | Find us and our games on our website: www.fabraz.com
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee.
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Justin Chan @justinchan.bsky.social I create Illustrations & Concept Art for games!
Naturalist and Photographer
www.justinchan.art
www.inaturalist.org/people/7104488
Wilhelm Nylund @wilnyl.bsky.social CEO and game designer at @LandfallGames He/him
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
🐘 idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
🕸️ rodkin.online
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com MAEK GAEM
Expert game engineer, currently looking for work
Co-founder at @minorkeygames.com, making Eldritch 2
Guitar, vinyl, film, pro wrestling
All cats are beautiful
Anti-fascist
✝️🏳️🌈
👤 he/him 🌎 Texas 🔗 https://dphrygian.com/
Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social 🎮 i make video games and stuff
🐦 created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
doodley 🌠 @doodley.org ⭐ 2d/3d artist and animator ⭐ he/him ⭐
Lead 3D Generalist at @glitchprod.com
i make Doodley, a youtube channel! http://doodley.org/
🎨 portfolio: davidoneacre.com
🤍 patreon: patreon.com/doodley
📭 contact: davidoneacre@gmail.com
Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social Leftist. Cinephile. Video game person. Shares initials with Cayce Pollard.
Asher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social Recovering game developer. Made Threes + Beast Breaker. he/him
Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com video game dev. weird west, influx redux, much much more
buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
he/him
Jakob Wahlberg @jakobwahlberg.bsky.social I like making games.
Gameplay, Animation, Tech Art & low effort graphics.
Made Go Mecha Ball.
Prevously: Image & Form, Moon Studios
melos han-tani @hantani.bsky.social Hello I am making music/games like anodyne, angeline era and @danchidays.bsky.social
email analgesicproductions at gmail
blog: https://buttondown.com/melodicambient/
They/them
Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo
Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social Artist & developer making a cool thing with cool people. Prev: Riot, Blizzard, Epic, Heart Machine, Phoenix Labs, Wildlife, FRD. Inventor of the Crumpwich.
Heather Penn @heatpenn.bsky.social Designer, artist, Co-Director of Impossible Shape. Working on our studio's first game!
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Matt Nava @mattnava.bsky.social Creative Director of Sword of the Sea, The Pathless, and ABZÛ. Art Director of Journey and Flower. Natural history/dinosaur enthusiast. mattnava.com
Lee Petty @leepetty.bsky.social Artist, Art Director, and Project Lead working in video games. At Double Fine Productions, leading Keeper! Past: Art Director of Brütal Legend & Broken Age, Project Lead of Stacking, Headlander, and RAD. Worked on Psychonauts 2!
https://leepetty.com/
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
Omar @ocornut.bsky.social programmer of things and stuff. dear imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui / the dragon’s trap / dreams / tearaway / pixeljunk shooter / soul bubbles / meka. Paris, France https://www.miracleworld.net
Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social Canadian indie VR dev / founder @cozycubegames.bsky.social.
Wishlist 🐧Penguin Festival🐧: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552090/Penguin_Festival/
Past: Owlchemy Labs. Proud husband and shiba dad.
- 🚫 gen AI
- 🚫 genocide
- ✊ trans rights
Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev Game developer, world builder. I made Ikenfell and NOISE1. Look at my dog.
chevyray.dev
Greg Lobanov @greg.style silly game maker
making @beastieball.bsky.social
blog: http://wishesgames.com
profile banner is a fanart by wendi/trebuchet/闻笛
Brieyh'leai @comfyfish.bsky.social Comfy game maker!
🐺✨ WOOFER for Meow Wolf
🦉Expert Art Generalist at Owlchemy Labs
♥️ Making lots o' little games for fun
Gumboot.itch.io
terri v @terriv.bsky.social making videogames! sludge life, guncho, disc room, high hell, dustbiters, heavy bullets, mundo lixo etc -> http://terriv.games 🇧🇷
Joyce [MinionsArt] @minionsart.bsky.social Artist/Shaderwitch/Programmer/Wife.
Unity/3D Tutorial Maker.
Solo Dev of Astro Kat, a Catventure Game🐱!
http://twitch.tv/minionsart
http://patreon.com/minionsart
Kee Chi @keescheese.bsky.social Gameplay Programmer at Double Fine, Lead Programmer on Psychonauts 2, Keeper.
Alan Zucconi @alanzucconi.com Director of Studies at Goldsmiths, UoL • Senior Lecturer • Game AI • Game Developer • Shader Master • Content Creator
Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social the game designer behind Viewfinder. he/him 🏳️🌈
Daniel Linssen @managore.bsky.social I make games
https://managore.itch.io/
https://bit.ly/leapyearonsteam
Matt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social 2.5D human gamedev. Rogue Legacy 2, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Gesundheit!, Guilded Youth. He/him
Owen Deery @owendeery.com Building games / gifs / graphics.
Small Radios Big Televisions http://smallradiosbigtelevisions.com
Radio Viscera http://steam.pm/app/1303480
He/him
Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social Ex-AAA dev (BioShock Infinite & more) Founded Chump Squad, developed KINE & now LAB RAT.
➕ Wishlist LAB RAT! http://bit.ly/3nQcGbY
➕ Discord: http://discord.gg/ddceuCkWSq
Luno @lunoland.com 🗡️ making games www.lunoland.com
🎵 music and more at linktr.ee/lunoland
2DArray @2darray.bsky.social i make games and silly code demos.
some free gamedev tutorials:
http://demoman.net
buy "Trackminia" on the Playdate:
https://play.date/games/trackminia/
older games:
http://2darray.itch.io
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social Scott Benson. Artist/ Animator/ Writer/ Videogame Person. Light Night Work Club/ Night In The Woods. Same handle on Twitter and Instagram. You can always find me at Bombsfall.com.
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
🔗 www.draknek.org
Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com He/Him - Tech Artist @Okomotive
(my posts are mine tho)
Prev. Tech art @ Jumpship
🚫 Anti-AI/NFT 🚫
Gamedev, Shader and VFX Journeyman; making things pretty with code ✨
🎨: cara.app/harryalisavakis
🔗: halisavakis.carrd.co
🌐 : halisavakis.com
Dan Pearce ➡️ Develop @gamedesigndan.bsky.social I make games in my pajamas. BAFTA Breakthrough, two time BAFTA award nominee and one time winner.
Working on SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR at Strange Scaffold
Prev: I AM YOUR BEAST, CRDM3, Clickolding, 10 Second Ninja X, Castles in the Sky
Lu Nascimento @lunascimento.art Art director/Co-founder/Gremlin @bunnyhug.games
Worked on Moonglow Bay, Overthrown, Loco Motive, Wargroove, Assemble with Care, Timespinner, etc
♿ 🏳️🌈 🇧🇷 in the 🇬🇧 • they/them
Booked til Jan '27
🎨 https://lunascimento.art
📧 lunascimento.art[@]gmail.com
🚫AI
zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social post hoc on main
http://zaratustra.itch.io
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social Speaker. Storyteller. Director @MountSinaiNYC, Philosopher. Writer. Aspiring Iron Man. Guy trying to make the world better. Views my own.
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
amos @fasterthanli.me hi, I'm amos! 🍃 they/them 🫐 currently working on https://vixen.rs and ML/ASR stuff, occasionally making videos about my latest code crimes 🦀 rust shill until something better comes up
📚 https://fasterthanli.me
📺 https://youtube.com/@fasterthanlime
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
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!
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.
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social an aperol spritz in human form
(views expressed are mine alone)
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design | 🌏ALL✊🏾WILL⚖️RISE🌍 | Thirsty Suitors / 80 Days / Sable | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
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
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
Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social Senior Character Artist ✨
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
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
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
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
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