Jet Vellinga @jetvellinga.bsky.social Writer, director, game dev, lecturer, aka "project person" | NYU '23 UL '21 & '19.
CEO & director of Illuyanka Studios, upcoming: The Evil Ex Game.
Kickstarter & more: linktr.ee/evilexgame
RSVP: https://forms.gle/eJNhhJXEzGXg3ZEo6
Sally ๐ AdventureX @sirin.bsky.social Co-founder @tarinoi.bsky.social - an upcoming narrative design platform for the full game lifecycle
software dev + ui/ux + game tools โข lifts things โข svenska med fel och allt
๐นprev: tools engineer @ za/um
๐ธnow: building cool things @ https://tarinoi.com
Fred Connelly @brendonconnelly.bsky.social Working class writer. Invisibly disabled. Mystery plotter, heist consultant, lover of moving pictures. He/him. Fun things: http://brendonconnelly.carrd.co
Nico Tidebreak @nsdiaz.bsky.social My name is Nico and my game is Tidebreak. #pixelart
Discord: https://discord.gg/ejwamUTmb
In days like these even the toymaker has a role to play // open to collabs, for the love of the game
Professional commentator at Aaron Rupar feed.
Baltimore, MD
Tim Keenan @timkeenan.bsky.social Indie Dev, provider of Biscuits. Making games as Ginger Biscuit Games
Arthur Zugrov @arzonyx.bsky.social Vector illustrator, indie game developer & narrative designer.
Building games and interactive stories. Always curious about how narrative and systems fit together.
ใฆใงใผใใใใทใฅ JP @wavedash-jp.bsky.social ใฒใผใ ไฝ้จใใ็พไปฃใฎใฆใงใใธ @wavedash.com ๅ
ฌๅผใขใซใฆใณใใ
MORNDUR @morndur.com The Sunless Hold โ a drowned kingdom under the bones of mountains.
Async collaborative storytelling MMORPG. anyone writes what happens next; at 20:00 CET Morndur weaves every voice into the next chapter. free, daily โ morndur.com
Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โฟ๏ธ he/him
@elsarobert.bsky.social @elsarobert.bsky.social 
Cash! @cashdecuir.bsky.social Freelance narrative designer & writer, director at Talespinners!
Credits include: Disco Elysium! Avowed! Metal: Hellsinger! Killer Frequency! Fallen London, Sunless Sea: Zubmariner, Sunless Skies! And many more yet to be released!
Andrew Weldon @andrew-weldon.design Game Designer: http://andrew-weldon.design/
Prev: Fortnite Festival, Marathon, Destiny 2, Destiny, Starhawk, Quake 4, Natural Selection.
๐ West Seattle, WA
๐ฎ Game Dev
๐ Books
๐ฝ Huskers
โฝ๏ธ Sounders/Reign FC
์จ์ด๋ธ๋์ KR @wavedash-kr.bsky.social ๊ฒ์์ ์๋กญ๊ฒ, ๋ชจ๋ ์น์์. @wavedash.com ๊ณต์ ๊ณ์ .
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social โจ๐ฎHelping indie games find their players! ๐ฎโจ
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
๐
Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
Robert Kiraly @robertkiraly.com Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor
Infinite Storylines
London, UK
RobertKiraly.com
Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk Glasgow based writer with credits across film, TV, audio drama, and theatre. www.grace-knight.co.uk. Current project for Choice of Games:https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/magic-at-the-masthead-by-grace-knight-wip-thread-60k-word-demo/178096
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ชก๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Japanese crazy mascot Live๐ฏ๐ต @chiitan-prt.bsky.social ๐นChiitan's live stream announcement ใกใใใ๐ฏ๐ต
Rich Metson @richmetson.bsky.social Video game developer, Founder of Semaeopus, UK Games Fund Smart Studio Winner, makers of OFF GRID, Olden Games, and countless other things for other studios - endless digital explorer. www.semaeopus.com
Allyson Gray @zophobas.bsky.social ๐ EN/FR translator
๐ Interactive Fiction author
๐ Passionate about art (especially games!), the natural world, and ethics
๐ฎ https://zophobas-morio.itch.io/ ๐ค
The Beautiful Games Club @beautifulgamesclub.bsky.social The Beautiful Games Club is a community for people who love games that move you - emotionally, visually or creatively. We play games like a book club, one beautiful game at a time.
https://linktr.ee/beautiful.games.club
Flo DR @electric-brunette.bsky.social Player since 1991, storyteller in the entertainment industry since 2007. Freelance PR. Formerly at Blizzard Entertainment, Creative Assembly, Double Eleven and Ankama. Lover of indie games, tea and cheese. She/her. Opinions are my own.
Stefano De Vivo ๐ Bologna Licensing @stefanodevivo.bsky.social Founder at PlayNook | building audio-first branching narratives
PlayNook mobile App: https://playnook.app.link/
@jamun2416.bsky.social @jamun2416.bsky.social 
Joshua Grams @joshgrams.bsky.social Organic farmer, programmer, hobby gamedev, etc.
Almudena @almudena-luna.bsky.social Artista
Compositora e instrumentista
estoy diseรฑando un videojuego de Rol en Godot
mi mรบsica: https://luarvermelha.bandcamp.com/track/claridad
Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social Atomic Blonde, Can You Solve the Murder, The Dog Sitter Detective, The Exphoria Code, The Organised Writer, Resident Evil Village, etc. I write all the things. Reps: http://antonyjohnston.com/contact
Hakan Sonok Antalya @flowmeow1812.bsky.social Hakan Sonok Antalya
@flowmeow1812.bsky.social
Swiftie HAKAN SONOK
@SonokHakan
Jigu (a.k.a. Pedro Giglio) @jigu.com.br ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฏ screenwriter & narrative designer for hire @ BrandNewWhatever.com ๐ง๐ท your Brazilian friend from the internet ๐ Vancouver Film School alum ๐ intergalactic friendship ambassador ๐ lion dad & crazy cat lord โ fascists must die ๐๏ธ exiled Carioca ๐โโ๏ธhe / him
John v kernaghan @climberblue.bsky.social Author, sailor, and purveyor of unconventional ideas.
articy:draft @articydraft.bsky.social Follow articy:draft X for ideas about narrative design, game writing, branching stories, narrative systems, and the realities of managing story at production scale.
Kyle Bradford @spiritandseoul.bsky.social Born to dilly dally, cursed to shilly shally. Have written words on games. Bylines at Unwinnable, Waypoint, GameSpew.
Ask Us About Loom - An Adventure Game Podcast @askusaboutloom.bsky.social A haphazardly updated podcast where guests and host @mattjlatham.bsky.social talk about a game in-depth.
https://linktr.ee/askusaboutloom
Contact: askusaboutloom@gmail.com
IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk The largest union for game devs in the UK.
Work in game dev or TTRPG? Join the union: https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Daniel Jordan @danifesto.bsky.social ๐ phd @ glasgow uni
๐ฎ interested in video games, worker organising, and cultural labour
fen @keziadarling.bsky.social Friend, dyke, wolf. Interested in games, storytelling, being cool to each other.
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avatar by grmpyfmme.bsky.social
Haley ๐ค @absintheuse.bsky.social Head of Marketing @ CRITICAL REFLEX | prev Sonic Rumble @ Rovio, Fall Guys @ Epic\Mediatonic โญ๏ธ BAFTA member โญ๏ธ MCV WIG Comms Impact 2020 โญ๏ธ #30under30 2018 โญ๏ธ Game Dev Heroes 2018. Often dressed as an evil queen ๐ My own views. She/her
Sarah Elmaleh @selmaleh.bsky.social games x performance. acting, directing, consulting, forever advocating for joyful collaboration & sustainability for all. 1/7 of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Quinn K. @quinnkdev.bsky.social Curmudgeonly artist, writer and gamedev from Austria.
2023 IGF Nuovo Award Nominee. Worked on: An Outcry, There Swings A Skull, OFF.
Now: Blanksword
Opinions are my own.
Icon by Kobold Factory
giselle @ellipsea.online they.them lesbian โข 24 โข london
indie dev + illustrator @whetstone.games !
play OFFBEAT on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/OFFBEAT
https://ellipsea.online
Bren | Round Robin Interactive - Making some stuff! @brentendo.bsky.social Game maker and artist based in Ireland. Hi!
Bookshelfie โญ๏ธ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Free post creator app: www.post-script.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.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
violetarra. @viojpg.bsky.social angry kids, unite. denantes mortas que escravas. | anarcosindicalista, doutoranda e creadora de videoxogos. ๐ฑ @resis-videoludica.bsky.social | https://resistenciavideoludica.neocities.org/ | a coruรฑa, barcelona
Rhys Shaw @rhysjcshaw.bsky.social Developing Game Designer & Writer
BSc (Hons) Games Design 2024
Focused on narrative & system design
https://linktr.ee/rhysjcshaw
Will Aryitey @flipdock.bsky.social I love games ๐ฎ I love words โ๐พ
Founded @tenebrificgames.com
https://tenebrificgames.com
http://williamaryitey.com/
Kim MacAskill @kimmacaskill.bsky.social Creative Director for Liithos - Netflix. Paranormal Psychologist (Arkham Batman series, League of Legends (arcane) , Fable... It goes on. I do a lot of weird stuff.
Ed Stern @edstern.bsky.social Basic Prog Brit Woke Remoaner Centrist Dad.
He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual.
Former Splash Damage game dev.
Full-Stack Narrative Designer/Game Writer available for hire:
https://www.sternword.co.uk/
Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social Video games and TTRPG writer/narrative designer. BAFTA member. Improviser. Forever GM. UX writer. Immersive narratives. Neurospicy. He/Him. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Currently working with Mojang and Sketchbook Games.
Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/jemalexander
Tom Battey @tombattey.bsky.social Writer, narrative designer and games educator in U.K. HE. Based in Yorkshire.
Tombattey.com
Chai @2fortea.bsky.social Foodie who loves TEA! ๐ซ
andrea @asaraviapt.bsky.social โจ๏ธ building stories & communities @ atrium interactive (indie, AA, AAA and +)
โคท narrative & comms @ deviant games
โคท lore & adcopy @ flameborn games
โคท narrative consulting @ [redacted]
opinions are my own~
https://asaraviapt.wixsite.about/
J.M. Bremer | Try the Vexcell Demo! @jmbremermakesgames.bsky.social ๐งฉTry Vexcell: store.steampowered.com/app/3943780/Vexcell__Demo
๐ Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3845510/Vexcell/
๐ง Join the Discord: discord.gg/cqv4qVrppH
And seriously, every wishlist means the world to me. Love y'all.
Santa Ragione @santaragione.com The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/rsuwh9HbPJ
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Autumn Chen @red-autumn.itch.io interactive fiction writer - https://red-autumn.itch.io/
she/her โโโ
J. M. Johnson @phlagm.bsky.social Indie game developer. Professor of video game development. Former physicist. Cat dad. http://jeremymilesjohnson.com
Buildstash - manage software binaries @buildstash.com For app, game, and embedded teams - store and manage all your builds, share with your team, distribute to testers, manage rollouts, and deploy to stores ๐
https://buildstash.com
Ryan Young @ludicryan.bsky.social he/him // Game Designer // Sword Fighter // Cat Dad
Previously worked on: Ballgame, Monument Valley 3, Surviving the Abyss, Dynasty of the Sands
Currently freelance Game Designer. Game developers must unionise! Based in Belfast
ludicryan.com
Daniel Slawson @slawesome.bsky.social 
Tijn ๐ @tkers.dev https://tkers.dev โข he/him โข Tech consultant, coffee lover, and indie game developer from Amsterdam ๐ท
Check out Voidblazers for Playdate:
https://voidblazers.com ๐ช
gril @funambulism.com Stories, games, philosophy. Jew.
Currently: Total War 40K, (TBA), ZEPHON, 40K: Gladius
Previously: PUBG: Black Budget, Tides of Tomorrow, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Absolver...
https://linktr.ee/griddleoctopus
i will bite raw coffee beans @iwbrcb.games developing Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic, an atmospheric RPG about demons and sacrifice. game dev, wallumattagal-based. he/him๐ณ๏ธโ๐
biz: kurt@iwbrcb.games
Charles Lamb @lambc.bsky.social I write cool stuff sometimes
alexis nedd @alexisthenedd.bsky.social Kirkus-Nominated Authoress, Freelance Dragon Expert, Conversation Designer, and Fashion Archivist. I wrote DONโT HATE THE PLAYER and HOW WE PLAY THE GAME ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ She/Her
Portfolio & Clips: https://www.alexisthenedd.com/
Harriet Prebble @harrietprebble.bsky.social Horror gameslinger @ PikPok Games. Actor @ Gail Cowan Management & BigMouth Voices. Freelance writer at various. Aotearoa New Zealand ๐๐ต
https://linktr.ee/harrietprebble
Leon Barillaro @barilleon.com Trans type Eeveelution ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Dread Band + Theater Kid Combination ๐ท๐ญ Game Designer on Dungeons & Dragons ๐ฒ๐
"Bear-uh-LAIR-oh." they/them. #WotCStaff
opinions are my own
https://barilleon.com
@meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social i'm a prospective writer! some of my likes: video games, small dogs, the history of the ottoman empire and historiography more generally, as well as socialism.
living on Treaty 6
FinleyJinley (they/he) โฐโ (โ ย โ ๏ฝฅโ ย โ แโ ย โ ๏ฝฅโ ย โ )โ โ AdventureX @finleyjinley.bsky.social ๐ finley-jinley.itch.io / finleyjinley.carrd.co
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ they/he, solo rpg sicko
โจ TTRPG writer/designer
๐ UK Based (DMs ok but broken)
๐ finleyjinley@gmail.com
๐Aspiring Narrative Designer
๐ฒDicemaker @shrimpfrieddice.bsky.social
๐ผ๏ธ icon by @snavii.bsky.social
Brenden @brendengibbons.bsky.social Senior Game & Narrative Designer (Lucky Punk, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure, Say No! More, Minute of Islands, Last Day of June, etc) - He/Him - Avatar by Viv Schwarz
Portfolio: brendengibbons.me
Pella @pellamore.bsky.social I do narrative design. You might have heard of the game; you haven't heard of me. | She/her. ๆฅๆฌ่ช OK
Bodb @iachbodb.bsky.social Techpriest at Games Workshop (All statements are my own and do not reflect the views or opinions of Games Workshop)
Wizzard
Your 8th favorite game dev's 3rd to 5th favorite writer
https://iachbodb.neocities.org
ze/zim
ABS @abs.ventures https://abs.ventures/
https://bsky.app/profile/abs.ventures
https://www.instagram.com/_a_b_5_
https://mastodon.social/@ABS
jenyth evans @jenyth.com she/her ๐ฟ jenyth.com
content designer @ aquila interactive ๐ฟ used to teach medieval irish lang & lit ๐ฟ views my own, not of my employer
Helen Greetham ๐ @jabbage.bsky.social Library services by day; indie game maker at thewonderroom.uk by night (๐ cosy mystery The Beekeeperโs Picnic out now!).
I'm also an amateur bookbinder and 19thโcentury weird speculative fiction aficionado.
Mags D. @magsthepirate.bsky.social Lord High Priestess of Documentation (technical writer in games). I know the good words. Ask me about my cats/fave games. Opinions, lamentably, mine. No Gen AI.
Graeme Strachan @gstrachan.bsky.social Writer, Story Design, Dramaturgy, Media Critic | he/him
(Currently available for hire)
BAFTA Member
prev: Writer - Simure Vikings for Bigpoint/Yoozoo Games
https://linktr.ee/reviewist
Tall, Scottish, friendly, occasionally handsome (not actually an Alpaca)
Keano Raubun @keano.bsky.social ๐ณ๐ฑโจ๏ธCreative Director & Founder @veelpoot.com. Currently working on [REDACTED]. Senior Game & Narrative Designer. Marvel's Avengers, [NDA], Lordbound. Prev: Nixxes Software
โจ Legacy of Orsinium is OUT NOW: www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Thibaut Claudel @republ33k.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer. Sometimes Teacher. Massive nerd. Warhammer & Podcast enthusiast. I post in English & French!
๐ชฉ Appulse
โ EverSiege: Untold Ages
๐ค UFO Robot Grendizer
๐ฝ Aliens: Dark Descent
๐ Mรฉtal Hurlant, Third Editions
Natchai! @natchai.bsky.social Games Mkt and Pr
ex Bungie, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Triangle Factory
Writer of LONELY NIGHTS ON HIGH ROOFTOPS.
Dad, husband. He/Him.
https://natchaistappers.com/
Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social ๐ GRAVE EXPECTATIONS, DISPLEASURE ISLAND & THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH out now!
โฆ good books โฆ murder โฆ swearing โฆ
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
Shereen Fares @shereenfares.bsky.social Co-Founder & Director of Ragdoll Games Ltd
_lemon @andylemon.bsky.social ๐ช๐บ Musician / Game Composer (โต 96), BAFTA Member, Sound Dude, Demoscener, Consultant, Educator. aka: ne7, citron, andy l, yojimbo. knob twiddler + slightly jaded games ind. veteran [logo / @kenetdeluxe.bsky.social]
ๆถฆ็ฉๆ ๅฃฐ @chuanyueshikong.bsky.social I, Li Hongzhi, was praised by them in public as the only true god in the universe, but later on, I was brutally beaten and persecuted by them multiple times