Doni @doni.bsky.social Games and History, History and Games, History Games, Games History, Games for Change, Games with Purpose, (ex) Games Industry, Game Design, Game Production, Game Quality.
Terarin @terarin55.bsky.social TERARIN GAMES
Solo Developer | Game-Designer | Programmer
Works: Raging Blasters, Missile Dancer, Moon Dancer, Terra Flame, Star Gagnant, Crystal Breaker, Blaze of Storm
https://www.teraringames.com/
Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social Stevan Anastasoff, former White Dwarf writer, and video game designer: Warhammer Online, For Honor, Assassin's Creed, and many more. Now working on Tales from the Mabinogion, a game about Welsh mythology using Welsh as its principal language.
Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social Video game exec, game designer, producer, and writer based in Scotland. Creative Director at 4J Studios. BAFTA Scotland committee member. Former EP of Jurassic World games at NBCUniversal. Former Disney Imagineer. Horror genre expert. Recovering goth.
Graphite Games @graphitegames.bsky.social Indie Game Studio based @ Abertay University, Dundee! ๐พ
Check out PEN & SWORDโ๏ธ our game in development:
https://graphite-games.itch.io/pen-and-sword
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.
Knowledge @edgeknowledge.bsky.social Knowledge: the videogame industry newsletter from the creators of Edge. Sign up here for the new edition every Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Get in touch via edgeknowledge@futurenet.com
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
Button Smashers Inc @buttonsmashersinc.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for Button Smashers Inc.
University based.
Play 'Final Render' now:
https://button-smashers.itch.io/final-render
GlueTrap Games @gluetrapgames.bsky.social Get Stuck In! To our development process of JOHN:
linktr.ee/gluetrapgames
Goopling Games @gooplinggames.bsky.social Goopling Games is an 8-student indie game development team from Abertay University.
Currently working on Chronicles of Marten, a third-person adventure RPG!
https://snotling-studios.itch.io/
Brain Leak Studios @brainleakstudios.bsky.social A game development team based in Scotland
Something new, coming soon... ๐
Hellcat Games Dev. @hellcatgamesdev.bsky.social ๐ 3rd year team at Abertay University creating a game for our professional project!
๐๏ธ Developers of โContrary Motionโ - a stylish puzzle beat 'em up!
Check it out here! https://hellcatgames.itch.io/contrary-motion
Bonny Bandits @bonnybanditsgames.bsky.social Student Team of 8 developing Synaptic: A Lynchian Narrative Driven FPS inside a Brain!
Dare Academy Finalists 2025 ๐
Available to play on itch: https://linktr.ee/bonnybandits?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Spectral Cat Games @spectralcatgames.bsky.social Student formed Indie developers based in Dundee.
Check out our game: https://spectral-cat-dundee.itch.io/coffee-run
Fafnir Games @fafnirgames.bsky.social We're humans, we think
Small gamedev team for DES-315 @ Abertay University
https://fafnir-games.itch.io/dragons-harbour
Morgan @goosewyrm.bsky.social Here to bask in that which others wish to share... And maybe share a little from myself.
Failed College dropout > Chef > Game Design Student > ???
Streams *sometimes* on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dragonpollyanna
Cosmic Coda @cosmiccoda.bsky.social Game Development Team based in Dundee. Current Project: https://cosmic-coda.itch.io/eczt
abigail lochrin ๐ @ajlochrin.bsky.social Graduate 3D Artist + Level Designer | DARE Academy 2026 Winner | Women in Games Ambassador | gacha enjoyer โจ
๐๏ธ 3D + Tech artist @riverboatgames.bsky.social
https://ajlochrin.artstation.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-lochrin
Adele Bauer @adelebauer.bsky.social 22 years old, she / its
3rd year student, doing Computer Games Applications Development at Abertay University
Programmer and Designer for @cosmiccoda.bsky.social
BloodBox @bloodbox.bsky.social Hello, we are Team BloodBox โจ
Abertay University Game Devs โฃ Currently working on Mixed Signals!
https://teambloodbox.itch.io/mixed-signals
Rebecca Taylor @azaersyss.bsky.social DARE 2025 Finalist!
4th Year Games Design & Production student at Abertay University.
Audio Designer/Composer at Cosmic Coda
Portfolio: https://rebecca-taylor.carrd.co
Games: azaersyss.itch.io
Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/7rukbQg9yGkGbxoXZ6bp1Y
Cassie Parsons @cassieparsons.bsky.social 3rd year Computer games Technology
She/her, 21
C++ stan
Riverboat Games โจ @riverboatgames.bsky.social DARE Academy 2025 Winners! ๐
Galactic Postal Servitude is an arcade puzzle game that combines humour and deduction in the realm of intergalactic post office operations.
https://riverboatgames.itch.io/
Roxo Hyrax @roxohyrax.bsky.social ๐๐Check Out Our Itch Page๐๐ https://roxo-hyrax.itch.io/damsels-gambit 
IDDAINKFA @illindsay.bsky.social Game Designer. Cannot be killed by conventional methods.
@rachelparp.bsky.social @rachelparp.bsky.social 
chloรจ segall @mrspickles69.bsky.social wussup ?
Phillip Vaughan @philvaughan.bsky.social Personal account for comics and creative work.
Alexander (TOTAL RELOAD game creator) @torshock.bsky.social ๐ฎ Dev of the puzzle indiegame TOTAL RELOAD: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2412090/Total_Reload/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/KzVB4YKvPu
๐ Newsletter / Press Kit:
https://torshock.kit.com/total_reload
@shmupsbr.bsky.social @shmupsbr.bsky.social Senior Ace Pilot and Host:
http://youtube.com/shmupsbr
https://youtube.com/@PIXELPILOTS-STG
http://shmupsbr.com
Writer of ShmupMania Magazine
Bea Livesey-Stephens @soupdragonbea.bsky.social researching disability and TTRPG safety tools forever and ever | also still a linguist | @gameassistyt.bsky.social | @TakeThis.org Accelerate Fellow '25 | @IGDAFoundation.org Grantee | pan-accessibility dreamer | crip and proud | she/her
Andrew Murdoch ๐ฅ๐ชฒ @rosebug.bsky.social game programmer in dundee, scotland
'96. he/him. ๐ฑ
i like screamo
director @veryevildemons
Stuart Pentelow @stuartpentelow.bsky.social Programmer working in Scotland :)
MCV Develop 30u30 22 / BAFTA Connect. He/Him.
Dyspraxic, Opinions are my own.
www.stuartpentelow.com #gamedev
Glitch Mackay @g-litch.bsky.social 3rd year GDP student at Abertay
Designer for Bonny Bandits
One Life Left @onelifeleft.com Award-winning (?!?!?) radio show & podcast vaguely about videogames, presented by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and (currently) Charlesbot. Available on Resonance FM, iTunes, Spotify, and our website: hello.onelifeleft.com
Quint Blanche @quntsays.bsky.social UI Artist at HyperLuminal Games. Opinions my own ^-^
seylordev @lyesoussaiden.com Lyes Oussaiden (He/Him)
Researcher! Teaching Fellow!
Too young to have a valid opinion,
old enough to know better.
Views completely my own.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธally.
https://lyesoussaiden.com
John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus
Co-founder of Acid Horse
Writer/Editor
Anti-Fascist
Listen to Nurse With Wound
https://linktr.ee/jahduran
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
MrBiffo @mrbiffo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/digitiser
https://linktr.ee/Digitiser?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6aaa762-ff04-482b-8bba-631961b86cbd
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
FILUM @filum.bsky.social Scottish for film ๐๏ธ๐ธ
Glasgow based amateur 35mm film photographer ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
You can also find me on instagram @filum.gla
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Jonathan Cooper @jonathan.gameanim.com Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, The Last of Us series and more. Wrote GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. Shipped Apple Vision Pro.
gameanim.com
Andrew Rennie ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @nerdy4tw.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Designer at Respawn - Star Wars Jedi Team โข Accessibility Advocate โข Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com โข Scottish โข My Opinions โข He/Him
https://linktr.ee/nerdy4tw
Ry @loakers.bsky.social Personal account, Views are my own
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleachโs horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Sean Balfour @codercat.bsky.social Associate Gameplay Programmer @ People Can Fly
Graduate from Abertay University
Ran the Abertay Games Development Society 2020-2023
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Morgan @morganskilly.com Virtual Production Masters Student
https://morganskilly.com
๐ฌ MSc Technical Arts & VFX
๐ฎ BA (Hons) Game Design & Production Graduate
Will Freeman @spadgy.bsky.social Head fulla noise, toys, & hobbies.
๐น๏ธ๐ช๐น
Freelance game journalist, copywriter, event host, mock reviewer, etc. Edge, The Guardian, BAFTA, PC Gamer, GI, etc.
Yo-yo thrower. Arcade and retro player.
I write about shmups a lot to fund my shmup habit.
Hubworld Scotland @hubworld.bsky.social Open community network for the Scottish games industry โข The gang behind the #DundeeGamesMeetup #HubQuiz #Playapalooza #XPExchange We run events every month! Join the club!
enquiries โ๏ธ info@hubworldscotland.com
Troy McCron @robotninjabread.bsky.social 3D arts lecturer at Abertay University - Previously Senior Character Artist at Jagex. Frontier Developments - ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ game dev - bodybuilding
https://www.artstation.com/robotninjatoast
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him ๐
Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social Writer-Director on an animated short on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alteredgene/taltfe?ref=c715xy
Deputy chair BAFTA Games committee and I also work at Unity.
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Fabi @weefairyfabi.bsky.social ๐ชดโจ PhD researcher @RCS, Games PR, Game Dev~
Fueled by ramen and spite๐ฆ๐น๐ฏ๐ต๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ https://weefairyfabi.itch.io
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social A newsletter about the game industry, by consultant, writer and former Edge editor Nathan Brown.
Sign up for free: https://newsletter.hitpoints.co/
Jim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social Likes people. Likes making things (usually video games). Also likes bouldering, cycling, art, fossils, books. I've not thought any of this through. He/him. AMA
Chris McLaughlin ๐ TGS @fishtopherx.bsky.social Tech Director at @moonmode.com
Eliot @edogz.bsky.social Level Designer at Jagex || Prev Ubisoft || Abertay || He/Him
@EliotHynd
susie @susepicious.bsky.social producer and social media menace for Bad Magpie with @milktooth.bsky.social ๐ฆท creative producer, curator, facilitator, performance artist ๐ค 1/5 director of biome collective โจ
linktr.ee/susepicious
Alexander (Sandy) Tarvet @alexandertarvet.bsky.social Programme Lead & Lecturer for BA (Hons) Game Design and Production at Abertay University | Director at Somewhat Unsettling | He/Him | https://www.alexanderjamestarvet.com/
Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social Veteran Game Designer Glasgow, Scotland
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com ๐ฌ Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Brian Baglow @brianbaglow.bsky.social Games generalist. Scottish specialist. Writing the First National strategy for games.
Damian Kennett @kennettdamian.bsky.social Junior Community Manager @FireshineGames | Abertay Game Design & Production 2021 | Game Developer | Limit break mentee 2023 & 2024 |
Michael John Saiger @mikethingsbetter.bsky.social PhD in Applied Games and Codesign
Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow - Digital Health, Mental Health, User Experience and Education.
Dnd, MTG and all things gaming.
Lucinda Shale ๐ Develop Brighton @lucindagames.bsky.social Game Producer | IG50 Winner 2026 | Gamebridge Best Team Project Winner 2026 | DARE Academy Winner 2025 | DARE Audience Choice Award Winner 2025 | CATE Award Winner 2025 | Women in Games Ambassador
https://linktr.ee/lucindashale
Jaime โจ @pxthella.bsky.social she/they | ๐๐๐พโจ | Freelance QA Tester | Games Design and Production Grad @ Abertay Uni ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Bafta YGD winner 2022 & DARE Academy runner up 2024 !!
LucidLuminary @lucidluminary.bsky.social professional internet lurker
maybe a gamedev, maybe a virtual catgirl
probably sleepy, hopefully wholesome, definitely silly
pfp by h3llblazer
thoughts are mine, all mine!
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Robin JS Sloan @robinjss.bsky.social Professor of Game Design & Culture, Abertay University | Own views & musings on being a : researcher๐จโ๐ฌ maker ๐จ teacher ๐จโ๐ซ gamer ๐งโ๐ป sports fan ๐ Scot ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ dad ๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ 
Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social Lead Designer on SENTRY. Level Designer on Compound Fracture. Previously responsible for level design on Gears Tactics, Star Citizen, Far Cry & Watch_Dogs among other #gamedev projects.
Martin Lynagh @martinlynagh.bsky.social Game Maker, Lecturer in Game Production at Abertay University (Professional Projects Module Lead). Glasgow. Former Molecule. This is not a place of honour.
Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social Indie dev making games & chatting about the games industry. ex Rockstar & Activision, now MD of https://bsky.app/profile/ant-workshop.com
Our latest game: https://bsky.app/profile/tonygowland.bsky.social/post/3lp7gpkckgc24
Ant Workshop @ant-workshop.com Indie game dev working on cool games.
Into the Restless Ruins ๐ coming soon http://s.team/a//2877770
Dungeon Golf โณ๏ธ OUT NOW! http://s.team/a//2144040
Harry Petch @harrypet.ch Abertay grad, Mechanics Designer based in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ.
BAFTA YGD Mentor, Games awards jury 2022. Outstanding TIGA Graduate.
https://harrypetch.itch.io for my games.
https://harrypet.ch for my portfolio.
Banner ยฉ๏ธ BAFTA/Quetzal M
Bryan Robertson @ardbegatron.bsky.social Senior API Gameplay Programmer at Epic Games
From Dundee, Scotland. Starlink, WD: Legion, Far Cry 4, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Crackdown, APB.
Opinions my own, etc.
Robin @melophilus.bsky.social Art, Games, Gifs and Pillow Forts.
Animator, Game Dev, Lecturer and Programme co-lead for Computer Arts @AbertayUni
Sam Barlow ๐ฅ @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! โ PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social Reader in Cybersecurity & Human-Computer Interaction at Abertay University | ๐๏ธ Eye-Tracking | ๐ฅฝ XR & Immersive Safety | ๐ Romance Scam Prevention | ๐ฎ Serious Games. Views are my own. She/her. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ- T Lynn @toadrick.bsky.social Mrs Parker & Dr Love. Mum of 2, game designer, community & social play researcher, PT senior lecturer @ Abertay & chalky antics @ #oneplaything Views are my own
Jaime Cross @speedyjx.bsky.social Recovering sound designer for games.
Video games, (metal) music, film photography, workers' rights
@iwgbunion.bsky.social Treasurer
Scottish. No DMs!
Work: https://speedyjx.com/
Noise:
@manmadeorigin.bsky.social
https://thecabinetnoir.bandcamp.com/
Ege @iolairdhubhalba.bsky.social Academic. Interested in visual communication and generative art. Keen sports watcher. Believe in equality through equity.
Kaye @systemerrorkaye.bsky.social Game artist and designer | Lecturer in Game Art and Design | PhD research in Games and Culture | Scottish Gaelic Speaker
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