David Lightbown @davidlightbown.bsky.social User Experience Director - Ubisoft Montreal
Author of "Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools"
GDC Advisory Board Member
Autodesk Master Award Winner
Lean Production Certification (McGill University)
Spitefuls @spitefuls.bsky.social www.spitefuls.com
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.
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Promit⚡Roy @promit.bsky.social Graphics/Game engine dev. Previously Neuroscience @ Johns Hopkins. Building interactive physics-driven experiences for brain health and neuro patient care. https://neuroanimation.com/
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Michael Chick @michelpoussin.bsky.social Bistrotier, cider maker & farmer.
Tim Moss @tdmoss.bsky.social Game Dev Dinosaur, car nut, music fan, foodie. Now coding for fun.
Don’t be an asshole, but don’t obey in advance, grow old dis-gracefully.
UK / California. Making games since '89. 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Bryan Keiren @bryankeiren.bsky.social Principal Game Tech Programmer | Visual programming system for scripts/shaders/anim/fx/... in DECIMA @Guerrilla
@nocturndragon.bsky.social @nocturndragon.bsky.social
@mvdlgg.bsky.social @mvdlgg.bsky.social
Richard Kogelnig @richardkogelnig.bsky.social fascinated by (too?) many things. Engineering, Psychology, Music, Game design ...
Working on the Havok Navigation SDK
@RichardKogelnig@mastodon.social
Stefan Reinalter @molecularmusing.bsky.social Founder of Molecular Matters • C++ & low-level programming • Created Live++ (@liveplusplus.bsky.social)
https://liveplusplus.tech
Bryan McNett @bryanmcnett.bsky.social graphics @apple 2025+. engine @unity3d 2018-2025. PS3,4,5 GPU R&D @naughty_dog 2007-2018. Spider-Man @treyarch 2002-2007. 日本語OK. opinions are mine
Michael Nicolella @michaelnicolella.bsky.social Principal Engineer @ Epic Games. Worked on Fortnite, Destiny, Escape Plan, Fat Princess, MAG, and SOCOM. I used to run The Realm.
Jetha Chan @jetha.bsky.social 🇦🇺 in 🇯🇵. he/him. ai devrel @ google. formerly partner engineering @ stadia.
http://jethachan.net/
Arvid Gerstmann @arvid.io Principal Engineer/Architect with 10+ years experience | Rust 🦀 | C & C++| Embedded, Platform Engineering, High-Performance Systems | Working with Rust at Amazon
Twitter: twitter.com/arvidgerstmann
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/arvidgerstmann
Blog: arvid.io
@themichaelt.bsky.social @themichaelt.bsky.social
Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social Movies: thefilmcast.com
Video Games: dlcpod.com
Science: wehaveconcerns.com
Books: youtube.com/cannatajeff
I love loving things.
Christian Spicer @christianspicer.bsky.social Formative Media podcast. The Official The Last of Us Podcast. DLC podcast. Creator of the graphic novel CONSEQUENCES. Contact: Christian.Spicer@gmail.com
Christianspicer.com
Mike Fitzgerald @mikefitz.me Head of Technology at Insomniac Games, a PlayStation studio, developers of Ratchet & Clank and the Marvel's Spider-Man series. Formerly at Harmonix.
http://mikefitz.me
Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social "Our capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but our inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
https://buymeacoffee.com/justjack1
Jim Hall @jbhall36.bsky.social Father / Husband
Science teacher / Trivia guy at The Baxter Arcade
Pronouns: he / him
Jeff Stewart @object01.bsky.social Maker of games & tools, leader of teams. #procgen enthusiast. Prev. Diablo IV, THPS, Destiny 2, Crash Bandicoot, Skylanders.
https://github.com/object01
https://www.linkedin.com/in/object01
Support tool R&D! https://buymeacoffee.com/object01
Vesa Paakkanen @digee.bsky.social Lead Tools Programmer @ Remedy Entertainment
Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social Director @ Duck Shake Games
ex Tech Art R&D @ Epic Games
LEGO, Fortnite, Matrix Awakens, Unreal Engine 4 & 5
- Tech art and chill with us http://discord.gg/gRwaywC
🏠 London 🕸 https://Asher.GG
Micha Mettke @vurtun.bsky.social Engine/Lead Tools Programmer at Keen Games. Interested in Engine/Game/Tool/System programming and API design.
Hà Phan @hpdailyrant.bsky.social Musings about Design & Product. Currently at Zillow, Design Tech & AI.
Zach Brockway @neverender.bsky.social Senior virtual production programmer @ Epic Games. Previously: XR/firmware @ OptiTrack. Spare time: Getting up to speed on ML.
Back in the Pacific Northwest.
Also @Zach@mastodon.gamedev.place.
Don Williamson @donw.bsky.social Head of Rendering @ Pacific Light & Hologram
~30 games/engines/platforms: Fable, Splinter Cell, Total War, Dauntless, No Mans Sky, DeepMind Lab, etc.
Lionhead/Microsft, Ubisoft, Google/DeepMind, SEGA, etc.
https://donw.io
https://github.com/Celtoys/
Mark DeLoura @markdeloura.bsky.social A CTO in Seattle | Former Obama WH | Gamedev | EdTech | Frenchies
Eskil Steenberg Hald @quelsolaar.bsky.social C programming, creativity and game development.
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Freelance Tool Design Director, Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
Jonathan Garrett @jonnyblahblah.bsky.social lead engine programmer at Insomniac Games, focusing on animation tech - my team develops the animation, cinematics, physics and destruction systems that underpin all our games
Thomas Griebel @thomas-griebel.bsky.social Rendering Engineer, 12years. Taking a break
Past work: id Software, Raven, and Ready At Dawn & Sanzaru @ Meta.
Games: DOOM, Call of Duty, VR
Madison, Wisconsin
http://github.com/tgriebel/- K Mike White @kelthorn.bsky.social Technical Director, Sledgehammer Games. Old man shouting at clouds.
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
Eric McDaniel @ginger-mcninja.bsky.social Principal Engineer at Hypnos Entertainment | Former Epic Games and Call of Duty Dev | Opinions expressed are mine and mine alone
Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Made Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. Award-winning screenwriter for what it's worth. Film instructor at the University of Colorado, Denver, but ridiculous social media presence definitely my own. http://walterchaw.com
Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social Year Progress Bot. Maintained by @haider.bsky.social
Buy me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/halipunjabi
Ron Ogden @therealrogden.bsky.social TTRP AP DM on The Dungeon Run.
Actor. Producer. Storyteller. Nerd. Mini Painter.
Writer on Blood, Rum and Thunder
https://linktr.ee/therealrogden
Adam Ragusea @aragusea.bsky.social Fading youtube starlet
Christopher Miller @chrizmillr.bsky.social They made movies out of LEGO & 21 Jump St & a whole “-Verse” of Spider-Mans? Hollywood is officially out of ideas.
The Afterparty S2 on AppleTV+ July 12
lizzy d @morehandclaps.bsky.social I draw stuff for video games | lizzyd.xyz/contact for freelance requests
ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social Uncool adult. From the other site.
📍Toronto
Drew Thaler @drewthaler.bsky.social He/him. Tech lead @ RL. Previously: Mesh Communities, Trellis Research, Naughty Dog, PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, macOS DiscRecording. 26 years making big things.
Have A SPU-ky Halloween, Everyone @okonomiyonda.bsky.social 一所懸命HW設計者のふりをやっとる現代のC++が大嫌いなSWの開発者。FPGAのGPUと家庭用ゲーム機の設計、うちの猫(ニュートリノ+コスモス)、百人一首、競技かるた、お箏の演奏、ゲーム開発、抹茶+和菓子
投稿は私個人の意見で、会社を代表するものやない
https://fpga.maisonikkoku.com
Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.dev Ex: Roll7, Spry Fox. Now: helping teams ship faster with test automation, also Brum Indies.
https://automatedaf.dev https://atig.dev
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.
https://preposterousuniverse.com/
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
John Siracusa @siracusa.social Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
Christian Sparks @hippowombat.bsky.social He/Him
Opinions are my own
Senior Tech Artist at Heart Machine
Prev Senior Tech Artist at Bad Robot Games
Unfinished Project Enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/hippowombat
.Fab @fab.bsky.social Atomic tangerine.
Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com He / Him - Icelander in Norway
https://linktr.ee/olafurw
Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com Jeopardy! champ. Waiting for Survivor to call me back. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster. Mpromptu@gmail.com. (Send me story tips!) http://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
Articles at https://friendlyatheist.com
Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social Educator. Activist. Former Ohio State Senator & Professor.
Americana at Brand Memes @americanamemes.bsky.social Memes about America’s favorite outdoor experience!
Geoff Evans @gorlak.bsky.social Software Engineer @ Nvidia Omniverse.
Formerly games industry vet of Infinity Ward, Kojima Productions, and Insomniac Games.
Amateur Olympic Recurve archer.
Elan Ruskin @despair.bsky.social Using integers and making games. Also @despair on Twitter, @crash@mastodon.gamedev.place
Ryan Arey @ryanarey.bsky.social he/him Producer, Writer, Host for ScreenCrush follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@ryanarey
marcsh @marcsh.bsky.social D E R E L I C T ->
https://www.youtube.com/@marcsh_dev
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Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt that the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt I love
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Mediocritas in omnibus, et omnia mediocritia
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he/him
Ritesh Oedayrajsingh Varma @rovarma.bsky.social Building Superluminal (https://www.superluminal.eu / @superluminal.eu), a user-friendly CPU sampling profiler for C/C++, Rust & .NET on Windows & consoles. Ex-Guerrilla Games (H:ZD)
Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social Engineering Director @ gravitywell.games • Aussie Goofball and indie dev• Prev Call of Duty dev (MW, WZ, WW2 etc) • Writes engines and physics for fun
Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room/Riot.
mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@TomF
Dave DeSandro @desandro.com Front-end engineer
Parc @parcprograms.bsky.social Code, graphics, games, maybe twitch.
Found work! If you know where, opinions are my own. If you don't know where... good.
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
Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
https://kieranhealy.org /
https://theordinalsociety.com
mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social synth tinkerer (plinky); nvidia research (InstantNGP/NeRF); cofounder MediaMolecule (Dreams, LittleBigPlanet); demoscene/vj (statix/bluespoon)
Jimmie Myers @jimmiemyers.bsky.social Narrative Director - Santa Monica Studio
Past: Uncharted 4, Infinite Warfare, Modern Warfare ‘19, Destiny 2, Marathon
Games, film, food, music, bikes! Director. Writer. Editor. Opinions mine. he/him
Martin Donlon @wickerwaka.com Professional game developer. Unprofessional FPGA developer, hardware hacker and reverse engineer.
Thom Watson @evilsmevil.bsky.social Crumpet Muncher
Dog Walker
I attempt to make games
Lana Bachynski @latienie.bsky.social Associate Art Director in R&D @ Riot Games.
Previously: animating on League of Legends & Heroes of the Storm | RAT stream leader, Tea Time Animation co-founder, and yoyo aficionado. #DLCbookclub #gamedev
Personal Account.
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com I work on movies and talk about movies. http://www.tvaziri.com
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
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
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Peter Sciretta @petersciretta.bsky.social Slashfilm founder, Ordinary Adventures Vlogger, Magic Castle Magician member
Interests: Film, Theme Parks, Star Wars, Disneyland, YouTube
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
David Cho @davidcho.bsky.social I am not David Choe the artist
Chris Evangelista @cevangelista413.bsky.social Editor and Chief Film Critic at Slashfilm.com
Patrick Willems @patrickhwillems.bsky.social Directs things. Made a movie about a coconut. Trying to sell out. he/him
Hoai-Tran Bui @htranbui.bsky.social Inverse entertainment editor. Critic.
Germain Lussier @germainlussier.bsky.social Senior Reporter covering entertainment for Gizmodo
io9, pop culture art authority, germain.lussier@gizmodo.com. Opinions, my own. www.germainlussier.com
Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com Black Monday|The League|Human Giant| NTSF:SD:SUV::
“Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is a NYT Bestseller & 2024 Vulture Book of the Year
Watch Dark Web on Yt
Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled
https://linktr.ee/PAULSCHEER
Scott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social A box office columnist for Puck News, but also head over to The Outside Scoop at Substack for everything else worth reading (box office, reviews, analysis, think pieces, etc.)
https://scottmendelson.substack.com/
Dapper Dan Gvozden @amazingspidertalk.com Co-host of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast, Spider-Man expert for The Hollywood Reporter & BBC. The Annuals count! (Alter-ego: George Stacy)
https://linktr.ee/dangvozden
Gavin Pugh @gavinpugh.bsky.social Director of Engineering @infinityward. Call of Duty #modernwarfare, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, some racing games. Generalist coder. Expat Brit. Opinions==myown.