No Starch Press @nostarchpress.bsky.social The finest in geek entertainment.
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https://nostarch.com/
Andy Hewco @hewco.uk HEWCO - hewco.itch.io
Creator of Commodore Vic 20 games in the modern age. Author of libraries for Turbo Rascal, a complete cross platform IDE. Founding member of Ovine by Design.
Games: www.hewco.uk + www.ovine.net
YT: www.youtube.com/@hewco
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Markus Latvala @markuslatvala.bsky.social Old man yells at Azure cloud. Sometimes I make games.
vcfederation.bsky.social @vcfederation.bsky.social
John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social FPS is my DNA. Working on a new shooter. Find Romero Games at https://t.co/d7iJN1tvGy
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social
Clifford @towersvault.dev Indie #GameDev that made #Suddenfell
Currently working on #SATTERM, a space base management game for the #GameBoy.
Serrotonin @clap-clapp.bsky.social https://serrotonin.itch.io/
Indie studio making games for the #Playdate
n3rdlich @n3rdlich.bsky.social Digital Product Designer. Retro as a hobby. Mostly posting about my side project #PocketCollection: a gaming console collection app for Nintendo Game Boy.
Pato Land @spaceindie.bsky.social Game developer - Retro lover - Playdate developer
www.spaceindie.com
Mekadow @mekadow.bsky.social https://mekadow.com
- French Illustrator and Pixelartist -
- Commissions open 🌱 -
PixelArtJourney @pixelartjourney.bsky.social Pixel Artist AKA Scilex
Prints: http://inprnt.com/gallery/pixelartjourney
pixelartjourneys@gmail.com
http://discord.gg/n5TDnqfR5P
http://pixelartjourney.itch.io
patreon.com/PixelArtJourney
stonerl @stonerl.bsky.social Open Source Software Developer.
Support my work:
GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/stonerl
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stonerl
Zack Garrett @ebi127.bsky.social I write philosophy and make games.
https://philpeople.org/profiles/zack-garrett
Incube8 Games @incube8games.bsky.social Publisher of retro video game cartridges focused on 8-bit handheld consoles.
https://linktr.ee/Incube8Games
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
Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️🍂👻🦇 @retrogameart.bsky.social Posting retro and current gaming art, ads, anniversaries, gifs, and commercials.| Personal Account: @spagdretti.bsky.social
Daily Magic: The Gathering @dailymtg.bsky.social The academy worked with time—until time ran out.
#MagicTheGathering
#mtg
lunoka retrodev🎨👨💻🎹🕹️ @lunoka.eurosky.social "If it pixelates, we can code it!"💢
Hi! Retrodev , illustrator, musician 👾🎨🎹
My last 8bit game here : http://lunoka.itch.io
#homebrew #retrogaming 🇫🇷 🇪🇺
Retrojimtendo @retrojimtendo.bsky.social Modding and collecting Game Boys.
Wannabe Game Developer
https://linktr.ee/retrojimtendo
The Retro Asylum @theretroasylum.bsky.social The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast. Curating gaming culture for future generations. 'World's Best Podcast'- NME Award 2016. Established October 2011.
https://retroasylum.com
Ogre Pixel - Castlebound demo out on Steam! @ogrepixel.bsky.social Creating Fantasy Stories into Video Games 🎮 A Tiny Sticker Tale, Lonesome Village! 👉 https://ogrepixel.com 🌟 Discord 👉 https://discord.me/ogrepixel
EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social Dad. Making Game Boy games: Roguecraft GB, OutRun GB, Cave Dave, Hero GP, Starseed, Block Droppin, Word Forward + more.
I will pet your dog!
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
GameboyDemakes @gameboydemakes.bsky.social Demakes of games, movies, manga and more!
patreon.com/gameboydemakes
Cowboy Bumbiss @cowboybumbiss.bsky.social - Mixed Retro Artist 🖼️🖌️ | 👾✍ | 🎵⌨️
- Creative Director of #Dragonyhm 🐲 from @spacebotdev.bsky.social🚀
- A little more bumbiss than cowboy if I'm being honest
https://linktr.ee/cowboybumbiss
GB Studio @gbstudio.dev A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system. Created by @chrismaltby.com
Alekmaul @alekmaul.bsky.social Développeur sur consoles anciennes, mainteneur principal de la librairie PVSneslib et créateur du studio de développement AlekmaulStudio (https://alekmaulstudio.fr).
Cranko! @cranknockout.bsky.social The ultimate magazine for Playdate users
Johndo @johndogb.bsky.social Artisan vidéoludique 🇫🇷 spécialisé dans la production Game Boy sous toutes ses formes : jeux, musiques, ateliers de création, projets, photos, vidéos 😊
👉 https://linktr.ee/johndostudio
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
White Blanket Games @whiteblanketgames.bsky.social 👻Nightly terrors by @octavinavarro.bsky.social & @susannagranell.bsky.social
🎮Midnight Scenes, The Supper, The Librarian & Unwelcome.
💀Just released #AmongGraves
🔗 https://www.whiteblanketgames.com
#indie #horror #adventure #games
GB Studio Central @gbstudiocentral.com Official site dedicated to all things GB Studio
- the free, open source and easy to use tool for making real Game Boy Games.
http://gbstudiocentral.com
Tom White @tomwhite.bsky.social Software Engineer, Dad and Playdate developer when I get time (not often).
https://mamota.net
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
LuBu @lubu.bsky.social 🔽Lukas Büffel
💥VFX and other stuff at Tiny Roar
💾Unity & Playdate GameDev
🎮Working on Lou's Lagoon, Verdant & Gloom Gate
🗣️DE/EN
🚹He/Him
https://linktr.ee/Lu_Bu
SquidGod @squidgoddev.bsky.social Making Playdate games/videos!
www.youtube.com/@SquidGodDev
Modem @nexusnecromance.itch.io Hello!! I’m just someone who likes making stuff in their off-time.
[📚] Busy ATM.
🎮 ~🎵 ~ 🖌️ ~ 💻
☕️: https://ko-fi.com/nexusnecromance
🕹️: http://nexusnecromance.itch.io/
📺: https://youtube.com/@nexusnecromance
Richard Jordan @ericretro.bsky.social Very part time games dev, tinkering with 80's 8-bit inspired goodness. Author of retro inspired titles Klass of 99, Melkhior's Mansion and Undrium.
Currently working on Playdate projects.
http://www.bitglint.co.uk
Katie James @iamkatiejames.bsky.social Dabbling in the arts ✏️ 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/imkatiejames/
Kirill @xmenekai.bsky.social Mimic pixel artist
Johan Peitz - picoCAD 2 is out! @johanpeitz.com #pixelart and #lofi enthusiast obsessing over small games with big pixels.
Get picoCAD 2 - https://s.team/a/3675940
Wishlist Icy Tower - http://s.team/a/3014860
Get the inside scoop with my newsletter:
💌 https://apskeppet.se/newsletter.html
IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social The latest free games, indie games and retro news, Visit us at http://www.indieretronews.com #retrogaming #indiegames #indie #retrogames #gaming
Spacebot Interactive @spacebotdev.bsky.social Indie Game Developer
Dragonyhm - ModRetro Chromatic, Game Boy, Game Boy Color.
Dracula - Dark Reign - coming soon to Game Boy Color.
https://www.spacebot-interactive.com
DevEd @deved.bsky.social Chiptune guy, aspiring Game Boy dev, likes retro games, member of TimmyTurnersGrandDad (@ttgd.bsky.social). I live in Maine (without the )
DemolissageGames @demolissagegames.bsky.social French indie game dev focused on the Game Boy !
S'il vous plait !
http://demolissagegames.com/
Tony Wang @wangrenxin.bsky.social Creator of GameBuilder BASIC, BASIC8, Bitty Engine, The Legend of Pomodoro... Makes video games and dev tools, projects: https://paladin-t.github.io/
ZaniPixels @zanipixels.bsky.social
Get Lightseeker! 🎮- https://linkly.link/2gnMn
Lost somewhere between pixels. 🇧🇷
gbdev.io @gbdev.io Home of the Game Boy (Advance) homebrew development scene. We're working on (open) development tools, documentation and digital preservation. https://gbdev.io https://gbadev.net
𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 Love ❤️ @amigalove.com Eric K. Hill: Sharing the ❤️ for the Amiga and all things Commodore. Create and manage design @sporcle by day.
amigalove.com
https://www.youtube.com/@AmigaLove
https://www.threads.net/@amigal0ve
Destination Playdate @destplaydate.bsky.social Destination Playdate is a channel dedicated to coverage of the handheld gaming console from Panic Inc.
Business Inquiries ➡ playdate@attackslug.com
https://www.youtube.com/@DestinationPlaydate
Stoff @stoff.bsky.social Senior character modeler and indie dev of
Infinite Sky and @robodome.astralcoast.com
Streams Fridays at 7pm PDT http://Twitch.tv/StoffCreates
Octavi Navarro @octavinavarro.bsky.social Pixel artist and ½ of @whiteblanketgames.bsky.social.
Developer of horror adventure games: Midnight Scenes, The Supper.
Artist on #ThimbleweedPark 1 & 2.
Alex @gamesrightmeow.com Hi there 👋 I'm an #indiedev who makes #1bit #PixelArt games for the #Playdate and PC. Currently working on #SuborbitalSalvage! Also maintainer of #Playbit.
gamesrightmeow.com
github.com/GamesRightMeow/playbit
StephanRewind @stephanrewind.bsky.social Pixel art, interactive fiction, and games. Making Atlantic ‘41, a U-boat simulation for the Playdate.
Graham Lally @scribe6.bsky.social Longer-term tech: Software systems health and sustainability. Games and society. Rituals and mysteries.
ex @6loss on x.
https://groundlake.org
https://exmosis.net
Stephanie Cost @perstephane.bsky.social I’m an artist, art director and pattern designer with a passion for color, nature, Tarot and the fantasy genre.
https://www.stephaniecost.com/
https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/egyptianblue
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EgyptianBlueDesigns
🚫AI
damos games @damosgames.bsky.social Game developer primarily for @play.date. http://damosgames.itch.io
FevGames @fevgames.bsky.social Casual Gamer / Aspiring Playdate Dev
Itch: https://fevgames.itch.io/suddenly-bird
chris mandra @katastatik.bsky.social CoFounder, DACvector
CoCreator, Direct Drive
CoCreator, host: the direction is sound
I write music,
play music,
and make games & such :-)
IrishJiminy @irishjiminy.bsky.social Playdate developer
https://irishjiminy.itch.io/
Kodiak @kodiakgames.bsky.social Winner: Best Narrative Game, '23 Playdate Awards
Terratopia: MoTDK, won Best OST & nominated for Adventure Game, Narrative Game, Outstanding Pulp Visuals & Pulp GotY
I also chair the board for https://gamesyall.com/
https://kodiakgamesatx.itch.io
Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social Another indie studio not quite stealing a living, making games for the #Playdate
Makers of Lolife, Resonant Tale, Daedalus Versus Minotaur, Goodnight Universe, and The Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg
🌐 orangethief.co.uk | 🕹️ orangethiefgames.itch.io
Didier Malenfant @didiermalenfant.bsky.social 💾 Dr Soft, The Kent Team, Red Sector Inc, Aces / 🕹️ Power & Magic, Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Naughty Dog, Ready At Dawn Studios / 🎧 Next Audio Labs / 👾 Making the pfx-1 for Analog Pocket / 👨🏻🎓 Writing openFPGA Tutorials
Drew Lo @drew-lo.bsky.social Dog lover, game designer, engineer and cook.
Developer of Jolly Chimp Champ and Black Hole Havoc
Raphaël @raphcal.bsky.social Software developer, writing Java and Typescript in an office and coding video games from home while sipping coffee.
I made Kuroobi, Poker Poker Magic and Switchboard Shuffle for #Playdate.
Paradnight Studio @paradnight-studio.com ~3 people making games. Finished 'The Nameless City' (a inspired by the Lovecraft's short story of the same name) some time ago:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2987830/The_Nameless_City/
Currently making a Playdate/PC game to see where it goes.
Marquis Kurt 🗺️ @marquiskurt.net [mar.kɪs kɚrt] He/him. Indie game and app un-devvepoper. Opinions written are my own and are not representative of the entities I work with.
Tech “anti-enthusiast”. ❌👑
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Playdate #iOSDev
Pedro Medeiros @saint11.art Co-founder of @coldbloodinc.studio
Artist of Celeste, TowerFall and +70 free pixel art tutorials
WISHLIST NEVERWAY → http://steam.neverway.co/
James @jarmsicle.bsky.social https://elephantstarballoon.com
🏹 The Long Arc (https://play.date/games/the-long-arc/) is an action arcade game for the #playdate console built using #nim
Currently working on a #towerdefense game for the #playdate
piousPigeon @piouspigeon.bsky.social https://piouspigeon.nekoweb.org/?post=projects
Developing Developer-
Hablet for Playdate~ out now!
sweedin @sweedinmusic.bsky.social Director of Technical Audio @ Epic Games // Playdate tinkerer (Capy Spa, Cultivator) // beat dropper // musical visualizer
Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games We're a small indie dev team aiming to make humorous, whimsical, imaginative games that can be enjoyed by most ages.
Our first game is #AgentsOfGroove, a story-driven rhythm action game for Playdate.
Find out more at https://synapticsugar.games
Amano @amanogames.bsky.social Two friends
@jovenpaul.bsky.social & @afk-mario.bsky.social
Making games
✋🏽By Hand ✋🏽
https://amano.games/
Zachary Snyder @the3dprintist.bsky.social Game developer, using this account to talk about my work!
No relation to the director.
ZacharyS.dev , DioraGame.com
#playdate #gamedev
Tabortop Games @tabortop.bsky.social Smol game developer
🕹️ https://agameortwo.itch.io/
🏠 https://tabortop.com/
🐘 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@tabortop
Frederic Souchu @fsouchu.bsky.social Data Architect during daylight
#pico8 & #playdate gamedev at night!
Pico8 game catalog: https://freds72.itch.io/
Playdate game: https://play.date/games/snow/
Ludovic Bas | Wishlist Crankstone 🤠 @loudo.lugludum.com #Gamedev solodev at indiegame studio lugludum.com & Board member at Lyongamedev
The Scrolling Enigma on #Playdate
🎮Wishlist Crankstone on Steam ⤵️
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
Dardoyle @dardoyle.bsky.social Indie game dev making games for the Playdate. You can check out my games at dardoyle.itch.io and on Catalog
sourencho 🍄 Mimic Meadows! @sourencho.com Wishlist Mimic Meadows: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4136640/Mimic_Meadows/
Indie gamedev
• Mimic Meadows - godot
• BWIRDS - playdate
• Slime Rancher 2 - unity, sr eng
https://www.sourencho.com/
Luke S @lukesanderson.bsky.social Game Developer, making Turnip Mountain & Tiny Turnip
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138410
Nic Magnier @nicmagnier.bsky.social Senior Game Designer @ Ubisoft Mainz • Developer of Pick Pack Pup for Playdate • Nintendo Alumni • Jammer • He/Him
Mouflon Cloud @mouflon.cloud Role playing being a game dev www.mouflon.cloud
Tiny Yellow Machine @tinyyellowmachine.bsky.social A Playdate channel dedicated to news, game reveals, events, and live developer interviews. A show by fans.
https://www.tinyyellowmachine.com
rae @rae.wtf 👋 i'm a moth who likes to make cool stuff forever
✨ she/they
🔼 now: HEXA on STEAM! https://s.team/a/4581230
🃏 next: solitaire, on your playdate! in catalog 10.27.2026
🌿 wait: project pesto...?
🪐 https://rae.wtf
XaniaLasagna @xanialasagna.bsky.social (She/Her)
Indie game dev for Playdate games & Editor of Uncrank'd
https://linktr.ee/xanialasagna
Pawprints Games @pawprints.games Making indie games for #playdate like ‘Skwish’ and ‘Otto’s Galactic Groove!!’
https://pawprints.itch.io/
DRD @drd.dev 🎮 #gameDev making playdate stuff.
// CURRENT PROJECT
#HELLEVATOR 🛗
// LINKS
🌐 https://drd.dev | 🕹️ https://drd-dev.itch.io
// OTHER INTERESTS
🍳 #Cooking 🥾 #Hiking 🪱 #DUNE
bumbleborn - Wunder is OUT NOW! @bumbleborn.com game dev | bumbleborn.com | he/him | hates genAI
Wunder on Steam - http://s.team/a/3895480
Wunder Presskit - https://wunder.bumbleborn.com/#presskit
Echo: The Oracle's Scroll - https://play.date/games/echo-the-oracles-scroll/
Pixel Ghost @pixelghost.bsky.social Making little games with a lot of heart.
Buy Life's Too Short on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209750/Lifes_Too_Short/
Wishlist Deja Vu PD on Playdate: https://play.date/games/deja-vu/
linktr.ee/pixelghostuk
#indiegamedeveloper
Lukas @strupf.bsky.social Making Owlet's Embrace 🪶
play.date/games/owlets-embrace/
Nnnn @nnnn.cat I make obscure games for obscure hardware.
マニアックなハード用マニアックなゲームを作っています。
❤: Noise, horror, holography, vectrex/光速船, Playdate, P/ECE, 戦国TURB
Ledbetter @ldbrart.bsky.social Artist, Playdate developer
Ledbetter.games
Ldbr.art
https://play.date/games/search/?q=Ledbetter
Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com We believe in making games that challenge you in the most pleasant way possible. https://scenicroutesoftware.com
Donald Bubbins Fraser @guv-bubbs.bsky.social Once supporter of Netrunner in NZ & creator of a Winnitron. Now making a game for the Playdate called Comet.
https://linktr.ee/guv_bubbs