Common Opera @commonopera.bsky.social american game dev trio
young cathedral | waxwing | coke bugs
https://linktr.ee/commonopera
[untitled games event] Amsterdam @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social A space for experimental games and playable arts. A monthly Amsterdam-based 'book club' for games and conversation on play.
https://untitledgamesevent.nl
NEXT EDITION: 18 - 20 September
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
nocaps @nocapsbb.bsky.social posting about cool indie games
currently playing: THE CANON OF BALLS | Persona 5
videos: youtube.com/c/nocapsbb
nocaps.on.yt@gmail.com
she/her
𝖗𝖎𝖔 @xflorora.bsky.social xflorora.itch.io 🇵🇷🏳️⚧️
he/they ~♡
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - Summer break - Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
q1 @quewon.bsky.social www player - quewon.github.io
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
adam pype @adampype.bsky.social i make 3d performative apparatus-environments (games)
made NO PLAYERS ONLINE
buy: http://noplayersonline.net
prev SPOOKWARE, shovel knight dig, COLDLINE, mapfriend, hps1 CHAIN + CHAINGED, VHS 1986, DREAMDISC, ...
games-> papercookies.itch.io
JohnLee Cooper @johnleeerg.bsky.social I make videogames: https://ergman.itch.io/
contact me at johnleeerg@gmail.com, im probably not gonna use bluesky much unless it blows up
ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social 🪸a tiny game studio in nyc🪸
📧zipit.games@gmail.com
our videogame on the back of a giant flying catfish
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/The_Wide_Open_Sky_is_Running_out_of_Catfish/
burrowbling @burrowbling.bsky.social burrowbling.itch.io
christine mi @cmi.bsky.social game designer & cartoonist 👾🌱 in the new yorker, vox, and others.
currently making @morningaftergame.bsky.social
cxmi.itch.io
cxmi.cargo.site
Santa Ragione @santaragione.com The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/rsuwh9HbPJ
Noelle @floralnoise.bsky.social ⚢⚧︎ Gamedev, Artist, Lover <3
DMs open!
NarraScope @narrascope.org NarraScope is a hybrid conference on interactive narrative by @iftechfoundation.org. Join us in 2026 at the University at Albany, June 12-14. https://narrascope.org/
and then we go party at the shore @paryattheshore.bsky.social A hand-crafted adventure game set in a bizarre storybook theater.
In development 🎵🌱
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4461390/And_Then_We_Go_Party_At_The_Shore/
Hapshapen Games @hapshapen.bsky.social A handcrafted studio making video games you can reach out and touch.
Working on Abigail: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3569410/Abigail/
@weapon2.bsky.social @weapon2.bsky.social www.gurngroup.com
jirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijirarijira @jiraduguid.bsky.social Fantasia Malware.
kevin du @kevindu.itch.io experimental game designer
https://linktr.ee/kevin.du
M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red marxist art & video game critic
Artribune, Il manifesto
matteolupetti@upandpunch.red
they/them
My book UDO. Guida ai videogiochi nell'Antropocene is out!
https://nuovesido.it/store/collezione-tebe/udo-guida-ai-videogiochi-nellantropocene/
Nsyccaicn @psycanic.bsky.social I love dead beings
emily koonce @koonce.itch.io ✨international game designer party girl✨
my games: https://koonce.itch.io/
Yasmanian Devil @yasminegabbah.bsky.social Games, teaching, Gaza 🇵🇸🇲🇦
stori @madayten.bsky.social NYU Game Center MFA 2025 ~
slm its öykü
i make games, eat cheetos and drink aperol sprtiz
𝐉𝐚𝐦𝟐𝐠𝐨 @jam2go.com James Dalzell Hodge / Digital Artist / Musician / ♊️ / (former) Florida Man / Made Kitten Burst / Making GANGSTALK
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social 🔸Irish 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 dev / Glasgow Indie Games Fest / PizzaJam 🔸
Making indie 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 : ComputerJames.itch.io
(Stealth Crossword, Dogman95)
Diane Wang @wrcdiane.bsky.social Writer. Narrative Designer. Solo Game Dev. English/中文/日本語.
The dev of @silencergame.bsky.social
Twitter: https://x.com/wrcdiane
antonio @tuniks.bsky.social joanna newsom stan | 🇧🇷 | making abigail @hapshapen.bsky.social
https://tuniks.itch.io/
syd @sydastry.com im here to post | 28 | they/them
music, games, screaming into the void
never been curious in my life
audio guy @art.thief.games
listen to my album too much ?
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sydastry/too-much-
Isabelle Smith @imissmywisdomteeth.bsky.social https://imissmywisdomteeth.itch.io
Gabriel @gabrielhelfenstein.bsky.social Games + Performances
Part of Fantasia Malware
Making The House Before and The Abyssal Diplomat
-------------------------------------------------------
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779750/The_House_Before/
https://gabriel-helfenstein.itch.io/
Zoey San Diego @soeyzandiego.bsky.social don’t worry, do your best! | any pronouns 🇸🇬🇵🇭🏳️🌈 | nyu game design '26
Shawn @shawnpierre.com Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com chicken
Jucario @jucario.bsky.social 21
Game Design Student & Big Nintendo Fan
I love making video game music and talking about cartoons, games, and pizza 🍕
(Banner is from @coucou_art on twitter)
jocelyn @lichirin.bsky.social game designer , illustrator , 3d modeler
come see my website!!! -> jocelynli.xyz
my vgen!!! -> vgen.co/lichirin
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio sunsetvisitor.studio makes diverse narrative games through the lens of speculative fiction.
1000xRESIST | s.team/a/1675830/
Prove You're Human | s.team/a/4533950
DISCORD: discord.gg/sunsetvisitor
Sam you'll @sam-youll.bsky.social art rat
https://sam-youll.itch.io/
IGDA NYC @igdanyc.bsky.social We aim to grow & connect our game dev community & industry!
Have ideas, questions, or wanna help out? Email: nyc@igda.org
Discord: https://discord.gg/BhDkJsdBc #NYMakesGames
yOYo @yoyozm.bsky.social Game Designer
Student of Play
小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp ゲームクリエイター：僕の体の70%は映画でできている
Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
scrolling background @lawraclark.itch.io welcome to my professional network said the spider to the fly
[ http://lawraclark.itch.io ]
Biagi @biagi.bsky.social Game dev || NYU Game Design MFA 2025
https://biagi.net
Alonso Canales @alcex.bsky.social Game producer. Co-founder of Smarto Club. IGDA Scholar. NYU Game Center MFA 2025.
Currently working on Bubblegum Galaxy, a chill building game 🌌
https://s.team/a/1989120
He/him.
Noa @mothmansearlobe.bsky.social they/she | narrative designer, writer, game dev, bug & rot enthusiast | Adjunct Prof of Game Studies && NYU Game Center MFA ‘25
https://segaln17.itch.io
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Liz Alfos @touloutoumou.bsky.social Monster girl ; Mischief Maker ; Weird Internet Elder
she/they 🏳️⚧️
run the museumofscreens.bsky.social
Avatar by chimeracauldron.bsky.social
https://touloutoumou.com/
Panic @panic.com panic.com • Maker of apps (Nova, Prompt, Transmit) • Publisher of Firewatch, Untitled Goose Game, Nour: Play With Your Food, Thank Goodness You're Here, Arco, Despelote, Time Flies • Oh, and also @play.date
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Buddy Toledo @jessefuchs.bsky.social the biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
PARIAH | buy 1000 Deaths on Steam @pariahinteractive.bsky.social surreal experiences about real life | developed 1000 Deaths 📺 | join our discord: http://pariah.in/discord | buy 1000 Deaths on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141260/1000_Deaths_Thousand_Deaths/
jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social formerly parsons mfadt, member @boshis.place
currently thinking about walking around in spaces, weird controllers, and plunderludics
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
fiona @marioparty.blog they/them
aspiring vengeful ghost wandering the misty swamps. ex-tech, working on @bug.band, member of @boshis.place
zionism is terrorism
alpha_rats @alpha-rats.bsky.social game dev and visual artist ☹️
https://alpharats.com
Julián Palacios @yulelepalacios.bsky.social Indie dev / made Promesa, Cuccchi
https://www.yulele.dev/
http://julian-palacios.itch.io
phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social i think about heuristics a lot : )
make something bad then recycle it!
phyrex.itch.io
Dark Quixote Studio @dqstudio.bsky.social We make games and we share great projects.
Download catabomb, a mobile Roguelike about robotic kittens disarming the most dangerous bombs, for android and iOS here👇 💥😼💥
https://lnk.bio/DQStudio
Can You Pet the Dog? @canyoupetthedog.com animals + video games
run by @tristanacooper.bsky.social
Xia 夏 @metiskatriquetra.bsky.social https://metiskatriquetra.itch.io/
✷U⥻S⥀E〄R⊚L⇳A✥N≟D✺S♫ @userlands.bsky.social ✷developing ETERNITY EGG✷
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1670690/Eternity_Egg/
adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com creator of IN STARS AND TIME ✨ working on @truthscrapper.bsky.social 📚 i make things that make you feel things
website ✨ www.insertdisc5.com
All My Games On Steam Are Here Click Here ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/insertdisc5/
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
despelote ⚽ OUT NOW! @despelote.game despelote is a soccer game about people, set in Quito, Ecuador.
made by julian cordero, sebastián valbuena, gabe cuzzillo, ian berman, and niall tessier-lavigne
OUT NOW!
https://despelote.game/
Kas @thestaticman.bsky.social Game dev. made OMUI, Stereophyta, Oceanarium.
https://thestaticman.itch.io/
formerly @ the glory society.
pondlife @withpondlife.bsky.social is making "pondlife: discone (a videogame)", a game where you parkour up uncharted mountains with your friends. wishlist on steam =)
https://s.team/a/2888670/
Jordi de Paco @jordidepaco.bsky.social Creative Director @Deconstructeam.bsky.social - Writing, Narrative Design.
Also wrote Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and Denshattack!
Check out our narrative experiences here:
https://deconstructeam.itch.io/
Personal experiments:
https://jordidepaco.itch.io/
Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social Games, software tools, ttrpgs, the handmade web - Barnacle Goose Experiment, World Ending Game - Program Coordinator at Pratt Game Arts - long live the postal service.
https://everest-pipkin.com- G gabe cuzzillo @gcuzzillo.bsky.social game dev, baby steps, ape out, foiled
gabecuzzillo.com
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
d @hotlocalwizards.bsky.social mostly entertaining writer | narrative designer | beloved homosexual
hope to hear from you soon,
— d
Alexander King @literallyaking.com Game Designer, Economy/System Design. Adjunct Professor at NYU Game Center & Parsons DT. Staff Data Analyst for ACT-UAW Local 7902. Spreadsheet aficionado.
(He/Him)
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
big__flan @bigflan.bsky.social visit the angel garden: https://flan.itch.io/angel-garden
experience enjoyer
made titanic II and museum of the saved image
my games: flan.itch.io
Blake? @beetleeggblues.bsky.social biz dev
person of color
working on a wook rpg
mut / moochi @mut.media 
Kyra Wills-Umdenstock ♠️🌌🔮 @xenjade.bsky.social games higher ed/early career equity activist | EGD Collective | things @ NYU Game Center | Chair, IGDA Student | TGA Future Class 2021 | the care of the future of games is ours | aro/ace in space | enby | ad(h)d | Leslie Knope of gaming
NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social We celebrate games as a creative practice & offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form.
https://linktr.ee/nyugamecenter
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
📍Portland, OR
fran @frannny.bsky.social 
The Water Museum @thewatermuseum.bsky.social Made Arctic Eggs, trying to make another game
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
Graceless Games @gracelessgames.bsky.social Hi, I‘m Gracey and I make vehicular adventure games, like Deity Driving and Beautycopter.
Currently working Low Beam Lullabies, planned release Autumn 2026!
www.graceless.net
sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social gamewitch @ sylvie.website 🐈
sylvieish half of love ❤ game @ https://love-game.net
Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at MARBLE SOULS coming soon. Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/
Museum of Screens @museumofscreens.bsky.social The past and future of web games. DMs are open for suggestions
Run by touloutoumou.bsky.social
https://museumofscreens.com/
https://museumofscreens.wordpress.com
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
Warp Door @warpdoor.com 🚪 An observatory in the middle of nowhere 🚪
📧 warpdoor@gmail.com
boshi's place @boshis.place boshi’s place is a space in brooklyn, ny that celebrates game making as a craft and *something related to play/experience*
website --> https://boshis.place <--
Danny Hawk @dannyhawk.com making games, adjuncting in nyc, part of boshi’s place. dannyhawk.com
Read-Only Memory @readonlymemory.com Publisher of books on videogames and worldbuilding est. 2012
https://readonlymemory.com
https://readonlymemory.com/collections/selects
drew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games i like to make things, oftentimes on the computer
https://organzola.games
working on MUTAGEN🧬
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/MUTAGEN/
contact: drew at organzola dot games
freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social ⚧ indie gamedev, writer, occasional musician. She/Her. Senior Designer at [horror game company]. Proud member of Domino Club. Made Videotome.
masto: https://timetheft.rip/@spdrcstl
games: communistsister.itch.io
website w/ contact info: spdrcstl.com