App-s.ru @app-s.bsky.social I am Brightside, writer and reviewer for website app-s.ru.
vfiaca @vfiaca.bsky.social game maker&teacher; (pfp @makowka.bsky.social)
vfia.ca | vfiaca.itch.io
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday!
🛒 Shop: http://shop.2000ad.com
📰 Newsletter: http://2000ad.com/thrillmail
🔊 Podcast: http://2000ad.com/podcast
Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
#blackgamedev ✊🏽 they/them 💛🤍💜🖤
beatdowncity.com
Pinball Flyers @pinballflyers.bsky.social Just pinball flyers
Louis Koziarz @koziarz.com Embedded systems farmer. Ex WMS, PLD, Stern Pinball. Randomly posting wacky stuff I saved from my time in the coin-op business and most likely retold incorrectly. |✶✶✶✶|
@justaguynamedadam.bsky.social @justaguynamedadam.bsky.social
Alastair Low (Lowtek Games) MASUKU 20th July! @alastairlow.bsky.social wishlist MASUKU
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4401050/MASUKU
Game Dev creating weird cool stuff
#Retro #homebrew games
#Playdate #evercade
Projection mapping
Popup books
Dyslexia accessability #A11y
Aka wallmasterr
https://linktr.ee/lowtekgames
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com puzzles that love you back
a zach gage and orta therox joint
www.puzzmo.com
Your Cool Uncle Marisa @marisamoureau.com I make YouTube videos about retro gaming and other tech. I love cats and women. Also an actor 🤡
youtube.com/@yourcoolunclemarisa
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
Neal Agarwal @neal.fun making neal.fun
ghettobastler @ghettobastler.com he/him - they/them
I make things and make things do things
25% of Marave Goyave
ghettobastler.com
ghettobastler.itch.io
🌸 Mochi Moshi! JRPG + Roguelike Dev 🌟 MOCHI CONQUEST ▶️ Wishlist @mochiconquest.com 👺 MOCHI CONQUEST | A unique Turn-Based Roguelike JRPG Dungeon Crawler
⛩️ Wishlist Now on Steam! Demo coming soon 🔥
▶️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3518510/Mochi_Conquest?utm_source=bsk
🎮 JRPG at Heart, Roguelike in Spirit
Goloso Games @golosogames.bsky.social Inspector Waffles, Playdate games and more!
http://www.golosogames.com
Wishlist Antenna Dilemma: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853730/Antenna_Dilemma
Discord: http://discord.gg/GJrnmFN
contact@golosogames.com
Alan Cooke @alancooke.bsky.social I occasionally post about #playdate games. Right now I'm working on Cannonball Kid for #playdate. I've also made Fortress for Playdate, it's on catalog. I also enjoy sports, investing, music, and traveling.
TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social Video game chronicler, especially of the Playdate.
Runs: http://playdateunofficial.com.
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thegamellama
Videos: https://youtube.com/user/DigitalMumbles
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mumbles.
Music: http://atojump.bandcamp.com
@xesf.bsky.social @xesf.bsky.social
GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social We're an agency based around one simple issue: how do players find, buy and enjoy your PC or console game? http://www.gamediscover.co
Alice Bottino @bottino.games ✨Independent game creator✨1/2 of Dreamware Media✨
Previously @ Xbox, HBS
Made HYPERBEAT: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2263360?utm_source=bsky
Working on pipedog: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4222850?utm_source=bsky
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
@osuikaa.bsky.social @osuikaa.bsky.social
Rojo Velasco @rojovelasco.itch.io Developing Wanderlust for the #playdate
https://rojovelasco.itch.io/wanderlust
Kirill @xmenekai.bsky.social Mimic pixel artist
Will Aryitey @flipdock.bsky.social I love games 🎮 I love words ✍🏾
Founded @tenebrificgames.com
https://tenebrificgames.com
http://williamaryitey.com/
Drew Lo @drew-lo.bsky.social Dog lover, game designer, engineer and cook.
Developer of Jolly Chimp Champ and Black Hole Havoc
Lukas @strupf.bsky.social Making Owlet's Embrace 🪶
play.date/games/owlets-embrace/
Amano @amanogames.bsky.social Two friends
@jovenpaul.bsky.social & @afk-mario.bsky.social
Making games
✋🏽By Hand ✋🏽
https://amano.games/
[AFK] Mario @afk-mario.bsky.social Game & Web developer from 🇲🇽
• 🐘@mario_afk@merveilles.town
•🖐🏽 A mano from @amanogames.bsky.social
• 🔊 Podcast detrasdelpixel.com
• 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏽 Community https://indi-es.com
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social i write at @theverge.com. Portland, OR.
potch @potch.me web safe 🦒 it’s not a good idea, it’s just what’s happening
games, websites, things of that nature
connect with me OnLine https://potch.me/
makin games as @twentyminutemile.bsky.social
avatar by branson reese
David Hepworth @dhepworth.com Just a shell of a man who also works at a web dev job in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. ∅ https://dhepworth.com/social
PDGames @pdgamez.com Official Bluesky Account of https://pdgamez.com, a fan site for the Playdate to discover and browse games from the official Playdate Catalog and itch.io.
shezcrafti 🍕 @shezcrafti.com High-functioning nostalgiaholic.
I write stuff at https://shezcrafti.com, co-host of @CultFilmClub.com podcast, Xennial, media hoarder, weirdo, mom of two.
I 🩷 @ShawnRobare.com, TMNT, 80s / 90s, toys, gaming, movies, old tech, junk food, Diet Pepsi.
XBOX Game Pass @gamepass.xbox.com come for the games, stay for even more games
@echoswarm.bsky.social @echoswarm.bsky.social
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Reavo End @reavo.seismoph.one Engineer, developer, and passionate fan of video games and music (+creative dabbling~)
elizabeth @macaroon1.bsky.social associate producer @ panic incorporated
crazymacattack @ twitch dot tv
📍 sf, ca
Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf Independent video game developer. He/him, pretty gay 🏳️🌈
Most recently made “Sasquatchers” for the Playdate
Formerly at Telltale Games, Maxis, LucasArts, and projects for Walt Disney Imagineering
Personal blog at https://www.spectrecollie.com/
Wallace @exalclaw.com Wallace Truesdale: Runs exalclaw.com | Seen at Unwinnable, Stop Caring, Mothership, etc. | Weak against soft cookies | he/him
📬: exalclaw@proton.me
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer • narrative designer • lesbian • nyc
repped @ HMLA by @ninarichner.bsky.social
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/
The Cribs @thecribs.bsky.social New album “SELLING A VIBE” out January 9th! New single “SUMMER SEIZURES” out NOW!
Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com ⛩️ PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー (2025)
💗 PARADISE KILLER パラダイスキラー (2020)
❔??? (???)
A UK based indie game studio, born in Paradise.
https://linktr.ee/kaizengameworks
Shaun Cichacki @shauncichacki.bsky.social Former Contributor @ VICE, Former Staff Writer at The Escapist, & Prima Games.
Email & PR Contacts: shauncichacki (at) gmail (dot) com
Blippo+ @blippo.plus Channel Surf ✺ New Wave ⚡︎ Television
🎬 Out Now on Nintendo Switch, Steam, & Mac
📡 Broadcasting Weekly on Playdate
🏆 Apple Design Awards 2026 Finalist
🏆 Best Writing in a Game NYGA 2026
🏆 4x IGF 2026 Nominee
https://blippo.plus
YACHT @teamyacht.com teamyacht.com | Painting in the air since 2002 • Makers of music, objects, experiences, & ephemera • Blippo+ • Nominated for Grammy, Apple Design, & IGF awards • Winners of other ones! See also: @theuniverse.bsky.social & @blippo.plus
Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com She/Her | Art Director at Mega Crit | PIGSquad Organizer | Prev Dicey Dungeons + Floppy Knights | Black Lives Matter! Trans rights are human rights!
⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆
https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/
https://marlowedobbe.com/
https://marlowedobbe.com/newsletter
Dom2D 💜 @dom2d.bsky.social Art, game design, doodles.
Here for nice/cute/weird board games, video games, illustrations, and pals. Worked on Dig Dig Dino, Bomb Busters, Flinthook, Dig! Dig! Dino!, Geek Mind, BioGems, Where's Waldo, and so on!
Jem Andrea Gibbon @imgibbon.bsky.social full-time game programmer, and sometimes I write things too
Richard @benjymous.bsky.social 'Veteran' from the AAA games industry, building small games and geotechnical engineering software. he/him.
sing-song ding-dong, and Triston, both available now on @play.date catalog and itch.io
https://play.date/games/studios/com.grapefruitopia/
davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com indie gamedev in japan • mixolumia • executive golf dx • core fault
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
Jon Simantov @jonsimantov.bsky.social helloyellow: Voice chat for #Playdate • helloyellow.app
Cranky Cove • crankycove.com
Game designer of: Liberation, Vamp on the Batwalk, Draught Trick
@videogameworkers.bsky.social member
🏢 Staff SWE @ PlayStation (SIE)
he/him • 🖤🩶🤍💜❤️♾ • 🌎 NYer in CA
Jeff Marchiafava @ohheyitsjeffm.bsky.social MinnMax co-host, former Game Informer editor, occasionally funny.
YangMann @ymgs.gg Indie game dev @ YMGS
Wishlist Video Mahjong Tutorial on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4718330/
Match-o-3000 on Playdate Catalog https://play.date/games/match-o-3000/
Join YMGS Discord for game news and discussions https://discord.gg/amDxme9Wxs
Julie Bjørnskov - working on Escape the Baby Alarm @juliebjornskov.bsky.social Indie Game Developer - Artist
Steam - Escape the Baby Alarm
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3723710/Escape_the_Baby_Alarm/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source=steamwidget
Ana D. @pokachee.bsky.social games and internet culture writer at teen vogue, npr, wired, the verge, game informer and lots of other places | 😈🏳️🌈 - looking for work - anadiazwrites@gmail[dot]com
IrishJiminy @irishjiminy.bsky.social Playdate developer
https://irishjiminy.itch.io/
popagenda @popagenda.co Pals doing indie publishing things
popagenda.co
damos games @damosgames.bsky.social Game developer primarily for @play.date. http://damosgames.itch.io
Carmen Ito @beemon.symbolicon.net 🏳️🌈 She/her. Full-stack developer by day, indie game artist and developer by night. Small budget, big dreams. Anti-MAGA, ICE and AI. These people are garbage, I don't talk to trash. Leave me alone.
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
📍Portland, OR
Pew Pew Bang! @pewpewbang.bsky.social A video game podcast where every episode is a slumber party! Every other Monday listen to four women from around the game industry talk games, stories, and life advice. Part of the @minnmax.com podcast network.
Trans Safe Harbor Network @transsafeharbor.bsky.social Connecting trans people with resources in safer countries to make relocation and emigration easier.
🏳️⚧️🌎🌍🌏🏳️⚧️
Insta: @/transsafeharbornetwork
Email: transsafeharbor@proton.me
Web: *coming soon*
@bjornskov.bsky.social @bjornskov.bsky.social
Juicy Beast @juicybeast.com We make colorful quirky games!
https://lnk.bio/juicybeast
Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social Head of Video Game Practice at Voyer Law, IP/tech/corporate
@minnmax.com Community Manager, Cohort and Bonus Pod host
@pewpewbang.bsky.social co-host
Email: haley@voyerlaw.com.
PP: @hugop_arts
She/her 🏳️🌈
@doiion.bsky.social @doiion.bsky.social 50% animator 50% illustrator 50% father. Not good with numbers. Academy Awards nominee. http://doiion.com
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
John Weachock @scizzorz.com
amy brown @amybrown.xyz writer / parent x2 / sf bay via dayton, ohio
"the only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing” - KATSEYE
amybrown.xyz ✨
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!
❓ later: who knows?!
🌿 plus: project pesto!!
🪐 https://rae.wtf
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
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
Laura Marie @lauramariedoesart.bsky.social Artist/Tattoo Artist
Videogames/Comics/DnD etc
Mikhail @va11halla.bsky.social Words about games on multiple platforms with a handheld focus and some good coffee on the side. Find my work on RPG Site, TouchArcade, Into The Spine, Nintendo Insider, Steam Deck HQ, Respec, & more. Avatar by Kiri from Sukeban Games.
Opinions my own.- C @chellman.bsky.social @chellman.bsky.social
Ron Lent @ronlent.bsky.social Artist / Musician
creator of Eyeland for Playdate
currently working on Eyeland 2 (for what seems like, uh FOREVER)
http://bit.ly/Eyeland
IG @ronlent
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
Leo Vader @leovader.com i am a cohort at @minnmax.com and i am me at http://youtube.com/leovader
8_bit_BEAR.bsky.social @8bitbear.bsky.social Active member of the Playdate Community. General Judge for Playdate 2023 & 2024 community awards. Overall enjoyer of video games and cool media. I love helping out where I can and making a difference.
https://linktr.ee/8_bit_bear
Mirror Door Interactive @mirrordoorinteractive.com Independent Game Developer, Melbourne, Australia.
@mattshope.bsky.social @mattshope.bsky.social
Fontaines D.C. @fontainesdc.bsky.social Romance.
Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host ✨ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
LA 📍
The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
🗓️ December 2026
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🎬 Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
🌎 Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
PossiblyAxolotl @possiblyaxolotl.com they/she
Internet creature that makes things. An axolotl, possibly.
All opinions are my employer's • PossiblyAxolotl's employer
https://possiblyaxolotl.com/links
making #rocketbytes
✡️🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤
Alec Longstreth @aleclongstreth.bsky.social (he/him) Award-winning, Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. Living and working in Santa Fe, NM, USA! https://www.alec-longstreth.com/
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.
Sarah Podzorski 🌸 @sarahpodz.bsky.social 🌼 Fields of Mistria Social Media & Marketing Manager
🌻 MinnMax Cohort
🌷 Twitch Partner
Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social Video games & deals. I post deals which may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Epic Creator Code: Wario64
Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
Chris Johnston, aka “CJ” @superpac.bsky.social Product Manager at Enhance (Lumines Arise, HUMANITY, Tetris Effect: Connected, Rez Infinite). Player One Podcast producer/host. Formerly Adult Swim Games, Newtype USA, EGM. Bi guy. 💖💜💙
matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com 💾 FITS ON A FLOPPY 🤓 Indie Dev since ~1990 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️ Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com