norvid_studies @norvid-studies.bsky.social charts and graphs
follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/norvid_studies
https://substack.com/@norvidstudies/posts
Sam Alfred @vfqd.itch.io Game designer, currently working on Combolands @cruxgames.bsky.social
Previously, lead designer of Terra Nil
https://vfqd.itch.io/
Bafta nom
Alex @ayealreet.bsky.social Cofounder @ Uwu.biz
Prev: Modern Wolf, Caffeine, Robot Teddy, Iko Iko,
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Game Informer @gameinformer.com Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.
Follow our work: GameInformer.com
hubecube_ @hube.ca Hube to the cube working on Astronomics and Light Fingers at Numizmatic
◆ Numizmatic.com
◆ AstronomicsGame.com
◆ LightFingersGame.com
◆ bspace.app/profile/hube.ca
Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com Veteran freelance games crit & PR. Hyped for indie games & mods. Bylines on RPS, PC Gamer, PCGamesN. Find my work, Steam curation & contact info below - He/Him
Find me elsewhere online at dominictarason.com
Contact email: jdtarason@gmail.com
Coincidence @coincidence.games Coincidence is a cooperative game studio created by ex-Zachtronics developers. Zach Barth is no longer teaching high school and is making games again.
Lantto (making Sandustry - falling sand meets automation) @lantto.bsky.social Solo dev making Sandustry, a mining and automation sandbox with pixel-based physics. Published by @hoodedhorse.bsky.social
#indiedev #gamedev
Wishlist and play the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2764460/Sandustry/
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
MollyBerry @mollyberry.bsky.social (she/her) (Bi) Fulltime Twitch Partner & gaming content creator, out here hoping to spread some human kindness.
Trans women are women, trans men are men.
Gen ai is harmful, mindless, and gross.
Contact: molly@mollyberry.net
https://mollyberrymk.carrd.co
Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social Writer. Author. Bond Fan.
CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN
WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US
BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY
Rep'd by Vivienne Clore
#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
www.markoconnell.co.uk
Alexander Bergendahl @abergendahl.bsky.social • Co-founder & CEO LootLocker (Game Publishing Platform)
• Co-founder Aurora Punks (Co-dev & Publishing Support)
• Previously: Hatrabbit Entertainment, Poppermost Productions, Autumn Games, Japan Studios, GRIN, Avalanche Studios 
Danwen Huang @danwen.bsky.social Project Coordinator at Games London | Ex Games Publishing Scout.
Lifelong games + women's football enthusiast. British Chinese Enby. 🌈⚧️(she/they).
toolkit.games.london
games.london/gamechanger
Video Games Grid About Me: https://sl1nk.com/cjknlmm
Ed Lago @edlago.dev 👾 Label Director at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social
🥽 Festival Manager at @vr-forever.com
👻 Board of Directors Member at @babyghosts.fund
🧠 Mentor at Game Production Guild
🔫 Former Executive Producer on Pistol Whip
Jake Tucker @jaketucker.bsky.social He/him | ⚒️ | Editorial director @ PC Gaming Show |FrontLeft newsletter| Prev: launched NME Gaming / EIC at TechRadar Gaming & others / special projects @ Red Bull
Tom Kaczmarczyk @hellothisistom.bsky.social IndieBI and culinary malpractice, ex-SUPERHOT
https://indiebi.com 💸
James Tillman @jamesdevstory.bsky.social 🍓 co-founder @ wholesome games
🍣 developer @ rolling hills: make sushi, make friends
✉️ james@wholesomegames.com
🌱 he/him
Fire Hose Games @firehosegames.bsky.social Makers of Techtonica and other fine video games | Techtonica 1.0 now available on Steam, Xbox, and PS5!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457320/Techtonica/
Atahan Karaman @atahansocial.bsky.social Game Designer, Co-founder at Glaze Sound
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796010/?utm_source=ak
Jess 🍔 🔜 MIGW @jessmwoodward.bsky.social I am all about cats, strength training, and video games. 😌
Co-founder @ Mischief Makers Studio. NZ-based Freelance 2D Art Generalist. (she/her)
Currently making: Burger Bois!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3224290/Burger_Bois/
Dylan Rooks @dylanrayrooks.bsky.social ❷❾
KY📍
Nico Recabarren @cabezotta.bsky.social I make games. Game designer / Programmer.
Currently working on new stuff!!
Before: Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, ETHEREAL (IGF 2019 winner) and other smaller things.
Mendoza. Argentina.
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Anton Martinez @antonmartinez.bsky.social 🕹️ Indie Game Dev
Carl Neisser @bigpigeoncarl.bsky.social Default Nintendo Mii pale man. Games and film and tv and hot air.
General Interactive @generalinteractive.bsky.social Making the Diner at the End of the Galaxy // Out on Steam on Nov 18, 2025! Add to wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2577420
Makers of winemaking management game, Terroir, and detective adventure game, Chinatown Detective Agency.
claire barilla @ceebelsy.bsky.social Publishing Producer Prev: Astra Logical, Secret Mode, RiffRaff 🍃 She/her🌱
Happy Volcano @happyvolcano.com Award-winning remote-first indie studio.
Midnight Moments, our small cyberpunk diorama game, is out now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4666090/Midnight_Moments/?utm_source=socials&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=bio
Darenn @darenn.bsky.social Hi! 🖖🏻 AAA dev gone indie. Creator of Dawnfolk. 🇫🇷
https://dawnfolk.com/
Lee Scheinbeim @lee.scheinbe.im Senior Lighting Technical Artist @ Cloud Chamber, formerly Singularity 6, Harebrained Schemes, Bioware. Covered in cat scratches. All thoughts property of my cat.
Ricardo Juchem @ricardojuchem.com Art ▪︎ UI ▪︎ Gamedev ▪︎ Music ▪︎ Epiphanies
He.Him // Brazilian
Lead Artist on:
• The Diner at the End of the Galaxy
• Chinatown Detective Agency
www.ricardojuchem.com
Castle Craft @twinearth.bsky.social We make Castle Craft, a siege defense voxel game where you build crazy castles & defend them against hordes of enemies in chaotic siege battles of epic proportions.
Astra Logical @astragames.bsky.social Publisher of systems & strategy games that don’t hate you. http://astralogical.org
Ilyass | Brave Rooster Games @braverooster.bsky.social 💡 Game Designer | UX/UI Expert | Digital Artist
🎮 Passionate about game design, creating experiences, and educating on UI/UX. 🇵🇸
brave-rooster.itch.io
Reese Wright @reeseofcake.bsky.social Senior Producer @ Devolver Digital 🌈 Payer of cat tax 🌈 They/Them 🌈 Based in Glasgow, Scotland
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social Lead Artist/Developer for Alto’s Adventure & Alto’s Odyssey, founder of Land & Sea, currently working on summerhill.game
Adam "Crashtroid" Caflisch @ PAX WEST @crashtroid.newgrounds.com Game Composer
Peglin|Fowl Damage|Stardust Frontier|Captain Wayne (Guest comp.)
crashtroid.carrd.co
Composer/Producer, Educator, Big Fan of Banana Milk
🇨🇦🇺🇬🇨🇭
EN/FR
PFP by @splootulu.newgrounds.com
David Lucio 🔜 Summer Game Fest @dlucio.bsky.social Founder/Producer Latin American Games Showcase | PR and Trailer Production for Games | Filmmaker 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 He/Him
✉️ david@lagshowcase.com
Simon Byron @byronicman.bsky.social MD, Yogscast Games / co-presenter One Life Left / awesome.
Marie Dealessandri @mariedeal.bsky.social Award-winning writer & editor
Editorial strategy manager at Critical Reflex
Former Edge, GamesIndustry.biz and MCV/Develop
🌿
Level 15 Battle Master ⚔️
Baldurian 💀
She/her
🔗 muckrack.com/marie-dealessandri
leon @leyawn.bsky.social i'm leon
.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social :: lead dev @ darkwebSTREAMER @darkwebSTREAMER.bsky.social
::: anthropologist|englishslit🌱
👁️🗨️ darkwebSTREAMER: tinyurl.com/darkwebstreamer
👂 podcast: directional.show
✉️ chantal @ whalitfdotcom
Nick Button-Brown @nickbuttonbrown.bsky.social Games Industry veteran trying to improve financing for games companies, founder of The Games Angels, Chair at Outright Games, UKIE board member, Chair at coherence, Trustee at OKRE and helping some really great startups.
Rhys Elliott @superhys.bsky.social Head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics.
Ex-Newzoo & Nielsen. Analysis in IGN, BBC, Giant Bomb, The Guardian, GameSpot, GIBiz and more.
Lives on a canal in the Netherlands, but spends most of the time looking at screens instead.
Very Welsh.
Gary J Kings 🎮🎞️ Game Trailer Maker @garyjkings.bsky.social Hobbyist photographer and professional trailer maker, game writer, game designer, and some other useful stuff. He/Him.
Trailers+contact: https://garyjkings.wordpress.com/
Vicent @vicentgames.bsky.social Building an new games studio with some amazing people!
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Mostly a game designer. Creative dir. of Cataclismo. Former Digital Sun Games. From time to time design teacher too.
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
📕https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
📘https://mybook.to/taminggaming
🎯http://www.ludocene.com
🔎http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
Joel Kallstrom @joelkallstrom.bsky.social Co-host the Seria Ludo gaming podcast with @tsraveling.bsky.social. Contact us if you're a game dev interested in coming on! Software developer. Former bookseller. Dilettante. Edinburgh-based.
www.serialudo.com
https://www.instagram.com/seria_ludo/
Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokémon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset 🟨🔺🔵.
Patrick T Johnson @patricktjohnson.bsky.social Head of Discovery @ Playstack // he/him // Creator of http://gamerbeware.co.uk // Ambassador @SafeInOurWorld 24 // Opinions are my own // Currently based in Tokyo 🇯🇵
Jon Jones @jonjones.bsky.social He/him. #gamedev art management, external production, and pipeline automation in Seattle. Author (How I Escaped Evangelical Hell), ramen enjoyer, cat hugger, name haver.
Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social Frankie’s Dad • CCO @wearecontinue.bsky.social • Producer @gamelegendsdoc.bsky.social • Publisher @thatshelf.com • Formerly Art of the Title
Brandon J Huffman @huff.mn Attorney - Founder @OdinLaw.com - Counsel to video game, tech & media companies - Strategic advisor - Father
Yves Le Yaouanq @ubikh.bsky.social @Focus Entertainment Chief Content Officer. Publishing & Acquisitions (Former @Ubisoft) /@DevCom_global & @GameCampFrance Advisory Board/Words my own
Andrew Krausnick @heyandrewk.bsky.social Creative Director @ Shiny Shoe. Made Trove, Monster Train, Inkbound, and others (and more to come!)
Michael Ailshie @mailshy.bsky.social Lead Production Ops Manager at at Netflix Games | Former Supergiant Games, Epic Games, Night School | Voice of Orpheus in Hades
David McDonough @davidmcdonough.bsky.social Game designer, programmer, and teacher over 16 years. Former lead designer at Firaxis with credits on Civilization and XCOM titles, formerly at Cloud Chamber and Otherside Entertainment. Board game designer of Dawn's Early Light.
Nikita Danshin @danshinwastaken.bsky.social 🦝ex: Tails Noir games
🫣Working on my own thing
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC
🏳️⚧️ Noone's gonna know
Discordia Dystopia 🔜 Lickython, TwitchCon @discordiadystopia.bsky.social COO at Akupara Games, Studio Head at Kallisti Games
Founder at PublisherPathfinder.com
Cyberpunk, apocalyptica, dystopia, medieval re-enactment, games, immersive entertainment.
www.twitch.tv/discordiadystopia
Any/all pronouns
Mark Barlet @markbarlet.com COO and co-founder of @accessforge.io. I'm the founder of AbleGamers. Accessibility guru. Service-Disabled USAF Veteran. Resistance. Proudly Out 🏳️🌈
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social 🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK
💛 Paige Wilson💛 @neosolarius.bsky.social I dont actually check this site much!
🌱 ughhhhgh i make content for game devs
🦀 Community and Marketing @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social
💌 paige@aggrocrab.com
Grace Bruxner @gracebruxner.bsky.social ive decided to post……. gracebruxner.com for work stuff 
Corey Hudson Dirrig 🔜 PAX West 2026 @coreyinhd.com Cofounder and CEO at Boss Rush Media. Overseer of the Boss Rush Network. On-Air Host, Creator, Editor, Writer, and Producer.
Business Inquiries: coreydirrig.biz@gmail.com
Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iamcoreyinhd
Erik Robson @erikrobson.net Game/level designer | LFW | Valve (Portal 2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact) | Double Fine (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend) | 3DO ()
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
Husband, father, PNW, living through Interesting Times
Louise LG @louiselg.bsky.social Head of Communication for indie games @ LightbulbCrew & @firesquid.games #TactiCon | @wigfr.org board
I love disco, cats and Alien 🪩
Lara Brown @larabrown.bsky.social 🚀🎮🌿☕
People & Ops in startups, tech, and creative industries.
Operations Director @kythera.ai
https://linktr.ee/laraeliz.brown
Francesca ✨ @francescasoph.bsky.social Community Manager in gaming ✨ previously Frontier & Slug Disco 💛 | WIG ambassador 🙌🏻
Reader, cat lover, post-it note enthusiast 🎉
Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com News + Opinions. UK based. One person mostly.
Support on Patreon: http://patreon.com/gamingonlinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com (official account).
Email tips: contact@gamingonlinux.com
Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com Summer Game Fest Edition: June 4th 4PM PT https://youtube.com/@Women-LedGames | Highlighting women in the games industry, sharing their projects, and their experiences.
Monster Hylke Wilds: Ascendance @gear12turbo.eurosky.social I host and edit N-Focus for @gamepodular.com. I also do the YouTube, Twitch, and some back-end stuff. I'm always down to talk about games (or music, or wrestling).
I sound like an American but I promise I'm Dutch.
He/him
Trina ✨ @trinaaballerina.bsky.social Games Journalist & News Coordinator @gamerheadspodcast.com & host of @heykiddopod
Gamer | Dancer | Swiftie | Healthy Lifestyle | Wanderlust Ethusiast | She/her
Twitch Affiliate ❤️ 🐈
https://trinaaballerina.carrd.co/
Contact me: Trina@gamerheadspodcast.com
Łukasz Korzanowski @leisurelyluke.bsky.social 🏢 Comms & co-owner @eremitegames.bsky.social
⛈️ Working on @againstthestorm.bsky.social
😻 Home-made bartender, cat dad, vault hunter.
Slug Disco @slugdisco.bsky.social UK-based indie develop and publisher working on a wide range of exciting projects!
https://www.slugdisco.com
Anna Barham 🔜 NZGDC @annabarham.bsky.social 2026 NZGDA Chair. Managing Director of Balancing Monkey Games. Beyond These Stars is coming 15 October!! on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295060/Beyond_These_Stars/
Joe Robinson @agameofjoes.bsky.social Communications Director for Hooded Horse | Former games journo, ex-PCGamesN flunky | I say a lot of things.
Ga-Yi @ TGS @roboticake.bsky.social she/her. 🏳️🌈. French! Posts in EN & FR. Senior Strategic Partner Manager @hoodedhorse.bsky.social 👁️👄👁️.
Prev > Ico Partners, Plug in Digital, Wargaming.
Games, cooking, drawings, shitposting.
Tim Keenan @timkeenan.bsky.social Indie Dev, provider of Biscuits. Making games as Ginger Biscuit Games
Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk I play, make, and share thinky games!
🤔 Sharing great games at @thinkygames.com
🧩 Puzzle playthroughs on https://www.youtube.com/@JoePlaysPuzzleGames
https://josephmansfield.uk/
🏴 Edinburgh
From Frank w/ Love @stroopwaffle.bsky.social Game Scout at Focus Entertainment, Dotemu & The Arcade Crew | he/him
Joshua Garrity @combinehunterjg.bsky.social Head Game Scout at Secret Mode. Formerly Team17, Fireshine. Opinions expressed here are my own. Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Everything is Crab
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
Josh Unsworth @dorri.bsky.social Makes games. Sitting at an open window, listening to the city. Designer and writer on Old World by Mohawk Games. @Joshua_Unsworth on the other place.
Lewis Speller @dysonism.lol Partner Development Manager @PlayStation - tell me about your game! 🎮
💙 Chelsea FC ⭐⭐
Posts my own opinion etc. He/him.
Matt Nickerson @mattdnickerson.bsky.social Biz Dev @ Griffin Gaming Partners & Hooded Horse. Formerly Valve/Steam/Devolver
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com || Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com 🎮 WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
✨ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
💜 Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
🔄 Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
🌺 She/Her
🦘 MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
KrisWB 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk 💡 Indie game publishing & Self-publishing support
💼 Director & Head of XR @futurefriendsgames.com
🏆 BAFTA Games member & UKGI Admin
✨ 'these guys are not assholes'
🤷 we are making a game now?
kris @futurefriendsgames.com
https://linktr.ee/KrisWB
he/him
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
flo veltman 🔜 AdventureX maybe?? @vltmn.itch.io they/them • @florianvltmn on the bird site, #gamedev, made How to Say Goodbye! prev: Lieve Oma, designer on Monument Valley 2, Assemble with Care • links: https://linktr.ee/vltmn
Richie de Wit @richiedewit.com 🔥 Senior BD & Partner Manager at Raw Fury.
🤫 Consultant, more coming soon.
☕️ Forever under caffeinated & over-stimulated.
🎮 Games supported: Gemporium, Blue Prince, Cassette Beasts, Among Us, and more.
Opinions are my own.
richiedewit.com