Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com Game Director @ Luckshot Games: Big Hops & Sausage Sports Club. Previously: Owlchemy Labs, Battle Chef Brigade, Manifold Garden. Liker of rock climbing, running, sudoku, tiktok. Austin / Chicago guy.
https://linktr.ee/chriswade__
Raph Levien @raphlinus.bsky.social Doing fundamental research in UI and 2D graphics
Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social Writer, walker, software archaeologist. Back in the day: Editor of Acorn User, Editor of h2g2.
I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen.
Purveyor of Elite/Lander/Revs hacks.
www.markmoxon.com
Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
W4 Games @w4games.com Company of veteran @godotengine.org contributors providing commercial OSS products and services. #GodotEngine
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
scarzehd @scarzehd.itch.io Game developer, in theory. Currently adrift in a sea of unreachable potential.
Unsatisfied with being "just a programmer."
they/them
Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com Senior Data Engineer.
"Vintage computing enthusiast" - The Register
I run a YouTube channel and blog dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn, Psion and more: colinhoad.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw
Pixel Art: Syarifudin Mahfud
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
Tom Granger @tomgranger.bsky.social Maker of random things, co-maker of one person, Google Arts & Culture engineer. I like pixels. he/him.
☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social Etsy.com/uk/shop/YavinPaints
SubStack: https://idspispopd.substack.com/
Emperor's Hand, Doom Marine & heroine of Darkmoon. Maker of LEGO PC Cards.
✏️ #TillysArt
⛓️ #TillysKinks
📚 #TillysCursedLibrary
🥯 #MayTheBagelsBeWithYou
⛓️ #TillysCabinetOfCuriosities
Sham Mountebank @shammountebank.bsky.social My blog, Where Were They Now? Tracking down the offices of Britain's pioneering video games houses https://whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/
Fabrizio Espindola @fabrizioespindola.bsky.social ⭐ Technical Art made simple ⭐
Unity • Godot • VFX • Math for Graphics
Books, courses & shader breakdowns
Technical Art explained : https://linktr.ee/fespindola
Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social ⭐ Technical books and courses for game developers ⭐
Unity • Godot • Shaders • Technical Art • Math for Graphics
Technical Art Books and Courses 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jettelly.link
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
www.jwaaaap.com
Simogo @simogo.com Lorelei and the Laser Eyes • Sayonara Wild Hearts • SPL-T • The Sailor’s Dream • DEVICE 6 • Year Walk • Beat Sneak Bandit • Bumpy Road • Kosmo Spin
simogo.com
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social Writer, journalist, and co-founder of PC games blog Jank.
Visit: jank.cool | Follow: @jank.cool
Prev bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, IGN, PC Gamer, Edge, Eurogamer.
Narrative for: Cataclismo, Creatures of Ava, and Moonlighter 2.
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
日本語ＯＫ
Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
Santum @santumerino.com 23, game developer, supposed artist, translator, spanish-english-italian speaker... what else... bluesky user?
hello :)
Inigo Quilez @iquilezles.bsky.social Math & Art Videos.
* https://youtube.com/Inigo_Quilez
* https://iquilezles.org
Created Shadertoy, Pixar's Wondermoss, Quill, and more.
Ian Maclure @fearian.bsky.social 🎇 Lead VFX Artist @ Beffio
☁️ Recently shipped LOST SKIES ☁️
☄️ Indie developing, on and off. Mostly off right now.
Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com He/Him - Tech Artist @Okomotive
(my posts are mine tho)
Prev. Tech art @ Jumpship
🚫 Anti-AI/NFT 🚫
Gamedev, Shader and VFX Journeyman; making things pretty with code ✨
🎨: cara.app/harryalisavakis
🔗: halisavakis.carrd.co
🌐 : halisavakis.com
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social co-founder & director Future Friends Games
futurefriends.lol
publishing & self pub support for cool indie games // this is what dreams are made of // he/him // 6 x GDC speaker // latest GDC talk https://youtu.be/-341jEXj-iI
VFX Therapy @vfxtherapy.bsky.social 🧪| Helping Artists to grow their careers.
🌪️| Tutorials | Textures | Shaders.
👇| Download the free vfx projects.
vfxtherapy.gumroad.com
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social 13-year game journalist. Senior writer at GamesRadar+. Previously: PC Gamer, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer. Email: austin(dot)wood(at)futurenet(dot)com
Björn Ottosson - making Island Architect @bottosson.bsky.social Making Island Architect, a cosy town building game. Also game programming teacher and consultant. Previously 10 years at Frostbite and EA DICE. Creator of Oklab.
Whishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3079100/Island_Architect
Snappy Gurus @snappygurus.bsky.social We support graduates and entry level talent moving into games and related roles, through courses, advice and support, and career driven events! 🫰
Email: enquiries@snappygurus.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/vAvNv36yNy
Website: https://snappygurus.com/
Anders Elfgren 🏹 Tides of Revival RPG @srekel.net Hi! 18 years pro game dev, second-time indie studio founder, 20+ hobby games, TTRPGs, Swedish, father of three.
⚔️ DiscoGarage Games
📅 JC2/APB/GTA5/Vermintide/Hammerting/Helldivers2
🏹 Tides of Revival: Grand RPG
🌍 Open World Gamedev
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/
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
barinky @barinky.net low poly mechanic
Houseplants in Videogames @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social Photos of houseplants, as they exist in videogames.
Game Development Daily News @gamedevdaily.bsky.social Your source for daily news about game development, industry and jobs.
Maintained by @fronkongames.bsky.social
Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social 🕴️💀
Unfamous maker of overly long game development related videos and silly little games.
Gain FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE and OCCULT WHISPERS here: https://www.youtube.com/@hoveringskull
#godot #indiedev #gamedev
Scottish Games Network @scottishgames.bsky.social The only community dedicated to Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Sickhouse @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social 🎈 Playful art space for
🪅 interactive art
🕹️ indie&art games
🎬 alternative movies
🪩 experimental music
🇳🇱 Enschede, The Netherlands.
🔮 Home of The Overkill Festival 💜🌈
sickhouse.nl
theoverkill.nl (26 - 29 Nov 2026)
Calligram Studio @calligramstudio.com Eleanor 🎨 Alex 🎹 and Jigmé ✍️ we made Phoenix Springs. Next: I'M YOUR HOST, an audio deduction game where you must restore a lost podcast.
🎧Wishlist I'M YOUR HOST s.team/a/4720280
🏝️Play PHOENIX SPRINGS s.team/a/1973310
✌️Explore www.calligramstudio.com
Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social Production & curation stuff with those pesky videogames at places like Hollow Ponds, Honeyslug, Wild Rumpus, Beta Public. Grampians Champion.
Public Universal Fiend @acgodliman.bsky.social She/Her
Games educator and designer.
On the 'gram where I post my arts and crafts:
https://instagram.com/amygodliman?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social #Writer, #coder. Code C64 games in my spare time. No to genAI. Released my #BrileyWitch #C64 #RPG via http://itch.io. Also owner of 3 cats.
https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/
BZH GAMEZ STUDIO🔫 🛩️officiel @gamezstudio.bzh Im CYP, a french IT dev for 20 years
Indie solo gamedev Unity & unreal Engine
New narrative adventure Game :
XDDL Revive or let die
https://gamezstudio.bzh
🎮 Out NOW on Epic games store ! ⏬ 🤩
https://store.epicgames.com/fr/p/xddl-revive-or-let-die-ca0a16
11thDwarf 🦀 @11thdwarf.bsky.social 🦀 Self-hosting enthusiast | mycrab.space | 200+ apps, 2 min setup, your domain | Building in public | blog: taskai.mycrab.space
https://mercato.isgudtek.workers.dev/
#selfhosting #devtools
https://github.com/isgudtek/mycrab-tunnel-skill/blob/main/SKILL.md
Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev The open source AI code editor
Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social ✦ UK Indie Dev & Co-Founder of Robust Games (@robustgames.bsky.social) • Made Loco Motive - a train based murder mystery game! • Pixel Artist, Animator, Writer & Designer • IGF Award Finalist 2026 • BAFTA Member
🗡️ Buy: s.team/a/1709880 🌐 robust.games
Timeproof Games @timeproof.games Daily original gameplay clips that stand the test of time. Prev. NoSoloBits
🔗 https://timeproof.games
#videogames #retrogames
Tepuitrouble @tepuitrouble.bsky.social Venezuelan -American artist. Hobby game-dev, father of five
💍 @pnwdoodles.bsky.social
Itch: https://tepuitrouble.itch.io/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tepuitrouble9822
Cara: https://cara.app/tepuitrouble
Alex Tardif @longbool.bsky.social Senior Graphics Programmer @ Digital Extremes. Previously ZeniMax Online, WB
Blog: https://alextardif.com/eden.html
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
A Winner is You Podcast @winnerisyou.bsky.social A video game podcast from the UK featuring games writers Alex Aldridge and David Smillie. We offer deep dives into the best games and yearly themes including Summer of Resi, MAYtroidvania, Spooktoberfest, March Movie Madness, and The Video Game Draft!
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. 🎮🕹▶️ #PlayTheMuseum
https://thenvm.org/
naam @naam.bsky.social Dutch/Groninger VR artist/animator/gamedev/doodler, working on The Deep End Of The Pool now
https://naam.itch.io/deop
https://naam.dev
tbabb @tbabb.bsky.social advanced cat befriender
@tr_babb on twitter
Oakland, CA
The Indie Game Art Gallery @indiegameart.bsky.social Let's celebrate the creativity and diversity of indie game visual art! One indie game each day, no sponsored or NSFW content.
Dom Camus @bateleur.bsky.social Independent game designer, programmer and artist.
Moose herder without portfolio.
Thinky Games @thinkygames.com Discover games you'll love to solve. 🧩 🔎 🗺️
We share new puzzly, problem-solving games.
https://thinkygames.com/
https://thinkygames.com/dailies/
andrew davis (AndrooDev) @androodev.bsky.social tiny unsupervised process sending out signals.
sr. software engineer (Spotify, Splunk) and game developer
https://www.twitch.tv/AndrooDev
https://www.youtube.com/@AndrooDev
https://jonandrewdavis.com/
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio.
⛰️ A Highland Song
🤖 TR-49
🚢 Overboard! & Expelled!
🕌 Heaven’s Vault
🌍 80 Days
🖋️ ink
📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭
🏴🇩🇪
K. Guillory @kgpaints.bsky.social Fine artist. I paint the internet.
kgpaints.net
shri @shrikhalpada.dev creative coder, data nerd, preferrer of democracy
also into coffee shops, guitar noodling, hoops, and playing chess poorly
data viz: http://perthirtysix.com
creative coding: http://shrikhalpada.dev/projects
Mischa ☾ @mishotofu.bsky.social Creating games & soundscapes
Working on a moon colony sim. Follow for updates!
Try now: https://mischa.itch.io/kosmograd
Pixel Byte @pixelbytegaming.bsky.social Gaming-centric News, reviews, and opinions covering the latest events and games across the industry.
Staff:
Editor in Chief:
Zachary Barbieri (@dreadedgirlboss.bsky.social)
Contributing Writer:
Andresplays (@andresplays.bsky.social)
Stefan Schubert @stefanschubert.bsky.social I run The Update newsletter: www.update.news
Book: academic.oup.com/book/56384
Melissa McCradden @mdmccradden.bsky.social Bioethicist specializing in ethical and evidence-based integration of technologies in health care. AI Director, Women’s and Children’s Health Network | THRF Clinical Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Machine Learning. Adelaide, South Australia.
Konstantinos Dimopoulos 🔜 Gamescom Dev @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net ART MAGAZINE | Inspire your creativity!
Australian based international Art Magazine
Artist Directory, Annual International Art Prize.
Links 👇
linktr.ee/beautifulbizarremagazine
World Of Art By Sue @worldofartbysue.bsky.social History of Art for everyone (themes change monthly)! Other interests include: world history, genealogy, books, photography, gardening, (US) football and dinosaurs. Life goal: to learn something new every day. Degree in Art History from McGill University
@jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social And the Oscar goes to Paddington in Peru
Twitter Refugees Welcome!
Ruben Tipparach @rubentee.bsky.social Indie game person. Abandoner of game engines. Embracing the world of self made games. Minnesota based. https://ruben-tipparach.itch.io/
Wishlist: https://s.team/a/4342510
Discord: https://discord.gg/rqKx58FXZP
Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social Indie Gamedev (CHESTNUT GROVE, #GRIDHACK, #COGITO Godot template) at @thresholdanomaly.com
VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.)
https://www.philipdrobar.com/
he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦
Follows =/= endorsements.
Owen D. Pomery @odpomery.bsky.social Illustrator + Author
owenpomery.com
All the links: https://linktr.ee/odpomery
Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social Posting human made Sci-Fi art
My band 👉 All India Radio https://linktr.ee/allindiaradioband
https://linktr.ee/Scifiart
Mike Tipul @tipul.bsky.social Independent Game Developer
https://dyingsungame.com/
Previously: Pandemic Studios, Bungie, Theorycraft Games
Bounty Trail > Steam, Sep. 1 @henrikhermans.bsky.social Gamedev. Made Stilt Fella. Independent as a hog on ice.
Bounty Trail: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4126530/Bounty_Trail/
Website: www.septembergames.com
Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@henke
Will Goldstone @willgoldstone.bsky.social Snr Design Director @unitygames Unity nerd since 2006. Indie Dev, Delorean nerd, Author, SYNTHWΔVE artist. Views mine! he/him. @willgoldstone on the twits.
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
Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. 👑 We publish a bunch of cool video games. We make some ourselves too! linktree.finji.co
We're working on @usualjune.bsky.social right now!
Daniel Ilett @danielilett.bsky.social What if the world was geese, all the way down
I do shaders and gamedev and stuff wheeeee
Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com 📝 Photo Mode Reviews
🪄 Lightroom PM Presets
📑 PM Database
🏆 The Virtual Photography Awards
🌐 Thefourthfocus.com
Jacob Potterfield @jpotterfield.bsky.social Artist and game developer dreaming strange and atmospheric places
https://potterfield.itch.io/
Heather Penn @heatpenn.bsky.social Designer, artist, Co-Director of Impossible Shape. Working on our studio's first game!
Colorfiction @colorfiction.bsky.social Gamedev | Art Director @ Critical Reflex
(0°N 0°W, Becalm, Ode to a Moon, HPS1, Dread X 5, +)
🏠 www.colorfiction.co
🎮 colorfiction.itch.io
Pawn Games @pawngames.bsky.social Professional Hobbyist gamedev.
Here's my humble stuff: https://pawn-games.itch.io/
YT channel with some experiments: https://www.youtube.com/@pawngames3309
#godotengine
#gamedev
#pixelart
Jeremy Couillard @jeremycouillard.bsky.social arts and games
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jeremycouillard.com
store.steampowered.com/developer/JeremyCouillard
youtube.com/jeremycouillard
twitter.com/jeremycouillard
Beau Seymour ~ Sand Stack Dev @bimbam-tm.bsky.social Solo Godot Game Development and Videos
Currently working on my puzzle game Sand Stack!
See more at:
🌐 : https://seemore.games
▷ : https://www.youtube.com/@BeauSeymour
Or buy me a ☕: https://ko-fi.com/beauseymour
Apollo @apollo-magazine.com The International Art Magazine. Published monthly since 1925, we cover everything from antiquities to contemporary work | London | https://www.apollo-magazine.com/
WereCoder @werecoder.gamedev.blue 🕹️ Solo Game Dev 🎮 Former AAA Dev.
🌳 Working on a custom engine + survival game.
🔁 I repost Indie Dev progress.
Fix The News | Angus Hervey | Substack [Unofficial] @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy Fix The News is the world's leading solutions journalism newsletter. We share hidden stories of progress with readers from 195 countries, and donate 30% of our […]
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://fixthenews.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/fixthenews.com
Benjamin Cid Pérez @bencidperez.bsky.social Creating [Shrouded Suns]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4060820/Shrouded_Suns
https://www.youtube.com/@ShroudedSuns
Ben Kane @ben-kane.bsky.social Gamedev, runner 🏃♂️💨
🎮: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Loot Box Quest, Lair of the Evildoer, Zombie Accountant
Remember XBLIG? Good times.
Hayden Scott-Baron @docky.games Game Designer.
Previously: Ustwo Games, Microsoft/Xbox, Frontier, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evo, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and more. He/they.
Shahid Kamal Ahmad @dancingmonkeys.net “A punk existentialist coder alive to his mortality, standing in wonder at the world”
Code, Games, Words, Coaching, Music and #LFC
Subscribe to my my Substack where I write about lessons from my life in games: newsletter.dancingmonkeys.net
Casual Garage Coder @casualgaragecoder.com Indie game developer.
https://casualgaragecoder.com
Support me on:
https://ko-fi.com/casualgaragecoder
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics