Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Bringing the best indie games to Glasgow ⋆。°✩
. ݁₊⊹ July 11-12 2026 ⊹₊ ݁.
📍BAaD
https://glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
Lizardcube @lizardcube.bsky.social (1) Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
(2) Streets of Rage 4
(3) Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Visibility Scotland @visibilityscotland.bsky.social Providing support to people with sight loss across Scotland since 1859
Website: https://visibilityscotland.org.uk/
Mike Chi @retrotink.com For general tech help/support: http://discord.gg/jE6deAhjCM. For order inquiries, respond to your order confirmation e-mail. This is account is fun and games 🤡
Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social An independent gaming accessibility micro conference.
🎓Sharing knowledge 🎤Celebrating speakers ♿Accessible & approachable
Learn more: https://www.ga11ygathering.co.uk/
Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social Reader in Cybersecurity & Human-Computer Interaction at Abertay University | 👁️ Eye-Tracking | 🥽 XR & Immersive Safety | 💔 Romance Scam Prevention | 🎮 Serious Games. Views are my own. She/her. 🏴🇪🇺
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our new LP The World is To Dig is here at TMBGshop.com. Multi-night stands in Boston then on to Austin Dallas Houston Minn St Paul DC and beyond www.TMBG.com for tickets.
PlayStation @playstation.com Official PlayStation account. Updates on PS5, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation Plus, PS4 and more.
Amelia Hilton @ameliahilton.bsky.social Content Producer at RNIB Connect Radio, cinnamon bun enthusiast and sometimes poetry and songwriter
Thomas Pocklington Trust @pocklington.bsky.social We strive for the equality of blind and partially sighted people in every aspect of society.
pocklington.org.uk
Lorraine Cink @lorrainecink.bsky.social 💥 Marvel Creative Exec
🦄 Author of POWERS OF A GIRL
🏡 Hudson Valley / NYC
🎙 once host and podcaster
punished felix @punishedfelix.com just a guy who loves guattari
31 yo bipolar FTM nonbiney 🏳️⚧️🦜
Nature: Impish
https://www.youtube.com/@PunishedFelix
Pfp: cartoon of the punished Felix character on my YouTube channel
Banner: black and white photo of Félix Guattari in a sweater
Judy Patootie @hihojudo.bsky.social Avid reader and tv/movie consumer of horror, sci fi, and fantasy.
UI/UX for games by day. I draw sometimes.
Amateur photographer. Aspiring green witch.
2 🐈 & 1 🐕
she/her | LA/South Bay
Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social Creative Director & Co-Founder of Alvera Studios
20+ years of Game Design experience. Passionate about systems and RPGs.
Worked on Fable (Xbox), The Crew 1&2 (Ubisoft), Wakfu (Ankama), etc.
Views are my own. 🇧🇪 #GameDev #GameDesign
www.alverastudios.com
Joe Kinglake @joekinglake.bsky.social Design Director @ Surgent | #GameAccessibility Activist
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3933150/FixForce/
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
Jodie Donovan @jodiehd.bsky.social 🎮 CEO & Creative Director at Chokepoint Creative
⚙️ Game Accessibility Advocate/Researcher
💜 Women in Games (WIGJ) Ambassador
♾️ AuDHD
🌈 She/They
Jazmin Cano / JC_3D 🔜 GDC @jc-3d.bsky.social I make VR games as accessible as possible through design, research, and playtesting! Senior UX Research Specialist @OwlchemyLabs.com #GamesAccessibility #XR #A11y #ADHD
This gamer is also a pastel color enthusiast, crafter, and a libra ✨ ⚖️
Lara Marshall @laramarshall.bsky.social Bibliophile, library-lover, braille-student and cat-lady. Fond of hyphens and interrobangs. Treasurer for Share the Vision @ReadingSight and Libraries Engagement Manager @RNIB ❤️
Zhenghua Yang (Z) 🔜 PAX West @z.serenityforge.com Founder/CEO of @serenityforge.com, Creator of Fractured Blooms, TEDx Speaker, DICE Awards Jury
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus #DDLC, LISA, To the Moon, NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD, Slay the Princess, Vivarium, Sister Other Paranoia.
serenityforge.com
TTS Tommy (ReadSpeaker - Game Accessibility) @tdipi.bsky.social A happy guy and a technology enthusiast working in the field of Text to Speech for ReadSpeaker focused on making video games more accessible. http://readspeaker.com/gaming
Logan Brazzon @loganbrazzon.bsky.social Blind accessibility consultant pushing for accessibility in triple A games.
The Royal National College for the Blind @rnc.ac.uk The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is the UK's leading Further Education college for young people aged 16-25 with visual impairment. Charity No: 1000388
Stevie Ward @steviesg.bsky.social 🖥️ Community Developer at PC Gamer
🎤 Viva! Games Marketing Seminar
💛 SpecialEffect Ambassador
🧐 Famous Neurodivergent
🌈 She/Her Poly/Pan
Bob De Schutter @bobdeschutter.be Professor at Northeastern University • award-winning indie game dev • PhD in game design, aging, motivation & learning • helps game devs to be mindful of older players
Giselle Rosman @jazzrozz.bsky.social She/her
Naarm, Tantalus/Keywords Australia. Game dev mum , mum worried about the death of the planet. I like birds, trees, and kindness. Former GGJ and IGDA Melbourne Lead
Alexandria Neonakis @beavs.bsky.social Concept Artist in Games. Illustrator. Horse Girl. Plays WoW too much.
Looking for freelance work!
Portfolio: https://alexneonakis.com
Socials: https://direct.me/alexneonakis
Emilia Schatz @thegreatbluebit.bsky.social Principal Game Designer at Naughty Dog. Tools dev, Accessibility! Level design hotshot and mom. Mandolinist. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏻
OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social Accessible Gaming, switch access, accessible gaming history. Bits and bobs.
OneSwitch.org.uk
Doug Pennant @ludiotic.bsky.social Senior Producer at Infinity Ward | He/Him | Colour-blind |
Author of "Pocket Mentor for Game Production"
Jamie And Lion (aka, SpacedOutSmiles) @jamieandlion.bsky.social Monotropic semi speaking adult writing about neurodivergent play & adventures. MTB, digital a11y, AAC user, podcast host & lion tamer (he/him)
Carlos Coronado @carlosgamedev.bsky.social GameDev and uni Teacher. Scuba diver. Sailor. Evil Nun TBM Dev. Creator of HORROR TALES, KORAL, INFERNIUM, Annie Amber, MIND: Path to Thalamus and Warcelona.
Voiced Gaming @voicedgaming.bsky.social Researcher of gaming via voice commands.
Dual-wields RSI. Other neurological health.
(he/him)
https://www.youtube.com/c/VoicedGaming
ShirAboutThat @shiroby.bsky.social Andrew Bromilow. Disability gaming manager for the charity Everyone Can. Assistive technology Assessor
Charles McGregor @charlesamcgregor.com Founder of Tribe Games and creator of HyperDot
Working on:
Screenbound (@screenbound.bsky.social)
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! (@strangescaffold.bsky.social)
I also make game dev videos! https://www.youtube.com/@charlesamcgregor
Prof @wertle.bsky.social I've been a Game Designer for 18 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel, write MHA fanfiction, cosplay, and make bat plushies!
https://wertle.carrd.co/
RossMinor - Game Accessibility @rossminor.bsky.social Multi-award winning #blind #accessibility professional, consultant, and content creator with a passion for gaming and tech! \ rossaminor@gmail.com \ RossMinor.com
Nate McDorman @natemcd.bsky.social #GameDev programmer, UX and Accessibility advocate, animal enthusiast
Senior Gameplay Engineer @ Blizzard
Former Lightspeed LA & Obsidian
Zoë Curnoe @amazoe.bsky.social exec & leadership coach. founder www.lumina-leadership.com
mngmnt & ops consultant.
x-xbox/riot/ea | x-founder & studio director timbre games.
cats | food | travel | art | science | still fighting the a11y & inclusion fight.
vancouver|canadian.
Matthew Gallant @gangles.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog • Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet • Worked on The Last of Us Part I & II, Uncharted 4 • Accessibility tinkerer • ⚜️QC🇨🇦CA http://gangles.ca/
Thomas Altenburger @thomas.flying-oak.com Directing stuff at @flying-oak.com (ScourgeBringer,
NeuroVoider...)
Currently working on Knuckle Paradise with @arteinteractive.bsky.social
Wishlist and other links: https://flyingoakgames.carrd.co/
Post in French at times
📌 Presentation pinned
Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org Head of Digital & Adoption - BDO. #EdTech. Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert & Microbit Champion.
Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social Professor at KIT, Germany (http://hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (http://accessibility.kit.edu). she/her
Noumenie - Busy Bee with AuDHD🧠 @noumenie.bsky.social President of Push Start #GamedevFR cluster
Soon to be PhD "BizDev" student
Works w/ studios, CNRS, Brassart School, Bertie Formation...
#UR #A11Y Consultant
Former Knowledge Manager DON'T NOD
Speaker: CapGame, GaConf, WiGFR...
#Queer #TransIsBeautiful
Nickie Harper-Williams @heytalvi.bsky.social Photographer, music lover, cat lover. Paints landscapes when she has time.
Lifelong Warcraft fan and has big Labrador energy :D
Mainly on Threads - fantasticophotography
Vida Starčević @vidaisonline.bsky.social 🌼 senior community manager @remedygames.com
🌼 time zone hater, horror stan, weeping dipshit
🌼 she/her
LittleNavi @littlenavi.bsky.social
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Tabby Rose @tabbyrose.bsky.social UX Director, Mighty Yell Studios. Accessibility Advocate. she/her
#tabbymakesart #tabbyjournals
Teal Bald @tealgamemaster.bsky.social Let's Player, Reviewer & Voice Actor on YouTube/Twitch. I play A LOT of games, and yet, not enough.
Business inquiries: Tealgamemaster@gmail.com
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Riley Cran @rileycran.bsky.social Designer / Developer | I make fonts at Lettermatic | 🔠 He/Him 🔤
Lettermatic.com
JC Lau @ Homecom @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, SPG100, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. She/they. I hope you like ferrets.
Caleb Kraft @calebkraft.bsky.social Illustration, Fiction, 3d modeling. I run www.thecontrollerproject.com, providing 3dprinted parts to help gamers with disabilities.
Christopher Andrew MᶜGerr @aerif.bsky.social Lead Open World and Accessibility Designer at TTGames on LEGO Games
DEVELOP 30 under 30 2021
BAFTA Member
Port Glasgow native
Views my own
He/They
🏴🇮🇪
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
Chad Michael Bouton @chadbouton.bsky.social A credited accessibility consultant, host of The Unsyted Radio, blind gamer, and all around nerd.
Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social @popular_pixels on Twitter
UI Engineer and Technical Game Designer
Accessibility Advocate #GDoCExpo
"Compliance isn't accessibility, it's the starting point"
We are strong together, protect each other
nick kaman @smashynick.bsky.social Aggro Crab small business tyrant
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer at Innersloth on Among Us Story: On Guard.
Previously at Exploding Kittens. Also made HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & more.
🎮 carolmertz.itch.io
🃏 bit.ly/carolsBGG
🌱 PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Adam @strongbadam.bsky.social Video game combat designer. Enjoyer of good things like Vegeta, 3rd Strike, Resident Evil, and Elden Ring.
Jessica @jessicaroache.bsky.social #a11y & corporate comms at Ubisoft
Rémi @pixelremi.bsky.social I make games.
Senior Game Designer @Ubisoft
Prince of Persia : The Lost Crown
Léonie Watson @tink.uk Accessibility engineer, Director of TetraLogical, Chair of W3C Board of Directors, W3C WebApps WG co-chair, writer and speaker, screen reader user, tequila drinker and crime fiction junkie.
Searra Leishman @seawolfly.bsky.social Lvl 37 | Accessibility & UX Designer Manager @hyperluminalUK | She/Her | #a11y | Artist | Amateur Photographer | #DREADpirate 🧠 ADHD
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/
Mollie Evans🔜 Develop Brighton✨🪫 @littlemotac.bsky.social Overly smiley disabled creator, advocating for more inclusion in games (she/her)✨Director @nothingwithoutus littlemotac@gmail.com💌
https://linktr.ee/LittleMoTAC
Pat O'Leary @patoleary.bsky.social Engineer. Curmudgeon. Lover of lousy puns. Fighting a weakness for redheads. Fair weather sailor and proud of it
Jordan Hedges @jordanchedges.bsky.social Dad | Husband | Toy Collector | Senior UX Designer at Netherrealm Studios | Making games as a hobby in #DreamsPS4
Shay @shaysters.bsky.social She/her
#Accessibility advocate and #consultant, content creator, and much more. For inquiries contact me at shaystersofficial@gmail.com
For other socials: https://linktr.ee/shaysters
Shaun Bright @shaunbgames.bsky.social Award winning* Designer at @lemonadegames.bsky.social
(peoples choice award SXSW)
Thorsten Essig @tessig.bsky.social
The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social Two days of talks and networking exploring accessibility for disabled players, hosted by the IGDA'S accessibility SIG. #GAconf
jonathan burroughs @handle.invalid ceo @variablestate.com • i love video games!
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Alexander (Sandy) Tarvet @alexandertarvet.bsky.social Programme Lead & Lecturer for BA (Hons) Game Design and Production at Abertay University | Director at Somewhat Unsettling | He/Him | https://www.alexanderjamestarvet.com/
Pat @ur-pat.bsky.social "It is not sufficient to see and know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it." - Voltaire
❤️🐈🎮📖🎨❤️ | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 🇵🇭 | 25+
Games User Research at Activision | Call of Duty & Crash Bandicoot | Opinions are My Own
liv 🐀 @nyxiria.bsky.social producer on sea of thieves🦈🏴☠️
rats, souls like and resident evil enjoyer 🌿
stardust crusader ⭐️
Jonas 'The Rising Star' Gawe @jttg.bsky.social What a(n award winning) silly man
Program Manager @ https://limitbreak.co.uk
Community Manager @ https://electricsaint.co.uk
Voice Actor - https://jonasgva.co.uk
Freelancer - https://jttg.carrd.co
Spotlight - https://app.spotlight.com/2211-8948-5465
iPetrichora @ipetrichora.bsky.social ✨ Twitch Creator Clubs
🩷Streamer and artist!
♿️ Queer, Afro-Latina, and Disabled
☁️ Mental health, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, chronic illness and disability advocate
🦋Dreamy Hollow 🌸 Fae & Fauna 🌱 DCCC
💌 petrichorattv@outlook.com
Hollie Page @holliepage.bsky.social Programmer at Spilt Milk Studios working on Trash Goblin & a part of the Limit Break committee
they/them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Laurenora 🌸 @magiclollyl.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️they/them | fae/faer🧚🏻♀️
Agender 🐸 AuDHD 🩷 25 🇬🇧
Tools UX Developer @ Frontier🎢🐘
Conrad Zimmerman @conradzimmerman.bsky.social Pop vulture, sour kraut. Co-host of Podquisition, Boston's Favorite Son, Let's Talk About Snacks. Producer of Red Planet. Maker of cool stuff at mercenarycreative.com
Wolfcubottsel @wolfcubottsel.bsky.social Furry and trophy hunter 39
Jack Shergold @jackshergoldart.bsky.social Experienced Environment Artist @1010gamesltd.bsky.social
Game Credits:
Fable (2027)
Netflix's Queens Gambit Chess (2023)
BA Hons in Game Art & MSc in Game Design Graduate from the University Of Staffordshire
My Website https://jack-shergold.carrd.co
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison @hey.paris Game Dev? Producer? Writer? Historian? Programmer? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
📍lutruwita 🚫 no crypto/AI
Minnie Moog @minniemoog.me She/Her • Game Designer • Writer • Artist • Composer • Drummer • Goombella's Girlfriend • Sandopolis Zone Apologist • Long Song Enthusiast
• My indie game outlet: https://bsky.app/profile/status92.studio
• Bandcamp: https://nataliebutzer.bandcamp.com/
Cameron Hopkinson @catrelatedpun.bsky.social NZ-based game accessibility consultant, composer, programmer, recluse, and enjoyer of naps. NZ Games Festival board member. They/Them
Clara @brunswicked.bsky.social Principal UI/UX tech designer @ Don't Nod Montréal, working on Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
Prev: UX Designer at Compulsion Games (XBOX)
Game accessibility is essential.
Guitarist and cellist 🎻 • Proud member of WeCanFixItInUI • She/Her
Nebula Bash! 🎮 @nebulabash.bsky.social Accessibility specialist (check out my game guides @ https://controllerconfig.com)
Adaptive controller gamer. I stream infrequently @ https://twitch.tv/nebulabash
✨Icon by Ephe @luxrecord.bsky.social
🗡️ PatBrutal 🎲 @patbrutal.bsky.social 💼 Community Developer at Ubisoft on FARCRY
💠 Previously Community Manager at Spearhead Games
💠 Previously CM on Dead By Daylight
💠 She/Her
💠 D&D lover - Chaotic-Neutral
💠 Horror, Paranormal, Dark Fantasy
💍 Married @le-mcote.bsky.social
🐾🪦 Roxy 5/08/21
Corbie 🐦⬛ @corbieailin.bsky.social Technology and Marketing Consultant, Software Engineer
Returning to school for ethics in technology and AI
💼 Accessibility Specialist
Photographer, Musician, Dancer, Weirdo
https://newsoftheai.com
Johnny @jwlii.bsky.social
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social Raze & Rebuild Studio Founder | BAFTA US Member | Ex-Monolith Prod. | Twitch Partner | LogitechG Partner | Rivals of Waterdeep & Black Dice Society Alum |TakeThis Board Chair| She/They
https://linktr.ee/cypheroftyr
twitch.tv/cypheroftyr
James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social Gamedev - Research & Accessibility
(Prev. Research @EA, Accessibility @EA/Xbox)
Disabled (ADHD, Autistic, TBI, Aphasia, etc)
He/Him
Chris Goodyear @cgoodyear.bsky.social Many Cats person.
@manycatsstudios.bsky.social
Accessibility, solving it for publishers and devs.
Disability Advocate. Deaf/Hard of Hearing. MS person.