The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Balatro @playbalatro.com Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder.
Mobile: http://playbalatro.com/mobile
Steam, PS, Switch & Xbox:
http://linktr.ee/balatrogame
🇨🇦
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Marcelo Calbucci @calbucci.com Founder of @seattleflow.org Author of "The PRFAQ Framework" (www.theprfaq.com). 18yrs of startups. MSFT, Amazon. Runner. Cook. Geek.
Tech, software, AI/ML, UX, product, innovation, startups, leadership.
📍 Seattle
🇧🇷🇺🇸
https://calbucci.com/link
Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social Game designer on UFO 50, Hot Streak, Air Land & Sea, Spots, Scape Goat, Time Barons. Comic author on Let Go. Website at jonperry.com
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com The worlds largest online #GameJam, established in 2002. Join us every April & October. #LDJam
Mike Kasprzak❓🦈🍁 @distraction.engineer Former professional GameDev (1999+); IGF Finalist (2009); Retro, DIY, Repair, C64 nerd; AKA PoV, PoVRAZOR, VA3POV 📻; They/them; 🍁
Caretake and co-creator of the @ludumdare.com online game jam
Empathy is punk! Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
Rebel Wing @rebel-wing-game.bsky.social Join the Rebel Wing sky pirates and sneak aboard a bustling airship in this PSX style stealth adventure game currently in development for PC by @art-mino.bsky.social!
Demo Available soon at: https://spritermino.itch.io/rebel-wing
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Justina Robson @justinarobson.bsky.social I write Science Fiction; AI, transhumanism, economics, space opera and cyberpunk. I also sometimes write Fantasy and a variety of short stories. All opinions my own. She/her. Autistic (self-diagnosed).
Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw and others.
Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA award winner, Hugo finalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Etc.
Reading worm.
Opinions mine.
He/him
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
He/him
office@danielabraham.com
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
https://buttondown.email/matociquala
THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
John Carpenter @thehorrormaster.bsky.social Filmmaker and Composer
Theofficialjohncarpenter.com
@stormkingcomics.bsky.social
Dessa @dessadarling.bsky.social Writer + Musician.
Dessawander.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
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
Playdate @play.date A brand new handheld video game system from Panic.
➡️ Available at https://play.date
💬 Need help? Go to https://help.play.date
Christa Mrgan @antichrista.bsky.social Taller than expected!
✨Videos & Podcasts at Panic✨
🎸Bass & backup vox in Bubblegum Doom band Fox Medicine, and Siouxsie and the Banshees tribute @preciousmachinery.bsky.social
she/her 💙💜💖
Greg Maletic @gregmaletic.bsky.social Works at Panic on Playdate and other stuff. Cocktail fan. Occasional Disney illustrator. Vintage calculator collector. (http://calculators1968.com) Creator of pinball doc “TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball". (http://c3images.com/tilt-movie.com/)
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Tim @handsomeanimal.bsky.social sick of your mouth and your 2% milk
@krimkus.bsky.social @krimkus.bsky.social Birds & More: not just birds®
Dan Messing @danmessing.bsky.social I work on https://play.date at https://panic.com, and Mac software at https://stuntsoftware.com
Dave Hayden @davehayden.bsky.social Been making you a Playdate at Panic for the last 13 (!) years. Accidental Selectric enthusiast: http://selectricrescue.org/
I mainly post at https://pdx.social/@dave, follow me here for breakfast photos
Arisa อริซ่า @arisamakes.com Currently working on some fiber arts dreams 🧶🧵— row counter app, teaching classes, and weaving
Previously Playdate/Panic and Steam. She/her.
A Harrison @hyperlyss.bsky.social probably a bog spirit // Current: Head of Publishing @ Panic // Prev: That's No Moon; MWMi; The Game Band // My opinions are mostly dumb
they/them
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social Portland city politics reporter, @opb.org
Past lives: CA, DC, TX
📬 azielinski@opb.org
Signal: alex_zee.03
www.opb.org/author/alex-zielinski/
BikePortland @bikeportland.org A platform for bike-minded Portlanders since 2005.
Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social An award-winning, investigative weekly street newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn income opportunities.
Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com News. Culture. Trouble. Established 2000.
www.portlandmercury.com
Silicon Florist @siliconflorist.com For nearly 20 years, Silicon Florist has covered the Portland startup community, news, and events. (It's basically a bad habit at this point but hopefully you'll get some value out of it.) #pdx #portland
Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com The Portland Indie Game Squad is a nonprofit community platform supporting game developers with events, meetups, showcases, dev resources, game jams, and more!
www.PIGSquad.com
Thanks for joining us at PIGCON 2026 💖
Summer Slow Jams is running now! 🌻
Jade J. Laidlaw @starfishness.bsky.social Artist and game developer living in the PNW.
She/her
Check out my website!
DZ @dizzyandlost.bsky.social (he/him) Games Writer. Hockey. PDX. 🇨🇷🏳️🌈
Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social Director, designer, and all-around #gamedev at pprojects, etc.
Currently in production for an as-yet-unannounced game about [👻] from the [😵💫] in order to [👽].
Will Lewis 👋 PIGCON @gamewill.bsky.social Will from PIGSquad
taking a little graveyard stroll
Keanu_reevebooks @jamesgameboy.bsky.social 
i’m julia barnacle, proud owner of a 12 foot tall skeleton @ladycelery.bsky.social little house on the prairie (the show) historian
licensed tattoo artist, also i’m nice
big big bee
https://ladycelery.etsy.com
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
Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games • Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand • One of the good ones • Portland, OR • he/him
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com 🥕 artist & tiny creature enthusiast
🦊 community @ spry fox
🎮 prev: strange scaffold, winter burrow, ooblets
Colin "11 Herbs and Spices" Laurel @folklaurel.bsky.social Black trans illustrator/alligator trying to draw. He/they
folklaurel.com
jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social fringe gamedev. code/art/direction at @arbitrarymetric.bsky.social. paratopic: overdub and roman sands re:build coming <soon> with @serenityforge.bsky.social
views my own
Jake Card @jakecard.bsky.social Lead programmer on Slay the Spire 2 at Mega Crit, previously early GitHub. Number one best programmer 0 bugs perfect record.
📍NYC
Jenny | Kimchica 🌻🔜 Play Days / SGF @kimchica.bsky.social 🩷💙💜 Currently @ Wholesome Games, Soft Not Weak 🌱 Check out my game discussion club, @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social! Part of @theindiecouncil.com 🎮 loves to talk indie games, journaling, and dance.
💌 Personal Biz: jenny@kimchica.com
🫶🏼 She/her
Josh Boykin @wallstormer.bsky.social Founder, @intelligame.us. Head of Curation, @gdocexpo.com. Narrative Director, Lancer Tactics. #ThoughtfulPlay
For work/opps: josh@intelligame.us
XOXO @xoxofest.com XOXO was an experimental festival for independent artists and creators from the internet.
🌐 xoxofest.com
Molly Mendoza @mollymendoza.bsky.social I mostly draw picture books and comics!
Eisner + Ignatz nominated 🌷
Caldecott Honor recipient 𓃗
They/She mollymendoza.com
PSX Bunlith 🪄 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay Everyones favorite yeag girl 😈 Gay af game dev 🔗 Level 99 Nomura belt goth ☠ 33
Buy my merch! yeag.gay
🐇 The Witch Upstairs: youtube.com/watch?v=dtD2IdJ1nVo
🏎 NMKart: b0tster.itch.io/NMKart
🩸 BBPSX: 🙈
🏹 Arcus: b0tster.itch.io/arcus
she/her
minors dni
Matthew Seely @yardsalepdx.bsky.social Music, comics, animation made by Matthew Seely in Portland Oregon
Jasmine ☕🍂🎃 @handle.invalid ❤️💜💙 Indigenous (Diné), Youtube Content-Creator (@stumptgames), Twitch Partner, Fan Artist and Foreman of the Majima Construction Company 🦎🦎 |she/her|
email: stumptgamers@gmail.com
RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social Upcoming Show: Oct 9-11, 2026, Portland, OR.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo is a 501(c)4 non-profit dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through retro gaming events.
Fredison @fredison.bsky.social Mild-mannered video game nerd and occasional dev (he/they)
Wow, links!
https://fredison.itch.io/
https://www.twitch.tv/fredison__
https://letterboxd.com/Fredison/
Nina Freeman @ninamarie.bsky.social Game Dev for 14 years - Principal Narrative Designer for Dontnod MTL/Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, also makes indie games like Cibele, Last Call, how do you Do It? etc etc | stream: twitch.tv/ninamarie | games: ninasays.so
SneakySly @anthony.megacrit.com I make games.
Creator of Slay the Spire.
Co-founder of Mega Crit Games
Casey Yano @caseyyano.bsky.social Mega Crit's Cat Walker. Independent Game Developer
Slay the Spire & Untitled Projects. He/Him
RAPIDPUNCHES 🍉🫒🕊️ @rapidpunches.itch.io Krill in a trenchcoat. Freelance illustrator & animator of marine animals. Linux-User & Non-Romanceable NPC Background Extra. https://krill.icu/ https://krillraiser.straw.page/
Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online indie dev | PIGSquad org team | currently building a park ranger sim in Godot 🌱
nextlevelbanana.itch.io
nextlevelbanana.live
Zak Eidsvoog @zakeidsvoog.bsky.social PDX Illustrator, Graphic Designer & Board Game Designer. Creator of Confusing Lands. He/Him
🌐Website: zakeidsvoog.com
🎲My Games: zak-makes-games.itch.io
Ace Naomi Luke @aceluke.bsky.social Sound Designer, Composer, Dialogue Editor
Prev: League of Legends Wild Rift, Keeper, Kiln, Name Change Simulator
Portland, OR
She/Her 🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/aceluke
Bret Hudson @brethudson.com He/They • AuDHD • Goofball
✏️ Code/edu/tutorials @write.games.
🎙️ Used to run indieFunction.com.
Opinions are mine – feel free to make them your own
Jey Biddulph @jeyb.bsky.social Immersive, games and narrative are some words I like. 
3 Halves Games @3halvesgames.com Archive of games available at https://3hg.itch.io
PeachyAenne 🇵🇸 @peachyaenne.bsky.social 🍑 Indie Game Dev - narrative designer/writer for Arcade Spirits & First Bite. 🍑 Partnered Twitch & YouTube content creator with Stumptgamers 🍑 Licensed Animal Nurse 🍑 Queer - nonbinary, pan, ambiamorous (they/them) 🍑 Neurodivergent - ADHD 🍑
Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social Artist, Art Director, and lv.100 content enjoyer.
Ash Leavenworth @ashstoashs.com Tall nerd. He/Him
Co-founder of @stumpt.tv
Former Head of Ops at Fig
I ❤️ PDX
https://linktr.ee/ashstoashs
Hark Forsooth @harkforsooth.bsky.social Game developer, bad shirt designer, and (unfortunately) podcaster.
Mino @art-mino.bsky.social PNW based artist, game developer. He/They. Worked on:
-Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
-BloodbornePSX
-Nightmare Kart.
https://spritermino.itch.io/
https://corwynprichard.com/
Anti AI
PSYCHOSPHERE DEV @devzozo.bsky.social do not let me be in same room with other indie developers
mickey sanchez @mickeysanchez.bsky.social game dev on 💀 Order Automatica 🔪 500 Finger Fillet ⌚ Echo Weaver 🐸 Big Hops 🪄 Wizard With a Gun 🌳 The Wild At Heart 🌑 Robot Island
💻 My Website -> mickeysanchez.com
Michael Hill @wildparadox.bsky.social Photographer, game dev, and cocktail enthusiast.
Merlin @merlinthewizard.bsky.social He/him. Pixel artist, game developer, ballet dancer, QA tester.
Currently developing Crimson Core, a co-op action platformer.
Some of my past projects: Star Rift Saga, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore.
seeGortz @seegortz.bsky.social I work in games and like cats.
Nick @nickcummings.com I created some games and made a few billionaires much richer and now I’m trying to do better
🧑💻 whymog.net
🦝 thisgameishaunted.itch.io/trash-the-planet
🎮 whymog.itch.io
📝 @siliconsasquatch.com
🐘 xoxo.zone/@whymog
🌲 Portland, Oregon
Ovinnorr nevarei
demi 🌱 @demileaf.bsky.social she/her | latinx digital artist | community managering @ Mega Crit, formerly @ Brace Yourself Games
Andrew Hair @andrewhair.bsky.social Game developer at rainbowstudios
Past: MarvelHeroes/Gazillion/@Foundation9
Streaming on Twitch for charity.
You're probably here for pictures of my dog.
Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online girlgayfae fae/she
Unreal Engine Technical Designer, FP Animator & Front End Developer
I love @melkat.blue. Half of @crystalline.blog
girlfriend.games newsletter archive: https://buttondown.com/girlfriendgames/archive
pfp by @gnarlyghost.bsky.social
Bree Wolf @breewolfstuff.bsky.social (She/her) Cartoonist, Animator, Goofy Goober
Hex Americana (Iron Circus), Maker Comics: Design a Game! (First Second), Julia & Liv Save Their Bat Mitzvah (Abrams)
http://breewolfstuff.com
EMAIL: breewolfstuff at gmail dot com
Thomas @thomasmcgrath.bsky.social Indie game dev in Portland OR
Ducks!
@freakylandon.bsky.social @freakylandon.bsky.social 
infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org drawings and stuff, mostly pixel art but a good amount of other things too.
#drawdogs is just an art tag and not a statement of being
https://infinitebrians.neocities.org/
Cerise Pomme @cerise-pomme.bsky.social Gamedev | Artist | Cybersecurity | EGL | Karuta | Kyūdō | Shintō 神道 ⋆｡° ✿
Indigenous, Assignment-Variant Intersex, AFAB/Socially-Imposed-Male, Transgender Lesbian Woman
Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social Sometimes makes games for fun. Also a watcher of sports
Celtics/Blazers/Red Sox/Patriots
https://psydshobob.itch.io/
Jessehijinks @jessicajansen.bsky.social Freelance Motion Graphics Designer, Sewing enthusiast, pet parent