Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games The @NewBlood.games guy
Email: Dave@NewBlood.games
Sam Barlow ๐ฅ @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! โ PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
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
Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io Video guy at GVG and Voice Actor for games like Cat Quest 3, Demon Tides, Gold Gold Adventure Gold, Bunny Graveyard, Pompeii, Teeto
Represented by Foxy Tongue Voices
https://foxytonguevoices.com/voiceover-artist/jon-cartwright/
www.JonCartwrightVO.com
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Clifton B @cliftonb.bsky.social Designs games with time mechanics || Organizes Demospree || Throws One Drop yo-yos || He/they || Ask about my research & product design workshop!
Play Seasonspree on Switch! https://bit.ly/seasonspreeswitch
Not on Steam! https://bit.ly/seasonspreesteam
ben driscoll @daisyowl.com I'm Ben Driscoll, artist and writer and programmer. I make games and stuff
๐ Cobalt Core https://store.steampowered.com/app/2179850/Cobalt_Core/
๐ ๏ธ Sunshine Heavy Industries https://store.steampowered.com/app/1542810/Sunshine_Heavy_Industries/
JDAG @jdag.bsky.social Game dev with a penchant for funny little guys. Was @johndaguerra on twitter
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core ๐ธ๐
Investi-Gator ๐๐
Sunshine Heavy Industries ๐๐
Geordie Hall @geordiemhall.bsky.social Melbourne game dev! Senior Programmer @ Beethoven & Dinosaur.
prev Samurai Punk, Hyper Jam.
Troy Ferguson @troyaferguson.bsky.social Engineering Director at Summerfall Studios, a Melbourne based Unreal Engine developer [he/him]
Liana Ruppert @dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com Community, VA, Creators, Marketing, Accessibility in games, books & TV. Owlchemy Labs Sr Comm Manager. TV-side:
โจFallout
โจVox Machina/M9
โจThe Mighty Nein
โจSecret Level
Prevโก๏ธMulti-award winning D2 CM/Accessibility Co-Lead at @Bungie, Game Informer,+more
Alexander Swords @alexanderswords.bsky.social Playful storyteller. Engaging educator. Maker of games both serious and not. Working on Totem Teller and other unannounced things.
They/them
alexanderswords.com
Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com Madeline Stephanie Thorson
makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ gender criminal
maddymakesgames.com
The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
๐๏ธ December 2026
๐ www.indiegameawards.gg
๐ฌ Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
๐ Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing โdiscourseโ i do not know what random post you are talking about
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social How bizarre, this theatrical and pasteboard unconscious. Game & level designer, BioShock 2, Near Death, Psychonauts 2, Return to Moria, and others. He/him. Portland, OR.
Ashley Rosenbaum @ashrosenbaum.bsky.social Freelance Gameplay Animator | Prev. Niantic Spatial and Niantic, Inc.
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Always have a coffee in hand and constantly covered in fur due to my two fluffy floofs.โ๐ป
Opinions are my own.
- - - - - -
ashleyrosenbaum.com
Neave Rimanic @neaveart.bsky.social ๐ฎ Lead Gameplay Animator - #JudasGame @ Superseed Studios
๐บ Gameplay Animator - Edenfall @everfluxgames.bsky.social
๐ซ AnimSchool Instructor
Lead Animator ๐ TMNT: Mutant Mayhem ๐ต Monkey King ๐ Smurfs
#GameDev
Joe T @animboy90.bsky.social Principal Animator at Beethoven & Dinosaur - Working on Mixtape
Mags D. @magsthepirate.bsky.social Lord High Priestess of Documentation (technical writer in games). I know the good words. Ask me about my cats/fave games. Opinions, lamentably, mine. No Gen AI.
LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social Day: Game Designer pretending to be a Woodworker
Night: Woodworker pretending to be a Game Designer
Currently - ๐คซ | Previously - Lead Game Designer: Predecessor, Elite Dangerous.
Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social I've been here long enough where a lot of you don't even know where I come from and I kinda find that delightful.
But I'm glad you're here! How are you?
suzanne @binarypartitioned.space โ binarypartitioned.space
โ level/environment designer ๐จ
โ previous work: Skin Deep ๐๐ฐ
โ current work: Sleight of Hand ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐
โ hitscanner apologist โก
โ tired trans woman โง๏ธโฃ
โ ๐ @maddievivrose.bsky.social
โ ๐ Melbourne, Australia
Brian Mitsoda @bmitsoda.bsky.social Game Dev/Goth Gardener.
https://bmitsoda.com/portfolio
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
Jayden Cusack @jaydencusack.bsky.social ๐ณ๐ฟ Founder/Editor: @gamesnight.bsky.social
๐ฃ๏ธ and โ๏ธ about video games.
Email: jayden@gamesnight.nz ๐ฎ
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive๐
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social Founder, Composer, Game Director @ https://ashellinthepit.com ๐จ๐ฆ
Composer: Among Us Stories: On Guard | NEATH | FNAF: Security Breach/RUIN | Rogue Legacy | Smarter Every Day | lots more
Creator of https://Fish.Game
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
Charley Price @mightyzug.bsky.social Co-Founder / Creative Director @Hidden_Variable
Wishlist @spellomancer today!
Equal parts tea & whiskey. He/him.
NamaTakahashi @namataka.bsky.social Japanese Indie Dev / #รoo / #ElecHead
ใรooใ is Out Now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/oo/
Victor Breum (REVIEW MIND DIVER) @breum.bsky.social Game director of Mind Diver: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/Mind_Diver/
And other stuff: https://www.victorbreum.com/
Philip Buchanan @philipbuchanan.bsky.social Indie Developer - It's Anecdotal. Creating 39 Days to Mars, Mini Matches, and Up to Par.
Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social Game Designer/Generalist - Searching Interactive
Get Crabmeat on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat
Prev - Design / Co Founder @samuraipunk
https://nicholasmc1.itch.io/
Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO @swery65.bsky.social CEO of White Owls Inc.
I'm creating unique, spirited work based on the slogan: From Osaka to all of YOU around the world!
ๅคง้ชใใไธ็ไธญใฎใใชใใธ๏ผ
Mei-Li Coolan @meili.coolan.games ๐ฆฆ Freelance Games Producer
๐ IGDA-F Next Gen Leaders Cohort Coordinator & NGL Alum '24
๐ฆโโฌ Volunteer Org. and Art for brIGDA
๐ฆญ Hobby Artist, Cosplayer, and Zinester @UncannyTitans
โ She/Her โข ๐ฉท๐๐ โข ๅชฝๅชฝ
๐บ๏ธ Meeanjin ๐ค๐โค๏ธ (Brisbane, Australia) โข AEST
Lilly D @lillydev.bsky.social Art/Creative Director & Co Founder @ ??
BAFTA Member.
human shaped cryptid, concrete enjoyer, easily distracted by your dog
Brighton, UK
https://linktr.ee/lillydevon
Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.blacksky.app Producer & Bizdev working with Basically Games on Baldi's Basics Plus! Previously: Marketing @ Playism, Sr. Producer @ Akupara & co-founded Dangen Entertainment. My physical game collection is embarrassingly large. ่ฑ่ชใจๆฅๆฌ่ชใOK!
St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social Youtuber dedicated to retrogaming. Loves Sega and Dos gaming. Briefly worked in the gaming industry. Channel: http://youtube.com/user/st1ka
Jarryd Campi @jarrydcampi.bsky.social Gameplay Programmer at Facepunch Studios, working on Rust
Fictions @fictions.com ๐ฎ
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube โ๏ธ
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDURโS GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond โจ๐
Dave ๐พ Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com The Drifter - OUT NOW! Game dever and the other half of Powerhoof- The Drifter, PowerQuest, Telwynium, Crawl, Regular Human BBall, Riders of Rhea, Peridium, etc..
https://powerhoof.itch.io
Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com The Yacht Rock of Video Games
giantbomb.com/join
For business inquiries: giantbomb@rightclick.gg
Media: media@giantbomb.com
Kim Hu @kim-hu.com Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator || Once in games, now everywhere ||๐ฅค๐
portfolio: https://kim-hu.com
๐ฉ hello@kim-hu.com
patreon blog: https://patreon.com/kimhu
art/work-only account: @elbowrocket.bsky.social
Chris Grant @charstring.com Now: ยฏโ \โ _โ (โ ใโ )โ _โ /โ ยฏ
Then:
VP @fandom.com // @gamespot.com @tvguide.com @metacritic.com and friends
SVP @voxmedia.com // @polygon.com @theverge.com
Always: A dork
In: PHL
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social im skeetin here
marbenx.itch.io
๐จ๐ฝ๐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/359050/
Julia Keren-Detar @julia-kd.bsky.social Hudson Valley game designer, hobby farmer, maker of jams.
Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social ๐ Founder of http://blendogames.com
๐ Most recent release: SKIN DEEP http://blendogames.com/skindeep
๐ Co-founder https://glitch.city
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.
Kevin Regamey @regameyk.bsky.social Creative Director @PowerUpAudio. otdq, He/him. (Celeste, TUNIC, NecroDancer, Descenders, Darkest Dungeon...)
woody 'a video game producer' woodstone @woodlund.bsky.social vidya gam producerrrr @ Beethoven & Dinosaur ๐ป๐ฆ
worked on ๐ฟMixtape!๐ฟ (https://youtu.be/aQoEd5rnxiQ)
previously worked on The Artful Escape and more
he/him
Jumpy Bit @jumpybit.bsky.social Indie Game Studio based in Munich
https://jumpybit.com
Check out The Games You'll Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750/The_Games_You_Make/ 
โจ Kaelan โจ @kaelandm.bsky.social Game & Narrative Designer.
Lead narrative designer & game writer for Capy Castaway https://store.steampowered.com/app/2890240/Capy_Castaway/
PhD Candidate at UChicago researching weird worldbuilding.
Lead organizer, QGCon.
they/he
Eric Chahi @ericchahi.bsky.social Stay tuned about Paper Beast, Another World, and more!
Johannes Roth @coreproduction.de Founded Mimimi Games, 2008-2023.
Now working on personal projects.
Currently focusing on Bowl Timer: an elegant, distraction-free meditation timer app.
robin ๐ซ uvw-cwa @rbn.fyi hi ๐
Designer of playful experiences. Looking for work! Prev: lead GD @ Lunacy, Reflector, Ubisoft... https://robin-v.net
him, lui ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ
Intentionally spending my energy fighting the doom, not posting about it.
Pic by McSkirt https://linktr.ee/mcskirt
Lowbo | ๅฐฑๆฏ่ๅ @lowbo.io https://www.lowbo.io/
Senior Game Designer. Formerly Sprocket Games, Riot Games R&D, LoL game modes, etc. ๆไผ่ฏดไธ็นไธญๆ(ๆฎ้่ฏ)ใPNW. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Patch Kolan @patchkolan.bsky.social @PlaysideStudios Narrative Lead | Author of many games and books and such | Ex-@IGN | Ex-RebootPR | Come say hello!
Rowan - L4T3NCY @l4t3ncy.bsky.social Game / Creative Director with indie soul
(previously Game Director on R&D at Riot Games, Creative Director of Riot Forge, 10yrs of League of Legends, 20yrs of #gamedev)
ๆฅๆฌ่ชใใ
AussieKozzy @aussiekozzy.bsky.social Aussie abroad in APAC. I work in strategic comms and public affairs, but this channel is mostly about video games and fun things. Wannabe dinosaur whisperer. Dogs, drones, occasional astrophotography and fun things.
My tweets represent inGen Corp.
Rae Johnston @raejohnston.bsky.social Wiradyuri & Greek
STEM Journalist & Broadcaster
๐๏ธ Weird Tech, ABC Radio National Download This Show, ABC Radio NSW Sunday Mornings
๐บGoing Places (NITV) Back Roads (ABC) & The Secret DNA Of Us (SBS)
UNICEF Australia Ambassador
Jordan Mechner @jmechner.bsky.social I make video games (Prince of Persia) and graphic novels (Replay, Monte Cristo, Liberty) and fill up sketchbooks. American in France. https://jordanmechner.com
Jess Hodgson @jiggsy2point0.bsky.social Here I Am. Here I Remain.
Bruce Straley @brucestraley.bsky.social CEO & Director at Wildflower Interactive
Pranee @galacticsunrise.bsky.social Errrr โฆ hello, is this ๐ on?โฉโจ๐จ creative dabbler with a gazillion interests
โจ๐ ๐ ๐ virtual world creator ๐ช ๐พ game dev ๐ storyteller ๐ ๐ politics ๐ชก costumier ๐งต ๐๏ธartist ๐๏ธ ๐ฃ digital marketing ๐ฌ ๐ฅ filmmaker ๐๏ธ๐ฌ
โจhttps://linktr.ee/praneemckinlay
โจ๐ง๐ฝโ๐คthey/she
MUZBOZ @muzboz.bsky.social Game designer, coder, musician, adventurer, making #SecretKeep game.
sam, fall vibes @samuelbass.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at Epic games. UEFN, Unreal 5, sample projects, templates, tech talks and more.
Ask me about stuff!
All non-work related views / statements my own.
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
Ben Jones @bagelbeard.bsky.social Head of Games at Range Media Partners
Formerly: Zenimax, Sony, EA/DICE, Valve, othersโฆ
These are my personal ramblings ๐คช
Rob Davis @itsrobdavis.bsky.social Campaign Director #GhostofYotei.
Prev: Gow 2018, Ragnarok, Apple Vision Pro, The Saboteur.
I love all the arts but I love video games the most because they combine so many of them
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL๐ฅWILL๐ฅRISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics ๐+๐น liberation
Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com I make games - co-op games - Left 4 Dead, portal, etc - now The Anacrusis.
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
๐ธ maedi. @maedi.bsky.social ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ธ ๐
emotional support MILF
apprentice hairdresser
gunaikurnai country โข she / her
undiagnosed, but peer reviewed
prev. esports/anime/games/events
instagram.com/maedicine
david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social founder and studio creative director at The Outsiders. New Yorker. Made some games, wrote some games. Battlefield Bad Company 1/2, BF3, Killzone 2, Mirrorโs Edge, Payday 2, Metal Hellsinger, others. Making (redacted) : a new game.
Myriameใป๏ผ๐ฆ @mllepilgrim.bsky.social Event Producer at @iii-initiative.bsky.social ใป Excecutive Producer gamedev.world ใป Production ConsultantใปPhotographer
Worked on POSSESSOR(S), Beast Breaker, & a lot of other stuffs~
she/herใป๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon ๐
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
โจ lauraehall.com
๐ cfia.org
๐๏ธ secretlives.games
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social Executive Editor at Game Informer. Host of the All Things Nintendo podcast.
๐ St. Paul, MN
Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com
Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social @nygamesweek.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor.
Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
Brendan Sinclair @brendansinclair.bsky.social Recovering game journalist, now simply a journalist.
Context-Free Patent Art: https://www.tumblr.com/contextfreepatentart
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
David Hayter @thedavidhayter.bsky.social Writer: X-Men, X2, Watchmen, The Scorpion King, Warrior Nun. Director: Wolves. Actor: Lupin, King Shark, Guyver II, Metal Gear, The Long Dark, Yakuza. Jedi Master of The Old Republic.
Location: The Palace of Wisdom
Glenn@ID@Xbox -> Gamescom @triplizard.bsky.social I run marketing for the ID@Xbox program for independent game developers on Xbox. Fan of indie games and vintage synthesizers. I have a Buchla system, a Synthi AKS, Moogs, Korg MS series, Waldorf Quantum, etc. I mostly talk about indie games.
Dana Nightingale ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @danaenight.northsky.social Director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Author of queer speculative fiction.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her fae/faer ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist ๐ต๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ BLM
Daniel Burke - ๐บInnkeep @innkeep.bsky.social He/Him | Australian living on noongar boodja.
Lead developer of ๐บInnkeep @ Boot Disk Games | Husbando/Dad | Once a Jpn-Eng translator.
Steam๐ https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep
Discord๐ https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU
Mailing List๐ http://eepurl.com/gzRndT
gril @funambulism.com Stories, games, philosophy. Jew.
Currently: Total War 40K, (TBA), ZEPHON, 40K: Gladius
Previously: PUBG: Black Budget, Tides of Tomorrow, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Absolver...
https://linktr.ee/griddleoctopus
Stephanie Boluk @chouxsalad.bsky.social 
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social I have friends everywhere ๐ Lead Writer on Crossfire. Before: Gotham Knights, Star Wars: Squadrons + Battlefront II. Probably playing JRPGs or painting Space Marines. ๐ธ by Luke Fontana
Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social EIC of Unwinnable, views own.
PFP by @shaferbrown.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