๐๐๐ค๐ฌ-๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐จ @lowpolyhighres.bsky.social Posting screenshots of retro low-poly games in high resolutions using emulators, camera hacks and other tools for a better, sharper look at the artistry involved in making them.
Run by @maxmantic.bsky.social
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social Artist and nature lover - celebrating the wildlife and wild landscapes of northern England. Author of โHartlepoolโs Seaside Birdsโ. Art and photos are my own unless stated otherwise. Occasionally I write poetry - apologies in advance.
HORRORVISUALS @horrorvisuals.com Horror curator, YouTube partner, and the host of Game Dev is (Not) Easy. Producer at @cr-games.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/horrorvisuals
Dwuff ๐ฟ๐ฆโจ @dwuff.com South African painter & illustrator. She/Her. Pigment enthusiast. TTRPG enjoyer. ๐ฉท๐๐|๐ฉท๐๐ Married to @thebeardlyben.art โจ Dachshund mรถther. Autism & disability self advocacy. Deconstructed.
https://linktr.ee/danellemalan
Nikita Malko @nikitamalko.bsky.social Video Game Composer | Where heroes tread and legends unfold, my music paints the tales yet untold ๐ผ
https://play.reelcrafter.com/nikitamalkomusic/GeneralReel
Jesse Duplechain Composer ๐ Games Ground @jessedmusic.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jesseduplechain
Jeremy C @steamhat.bsky.social Tryhard videogame artist from FREE LIVES
Dan Cuzman @dansquidman.bsky.social I am a human popsicle. He/They. Content mostly shitposts and political reposts. Sometimes cool games I find.
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
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
David H @nachimir.bsky.social 
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleachโs horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Feral Vector @feralvector.bsky.social Yorkshire-based festival about games, gamelike things, and making
PunchesBears ใ
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@punchesbears.bsky.social Robots, ML, Animation, VR, & vidya games. Working on a Space Game & Wreckoons (a game about stealing trash & being an asshole). Profile doodle by Pendleton Ward
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/
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
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Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
terri v @terriv.bsky.social making videogames! sludge life, guncho, disc room, high hell, dustbiters, heavy bullets, mundo lixo etc -> http://terriv.games ๐ง๐ท
Amanita Design ๐ฃ @amanita-design.net Indie game studio based in Prague, Czechia. Phonopolis (out now!), Happy Game, Creaks, Pilgrims, Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula, CHUCHEL http://bit.ly/PhonopolisSteam
Young Horses @younghorses.com Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com
Richard @nekropants.bsky.social Game developer and appreciator of fine dogs.
Nightschool Studio/Free Lives/Team Lazerbeam
Cukia โSugarโ Kimani @sugarbycukia.xyz Hi ๐, I make games under ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, a small mom-and-pop dev shop I run with my partner, @riker.itch.io.
Keijiro Takahashi @keijiro.bsky.social A Unity employee
nothke @nothke.bsky.social Indie gamedev. Making physicsy games, and custom engine in C++ and zig
tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
twitch.tv/actionbutton
discord.gg/actionbutton
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
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Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. ๐ 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!
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz โก PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
โก Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
โก Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
โก Glaswegian
๐ Yorkshire, UK
๐ www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Daniel Lucic @demandingdanny.bsky.social Marketing shenanigans @ Devolver Digital
Daniel Linssen @managore.bsky.social I make games
https://managore.itch.io/
https://bit.ly/leapyearonsteam
Juan de la Torre ๐ @hyodelatorre.com producer @ devolver ๐น previously: team gotham, brainwash gang, & more.
also photography at hyodelatorre.com
doseone @doseone.bsky.social Poet, rapper, composer, sound designer, catmanโฆ www.doseone.xyz
Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social the game designer behind Viewfinder. he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at MARBLE SOULS coming soon. Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
๐ www.draknek.org
Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social Creative director of Outer Wilds. Co-creative lead at Mobius Games. Easily excited by coffee, cocktails, and the cosmos. He/Him.
Mobius Digital Games @mobiusdigitalgames.com An independent game studio located in DTLA. Makers of Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye. We make games weird & wonderful. Come explore with us.
Aggro Crab ๐ฅ๐ช @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social very professional indie game studio
๐ฅpublishing REBOUNDER
๐ฆmade PEAK, Another Crab's Treasure, Crashout Crew + Going Under
โจhttps://bit.ly/CrashoutCrew
Messhof @messhof.bsky.social Nidhogg, Flywrench, Wheel World. Check out Blood Dungeon at https://blooddungeon.com
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
The Funtastic @thefuntastic.bsky.social Maker of games and things, namely Cadence www.thefuntastic.com
Alpha Beta Gamer @alphabetagamer.bsky.social Indie games and all the latest video game Alpha and Beta tests, with new additions every day, AAA & Indie games (though mostly indie games!). Visit us at https://alphabetagamer.com and Discord: https://discord.gg/3Gtqp9BDeY
Daniel Lochner @daniellochner.bsky.social 
@johnnytyrrell.bsky.social @johnnytyrrell.bsky.social 
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
Ben Esposito @benespo.bsky.social 
Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social ๐ฎ Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
๐จ Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com
๐ Author of The Game UI Bible with Lost in Cult!
๐ญ BAFTA Member
๐ Future Class 23, GDH Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
๐ต Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
Skeletons in Video Games @skeletonsinvgs.bsky.social skeleton ahead
Account that shows the various games that our boney friends show up in. DMs closed.
Run by @cynicalrazor.bsky.social
Obscure Game Aesthetics @gameobscure.bsky.social Posting pretty screenshots and artworks from not-so-popular, forgotten or sometimes even cancelled video games.
Suggestions are welcome!
Reposting from the original account.
Kate Ludlow @majorboredom.bsky.social She/Her
Liberal Texan Weird-Aunt Type Person
SpecOps @devolverdigital
Ahmed Goni @merlinsjam.bsky.social A friendly software gardener
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Kirsten-Lee @kirstylee.bsky.social CEO at Evil Landfall? ๐ Selection committee member at WINGS ๐ชฝ
Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
Nanna Venter @nannaventer.bsky.social Producer @freelives ๐ฅ.
Assistant program director @playtopiafestival
Artist in other capacities.
Jean-Luc @stateofdelirium.bsky.social ๐ฎ QA guy
๐ญ Stand-up comedy @ First Draft
๐ฆ Silly duck
Find me around Playtopia, Maker's Massive, Super Friendship Arcade, First Draft Comedy, and Armchair.
Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social Yr new fav game-band!
๐โจ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐๐๐นโจ๐
Currently making: Shroom and Gloom ๐ link below!
Past hits: Teenage Blob, Snow Cones 1 & 2, Wrestling With Emotions.
https://linktr.ee/teamlazerbeam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3602770/Shroom_and_Gloom_Demo/
raxter @raxter.bsky.social they/them, myth, minor legend, artistic technician, that person you've met at that thing way back yeah I was so sure when I saw you that we met somewhere a year or so ago how are things since then?
am looking for work! โค http://raxterbaxter.com/portfolio/
GirlofPearl @girlofpearl.bsky.social Boondoggling since 1998
MD at Free lives
Biggest idiot at Playtopia
Mewzi Meowzi
Francois van Niekerk @francoisvn.bsky.social Studio Director at @clockworkacorn.com โข he/him โข https://leafcloud.com/ โข Cape Town, South Africa
Bridie Roman @bridieroman.bsky.social Emails, Spreadsheets and Jira @devolverdigital | She/Her | Fantasy nerd, Crazy Cat Lady, occasionally the villain
Dorian @damousey.bsky.social Producer - available/LFG.
They/them.
Game making, naps, art making and other drugs (because lupus)
Artwork purchasable from damousey.me
Jon Keevy @jonkeevy.bsky.social Writer of games, film & fiction.
IGF nominated Narrative Excellence.
Father of Coco.
The Unwoven Warrior out now in South Africa. (Seeking reps in N America)
Open for consulting & commissions
Natalie @ncthbrt.northsky.social Trans, Woman, Game Dev/Tech Artist, Neurodivergent, Recovering Startup Founder, South African, Cat mom x2, Gay Married, Tentative belief we're already post human and cyborg and might as well act accordingly. RADICAL BODY AUTONOMY NOW
Hyphenza @hyphenza.bsky.social Drum & bass Person / Community Manager at Free Lives
https://linktr.ee/hyphenza
Knightsinclair @knightsinclair.bsky.social Head of Marketing for Landfall
โHumour can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.โ -G K Chesterton
Ben McInnes - Making ๐๐ @benmcinnes.bsky.social Designer, programmer and occasional hardware tinkerererer
One half of @lootdonkey.bsky.social
Making Fool King (Wishlist now)
He/him
Adonรฉ Kitching @adonekitching.bsky.social Production Manager at Devolver Digital
she/her
โค๏ธ โช@benmcinnes.bsky.socialโฌ
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
Meydรคn @meydan.bsky.social made music for some games (Terra Nil, Dressmaker, Combolands...) and for Kyle Hill.
Jonathan Hau-Yoon @techartjon.com artist ๐ tech artist ๐ game developer @ Free Lives ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Working on Dressmaker, previously Terra Nil, Fortnite, Broforce, GORN, Genital Jousting
Sean Wright @lofar42.bsky.social Developer at Free Lives, Co-founder of SMAC Games
Tokyo 42 | Stick it to the Stickman
Robbie Fraser @squidcor.bsky.social South African indie developer at Free Lives. (He / Him).
Designer of Dustbiters, Anger Foot, and Genital Jousting.
Petter @petterv.bsky.social Game Developer, writing and programming and stuff.
CK3, Curious Expedition 2, Terra Nil, Haste: Broken Worlds, Saint Ghizard
Kane Forster @kaneforster.bsky.social Indie Game Animator at Free Lives ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Playing with Time โฐ๏ธ
Playtopia Festival @playtopia.bsky.social An Indie Games and Immersive Arts Festival
Cape Town | South Africa
5-6 December 2025
www.playtopiafestival.com
#playtopia
By creatives For creatives
Empowering developers to reach the zenith of their creative ambitions!
Melissa Nzuza @melissanzuza.bsky.social Director at The Playtopia Foundation
External Operations Manager at Free Lives
she/her ๐
Richard Bolland @studiobolland.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ Making games & interactive animation at https://www.studiobo.io/
@kickpushkgosi.bsky.social @kickpushkgosi.bsky.social 
Free Lives @freelives.bsky.social Stick it to the Stickman, new update out now! : https://store.steampowered.com/app/2085540/Stick_It_to_the_Stickman/
The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art He/him. Cape Town based bearded Illustrator & games animator at @freelives.bsky.social. Husbear of @dwuff.com. Metalhead. TTRPG enthusiast. Cat and dog dad. Bisexual.
โ๏ธ thebeardlyben@gmail.com
linktr.ee/thebeardlyben
FUCK AI
Ruan Rothmann @rrza.bsky.social Game developer at Free Lives. GORN, Broforce and more. More cat photos please
Landfall Games @landfall.se Indie studio and makers of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Stick Fight, ROUNDS, Clustertruck, Air Brawl and Knightfall: A Daring Journey! Published Content Warning.
HASTE ๐out now! PEAK also out now!!! โฐ๏ธ
Rohun @hirohun.bsky.social I make games at Free Lives, Currently working on Stick It To The Stickman & SIDE EFFECTS
Play some of my prototypes here: https://hirohun.itch.io/
Mr.Pootsley @mrpootsley.bsky.social https://mrpootsley.itch.io/
Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com A person you meet in the forest, who just puts their finger to your lips to shoosh you, and then gives you the budget for your game.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username๐)
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