aric @aghastronaut.com Minneapolis non-comedian
Made webcomics, did improv, and other unnecessary web stuff.
"Has a history of creating conceptual internet projects" -Billboard
(he/him)
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social). He/him.
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
GP @mousefountain.bsky.social 
Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Sally @sirin.bsky.social Co-founder @tarinoi.bsky.social - an upcoming narrative design platform for the full game lifecycle
software + ui/ux + game dev • lifts things • svenska med fel och allt
🔹prev: tools engineer @ za/um
🔸now: building cool things at https://tarinoi.com
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! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
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
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com Perfect Tides - http://tinyurl.com/vbf9wzab
Perfect Tides: Station to Station - OUT NOW! https://tinyurl.com/34f4m9jy
Comics @ http://www.octopuspie.com
joemag @joemag.games Lead game designer at Redux Games, 3D printer, mad scientist. opinions mine. Ex-Blizz, Niantic and Riot.
prev known as joemag_games or joemag3D
he/him
Dan Weiss @schenksmill.bsky.social Principal Engineer @shipwrightstdio
Video Game Rambles - http://blog.dwgames.net, Game collector + preservationist
Jake Sones @jakeson.es Prinicpal Game Designer @ https://Board.fun
Formerly of WB Games, Sony, Blizzard, Insomniac
https://jakeson.es
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
aLec robBins @alecrobbins.bsky.social me again. mr boop guy you remember.
Andy Vatter @andyvatter.bsky.social Senior Designer II (previously Lead Designer) at Squanch Games, makes a bunch of other stuff too, you get it
She/her to you, bub
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Adam Wolf @adamwolf.org Open source electronics hacker (Wayne and Layne), programmer, author. Nerding out over active inference & cognitive neuroscience. Locked Tomb nut. Minneapolis, MN. @adamwolf@adamwolf.org
noé @celechii.itch.io (no-AY) genderfluid dumbass, programmer at @ko-op.com working on young suns, overflowing with love, stops to pet the alley cats :) (they/she)
knivesforcats.online
Defenestration Now @windelina.bsky.social The speckled hopping Windelina, while endangered, should not be presumed to be defenseless. Attack modes include:
- Singing Broadway musical show tunes until you comply with the sing along
- dronking all your whiskey
- ranting about late stage capitalism
Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social Since 2002, the ExGS (formerly Experimental Game Workshop) has yearly showcased the work of developers of experimental games at the Game Developers Conference, aiming to highlight works that extend the boundaries of games as a creative medium.
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
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social writer actor rifftrax mst3k crow t. robot. dog butler.
https://www.rifftrax.com
instagram @billcorbett
Deus Pascit Corvos
Saleem @seemo.bsky.social Co-founder, Executive Committee @ko-op.com They/them. Free Palestine. Wear a mask.
Producer on Young Suns! www.youngsuns.com
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @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.
Nick Knacks @velcroking.bsky.social (he/him) Professional shit-talker, comedian, IT professional, and recovering street performer. "Award-winning."
Miss Shannan @missshannan.bsky.social Multidimensional Event Leader, Comedian, Corporate Speaker Voice Actor, Event Emcee and Author
ɹoʇᴉpƎ 'sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ @leeharris.net Editor, writer, performer
Multiple Hugo-loser
Editor of the Murderbot Diaries, Wayward Children, Monk & Robot & more
Co-owner (with Paul Cornell) of Cosmic Lighthouse Comics
Newsletter, here: www.leeharris.net/newsletter/
Checking the perimeter.
Tim is not in at the moment @petsnakereggie.bsky.social Writer, Comedian, Musician, and Podcaster. I like cats.
Mette Pødenphant @mettepoe.bsky.social Currently world designer on unannounced project at Funday Games.
GDC speaker (Hitman level design stuff) Game director on "Wild Indigo Ranch". I write and illustrate "Heltene fra Avadore" a danish ttrpg for kids (looking for US/UK distributor)
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Tom Creighton @tom.party 🇨🇦 Software designer. He/him. http://tom.party #hamont
Fusion Scene @fusionscene.bsky.social News about games made with Fusion game-making software. (Not Clickteam)
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.
Allyson Willsey @allysonwillsey.bsky.social Animator in games! Noted punching enthusiast. (she/her)
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
socks magocs @socksmagocs.bsky.social | arcade games, woodwork, cosplay, and other bullshit | dept head for
@MAGIndieArcade
| he/him | farts |
Amanda C 🥄 @amandaesque.bsky.social Bureaucromancer. I enjoy filling out forms because it feels like taking a test where I know all the answers. MSP, she/her.
h31d1 @pwnny.bsky.social 
Advent.js @adventjs.itch.io 29 days of art, games and writing, one new piece revealed per day. Find the creative coding calendar here: https://adventjs.itch.io/adventjs-2024
Account run by @vividfax.bsky.social and @mtrc.bsky.social
Molly Gee @voolala.bsky.social (she/her) Card game producer, comedian, and all-around weirdo. I read a lot (mostly horror, always fiction), I swear a lot, I cook and bake a lot. Big fan of bikinis, biking, and sunshine. Antifascist. ACAB. Generative AI is for cowards. @mollydala on IG.
Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social Production & curation stuff with those pesky videogames at places like Hollow Ponds, Honeyslug, Wild Rumpus, Beta Public. Grampians Champion.
felix link in bio @legobutts.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/897160/Snap__Grab/
he/they
toronto 🇬🇾
production in games
No Goblin - Polytron
Previously: Panic - Finji - Tunic - Sable - Untitled Goose Game - Fellow Traveller - Blaseball
Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social Year Progress Bot. Maintained by @haider.bsky.social
Buy me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/halipunjabi
Sweet Baby Inc @sweetbabyinc.com Hey there! We’re a small narrative development studio, working on projects of all sizes and genres across the games industry! ✨
Find out more about what we do at sweetbabyinc.com!
Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social Indie dev, witch; fae/faer. I've made a 99 character RPG, a game about retired adventurers, a fake MMO, and other things. Games at cannibalinteractive.itch.io contact: cannibalinteractive@gmail.com
✨️Whitney✨️ @brightwhitney.bsky.social Award-winning narrative designer & writer🎮
Future Class 2020, IndieCade (twice!), Top 100 Women in Games
Speculative fiction Author👽🦄😱
Viable Paradise 24, SFWA, Codex
https://brightwhitney.com
Lynn Richter @lynntendowii.bsky.social NOLA ⚜ | Cursed Furby Art | Game Developer | Marketing & Community: @lunacystudios.bsky.social | she/her
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
Helen Leigh @helenleigh.bsky.social Hardware hacker, author & maker of musical oddities
Cymru - London - Berlin - Portland
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social videogame-adjacent production // curation // hardware studio 💜 wethrowswitches.com
Amanda Williams @amandawilliams.bsky.social Gentle dark art from a haunted garden.
Fine artist and game dev (Spider).
http://myhauntedgarden.com
Aaron Price @mozltovcoktail.bsky.social Director of Production at Owlchemy Labs 🦉
Previously Harmonix 🎸
I have a song in High On Life, somehow
https://instantaaron.com
Julia Makivic @jmakivic.bsky.social I make alternative controller games about ghosts, organic technologies and parallel worlds. 
Tim Garbos @timgarbos.bsky.social Awkwardly trying to make people laugh through video games. WHAT THE GAMES?
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
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
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
Til Nomi @thenomi.bsky.social an idiot. vids, illos & games events?? 2/3D art (or 6D). founder of @gaemz.bsky.social. been making flamingos for @amazefest.bsky.social. worked on 2 or 3 camera games. co-producer for a video game dog musician. music fan.
https://www.thenomi.com
Lorenzo Pilia @lorenzopilia.bsky.social Berlin-based event producer & curator. I organise #TalkAndPlay @berlingamescene.bsky.social + run @saftladen.bsky.social co-working space for indie devs + drums @splitmilkband.bsky.social. Prev: A MAZE. / Berlin, Maschinen-Mensch. He/Him
⚡️Marina Díez is directing Oh Apollo! DEMO OUT NOW! @ninfadp.bsky.social Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer ❀ Game Director for Oh Apollo! @ Blue Backpack ❀ Take Us North // The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne ❀ Consultant ❀ @Forbesunder30 2021 ❀ 🌈 she/her
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - open on Wed-Thu 15:00-18:00, Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social At @picopicocafe.bsky.social Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
Gæmz Meetup @gaemz.bsky.social Community for people who are into art/experimental games & playful media founded by @thenomi.bsky.social.
#gaemzmu. Let’s meet irl in Tokyo, London, & Taipei
https://gaemz.carrd.co/
Discord: https://discord.gg/Fjhjjk9HSc
We got a starter pack btw!
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière @agaitcheson.bsky.social 🎭 Let's get creative together, on a stage!
✨ Drag clown and videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Emilie Breslavetz 🕹️👽 @emiliecorne.bsky.social French Playful Artist making weird #altctrl #videogames on my little planet ⭐ Socially awkward 🐥 Yellow fanatic 💛 MacGyver disciple 🍌 Making uncontrollables at @incontrolab.bsky.social
Find me : https://linktr.ee/Emilie_Corne
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.
gabrielle genevieve @elloradatura.bsky.social art person, game designer, history lover, zine and book collector - let's be friends!
Jamie Sanchez @spacedragon.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ she/her
Curiouser.design makin’ websites
JamieSanchez.com blog
AnimeChicago.com founder
BebopBeat.com pod co-host
BitBashChicago.com co-founder
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__
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social ✏ Writing Warren Spector’s next game
✏️ BAFTA & Nebula-nominated writer & narrative designer of Pacific Drive
🏆 BAFTA Breakthrough 2024
⭐ Marketing: SCMedia
🎤 Host: IGF 2026, League of Legends Season One
✉ shao.karrie@gmail.com
🧐 karries.carrd.co
Jenn Frank @jennatar.bsky.social jennfrank.net ✑ jennfrank.bearblog.dev
Daniel @c418.org I Music sometimes 🐈⬛
SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social Senior Game Engineer
He/Him/They 🏳️🌈
All views are my own and do not reflect my employer
Emily Liu @emilyliu.me this bio is left as an exercise to the reader
🌱 emilyliu.me
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social Dual class 🇺🇸/🇮🇹 (siciliana, e imparando italiano). I’m a mushroom forager, parent to two very cool kids, silken windhound owner, and food obsessive; be ready for me to be annoying about all the above. PNW now, CA before, PNW before that. She/her
Andrew Ferguson @dontfuck.men Desert Bus For Hope / ITTFAFMTWGTS / VanChipMusic / WTF Game Jam / event producer & game dev / platform & sre director / international beyblade champion / he,they
inthetenthfastandfuriousmovietheywillgoto.space
Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social Stay-at-home dad, reader, board gamer, GeekDad Senior Editor, Etch-a-Sketch artist.
https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/
https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhliu/
(he/him) Portland, Oregon
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
Jenni Leder ( ͡♥️ ͜ʖ ͡♥️) @jennileder.bsky.social Kerning keeps me from spacing out. Principal designer for apps & websites. I typo often.
https://findjenni.univer.se/
Andy McMillan @andymcmillan.com 💅 Designer, independent event producer, and NA brewery owner
📍 Portland, OR
🍻 @heckbrewing.com
🏫 @xoxofest.com
🌐 https://andymcmillan.com
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ndymcmlln
Bit Bash Chicago @bitbashchicago.com Chicago's Alternative Game Festival.
Keep up to date by signing up for our mailing list at https://www.bitbashchicago.com/
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
gleemonex mainliner @frostyplum.bsky.social gamer, artist, tech witch, motorsports enthusiast, food opinion-haver, shitposter, spookmonger. she/they
https://saarcasm.com
https://twitch.tv/frostyplum
JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social Writer & director of new horror film, Dead Media. Coming soon to a theater, streamer & physical media near you. A frozen pizza + a martini = a gourmet meal (he/him)
XOXO @xoxofest.com XOXO was an experimental festival for independent artists and creators from the internet.
🌐 xoxofest.com
Blythe Renay @blytherenay.com She/Her 🏳️🌈 | Performer | 📍KC
🎙️Voice Actor (GenIVIV #Borderlands | Colette #KingmakerHistories)
🎶Half of Professor Shyguy
Rep: Moxie Talent
www.blytherenay.com
Regular Monster 👹 @saladmonster.bsky.social 🔆LA forever🌴
Game dev & art mercenary!
Frog Fractions 1, 2, 3, & 4
@supermeatboy
@dreamdaddygame
@dimbulbgames
and more!
rachelsala.com
https://www.instagram.com/atinymonster/
rachel@rachelsala.com
pfp by @nareganoart.bsky.social
Robbie Fraser @squidcor.bsky.social South African indie developer at Free Lives. (He / Him).
Designer of Dustbiters, Anger Foot, and Genital Jousting.
Zachary Johnson is not ok @zachstronaut.com Game and Network coder for @StageFrightGame.bsky.social by Ghost Town Games. Director of Joggernauts by @spacemacegames.com. Minneapolis creative dev (he/him). Not okay.
Cat selfie enthusiast.
Visit: zachstronaut.com
Felicia Day @felicia.day Actor. Writer. Producer. Internet Native. “Lost Daughter of Sparta” out March 17, preorder now! https://bit.ly/LostDaughterOfSparta