Rachel Heleva @hlywa.bsky.social games, systems, verse @ http://singlab.org
building playable culture @ http://themade.org
scouting games & supporting teams @ https://tophat.studio/
Ed @ed3d.net Main Character Syndrome, but fun. Boston-based. My wood shop and my dogs are my personality. If you're still reading this, I'm your dad now. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
I don't speak for my employer. I do make @polytoken.dev.
signal: edr.91
Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, one half of Secret Dinosaur and also the other half (previously Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me! https://linktr.ee/djdesign.dev
#GameDev
he/him
Vincent // HEARTWORM ๐ธ THE ATTIC DOOR ๐ช @adinolfi.bsky.social made Heartworm - a retro suburban gothic survival horror game
Studio: https://atticdoor.org
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/vadinolfi
Discord: http://discord.gg/hke9Yf9Ww5
igor.sarzynski @srznsk.bsky.social creative director for cyberpunk 2 / necrocapitalism / the stories we tell ourselves / the cyberpunk we live in / all views are my own
https://www.instagram.com/srznsk/
@nornagon.bsky.social @nornagon.bsky.social 
Maytera Marble @mayteramarble.bsky.social Recently converted.
Phrasemaker @thephrasemaker.bsky.social Trendsetter, Newsbreaker, Phrasemaker.
sam โgenial conversationalistโ sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im
Daniel Burke - ๐บInnkeep @innkeep.bsky.social He/Him | Australian living on noongar boodja.
Lead developer of ๐บInnkeep @ Boot Disk Games. Dad. Ex Jpn-Eng translator.
Steam๐ https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep
Discord๐ https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU
Mailing List๐ http://eepurl.com/gzRndT
Arthur Baron-Clรฉment @arthur.baron-clement.com Watercolor and digital artist #NoAI
https://arthur.baron-clement.com/en/
VHS Vault @vhsvault.bsky.social Totally automated and totally random screenshots/clips from the archive.org vhs vault collection
Donate to archive.org: https://archive.org/donate
By @arr.bsky.social
deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social Editor & Narrative Consultant: Perfect Tides: Station to Station, NORCO
Editor & Designer: The Creation of Wonder
Designer: air light water moon shadow sky
https://bathers-library.square.site/product/air-light-water-moon-shadow-sky-by-matt-carney/
Lee Cronin's The Zaddy @frownt.bsky.social Imagining a boot stamping on a human face forever and easily rotating it in three dimensions with my high IQ. Still up and moving around, taking nourishment.
Alice Unchained @aliceunchained1.bsky.social Proud mother to four cats and 40,000 bees.
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Metkis @metkis.com Designer of Many Things โข Human Middleware
โThere is the steady lapping of the pond at the shoreโs edge, which I belong to with my imagination.โ
www.metkis.com
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social Historian. Pods: Past Lives. Tides of History. Books: "The Verge." "Lost Worlds." pwymanusc at gmail. Enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/patrickwyman
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social Working on Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/Cyclopean_II_The_Dreamlands/
Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social Algorithmist
https://moultano.wordpress.com/
large language mauler @grackle.space Senior reviews editor, @theverge.com.
Previously: Wirecutter, MaximumPC
I have approximate knowledge of many things.
Osage citizen. TX. he/him. ๐๐ท๐๐ฏ๐ค๐อ. ๐ฉ๐ชอ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐อ๐ป๐ฃ.
Nicole @cyn-cedilla.bsky.social they/she game programmer and producer @sunsetvisitor.studio
Made 1000xResist! Now making Prove You're Human!
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
ktb @kevinbaker.bsky.social 
Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net Infilย into the dark sci-fi world ofย Tau Ceti IV. From the makers of Halo and Destiny. Content shown mayย needย purchase. Dates/Content may change.ย ESRB: Teen
Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social ๐ฎ๐น I make game music.
๐ฟ FTL, Into the Breach, Subnautica 2, Below Zero, Generation Exile & others.
โ I did not work on Subnautica 1.
โจ Polyamorous, ADHD, cool jackets, cats.
๐ซ No AI ever.
He/him.
zรธรซ wolfe @glitchwolfe.studio she/they
freelance - video editor, vj, game capture person, circuit bender, game boy camera nerd
glitches featured on @aesnos.bsky.social @numetalagenda.bsky.social @noclipvideo.bsky.social and more
drums/viz @bellacose.music
zoewolfe.gay
Satchel Charge @satchelcharge.bsky.social Brian
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. โ๐ฆ๐ he/him
julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
soph mallinson @sophmallinson.bsky.social game designer + writer ๐บ vancouver, BC ๐บ https://mallinson.neocities.org
shm garanganao almeda @sh1m.bsky.social "shim" (they/them)
@ the design of artistic support tools, sustainable creative ecosystems, puppets, train cosplay ๐จ๐๐ฐ
berkeley, adobe research, mj storytelling
https://shmuh.co
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ญ
Exilian @exilianofficial.bsky.social Account for the Exilian (https://exilian.co.uk) community.
Find more of our stuff at our main website and forum, or on Mastodon at https://indiepocalypse.social/@Exilian.
Mariana J Lรณpez @marianajlopez.bsky.social Professor in Sound Production and Post Production, Sound Designer, Educator. Researcher in acoustical heritage and accessibility through sound design. Zumba instructor. Latina. She/Her https://marianajlopez.com/
M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.crockettlab.org
Christi Kerr @christikerr.bsky.social she/her โก๏ธ writer & narrative designer โก๏ธ austin, tx โก๏ธ https://www.christi-kerr.com/
๐ซ ๐ฅ Gunfire Games @gunfiregames.bsky.social
๐ต ๐ป [TBA]
โ๏ธ ๐ Letter Lost @flatninegames.bsky.social
๐ ๐ The Bureau of Fantastical and Arcane Affairs @hipflask.games
Lauryn Ash @espressocat.bsky.social Writing, Systems, & All Things Narrative โข Currently rebranding and playing with my cats Mugicha and Kupoccino โ๏ธ โ๐ผโข Formerly State of Decay, Marvelโs Avengers, and NDAAAAs โข โจ โข ๐๏ธ 1/2 of Furidashi Podcast โข she/her
Maggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com Staff Research Engineer @githubnext.com. But actually a designer.
Adores digital gardening, end-user development, and embodied cognition. Makes visual essays about design, programming, and anthropology.
๐ London
๐ฑ maggieappleton.com
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
โ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
๐ฎ present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor.
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
๐The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware
๐พ www.twitch.tv/eenbou
ianboudreau.com
The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social games: https://amandalee.itch.io
art & games: https://www.patreon.com/c/ABestiaryandCompleteWorldAtlas
https://comradery.co/amandalee
Portfolio: https://annabelleleefranck.myportfolio.com
BLOG: https://amandalee.bearblog.dev/blog/
@hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social Phoenix Guide to Strange England: #Hookland. Run by David Southwell
#Hauntology Re-wilding #Folklore #FolkHorror #Psychogeography #LandscapePunk Re-enchantment Is Resistance https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123
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
Max @maxbittker.bsky.social mammal with hobbies 
Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era โจ @talidev3d.bsky.social 3D Artist @ Sunset Visitor
Previously 3D Environment Artist @: Giant Squid (Sword of the Sea) & Iridium Studios (People of Note)
Indie Game dev ๐ฎ | hEDS ๐ฆ| Farming sim enjoyer ๐ฉโ๐พ๐ฎ
Portfolio: https://nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com/
joel a clark @joelaclark.bsky.social - solo indie @ JCGM ๐ฎ bsky.app/profile/jcgm-games.bsky.social
- working on new project ๐ฟ
- available freelance ๐ป
- Kansas City๐
- Blaseball (2020) โพ๏ธ๐ฉธ
- 5 cats ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ
- he/him ๐ฝ
joelaclark.com
.aj RUIN Ch.O @clone.bsky.social Play RUIN and
Go Follow > @officialelectric.bsky.social
June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com Author of LOVE/AGGRESSION | Fiction Editor at New Session
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social The game designer behind Star Crossed, For the Queen, Precious Little Animal, POP!, Hero Dog Saves Town, Our Time on Earth, Rat Trash Party, and more. helloalexroberts.carrd.co please send inquiries to helloalexroberts at gmail
Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS 2nd edition (IceFloe Press 2026)
WHERE SANDS RUN FINEST (DarkWinter Press 2024)
Bridport Prize 2025 shortlist.
Pushcart, Forward Prize, BOTN, Best Spiritual Lit nominee
Guest Editor: IceFloe Press
linktr.ee/vikki_c._author
more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social please don't yell at me while i'm on the phone
tinybaby @tiny.baby 
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com I write about the strange side of AI at aiweirdness.com
Also a laser scientist.
She/her. Colorado, USA
michael @modality.bsky.social confidently strutting across various landscapes
https://modality.itch.io/
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Nikita Lisitsa @lisyarus.bsky.social He/him
I teach C++ & computer graphics and make videogames
Working on a medieval village building game: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSGI94QoFYJwGaieAkqw5_qfoupdppxHN&cbrd=1
Check out my cozy road building traffic sim: https://t.ly/FfOwR
Rebecca Fraimow @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social author of Lady Eve's Last Con, The Iron Children, & various shorts. one half of @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social. writes fiction, archives things, etc.
https://rebeccafraimow.com
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๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ @sievish.bsky.social a real human bean. graphic designer & artist in games and comics.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ : Image, Naughty Dog, 3W3M, Perfect Garbage, Dark Horse, Draknek, Manifold Garden, a coffee shop in Boston, โช แตโฟแต แตแตโฟสธ แตแตแตแตแตแตสณแต โช
๐๐๐/๐๐๐
Esther Alter @esther-alter.bsky.social Trans Jewish byte array
Open source software developer
Sturgeon-nominated spec fic writer: Deadlands, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, Baffling, elsewhere
ืืืจ ืฐืขืื ืืฒ ืืืืขืจืืขืื
https://esther-alter.com
Regime Accountant, CPA โ ๏ธ๐ข @regimecpa.bsky.social Even a crooked regime wants an honest accountant.
โ @bitdizzy.bsky.social godโs favorite daughter (derogatory)
@ratlimit @ratlimit.bsky.social @ratlimit
Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
High North Studios @highnorthstudios.bsky.social Creator of retro-style CRPGs. Made "Skald: Against the Black Priory".
www.skaldrpg.com
Let's venture forth!
Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Hindu Pandit, magic the gathering enthusiast. Super passionate about games, gods, and good stories. he/him.Indo-American
email- shbhatt at gmail
podcasts- Casual Magic, Shivam and Wheeler Love Magic, and Chronicles of Dragonlance
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginiaโ
โbut speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and youโll be blocked.
Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social Canadian postdoc in Japan.
Energy, sustainability, unrelated ramblings.
Paul Kilduff-Taylor @mode7games.bsky.social indie games // electronic music // words
Mode 7 // nervous_testpilot + _ensnare_ // Mode Collapse
mode7.games - indie games
nervoustestpilot.com - electronic music
modecollapse.com - words
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
๐ง: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
๐Northeast Ohio
๐ per aspera, ad astra ๐
She/her
Pam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social ๐ต๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ
Core Game Design Team, #CosmereRPG
Ennie-winning/Nebula Finalist
#ffxiv: Balmung queer, fanfic writer
business: pam.punzalan@gmail.com
https://thedovetailor.carrd.co/
Radiant Citadel โข Spire/Heart โข Hunter โข TSL โข Cosmere โข BitD: The Dagger Isles
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. ๐ฒ they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
Noah Swartz @swartzcr.bsky.social beiks
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social he\him, also a Dad
AD @ Spry Fox on Spirit Crossing
Open playtest: s.team/a/2321960
Black Trans Lives Matter
Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social Author of The Psychology of Software Teams: https://www.drcathicks.com/#book
she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Catharsis: https://catharsisinsight.com/
Host at: https://www.changetechnically.fyi/
_D @drnmcy.bsky.social artist/designer/developer/educator โ๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
30โs / He/Him / Richmond, VA
๐ซai, ๐ซcrypto, ๐ซweb3, ๐ซunethical tech people
https://darionmccoy.com
old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue i post public domain photographs from the john margolies roadside america archive in the library of congress. unaffiliated. built by @xor.blue
flattened beneath the layer cake of history @fractrans.bsky.social call me books
wear a mask
thinks way too much about Caves of Qud
sff/math/cs
[th]e(y)/[th]em
Orb Strategy mode
use your Orbs in tough situations
Kawa Teaรฑo ๐ @procgenkawa.bsky.social Proc gen ranger, city slicker, multidiscipline crafter and mender. They/them pronouns, "strange and indulgent" adjectives.
ada null @worldenddisk.com artist and game maker
worldenddisk.com
she
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you arenโt going to like
what comes after America
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
Marcus Montgomery @marcusingames.bsky.social Creative Director / Game Design Director @cstoneintstudio
www.sleepy-genius.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
yoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social there's no discharge in the war. author of short fiction, articles and MANCHUKUO 1987, a novel. links to all of that below. not actually a japanese girl
Danielle Baskin @danielle.bsky.social interactive performances & pixel art. i also build a virtual tarot platform moonlight.world
๐๐
daniellebaskin.com
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games
Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play.
Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design.
Rolling Hills ๐ฃ | Fetch my Blade ๐ ๐ก๏ธ
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social big fan of websites
it's nate! @natescape.bsky.social toronto designer + game dev + Appalachian folk musician from central pennsylvania. they/them/any. ui/ux @ caves of qud
make a living not a killing
rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
Jon Remedios @jonremedios.bsky.social Toronto based game designer/developer.
SSMP. Marc. Gone Vroom. A pile of digital trash that's disappeared.
Working on new stuff. Still missing Miitomo.
Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Four-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
neil-clarke.com