Robert Ashley @robertashley.bsky.social A Life Well Wasted, I Come to Shanghai, always in the kitchen. Music, books, and games. Lexington, VA. www.alifewellwasted.com
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
@quentinlourdaux.bsky.social @quentinlourdaux.bsky.social 
Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social Writer and game maker. Sometimes in Melbourne.
Play Calamity Cait:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200450/Calamity_Cait
davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com indie gamedev in japan • mixolumia • executive golf dx • core fault
Kalonica @kalonica.bsky.social 3D Artist + Game Developer . she/her 🌿
Currently:
Mars First Logistics with Shape Shop
Big Walk with House House
kalonica.com
Leah J. Williams @legenette.bsky.social we all come from the woods when you think about it
she/her
Joel from video games @walistudios.au 🐉 Wishlist Wyrmspace 🌌 Tactics today!!!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4122350/Wyrmspace_Tactics/
[-o-] Always was, always will be
💾 Co-founder and Game Design lead @ Wali Studios
❤️🔥 Freeplay board member
🃏Certified card game freak
Asymptotes. @asymptotes.au Asymptotes is a games event in Naarm, Australia, celebrating imperfection.
You can see our past events here: https://asymptotes.au/
Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social Propagandist for an impossible country.
Two letters away from a tax haven.
Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination.
Views are probably some else's because that's how ideology works.
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
NamaTakahashi @namataka.bsky.social Japanese Indie Dev / #Öoo / #ElecHead
『Öoo』 is Out Now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/oo/
Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com "Bad games" apologists / enthusiasts. Not necessarily always talking about bad video games!
badgamehalloffame.com
twitch.tv/badgamehalloffame
youtube.com/@badgamehalloffame
Play What You mean @playwhatyoumean.bsky.social A place dedicated to exploring games & play as personal expression
lexa @lexa.bsky.social JZPS GAMES
MAN I JUST WANNA GO HOME https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010070/Man_I_Just_Wanna_Go_Home/
SCREAMING HEAD https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372460/Screaming_Head/
comic-book artist, mspaint auteur, gamedev
https://linktr.ee/jzps
@osuikaa.bsky.social @osuikaa.bsky.social 
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Laia @laiavelasco.bsky.social fent @resis-videoludica.bsky.social i organitzant la @santjordijam.bsky.social <3
(ella)
https://videojoc-fanziner-fanzin-juganer.aixeta.cat/
Max @coldout.bsky.social game dev in Aotearoa NZ
Tumeke Studio @tumekestudio.bsky.social Tumeke Studio is a Māori owned, independent R&D-driven game and systems studio building the tools and stories of tomorrow.
https://www.tumekestudio.com
Rémi Verschelde @akien.bsky.social @godotengine.org project maintainer & @w4games.com co-founder (he/him).
Free and #opensource software advocate. #indiedev and #Linux gaming. Frenchman in Copenhagen.
Also on: @akien@mastodon.gamedev.place.
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
Jimmy Maher @digiantiquarian.bsky.social Author of The Digital Antiquarian and The Analog Antiquarian. I mainly use this account to announce new articles and other things of note, but you're always welcome to give feedback, ask questions, or just say hello. Thanks for your interest!
NAMED: WETRIX / Lethargic in the Park @wetrix-music.bsky.social Surrealist digital collage artist, building music from dead empires. Also makes games as a fat, lazy cat.
Music:
https://wetrix.bandcamp.com/ (Sample-heavy)
https://lethargic-in-the-park.bandcamp.com/ (Original comp.)
Games:
https://fat-lazy-cat.itch.io/
Anne Truong @redwattlebird.bsky.social Game dev, 2d/3d artist, sound designer, level designer, programmer, writer, musician... All 'round generalist 💪| Part-time professional lighting designer
HQ in Naarm/Melbourne 🇦🇺
🟣 https://20lux.itch.io
🟣 annetruong.au
Ian Zell @ianzell.bsky.social Human art only
Game dev, Senior Artist, programmer | he/him
Handmade Plushy Commissions closed
Play my bug game!: https://ianzell.itch.io/bug-chain
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ian_zell/
Josefina Huq @josefinahuq.bsky.social writer + researcher of play + place!
🙃 josefinahuq.com.au
Technically Games ➡️ MIGW26 @technicallygames.bsky.social All things technical in games art, programming & security. Bring on the niche, the nerdy & the nifty.
https://linktr.ee/technicallygames
90's Computer Games Box Art @90scompgamesboxart.bsky.social Discover (or rediscover) this classic era of computer games box art.
2-3 images each day, most of the days!
Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Max Gruff @maximilliangruff.bsky.social Royal college of art graduate, querying my first novel, also working on new WIP
leura 🐭 @smitleu.bsky.social hi it’s leura 🦭 im making an architecture game called…. canvas street!!!! please wait in eager anticipation!!
I don’t wanna verify my age so you can email me if you want :)
leura@apartment809.com
Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @zhaoziran258.bsky.social PhD student at @Monash_Arts👨🏻💻focusing on digital culture & game platform
Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social Copyright and access law and policy scholar. Current research focused on digital games preservation. Interest in disruptive technologies and their impact on society, particularly legal tech. Lecturer in Law & Innovation. U.S. Attorney (Massachusetts Bar)
Kilian Eng @kilianeng.bsky.social Graphics artist
Eniko Fox @enikofox.com I make gay video games @kitsunegames.bsky.social with @nj0rd.bsky.social. Kitsune Tails, Super Bernie World, MidBoss dev. Mask wearer. Programming language development enthusiast
Fuck AI
Follow me on Mastodon @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place
She/her
Yuming Li @yumingart.bsky.social My Painting Course : yuming-li.mykajabi.com
Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com Helping you find the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa NZ 🍦🎮 Join the Frosty Fans mailing list to stay up to date! 👉 https://frostygamesfest.beehiiv.com
frostygamesfest.com
Powered by @nz-code.nz and @strangescaffold.bsky.social
Luiz Stockler 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @luizstockler.bsky.social 🇧🇷 🏴 Brazilian x Welsh guy
✏️ Creative Direction / Animation / Illustration / Design and a good laugh to have around
🎓MA RCA 2013
📍Living on a farm in North Wales 🐑
https://linktr.ee/luizstockler
Struggles of Game @strugglesofgame.bsky.social Collection of the amusing hardships of gamers struggling with a variety of mild challenges. No one is perfect, everyone will find difficulty in some simple task eventually.
People have trouble with different things.
Curated by @Smight.bsky.social
Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social The world's longest-running festival celebrating the art and culture of independent games and playful media. Established in 2004.
freeplay.net.au
Yakumono @luigiblood.bsky.social aka LuigiBlood. Mage Robot Nerd. I have a thing for mischievous cute characters.
May spam shitty opinions in French/English. I deal with SNES/Satellaview/N64DD.
Website: https://luigiblood.neocities.org/
Profile Banner Artwork by @madelynhimegami.itch.io
Hawtpixel - Darrell Flood @hawtpixel.bsky.social 650 Fonts for just *$19!* https://hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-font-firesale
Artist, Game Designer, Font Designer, Dreamer.
FontCreator user, GameMaker user, ex-GameMaker staff, ex-GMC Jam host.
Born in Ireland. Lives in Japan.
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
Michel Maksimova @michelmaks.bsky.social phd student at uic. they/them. queer game studies, crip theory, digital media, decoloniality, intersectionality & interdisciplinarity.
avatar ID: a mirror selfie of a vaguely masc person in a floral shirt
banner ID: hand-holding photos (also paws)
Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social The guest stars you never wanted or never knew you wanted on The Muppet Show
(Parody, unaffiliated with The Jim Henson Company or Disney. References are not endorsements)
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Joe Yizhou Xu @joexu.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Old Dominion University | Former journalist/documentarian | Researching China's mobile tech/game industry. #gamestudies #mediaindustries 
Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.bsky.social making maps about video games
maps: https://www.deviantart.com/vgcartography/gallery
maps (alt): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uKdhIsnLedeHJ65ZApFO8UooplBcrUC
videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKb0fgAJTw12acNBJqYzrOg
Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social Actions Speak Louder Than Words
✍️ Systemic Narrative Designer
🧭 Quest designer and world builder
🧠 Psychology and Sociology in #GameDesign
Currently @ Highdive Games
"Quest Giving" from CRC Press AVAILABLE NOW!
Maya @may.as goddess of rot
https://may.as/
J. J. Aumercier @jeanju.bsky.social Prof de philo (lycée Ella Fitzgerald à Saint Romain en Gal) et doctorant (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ISJPS) sur les liens entre jeu vidéo et pensée morale.
https://theses.fr/s385320
Thomas Volden @tvolden.programmers.dk Developer at Raw Power Labs. BEng of Software from DTU, MSc in Games (Tech) and PhD in Game Experience from ITU of Copenhagen.
Bex Ferriday @mavendorf.bsky.social Digital Education Specialist, Doctor Who aficionado, inveterate gamer, and PhD researcher investigating the unintended consequences of playing open world RPGs and their impact on HE students. Also: cheese addict.
Ingram Braun @ingram-braun.net archaeologist | web dev & LaTeX | proofreader
DH, gameshistory & chesshistory
chess player, arbiter, coach
https://ingram-braun.net/ • https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/profile/ib • https://schach-goettingen.de/ • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-125X
John Harney @ludensprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
Christian Berg @christian-berg.bsky.social Vietnam-based Educator, Photographer and PhD Candidate.
christianberg.digital
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
Alejandro Lozano @alozanom.bsky.social Estética y Teoría de las Artes. Game Studies. Desarrollo Web. Actualmente profesor en la Universidad de Salamanca
https://alejandrolozano.pika.page
Daniel Muriel @danimuriel.bsky.social Sociologist, PhD. Lecturer and Researcher at the University of the Basque Country
Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social Bot; Posting hourly.
Jessica Balanzategui @jkbalanzategui.bsky.social Associate Professor in Media and Cinema
@RMIT University
Editor, Horror and Gothic Media Cultures @amsterdamupress
Australian Research Council Industry Fellow
Linker @linker.itch.io Game Developer and Pixel Artist. Games at http://linker.itch.io. They/Them 🏳️⚧️ 28. Business/Inquiries: linkerbm@gmail.com.
Made Elephantasy/Flipside, Polymute.
Currently working on: MYM'S SWORD 🗡️
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
__
Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
--
Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Alysha @calitess.bsky.social Co-Founder and Director of 50 Seconds Studio
✨Game Designer and Programmer
she/her
Check out the games: https://calitess.itch.io ✨
Ben Abraham @afterclimate.com.au I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
Neon Nights @neonnightschannel.bsky.social Inspired by the 80s culture Neon Nights is promoting awesome Synthwave / Retrowave / Outrun tunes by new and lesser known artists in the scene.
investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social Investigating video games, board games and other types of play in the context of their history, production and socio-cultural value 👾
🌐 http://investigate.games
✉️ investigate.games@yorksj.ac.uk
📍 York St John University, UK
Rachel Plotnick @rachelplotnick.bsky.social Associate Prof, IU Media School. Hist of tech, interfaces, wearables, media tech and everyday life. Books: Power Button (MIT) bit.ly/2xMlmsr and License to Spill (MIT, out now!) https://shorturl.at/Yl1DP
Cosmo 🌚 @cosmografik.bsky.social Art & Game Director à Paris. À l'origine de #TypeRider (2013), #Vandals (2018) et #TheMerlies (2026) et de l’émission #JourdePlay (2021). Syndiqué Solidaires Informatique @solinfonat.bsky.social
MythicBrush @efhoward.bsky.social Painter and storyteller inspired by history, archaeology, and blending art with the past. efhoward.com. Here to follow likeminded people 😉🎨📜🏛️🖼️
Allie Meowy @allie.bsky.social youtuber & game researcher | https://allie.gg | allie.money
youtube.com/alliemeowy
✨ Kaelan ✨ @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
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
Roy Nathan de Groot @royndegroot.bsky.social Pixel artist/Programmer/Game Designer/Dad. Super Crate Box, Serious Sam: Random Encounter, Luftrausers, Whipseey, Last Mage Standing and ULTRABUGS (eventually)
robin uvw-cwa @rbn.fyi hi 💜
Designer of playful experiences. Looking for work! Prev: lead GD @ Lunacy, Reflector, Ubisoft... https://robin-v.net
him, lui 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Intentionally spending my energy fighting the doom, not posting about it.
Pic by McSkirt https://linktr.ee/mcskirt
Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net Listen to the station live here: http://vintageobscura.net
All tracks are:
- More than 25 years old
- Have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube
- Curated by community reddit.com/r/vintageobscura
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! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com The worlds largest online #GameJam, established in 2002. Join us every April & October. #LDJam
Eu. Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects @efgamp.bsky.social Founded 2012 EFGAMP (European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects) represents more than 20 cultural heritage institutions and other organisations collecting and preserving digital games heritage
> www.efgamp.eu
Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social freelance illustrator and educator making art✎
oregon/california
samanthamashillustration@gmail.com
www.samanthamash.com
Gus 🌱 @friedbaens.bsky.social Character design | Visdev || prev. Possibility Space, Creegs, Inc. || they/he 🇲🇽 || Free 🍉|| https://www.patreon.com/friedbaens0 || DO NOT REPOST MY ART ON REDDIT
SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social Illustrations / Character Designs / Comic Books / Partnered Twitch Streamer
https://linktr.ee/simz.art
Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
Videogame Vampires @vampirevideogames.bsky.social Lover of Vampires in Videogames and Vampire Videogames
I am passionate about Vampires in the gaming world, I love exploring how vampires come to life in video games. Every day I will try to upload a different vampire with its game of origin.
She/Her 🏳️⚧️
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Crisppyboat @crisppyboat.ca 3D illustrator & animator | OCAD Illustration 2024 | (Fill request form on http://Crisppyboat.ca for commission inquiries)
@museumofplay.bsky.social @museumofplay.bsky.social 
bura ★ @burastar.net Developing Pingbert's Snow Ride
▫ 🐧 Wishlist on Steam! Playtest is now available! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3336220/Pingberts_Snow_Ride/
🎮 Pingbert's Snow Ride Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XWdxFGc6AD
▫ ✉️ Contact: contact@burastar.net
The Saturday Morning Podcast 🎙️ @satmornpod.bsky.social Welcome to #SaturdayMorning & Syndicated #Cartoons! Indie #podcast hosted by preservationist Christopher Jay. Travel back to the #80s every other Saturday! (Ally 🏳️🌈 - He/Him)
Find the show here: Linktr.ee/SatMornPod (Apple/Spotify links)
Purple Sea @purplesea.bsky.social UX Designer in education & Game Designer.
Actually working on @tcgnewdeckplus.bsky.social
Pixel appreciator.
Profil Pic by @alpha00zero.bsky.social
[FR/EN]
Pokemon TCG New Deck + @tcgnewdeckplus.bsky.social Mod project for the GBC game Pokemon TCG.
Includes balancing and a full art collab !
Created by @purplesea.bsky.social
Discord : discord.gg/CG3q44y9d6