Jeff Ellis 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @jeffreyellis.ca He/him. Cis Male. Comic artist and instructor. President of Cloudscape Comics. Al blocked
Hello@jeffreyellis.ca
https://linktr.ee/JeffreyEllis
#Drawlloween2025
#teachenglishinjapan
#teachenglishtuesday
#startrekhottakes #VoyagerThoughts
#cloudscape
MANGLEDmaw Games @mangledmawgames.bsky.social We make weird games people talk about!
Creators of the Amanda the Adventurer series
https://linktr.ee/MANGLEDmawGames
AnimationCPU @animationcpu.bsky.social New 2D/3D mobile engine for iOS!🔥 Create games & apps, draw, animate from anywhere in the world with AnimationCPU! 😍🌍👉 https://animationcpu.com/ 👈 #gamedev #art #animation #3D #shaders #IDE #mobiledev #ios #indiedev #animationcpu
shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social they/them • art director • visdev • illustration • comics • ttrpgs • videogames
🏞️ • 🐦 • 🎨 • 🎸 • 🎶 • 🏳️🌈 • 💪
www.portablecity.net • stories.portablecity.net • sorcererscatalogue.itch.io • shel@portablecity.net
🚫AI / NFT / etc
Finish Line Games | Wishlist DeadRoot on Steam! @finishlinegames.bsky.social 🐌Wishlist DeadRoot now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374540/DeadRoot
STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social STARLOG, the legendary sci-fi magazine, returns–exploring the intersection of science fiction, technology & culture.
Podcast | Newsletter | Magazine Coming Late 2026
50 Years. Since 1976
https://thelodestar.starlog.com/
Bexe @bexexexe.bsky.social Always booyahs back.
Never gives up.
Sometimes finds a way.
Everything is alive.
Information is god.
Game mechanics are art.
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Game Arts @ Pratt Institute
Founder of Essay Games (he/him)
https://essay-games.com/
Bundle of Joy (Narrative Wario Ware Dad-Simulator):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/
Sebastián Gioseffi @sebagioseffi.bsky.social Independent Game Developer y demás. Co-creator of Okhlos. Co-organizer of the Experimental Game Workshop at GDC.
Henry Smith @hengineer.bsky.social Creator of Spaceteam and soon Blabyrinth! Game Programmer/Designer. Worked at Epic Games, BioWare, Irrational Games. Puzzled Pint GC. New-ish dad. He/him.
Patreon: http://spaceteamadmiralsclub.com
Mastodon: @hengineer@mastodon.social
Mita Williams @copystar.bsky.social Law Librarian at Windsor Law.
https://copystar.neocities.org/
Christine Lemmer-Webber @dustyweb.bsky.social Co-author/co-editor of ActivityPub (what connects together the fediverse, including Mastodon, etc). Executive Director of the Spritely Institute. Lisp/scheme enthusiast, chaos transfem, sketcher of tiny creature drawings.
https://dustycloud.org
Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net media studies professor | Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, May 2025) | dir. @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social | http://loriemerson.net | Boulder, Colorado | 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🏃♀️🚴♀️ | 📷 Jenna Maurice
Game Makers 4 Co-operative Futures @gm4coopfutures.bsky.social A knowledge sharing and support network for Atlantic Canadian game dev peeps interested in worker co-operatives and other alternative models of collaboration!
Join Discord: https://discord.gg/pQEz869SXb
Gathered in part by Kai @kraydius.bsky.social
simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social
Friends of the Merril Collection @merrilfriends.bsky.social A volunteer organization to support and promote the Merril Collection of SciFi, Speculation, and Fantasy, a public access collection in Toronto.
https://friendsofmerril.org/
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Vanessa Chia @caravandetta.bsky.social Producer / Director at Cococucumber 🎮🍁✨
Brendan Allen @brendanallen.bsky.social poet / little gamemaker / doctoral student
"bibliomancer" when wearing my gamer pants
https://bibliomancer.itch.io/
https://brendan-allen.com/
OpenAlternative @openalternative.co Discover open source alternatives to popular software. Curated by @kulpinski.dev
Join 8k+ subscribers → openalternative.co
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
root @ segfault cult @segfaultcult.com vi/vim
dark comedy account. fallen programming god. ai influencer.
turning bugs into prod outages.
building, breaking, and documenting the collapse.
https://www.youtube.com/@segfaultcult
aerique 🇺🇦 @aerique.bsky.social He/him.
Lithp or Die!
Cat at PowerDNS.
Peanut dispenser.
Also find me at:
• www: https://aerique.net/
• Mastodon: @aerique@genart.social
• Farcaster: @aerique.eth
• Nostr: @aerique (npub1hua:vstpamsh)
GDCheese: Game Developers + Cheeseburgers @gdcheese.bsky.social Game Developers meeting up on March 7, 2025 in Toronto for some Cheeseburgers
Behold Studios / Deep Dish Dungeon @beholdstudios.bsky.social 🕹️🇧🇷🇨🇦Indie Game Dev studio, the creators of Knights of Pen & Paper, Chroma Squad, Out of Space and Cosplay Club
https://linktr.ee/beholdstudios
Storyworks Inc. @storyworksinc.ca Storyworks Inc.(formerly Ironic Iconic Studios) is an independent outsource game studio focused on narrative & storytelling. Based in Victoria, BC Canada with clients worldwide. Founded by Chris Tihor (@ironiciconic.bsky.social)
https://storyworksinc.ca
Cococucumber @cococucumber.bsky.social Echo Generation 2 is Available Now on Steam and Xbox! ✌️ Toronto-based indie studio, creators of Ravenlok, Echo Generation, Riverbond + more! 🎮❤️
Helen L @thehellers.bsky.social VR/AR design | Narrative design & game writing | Virtual worlds | Interactive experiences | Engines of meaning. My work: www.lastdaysofparadise.com
Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social Frankie’s Dad • CCO @wearecontinue.bsky.social • Producer @gamelegendsdoc.bsky.social • Publisher @thatshelf.com • Formerly Art of the Title
Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social Community Director at Kitfox Games 🦊
Dwarf Fortress | Streets of Fortuna | Caves of Qud | Thousand Hells | Ostranauts
She/Her
BancyCo @bancy.co Husband-and-wife #indiegame studio in Toronto, Canada. 🇨🇦 Made 😱 Home 🚀 Alone With You 💀 Worse Than Death 🚑 Neo Harbor Rescue Squad
🌐 bancy.co
🔀 https://linktr.ee/bancyco
Steven B Smith 🇨🇦 @sbsmith.bsky.social Steven from Lightning Rod Games. I’m mostly trying to add games industry mutuals right now. Toronto 🇨🇦
Sally Luc @sallyluc.bsky.social Co-Founder of Thousand Stars Studio | Art Director | 3D Generalist and Technical Artist | Rigger | Animator
Just a friendly face!
Idiom Loop @idiomloop.bsky.social We’re making the horror cooking game, Mother’s Little Helper.
it's gav @astralditz.bsky.social Toronto based Game Writer/Narrative Designer/Filmmaker & goth clown
Tyler Soo @tylersoo.bsky.social 3D Character Artist | Sheridan animation 🇨🇦 | Former Riot Character artist / WARDOG Collective | 2021 Riot 3D Character Art Intern
https://www.artstation.com/tyler_soo
Ryan Miller @ryanmiller.ca Game Development Generalist Dad 👾 Senior Technical Artist at Sago Mini 🎮 Founder of Ontario Game Testers 🧑💻 Handheld gaming enthusiast 🤟
Ben Thomas @superchromatic.bsky.social lead videogame artist @capybaragames.com - Previous: Grindstone, OK KO Let’s Play Heroes, Severed, Guacamelee!. He/Him.
Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social 🎮 i make video games and stuff
🐦 created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)
David Paterson - Game Trailer Editor @oddioedits.com Freelance Game Trailer Editor | Toronto | Top 50 Genji (baller) | Rarest Streamer | oddioedits.com | oddioedits@gmail.com
DevDave @davidhardie.net Game Developer @ HardieSoftworks in Ottawa.
📱 All my projects: davidhardie.net/gamesandprojects.html
Corina Diaz @corecorina.bsky.social Anti-drama Queen fighting crime in a future time.
Video Games Community Builder & Marketing Strategist / Anime Aficionado / Content Creator 💫
Marketing Director at MightyYell.com
Email: corina@corinadiaz.com ✨
Owen Deery @owendeery.com Building games / gifs / graphics.
Small Radios Big Televisions http://smallradiosbigtelevisions.com
Radio Viscera http://steam.pm/app/1303480
He/him
Saffron Aurora @saffronaurora.bsky.social ✨I make games and draw stuff✨ [she/her]
Toronto-based Creative Director at Kitten Cup Studio &
Art Director at Mighty Yell.
Website: https://www.saffronaurora.com/
#art #sketch #gamedev #devdoodles
@mickgalbani.bsky.social @mickgalbani.bsky.social
a.l. @lakeswimming.bsky.social printmaker, cultural worker/arts admin, cranky old hag. 780 via 416. hashtag zines, punk, queer. 🍉🏴
Studio Imugi @studioimugi.bsky.social We are a Québec based Indie studio currently developing
🔥 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution is OUT NOW 🔥
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2560340/Bonaparte__A_Mechanized_Revolution/
Founders: Jongwoo Kim, Quinn Kybartas and Martin Brouard
Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social Researcher, UCalgary
PhD, Political Science
Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. I've written a book, The Press Gallery (release TBD).
Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
Liam Berry @liamberry.ca liamberry.ca
Music and game dev in Winnipeg, Canada : he / him : Making cityofnone.com with noelberry.ca
Malath @maltron.bsky.social Designer, Creative Producer creating games/art @ Biome Collective / organise Arcadia Festival / serve on the board Creative Scotland / & dad
Diane Landais @diane1f0cd.bsky.social Exploring video game practices @ Sous les néons. Freelance programmer, previously programmer/co-founder @ Accidental Queens. she/her. Probably not posting here. https://www.diane-landais.fr
Film Junk @filmjunk.bsky.social The longest-running movie podcast. Weekly movie reviews and banter among friends.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Wiley Wiggins @wysiwyggins.itch.io UCLA Design Media Arts/ Game Lab (BA ‘21, MFA ‘23), Fantastic Arcade, Computer Chess, Waking Life, Dazed and Confused
https://wileywiggins.com
Tim Mann @mintmanfresh.bsky.social making games
🏳️🌈
he/him
previously: Kill It With Fire VR
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Hannah✨ @hannahisabel.bsky.social
chloe @ccezra.bsky.social ✨ Artist // Event Organizer // Creative Overlord
🖌️ Beastieball , previously NecroDancer
🥳 Vancouver Game Garden, Vancouver Game Expo, Full Indie
@penciltest on twit
tai-fun @taifun.northsky.social she ☿ΘΔ
熱く激しく生きて
ask me about my fever lance
Jarrett P. @notcrucial.bsky.social Currently: Narrative Designer at EA on Skate. 🛹
Previously: Technical Narrative Designer at The Coalition on Gears of War E-Day ⚙️
Indie author of science fiction, fantasy, and everything in-between 📚
Vancouver.
MY BOOK: www.jarrettpoole.com/polycorpsenovel
Jayde Iris Callejas @ Home @jayde.callejas.xyz 🏳️⚧️ — They/Them
🇨🇴🇨🇦 — Esp/Eng
Making renders, games and other weird nonsense.
Lover of loud, clunky photographic contraptions.
Programmer at @thresholdanomaly.com. Currently working on GRIDHACK!
I take photos too, sometimes: @film.callejas.xyz
James Lloyd @jlloydsky.bsky.social Cartoonist, at times for print and the moving pictures. Pro comics: Futurama, Adventure Time, Rick & Morty. Vancouver BC, née unceded, ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Site: jameslloydillustration.ca
daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @daff.space eats plants
does stunts
made STREET UNi X
@street-uni-x.bsky.social
working on it's solitaire
support me on patreon:
https://patreon.com/dafffodil
liberation for everyone
fascists collapse and rot
Toronto Comic Jam @torontocomicjam.bsky.social torontocomicjam.org
We draw comics together in the back room of a The Cameron. Join us! All welcome!
Lost Cartridge Creations @lostcartridge.bsky.social Developer of Astrolander: Play an action-packed modern take on retro platformers featuring innovative 2.5D+3D gameplay! Wishlist now!
🌐 lostcartridgecreations.com
Max Inferno // A Little to the Left @maxinfernogames.bsky.social Tiny game studio making a tidy puzzler, A Little to the Left ~ available on Steam (PC/Mac), Switch, Xbox GamePass, PS4/PS5 & Mobile (iOS/Android) ~ http://maxinferno.com
Adam Hartling @xenosns.bsky.social Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Citizen archivist of Nova Scotia video game development history. Sometimes hobby game dev. - He/Him
https://hgcarchive.wixsite.com/hgc-archive
https://linktr.ee/XenosNS
https://xenosns.itch.io
Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ AnimeNYC @pizzapranks.bsky.social Top (& only) Guy at Indiepocalypse | Home for the Unmarketable | indie games' most widely known person of zero importance
http://indiepocalypse.com
Starter Guide http://indiepocalypse.com/starter
http://indiepocalypse.com/patreon
indiepocalypse@gmail.com
Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social Happy husband, proud dad, walker, picture taker, reader, clown.
Jonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social Senior writer & editor for CBC News online. Won't stop talking about video games. One-time guest on the Giant Bomb @nite couch.
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
Liz Couto @lizcouto.bsky.social Toronto-based product marketer @unity.com. Loves playing games, reading books, cooking and baking, and spending time with my husband & cat.
Saltara Comics 🔞 @saltaracomics.bsky.social 🔞 Indy Comics - No AI - Kickstarter prelaunch link below:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/saltaracomics/ult-and-spek-issue-3-a-mature-sci-fi-comic-series
The Green Line @thegreenlineto.bsky.social Redefining #Toronto through the way we live and the stories we tell. Delivering information and community services that are actually useful. https://linkin.bio/tglhelps/
Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social I make games (and music), and play games (and music).
One half of https://metanetsoftware.com
Ri ❤️ @rjmy.fun ~ Game Developer! ~ Play Whimsical Wizardry on Steam and Pride Fighters on Itch :) ~ Programmer & Composer🎵 ~ Riley Young, 27, she/her 🏳️⚧️ 🇨🇦~
https://rjmy.fun
@heat--end.bsky.social ❤️
c64 @superbrothers @c64.bsky.social craig d. adams
videogame creative director type 💭🕹️
superbrothers AV // #sworcery JETT
superbrothersHQ.com
superbrothersHQ.bsky.social ✨
cooking up something new, something fun
Jason Turner @jasonturner.bsky.social Cartoonist living in Vancouver. Most recent books: Outbreak Diaries, Sad Vampire, the Little Violent Lady Chronicles
arpad okay @arpadokay.bsky.social lester bangs of comic books
Lainey Williams @endless-swords.bsky.social lesbian, comic artist + writer, sleepy ttrpg + star trek enjoyer. chicago based. she/any
webcomic: crashcoral.com
everything: bio.site/laineywilliams/
Stephen Reese @stephenreese.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/stephenreese
signs & portents. sounds & sentences. rules of play.
rod staff wand @rodlymight.bsky.social This rod has a flanged head. The rod has properties controlled by six buttons set in a row on the shaft. It also has three other properties.
𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄 @funland.itch.io now you're playing with power / http://patreon.com/funlandmag / https://linktr.ee/funlandmag
Mark Anderson @emer.net Known as @markemer on pretty much everything
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.
Roomy @roomy.space make space · cultivate knowledge
Made by @erlend.sh, @zicklag.dev and @meri.garden
Zicklag @zicklag.dev I strive to make great things that people can use and enjoy, all to the glory of God.
Links & Bio Page: https://zicklag.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/zicklag
Making @roomy.space
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/
Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social Text adventure / CRPG creator.
🕹️ WISHLIST Cyberganked on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/880930/Cyberganked/
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@icecreamjonsey
Aurora Stewart de Peña @aurorasdp.bsky.social
Damia Sommer @damiasommer.com http://damiasgames.com
game designer
toronto
she/her
currently on:
• @beastieball.bsky.social
• @astronomics.bsky.social
• @misfitsattic.bsky.social
Nick Crockett @nkrkt.bsky.social game designer / developer / artist / teacher
Cinder Ridge, previously Vietnam Romance, Fire Underground
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
Unai Cabezón @basquegeek.bsky.social Narrative Director at 13AM Games (Runbow, Double Cross, Dawn of the Monsters, Missile Command Delta). Professor at George Brown College. Dungeon Master. Euskalduna. He/them.
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed ✨
https://openvibe.social
Tyler Clark Burke @torontoarttherapy.bsky.social Mother, art therapist, and artist living in Toronto.
www.tcbpsychotherapy.com
LEGENDS OF ADVENTURE @gamelegendsdoc.bsky.social Legends of Adventure is a new feature documentary about the rise of Sierra On-Line and the adventure game genre.
Learn more: https://thelegendsofadventure.com