Solderlocks @solderlocks.bsky.social Serial pursuer of insurmountable hardware and software problems, armed primarily with unwarranted optimism.
https://github.com/solderlocks
joyous @joyous.tophhie.social I'm Joyous. I'm a fashion victim and introvert looking forward to connecting with other creative and kind people. I'm inspired by Travel and Nature.
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
@cmgroover.bsky.social @cmgroover.bsky.social
Iosif /Trueself Games @trueselfgames.bsky.social Writer. Coder. Storyteller.
Author of Soul of Fire.
Trueself : Choice Stories RPG is now in alpha testing in Google Play. DM me for access!
trueselfgames.org
The ReNew Store @renew-store.bsky.social 🛠️ Tools for Self Reliance - refurbished tools and haberdashery charity shop
📍 Southampton/New Forest hidden gem
🧵 For makers, fixers, crafters and curious browsers
🛍️ https://linktr.ee/the.renew.shop
Scrabble Grams Passages @sgpassage.bsky.social I take the newspaper puzzle #ScrabbleGrams and, after finding the day's four top scoring words, try to construct them into an amusing passage. On Sundays I construct a passage using a week's worth of #NYTSpellingBee pangrams.
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Caltrops @caltrops.bsky.social https://www.caltrops.com
We exist to identify and enjoy all manner of video and computer games.
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Diego♿️ @kyuni.itch.io The biggest hater
Born with a weak heart
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social Hello, I'm Richard. I write games. Please like them and also me. http://www.thecuriosityengine.com
Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed
Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! → PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Manon (manonamora) @manonamora.bsky.social IF experimenter
Games here: https://manonamora.itch.io/
THIS ACCOUNT IS STILL ALIVE I'm just restructuring stuff xD
Drew Cook: A Biting Cat @bitingcat.bsky.social Text games, cats. This they writes and writes about parser games.
Baton Rouge.
Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com An interactive fiction guy. https://zarfhome.com, https://blog.zarfhome.com, https://eblong.com/zarf/home.html
@iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org Nonprofit organization supporting interactive fiction tools and services. IFComp, Twine, NarraScope, and more.
Octavi Navarro @octavinavarro.bsky.social Pixel artist and ½ of @whiteblanketgames.bsky.social.
Developer of horror adventure games: Midnight Scenes, The Supper.
Artist on #ThimbleweedPark 1 & 2.
Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Jonas Kyratzes @jonaskyratzes.bsky.social Writer/director/designer. The Sea Will Claim Everything, The Talos Principle 1+2, Clash: AoC, The Eternal Cylinder, Gospels of the Flood. Unapologetic humanist.
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com Audio/music enthusiast. Indie game dev. InfinityGBC lead dev & Japanese localization. The creator of Lucrum Sanguinis. Proud parent of 😺×3.
Ludwig Wittgenstein @randomwittgenstein.bsky.social Eventually the complete works of Wittgenstein, posted out of sequence. A bot by jodonjo.bsky.social. Will reply with fresh quotes.
Lynnea Glasser @lynneaglasser.bsky.social Looking for work #gamedev. Narrative Designer in Austin, TX. Former writer for DCUO at Dimensional Ink. Protect trans kids and make the world a better place. maderealstories.com
Andrew @anandrewschultz.bsky.social Text adventure author. Purdue sports fan. Former GameFAQs guide writer. No crypto/MAGA/DMs from ppl I dunno outside here.
itch https://andrewschultz.itch.io/
Youtube retro playthrus https://www.youtube.com/@andrewschultz6608
Carolyn VanEseltine @mossdogmusic.bsky.social Still game dev, Amazon, she/her, etc. Just much quieter these days.
Víctor Ojuel @victorojuel.org 🎮Senior Narrative Designer
🕵♀️ #ProjectChamois detective game
🎓 Lecturer @ESAT
🎖Previously: Coloratura, RiotForge, Temtem, Altered Alma, Wildermyth...
🇬🇧 Writers Guild of GB
🤷🏻♂️ he/him
🖥️ victorojuel.org
👉 ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PROJECTS!
David Welbourn @dswxyz.bsky.social Interactive fiction author, player, walkthrough writer, wiki editor, and enthusiast. Also known to like other things, such as tea. Cis ⚣♑︎. He/him.
jmac @jmacdotorg.bsky.social A writer in NYC. https://jmac.org
I post links to stuff I make here!
I post everything else to Mastodon: https://masto.nyc/@jmac
Some content is syndicated from https://fogknife.com, https://venthuffer.com, or https://jmac.org/notes.
Jacqueline Ashwell @isquiesque.bsky.social Jacq of all trades, master of some. I enjoy playing & making games, listing to & making music, nature & architecture photography, science and tech, making things, and cats. Born in the Midwest, formerly of Appalachia, Alaska, Cascadia, and Hawai`i.
Josie Giles @hjosephinegiles.bsky.social Writer. www.harryjosephine.com
Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com Posts by @itshannahflynn.bluesky.com, communications director. Mandrake is a narrative rural life sim, coming to Steam Early Access. Also Fallen London, Sunless Sea, etc. Press: press at failbettergames.com
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Choice of Games @choiceofgames.com The world's largest publishing house for interactive novels. https://www.choiceofgames.com/
Stephen Granade @granades.com Science presenter, robotics researcher, fiction writer, interactive fiction person, award-winning Virgo. Co-editor of @smallwondersmag.com SFF magazine.
website: https://stephen.granades.com
Marco Innocenti @babbolatto.bsky.social Storyteller, graphic designer, IF lover and creator. Author of the Andromeda and A1RL0CK series.
jpking.itch.io
andromedalegacy.com- O Chris Conley @oneconch.bsky.social
Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social Social scientist at Stanford
Adam Cadre @adamcadre.bsky.social https://adamcadre.ac
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
Bay 12 Games @bay12games.com
Doug Orleans @dougo.bsky.social Just here to grab the handle.
Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social Game designer making mathematics and science interactive. I also do the All the Adventures project where I play and write about every adventure game ever made in chronological order.
http://bluerenga.blog
Christopher Huang @misericordius.bsky.social I write historical mysteries and dabble in interactive fiction. www.ricordius.com
Mostly, I post dad jokes and puns.
Olivia Wood @babelfishwars.bsky.social 'Funky urban Galadriel' | 'Celestial gigawitch' | 'Bird lady' | 'Crone' | “Singularly horrifying – 5 stars”
Narrative Lead & Writer
AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social AdventureX brings together devs & gamers with a passion for interactive storytelling: Nov 7th & 8th 2026 in London
https://adventurexpo.org
Tickets are now available: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/adventurexconferencescic/2339289
Jack Welch @dhakajack.bsky.social By day, I set up and run cancer clinical trials, globally. Some hobbies include trying not to kill everything in my garden, ham radio, interactive fiction and computer projects. Also, games. I live in southwest France.
Lee Williams @wiwyums.bsky.social Games developer, writer and all-purpose enthusiast. IGF winner! Credits include Cryptmaster, Valheim, Spirits of Xanadu, Ironheart, Fall Guys and Return of the Obra Dinn.
Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 100 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland.
Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.
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.
Gavin Inglis @gavininglis.bsky.social Writer. Spoken word guy. MC. Game creator and enthusiast. Into code, type, maps, music, magic and architecture. http://www.gavininglis.com/
@frogcroakley.bsky.social @frogcroakley.bsky.social Nate Crowley - SFF author (Twice dead king series, notes from small planets, ghazghkull, schneider wrack, 100 best video games that never existed), podcaster (Total Playtime), agent Jamie Cowen with ampersand
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social
Bez: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novels, & Writing @norbezjones.bsky.social XYZZY-nominated narrative designer: http://norbez.itch.io . Writes news, reviews, stories, games. Agender, Transmasc Boything. E/He. Icon by @jimikatdraws.bsky.social . https://norbezjones.carrd.co/
Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social Paradox's spookiest Content Designer
🚀 Stellaris
💀 Afterworld
http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://cheerfulgoth.itch.io/ | https://cheerfulgoth.bearblog.dev/
Pseudavid @pseudavid.bsky.social I write games instead of giving opinions. Interactive fiction and experimental text games independent author.
[Spanish & English]
https://pseudavid.itch.io
@isaackarth.bsky.social @isaackarth.bsky.social Procedural Content Generation! In Video Games!
I'm currently available for hire if you are in need of having something generated, or your generated things aren't behaving.
𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌 @gcbaccaris.itch.io Game Developer | Writer | Editor 》Twine Grimoire | Harmony | TGA FC '23 | AIAS ANV '25 | @IFtechfoundation.org | Narrative Design, Localization, RPGs, CSS/HTML
🎮 gcbaccaris.itch.io
🪞 gcbaccaris.com
🪩 patreon.com/gcbaccaris
📚 http://ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop- J Jim Dattilo @jimdattilo.bsky.social Horror/Sci fi writer, SFWA member. he/him. Author of Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Vampire: The Masquerade - Out for Blood. http://GamesByJimD.com
✨ 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
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator @ University of San Francisco.
Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD, Computational Media).
UX: jazztap.github.io | Games: jatazak.itch.io
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November @pvbuk.bsky.social Retired QA for Inkle Studios, Tributary Games, Failbetter Games, etc.
Former Highways Inspector, Emergency Callout Highway Engineer & Streetworks Supervisor.
Accessibility and trans ally.
I ❤️ Civil Eng, Archaeology & Greenock Morton FC.
Cis, he/him.
BLM, 🏳️🌈
Laur @laurevans311.bsky.social A very yappy woman trying to become a better listener. 🏳️🌈 she/her
O F Cieri @ossuary.bsky.social It's pronounced like 'ossuary'. Neodecadentata pulp novelist + flame shirt revitalist
Local 210
Ksamkcab yub
Ofcieri.com
Graham @onalifeglug.bsky.social Writer: Shock Doctrine of the Left (Polity) and Red Enlightenment (don't buy, boycotting publisher's owner re:Palestine) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-shock-doctrine-of-the-left--9781509528547
Victor Gijsbers @victorgijsbers.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy Philosopher (Leiden University) and interactive fiction writer; author of Turandot, The Baron and Kerkerkruip; Philosophy Videos @ […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@victorgijsbers on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Giuseppe Navarria @techdesign.rocks Tired of the AAA industry. Started a new london-based indie studio @weareunderdog.bsky.social
| prev. Splash Damage / Gears Tactics, Gears of War franchise. Passionate retrogamer. He\Him.
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
Jess (She/Her) @5ftnapqueen.bsky.social Bisexual, lefty, home ed parent, dog mum, community builder.
Mary Goodden @marygoodden.bsky.social Writer/narrative designer
Fallen London/Zombies, Run!/Thousand Hells/PVKK/more
bodies/brains/horror/FEELINGS
She/her
https://www.marygoodden.com/
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science @ Uni of Southampton, UK. Hypertext, Mixed Reality, Human-AI Interaction
Dr Osnat Katz Moon 🌙🟣 @astrosnat.bsky.social Lapsed academic. Now helping make forecasting free for everyone, everywhere by working on SocialPredict: https://github.com/openpredictionmarkets/socialpredict
Mainly personal stuff, reposts, links to things I find interesting. she/they
osnatkatz.com
Thomas Jerome @thomasjerome.com "Irredeemable low-Anglo country party tyrannophobe." Not actually named Thomas Jerome.
Electronic Literature Organization @eliterature.bsky.social international community of artists and scholars working on the exploration and preservation of digital literature.
Brook Jensen @brwarner.bsky.social Game designer and tenant organizer with the New West Tenants Union. Writing a game about how you can't blame your poor boundary setting on your cybernetic superpowers.
𒀭𒂗𒆠 ENKI ][e @enkiv2.bsky.social Tsundoku psychohazard, resident hypertext crank
https://www.lord-enki.net
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
Idil @idilsukan.bsky.social Chicken (alive chicken) and space aficionado
NarraScope @narrascope.org NarraScope is a hybrid conference on interactive narrative by @iftechfoundation.org. Join us in 2026 at the University at Albany, June 12-14. https://narrascope.org/
Pseudo @pseudomastix.bsky.social Philosophy enthusiast; mostly metaphysics and epistemology.
Dr. Joe Ondrak @theondrakguy.bsky.social Cultural intelligence, OSINT & digital policy ¦ human-digital flows; digital narratology; semantic threats; cognitohazards; extremism ¦ PhD on horror; creepypasta; digital fictions & how they shape our collective online experience.
Cat Heeley @catheeley.bsky.social
Jacob Garbe 💀 @logodaedalus.bsky.social Quiet Poster. Retweets mostly spooky art, books, and the occasional original thought. Did a PhD on designing dynamic narrative systems in games. Senior Narrative Systems Designer.
Views my own.
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Historic Southampton @historicalsoton.bsky.social I’m Russell and local history is my hobby.
Prose Witch @prosewitch.bsky.social Passionate storyteller & game developer crafting immersive fiction & interactive experiences. Love exploring the boundaries of imagination & pushing the art of storytelling to new heights. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
OCTOBER BOOKS @octoberbooks.bsky.social
Mark R Johnson @mrjgames.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney | Researching Twitch game streaming, esports, game monetisation | Ultima Ratio Regum dev
(Placeholder, for now, while we wait to see how things play out...)
Idzie @idzie.bsky.social Anarcha-feminist, queer, grown unschooler, chronically ill. Extremely hyped about birds, photography, and spending time in the woods.
Nature writing: https://forest-words.ghost.io
Find me on fedi: https://kolektiva.social/@idzie
Peter Randall @petersrandall.bsky.social
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
Dr Naomi Fisher @drnaomifisher.bsky.social Clinical psychologist, author of Changing Our Minds, When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse and the Teenager's Guide to Burnout.
Substack: Think Again naomicfisher.substack.com. Website: www.naomifisher.co.uk.
Southampton City Council @southamptoncc.bsky.social Official account of Southampton City Council
https://linktr.ee/southamptoncc
Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social Psychiatrist with philosophical interests | Conversations in Critical Psychiatry (Oxford University Press, 2024) | Psychiatry at the Margins www.psychiatrymargins.com