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Matt Gardner | GameTripper @gametripperuk.bsky.social Games and LEGO writer for Forbes
Indie game supporter
Hartlepool/Pittsburgh/Leeds fan
Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/gametripperuk
Alternative Tentacles Records @alternativetent.bsky.social Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. Yes this is us. 
Artem Tkachuk @artem-tkachuk.bsky.social Finance & strategy background. Interested in games and media as systems: power, incentives, logistics, and long-term consequences. Thinking about how complex systems evolve, break, and resist change.
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.
Brendan Allen @brendanallen.bsky.social poet / little gamemaker / doctoral student
"bibliomancer" when wearing my gamer pants
https://bibliomancer.itch.io/
https://brendan-allen.com/
Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf Independent video game developer. He/him, pretty gay 🏳️🌈
Most recently made “Sasquatchers” for the Playdate
Formerly at Telltale Games, Maxis, LucasArts, and projects for Walt Disney Imagineering
Personal blog at https://www.spectrecollie.com/
ICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social We post here about abuse by ICE\CBP goons from trusted news sources & then add them to our site.
Help us out by bringing awareness to our extensive and growing database on ICE abuse:
https://thebastionusa.com/ice-cbp-abuse-and-misconduct-tracker-database
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
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Midwest Peoples Republic @ericleitzen.bsky.social Eat more fiber
🚩🏴🏳️🌈🖤💚🖤🍉♻️ 🤑🔫
Any/all
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social Vagabond game maker. TIGSource, Gametrekking, Loneliness, Game Poems, etc. https://jordanmagnuson.itch.io/
The Game Beaters @thegamebeaters.bsky.social YouTube Gaming Reviews, Live Streams, & Let’s Plays. Loves NES and Aftermarket Games. Email: info@thegamebeaters.com
Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov Representing #IL14. Nurse, health enthusiast, advocate for the working families of Illinois.
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/
Santa Ragione @santaragione.com The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/rsuwh9HbPJ
POLYGON BIRD Games @polygonbird.games An independent game studio from @milonogiannis.com and @barrytopping.com
BIRDCAGE is out now, on Steam and GOG - https://linktr.ee/polygonbird
polygonbird.games | hello@polygonbird.games
Frank J. Barbiere @fjbarb.bsky.social Human writer of comics and games 🕹BEHEMOTH / RUINED KING: A LEAGUE OF LEGENDS STORY / DARKSIDERS GENESIS / DESTINY 2: WARMIND // 💬 📖 THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL / FIVE GHOSTS / VIOLENT LOVE / MARVEL / DC / DARK HORSE / http://goo.gl/ZEj8rF
Simogo @simogo.com Lorelei and the Laser Eyes • Sayonara Wild Hearts • SPL-T • The Sailor’s Dream • DEVICE 6 • Year Walk • Beat Sneak Bandit • Bumpy Road • Kosmo Spin
simogo.com
NicoPlaysIndies @nicoplaysindies.bsky.social 🎮Playtester & reviewer working on #indiegames & #retrogames
📺: https://www.youtube.com/@NicoPlaysIndies
📧: nicoplaysindies@gmail.com
Kenny Omega is the GOAT.
Overwhelmed Gamer @overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social 🎮 Retro Gaming • Homebrew • Hidden Gems
🕹️ Revisiting classics & discovering what I missed
🎙️ Reviews • Interviews • Podcast
🔴 Live Gaming
@dalyengames.bsky.social @dalyengames.bsky.social 
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF + Sound Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB; Associate Professor, University of Colorado
Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social Movies: thefilmcast.com
Video Games: dlcpod.com
Science: wehaveconcerns.com
Books: youtube.com/cannatajeff
I love loving things.
Amy-Leigh Shaw 🔜 Gamescom @diveamydive.bsky.social Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
“Very sweet and always improved with butter.”
Homebrew Factory @homebrew-factory.com We manufacture and sell homebrew games for NES, Famicom, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis.
A service by Broke Studio
➡️ https://linktr.ee/homebrewfactory
PBS @pbs.org PBS’s editorial independence is central to our work and will never change. We produce trustworthy content that features unbiased reporting.
http://www.pbs.org
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
GalaPixelGames @galapixel.bsky.social I'm making a retro platformer for Game Boy Color.
Demo: https://pixel-perfection.itch.io/ninjas-way
Support us on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/--3270495/coming_soon/x/38517612
#retrogaming #GameBoyColor #chiptune
Jay-gfd-gaming @gfdgaming.bsky.social I love NES homebrew games and I hope to learn about new ones. I do full play through of NES homebrew games on my YouTube channel. I create my own games as well
https://youtube.com/@gfd-gaming-nes?si=RK3eV7tTN7JtbSRV
b lyin @hexcavator.bsky.social they/them, crazed & scrunched, qr gamedev writer fixbot soundthing, treaty 3 (hamilton), www.whosewoods.org ✊🇵🇸
United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
IzzyBoris @izzyboris.com Retro game enthusiast and a Whole Sort of General Mish Mash (WSOGMM).
Clay Lancaster @claylancaster.com Professional photographer, musician, and indie video game developer. claylancaster.com
Video game releases: @calgames.us
Kyle M. @kyleismoody.bsky.social Bad writer of words, mediocre wearer of pants.
Sports, especially basketball.
Academia
Video games
Online communities
Misinformation (I study it, not support it)
Media literacy
Mark Micron @monkersthewise.bsky.social Disappointed
Sean Robinson @scrobins.bsky.social Author of the video game blog A Homebrew Draws Near! (and coming soon podcast??), also lawyer, baker, sketch comedian, in addition to massive homebrew fan
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
calgames @calgames.us Indie Game Developer 🕹️
🎃 Mister Scary | NES, itch.io
🚨 Bobby Six Seven | NES, Nintendo eShop, itch.io
🎸 Jim & Dill trilogy | NES, itch.io
Official Site: www.calgames.us
Orebody Inc. @orebodyinc.bsky.social A sci-fi fantasy #indiegame developer specializing in retrogames (NES & Game Boy). Dive into the Orebody world of stories: ⬇ https://linktr.ee/orebodyinc
💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social former writer/researcher for Wisecrack. obsessed with the horrors of human existence, but in like, a bubbly, upbeat way. fixated on my dog. hypermobile af. she/her
www.jackofallgraves.com
Letterboxd: @hereliescorri
Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social Experience design, video game history, writing. Prof and associate dean @ Illinois Tech. Books: Coin-Operated Americans (Minnesota), Brenda Laurel (Bloomsbury), Historiographies of Game Studies (Punctum). 
dale coop ☕️ @dalecoop.bsky.social Dale Coop Studio 🇫🇷 NES & Famicom homebrew games dev. Teaming up with indie creatives. Lifelong Twin Peaks fan ▲▲ #NESdev #NESmaker #IndieGameDev #MadeInFrance #Nantes
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/dalecoop
Jordan Raftronaut Davis @raftronaut.bsky.social Musician and NES pixel artist from Milwaukee. Creator of Space Raft: The Video Game, and co-creator of the Storied Sword for NES. Chiptune composer.
- currently: steel guitar/piano/fiddle with Long Line Riders
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Paul Grzymkowski @paulogy.com Lover of games, music, movies & staying thoughtful among the chaos. Watch me sprout more awesome / awful / clever / crazy ideas than I know what to do with :-)
[ http://www.paulogy.com ]
Jan-Bart van Beek @janbart.bsky.social Studio Director & Art Director at Guerrilla Games. Original concept creator of Horizon Zero Dawn. BAFTA & Golden Calf winner. Poweruser of the word Basically.
Scott @positronplays.bsky.social 🛠️ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games
📺 Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer
https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays
Emelie Edholm @emelie.bsky.social Cat herder for a bunch of gfx folks at Rockstar.
Coffee and a stiff drink, please.
Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss) @ziraeliss.bsky.social Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmö, Sweden 🏳️🌈🇵🇹
Joana @layn75.bsky.social I make games and stuff! 🔸 she/her 🔸 Tech Artist 🔸 co-organizer @FemDevsMeetup🔸 Cosplayer 🔸 🏳️⚧️♠️🏳️🌈 🔸 layn75.carrd.co
BT @borystrienin.com indie games business @rcp.family
publishing https://songs-of-silence.com
borystrienin.com
Lola @lolashiraishi.com 
Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social "Her Generation's Greatest Wordsmith" / I'm the b!tch!! I'm bisexual and I WILL bring it up!! I make games at https://thewaether.itch.io/
https://www.patreon.com/amyrot
https://ko-fi.com/thewaether
main blog at: https://katebnormal.tumblr.com/
Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games.
Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
PotionsACuriousTale.com
Erlend Grefsrud @erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social Games for computers. More or less recovered after finishing ☄️Go Mecha Ball☄️: https://t.co/DzRqWvFIVR
Current thing: Stomp City
Ben Porter @eigenbom.bsky.social Game developer for life. I made MoonQuest and many other things. AAA gamedev by day. On the web at https://bp.io. Also https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eigenbom.
Change my profile pic: https://bp.io/app/avatar
Historically: https://twitter.com/eigenbom
Kris Antoni - Toge Productions @kerissakti.bsky.social Founder of Toge Productions #gamedev #indiedev from Indonesia.
Made: CoffeeTalk, Infectonator.
Jason de Heras 🎮 @jasondeheras.bsky.social Co-Game Director on the Star Wars Jedi team at Respawn/EA. Design Director Jedi: Survivor/Lead Combat Designer Jedi: Fallen Order. Combat Design God of War 3/Ascension. 2x Evo Finals Street Fighter.
https://www.jasondeheras.com
Tom Sennett @tomsennettgames.com Award-winning indie game designer, web developer, and artist from Philadelphia (he/him). RunMan, Deepak Fights Robots, One Million Stars, Hugby, and more https://tomsennettgames.com
Harrison Lemke @hplemke.bsky.social knyght full of thought and slepy • musician (harrison lemke, brother android, dragon warrior) • game dev (boots quest dx) • he/him
Shams jorjani @shamsjorjani.bsky.social CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Still not a vampire.
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
__eirik @strotchy.bsky.social https://garyyk.com
Scott Hartsman @hartsman.bsky.social Shipping talks, bullshit walks. I've worked on a ton of MMOs and other online games. Mostly helping games startups these days. Also, corgis. Specifically, one large, lazy one in particular.
Squidly @squidly.newgrounds.com Squid-shaped dev on Renaine
I stream #gamedev weekdays ➡️ twitch.tv/squuuidly
@streamnotifs.bsky.social for stream notifications
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
🎮 CD sona bona
💫 Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
🍊 Spanish in UK
💼 Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
✌🏼 she/her
Rosie T @rtparty.bsky.social 💚 Games Bundle Person
👾 Game enthusiast
🧶 Crochet Hobbyist
🎤 Ex Podcast host
🌎 Patron @ Safe In Our World
🔬 Advisory Board Member at iGGi
🧠 Mental Health Advocate
💛 GIBiz Game Changer ‘23
🌿 Plant based
linktr.ee/rtparty3
Vadym, friend of eggbug @yellowafterlife.bsky.social I write tools and code for videogames!
Links and newsletter: https://yal.cc/links
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
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.
IGDA @igda.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
🕵 Indie Dev
🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer
🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
🕸 www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social Now: Scouting for Raw Fury
Before: Lots of stuff.
Pitch me that new game of yours -> https://form.asana.com/?k=SF4rPk6Y5L-NFSrVml5JOg&d=1123805143377851
(He/Him)
Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com quit tech to make the most stupid game possible
🏩 Building Relationships 🏘️
indie dev - GDC Speaker - He/Him 🏳️🌈
pole dances to video game music
pls wishlist 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships
Tom Happ @axiomverge.bsky.social Indie gamedev who made Axiom Verge. Special needs dad. Curious about everything. Likes too much stuff and tries to do it all.
axiomverge.com
axiomverge2.com
thomashapp.com
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Freelance Tool Design Director, Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
⚡️Marina Díez 🔜 Gamescom @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
Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social First video game champion (1980). Created Bard's Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars. Former board member of GLAAD. All views and opinions are my own.
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former news editor gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
Harrison G. Pink @ DragonCon @gilespink.bsky.social Award-winning Game Designer. Lead Narrative Designer - @shinyshoegames.bsky.social. Tall Bermudian 🇧🇲. Tiki-drink enjoyer. Prev: Cyan (Myst, Riven), Blizzard (Diablo IV), Telltale (TWD, TFTBL), 2K (Mafia III) - www.harrisonpink.com - NO AI NO NFTs
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer - S Michael Scherrer @scherrermichael.bsky.social human being.
rkkm @rkkm0.bsky.social that one unfunny guy 24
game dev and general dev stuff 🇷🇺🇺🇲
anime, books and what not
@krismcqu.bsky.social @krismcqu.bsky.social 
Arjan Terpstra @ranja72.bsky.social Video game writer. Wrote for Guerrilla and PUBG games. Author of PAC-MAN: Birth of an Icon and Sonic Art and Design books. See ranja72.com for details, projects, contact.
Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
Work With Indies @workwithindies.com A kind job board and inclusive community supporting careers in #indiegames.
Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games 💀| Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
💜 Cyn ✨ @obicynkenobi.bsky.social Director of marketing & community teams. 14+yrs in game dev. VanCity🇨🇦
Previously: company of heroes, dawn of war, marvel contest of champions, transformers forged to fight, squad, starship troopers
Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net BLIND GAMER | Creator/Host | Available for Accessibility Consulting | Twitch Ambassador | #AMDAmbassador | Future Class 2020 | Biz: steve@stevesaylor.net
stevesaylor.net/links
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31