Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Curly @curlybdancer.bsky.social Twitch and Youtube Partner | Ballet Dancer | Coffee Obsessed Nerd | proud member of Twitch Women’s and Pride Guilds | Business Inquiries: curly@sidequestmedia.com
Stream Mon, Wed, & Sat on twitch.tv/curly and https://www.youtube.com/@curlybdancer
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
Wade @wadeypie.bsky.social A game artist. I do stuff with Blender and Unity mostly. I like tech art!
Working on Neko Cafe with Trilum! Fishlist plz 😊 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/Neko_Cafe/
Amy PJ 🌺 @hellomisspotter.com video games + marketing + probably photos of my dog 👩🏼💻 the @FrostyGamesFest.com girl 🍦 ✧* kiwi in sydney *✧ she/her
Brandon Grimshaw @grimeh.bsky.social Game Programmer
Systems, Tools, Optimisation, Porting
🏍️⌨️🏋️
he/him
Hazel Brown @hazelbrown.bsky.social Lead Hair Artist at Roarty Digital | DMU Alumni | She/Her | Opinions are my own!
https://linktr.ee/hazel.brown
www.artstation.com/hazelbrown
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Seamus Byrne @seamusbyrne.me Human intelligence for a synthetic age. Analyst exploring the friction between humans and AI. PhD candidate at UNSW / ADM+S researching generative authenticity. Regular on ABC radio. Living on Gundungurra land.
Steve de Niese @stevedeniese.bsky.social Lead/Game dev at Metal Pandas Studio. Founder and Creative Director at Assemblo. Sometime solo game dev. Programmer, artist, musician. Melbourne, Australia. 🇦🇺
https://linktr.ee/letterafterz
Chunky Quail | Wishlist Slumbering Woods @chunkyquail.com Chunky Quail is a two-person game development studio from Brisbane, Australia.
Working on a mushroom growing exploration adventure Slumbering Woods.
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3243350?utm_source=bsk
Linktr: https://linktr.ee/ChunkyQuail
Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) @igea.bsky.social Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) is the industry association representing developers, publishers & distributors of video games in Aust & NZ.
Trent Davies @trentdavies.bsky.social Just a Netrunner obsessed boy tryin' to make games and pasta.
Senior Game Designer @Coatsink.com | Retro FPS Solo Dev | Mentor @limitbreak.co.uk | Formerly @PlayReactive
https://www.trentmcdavies.com/
The Gemini @the-gem-in-i.bsky.social My name is Gemini, I am a Perth based game developer, indie game lover and massive nerd. I stream Game Development in Gamemaker on my arcade game project One Arrow Archer, as well as hidden gems of indie games. I also do Youtube videos on game design.
Kate Hall 🔜 GCAP & PAX Aus @malkarii.com 💙 Video Game PR & Marketing Consultant // hello@malkarii.com
💜 PlayIndies Co-Founder // kate@playindies.com
💙 Level Her Up Leadership
💜 She/Her
Char @charliethegoldfish.bsky.social I write code and make games. When I'm not holding my cat that is.
UI engineer at Sledgehammer Games.
Queer, trans masc, non-binary, AuDHD and more.
Lover of Obsidian, cats, pathfinding and wfc.
They/Them
Opinions are my own
#GameDev
James Furlererererer @furlerer.bsky.social technical artist ✨ he/him 🦘 naarm melbourne
working in games, sometimes vfx
let him cook (houdini nodes)
opinions are my own, the main one being your AI gen art really fucking sucks bro ✌️
Alex Blaikie @gogogadgetcasts.bsky.social Esports, marketing, Soviet lenses.
Nemesis Warlock, Queer Internet Space Wizard @nemesistwarlock.bsky.social Furry, Indie Gay Game Dev (For Hire!), A Himbo Hrothgar on Ravana, And complete simp for a 90's British Comic Book character. Posts and reposts nerdy shit. (He/Him)
Dev Portfolio: https://nemesistwarlock.carrd.co/
FFXIV: https://nemesis-warlock.carrd.co/
RB-D2 | Project Wingman @sectord2.com slowly setting up, procrastinating
Josh Daniels @joshdaniels.dev Studying BICT majoring in Games & Creative Technologies, and Software Development at UTAS. Hobart, Australia
https://josh-daniels.itch.io/
https://github.com/Josh-Daniels
Survansix @survansix.com We are slow-cooking, self-doubting, heart-spilling, never-ceasing, take-a-deep-breath-and-releasing gamemakers.
✨ Wishlist Phantom of the Grove! ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3510510/Phantom_of_the_Grove/
Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com video game dev. weird west, influx redux, much much more
buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
he/him
Robert Megone @robertmegone.com Game Developer - Worked on: Elroy and the Aliens, Return To Monkey Island, Darkside Detective, Beyond A Steel Sky, Thimbleweed Park, Broken Sword 5. Dad to two wonderful girls.
http://www.robertmegone.com
Sukrit "Act" Tan @actsukrit.bsky.social Technical Artist @ Firaxis | Game Dev Who Mods Too Much | History & Linguistics nerd | Tea and Board Games Fan | 🏳️🌈🇹🇭
https://www.sukrittan.com/
@actsukrit@mastodon.gamedev.place
Tags: #civ6
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
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Fallout⚡️Aesthetics @falloutaesthetics.bsky.social Dedicated to the aesthetics of the Fallout universe. Virtual photography, vibes, games, ambience videos. Occasional posts from other games as well.
Account managed by @gregoriofranco.bsky.social
Scourge of the Reptiles | Wishlist on Steam @kyotigames.bsky.social Solo #GameDev making a low fantasy dino #RPG Scourge of the Reptiles. Coming to Steam 🦕
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3216150/Scourge_of_the_Reptiles/
cécile @haraiva.bsky.social 🌞 working on DAWN CHORUS, writing/narrative @ghoulish.com.au, editing @fine-fiends.bsky.social
haraiva.itch.io ✦ cecilerichard.design
Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and I’ll bloody do it again if you’re not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
House House @househouse.com We made Push Me Pull You, and an Untitled Goose Game: goose.game. Big Walk is out now: bigwalk.game
househouse.com
Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social YouTube sellout https://linktr.ee/skillupyt Business only: skillup@night.co
.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social :: lead dev @ darkwebSTREAMER @darkwebSTREAMER.bsky.social
::: anthropologist|englishslit🌱
👁️🗨️ darkwebSTREAMER: tinyurl.com/darkwebstreamer
👂 podcast: directional.show
✉️ chantal @ whalitfdotcom
Gavin Clayton @gavinclayton.bsky.social Hello! I'm the creator and lead developer behind Daggerfall Unity.
Now working part-time on another game.
Devlog: https://dev.interkarma.net
Location: Australia
Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social I make games! Known for Old Skies, Expelled!, Nighthawks, Unavowed, Technobabylon, Blackwell Epiphany, Shardlight, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and more. :)
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
Team Cherry @teamcherry.bsky.social Sweet, round games!
Toast Interactive | Max Mustard Out Now! @toastinteractive.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Virtual Reality Studio, creators of Max Mustard and Richie's Plank Experience | Join our Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/DQqK59B4Nv
Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW @qualbert.com Head to http://Qualbert.com for game reviews that are more than just a number! | We ♥ Aus games!
Got a game to share? 📧 Email qualbertgaming@gmail.com
Join our Discord to chat indies: https://discord.gg/38TY7SVq43
froggi @froggi.dev I do all sorts of stuff | 26 | 🇦🇺🏳️🌈
www.froggi.dev
Safe place for everyone <3
Dylan Perrett 🍜 @dylanperrett.bsky.social Associate Lead Animator @Gameloft | PREV: @5LivesStudios/@PlaySideStudios/@DefiantDev
Occasional Photographer | Hoarder of Unopened Board Games & Unpainted Minis | Hollow Knight Enjoyer.
📍Brisbane, Australia
▶️ vimeo.com/dbperrett
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
Ryan Penning ✨ @ryanpenning.com ✨Award Winning Producer and Games Industry Expert. Thinking and looking for what’s next?
Previously @ Chaos Theory Games, @ Mighty Kingdom, @ Ultimate Studio, Games Investment Manager @ Screen NSW
Won some AGDA's • Rising Star & more!
Stubbornly made
Serenade @serenade.games We put on alternative games events!
Next: ???
Prev: FORM, Tangents @ Sabby ALT: EX @ Powerhouse ALT: GAMES, #gameaweeksyd2025, Serenade Showcase @ #SXSW Sydney 2023, Games Spaces for Static Vision, Ink Jam Sabby https://serenade.games
Waypoint @waypoint-events.com Waypoint is a premium networking event for the video game industry, providing a professional environment for developers, publishers, and media to socialise.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/waypointevents
Noble Steed Games @noblesteedau.bsky.social Your game's best friend.
✨Indie game studio & consultancy in Sydney
✨Website: https://noblesteedgames.com/
✨Our Discord: http://discord.gg/Ka8suskKcs
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com 🎮 WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
✨ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
💜 Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
🔄 Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
🌺 She/Her
🦘 MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
Massive Monster @massivemonster.bsky.social Game making MONSTER!!!
We made Cult of the Lamb!
twitter sucks hehe
Paul Kopetko @paulkopetko.bsky.social Game developer, sound designer and composer.
Creator of @boomerangfu.bsky.social on Switch, Xbox, PlayStation and Steam.
Portfolio 👉 https://paulkopetko.com/
BURD @tezamondo.bsky.social + paperhousegames.com
+ Paperbark | Wood & Weather
+ self destructive optimist
was cool until you got to know me
Ben Britten @benbritten.bsky.social Previously worked on many, many games; gamedev for nearly 20 years. I am old. I post random 3d printing stuff and sometimes bunnies. He/Him. Australia. Also birds apparently.
Rebecca Fernandez O'Shea @rebeccafernandez.bsky.social Senior Graphics Programmer at Nixxes Software @nixxessoftware.bsky.social Previously TT Games and WeirdBeard Games. A member of Port Jackson Greens and the Sustainable Transport branch of Climate Change Balmain/Rozelle.
Reloader @reloader-au.bsky.social Australia’s newest outlet covering video games, tech, and entertainment
reloader.com.au
Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social Awards-nominated freelance writer (ScreenHub, Kotaku Aus, Stevivor, PowerUp!, Byteside, Player 2, CheckPoint, SUPERJUMP, Qualbert, NG+, LT3, JPG). Highly opinionated on games, miniatures, & wrasslin'.
They/Them.
https://muckrack.com/jam-walker
David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social Co-founder and Creative Director at summerfallstudios.com. Canadian game dev who escaped the winter and is now living in Melbourne, Australia! He/Him
Steve Stamatiadis @spacecaptsteve.bsky.social Krome Studios co-founder
Award-winning Australian video game designer & drawing guy.
Blade Kitten, TY the Tasmanian Tiger, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Crinoline Crime Club, and Gunwale.
I love making pizza.
https://linktr.ee/spacecaptsteve
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Renee O'flynn @scree.bsky.social Freelance video game journalist. Reviewer for Qualbert.com. Making content for Switchaboo and the IndiEXP.
Apologies will happen.
Contact me! Scree(at)y7mail(dot)com
Portfolio: (in progress) http://scree66.wordpress.com
Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io Queer Monster - TransEnby (They\Them)
Occasionally NSFW | Queer & Disabled Game Dev
Adventure Game, Giant Monster & Film Noir nerd
http://ko-fi.com/enbykaiju | http://enbykaiju.com (Digital Diversity Project)
Chris Yearn @chrisyearn.bsky.social Senior Animator @sledgehammergames.com • Prev: Lecturer, worked on some old games • Dad x 3 • ✝️ 🥁 🏹 • Opinions are my own
📍 Brisbane, Australia
🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrisyearn
Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social // Managing Editor, @ThisWeekInVideogames.com
// Managing Editor, GamesHub (2021-2023)
// Senior Editor and Video Producer, GameSpot (2008-2020)
// Multi-Award-Winning, Token Asian
// DM's open, edmond@thisweekinvideogames.com
Luna Luna 🏳️⚧️Game Dev / Artist @theballadofluna.bsky.social 3D Artist, Illustrator, #solodev
She/Her Pronouns.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Chinese Filipino Australian 🇨🇳🇵🇭🇦🇺
I'm making a game called "You Belong"
https://www.artstation.com/lunaelise
I wanna be friends with lots of devs!! 😊
🗨English/日本語🗨
Ben Kosmina @kosmologyb.bsky.social Associate Product Manager for Fellow Traveller | he/him | ace | opinions are not that of my employers
I like good movies and terrible movies, and I have two cats. Narrative games are rad too
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Callum Williams @misterwolfen.bsky.social • 3D Character Artist • Open to full-time, freelance or commission •
I draw sometimes 😌 and make 3D things 🤙
Andrew Mendlik @andrewmendlik.bsky.social Freelance video game Tech Artist. Portfolio website at andrewmendlik.com
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison @hey.paris Game Dev? Producer? Writer? Historian? Programmer? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
📍lutruwita 🚫 no crypto/AI
Anders @andersg.bsky.social 🇳🇴in🇦🇺 Award winning audio designer, synthesiser and whiskey person. Delverium, Wild n Chill, TFC2, Cozy Caravan, Memory’s Reach, Windbound, Rohingya Boy
ManaBrent 🔮 Final Profit on Steam @finalprofit.bsky.social Melbourne based queer indie dev. Anti-capitalist. Mask wearer.
Made Final Profit, and making Oil Town 🏳️🌈🎮
Freeplay award winner | AGDA nominee | IGF finalist.
Final Profit: https://tinyurl.com/finalprofit
Oil Town: tinyurl.com/oiltwn
Heather [Han] @hanhula.com English game dev @ PlaySide & writer living in Melbourne. WiG Ambassador. I fell into TTRPGs and FFXIV & can't get out! ♥ She/her
FFXIV: Hannelore Lyrium @ Lamia, Azsire Tulyatar @ Sophia
Socials: @hanhula
FE dev @ PC & XR
Check out Istralar @ WorldAnvil
Jack Kirby Crosby🌹👨🎨 @jkcrosbyfun.bsky.social 👨🎨🌹Art stuff. Game dev.
🚫 gen-images or Cr*pto
Free Palestine
✍️Concept art / illustrator
✍️Summerhill.
🎨Art Director: Moving Out 2,
🎤DnD Podcast: @dicepaperrole
Insta: http://instagram.com/jkcrosbyfun/
AS: www.artstation.com/jkcrosbyfun
he/him -Naarm
Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social 40 year veteran games developer. Working with Screen Agencies, Publishers, and Developers.
Production on (REDACTED) for Fireshine
Production on DREDGE, Moving Out 2, Before We Leave, Age of Darkness, CONSCRIPT for Team17.
www.gameconsulting.com.au
South Australian Games Association @sagames.org SAGA is a games industry non-profit created to promote, champion, network and inspire the SA game development community.
https://sagames.org
Piers 💫 🔜 MIGW @piers.zip Solo dev cat person
📍 Brisbane 🇦🇺
💫 Working on Freeline! - a frenetic, kinetic, parkour speedrunning platformer.
✨ https://parkourcat.com/ - Wishlist Now!
🌐 https://piers.zip/
20 | They/Them
Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social Aussie Game Dev of 25+ years.
Principal Engineer at Riot Games.
Brews beer, plays games, lives life.
he/him
Kelsey Gamble @kindofsquishy.bsky.social Studio Momager for @newblood.games. Executive Producer for Oddlark. Publishing Producer for hire. For legal reasons I am a joke and so is everything I say
Dan Golding @dangolding.com Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social Harness the power of Samurai Unicorn and fight to save Sydney3 from the Dream Eaters.
Wishlist > https://store.steampowered.com/app/2494020/Samurai_Unicorn/
Support us > https://www.patreon.com/SamuraiUnicorn
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Elliot @skelliot.bsky.social Lead, Product Designer, Games Developer. B.Sc. (Game Programming SAE Sydney). Ex Founder of Young Australian Skeptics. JumpJumpDie.
Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Ash McAllan @acegiak.bsky.social Gamedev Priestess. Making stuff at Neon Giant. Game design, ttrpgs, birds, weird robots.
Caps Collective @capscollective.com We're an Australian indie game dev collective committed to making games, building and maintaining open-source projects, and sharing the arcane knowledge we happen upon along the way.
Contact: devs@capscollective.com
AstroKerrie @astrokerrie.bsky.social Content at PAX Aus.
🌻 Previous: ESLAustralia/DreamHack, Crunchyroll/AnimeLab ANZ ✨ She/Her 🍋
Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social Award winning yapper talking about video games online and on TV | Presenter, performer, (p)writer for hire | ABC | Views are my own | she/her
Email: gemmabdriscoll@gmail.com
Stephanie Harkin @saharkin.bsky.social Lecturer at RMIT researching feminine gaming | she/her
Author: Girlhood Games: Gender, Identity and Coming of Age in Videogames
Curator Feminine Play: feminineplay.org
Will 🌱 @willmesilane.com I made Cult of the Lamb 🕹Accessibility Advocate 🤔Opinions are mine (and probably bad)
Senior Developer at SMG Studio
willmesilane.com
Jasmine ✨ Momento 🧸 Out Now! @themajichan.bsky.social ✨Hi, I'm Jasmine! 🇵🇭 🇦🇺 I'm a 2D game artist
✨co-founder of @nomostudio.bsky.social
🧸 Currently working on @playmomento.com with Jess and Julian! 🧸 OUT NOW on Steam and consoles!! (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474770)
SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social 🎮🏆Australia Podcast Award winning video games podcast network with interviews, reviews and news | 📧hello {at} sifter.com.au 
🥀𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖏𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓 𝕰𝖊🥀MALYS: the Exorcist deckbuilder OUT NOW! 🕯️👹 @theboyofcheese.bsky.social Asian-Australian Art Heaux™️, Art Director for @summerfallstudios.com, Magic: the Gathering Illustrator, Dungeon Master, plays games on easy. (He/Him) 🦇❤️💜💙
NO AI / NO NFT | Opinions are my own
meredith 🙂↕️ @merryh.bsky.social 🙋🏻 hello!
🦋 head of marketing @wingsfund.me
🔑 bizdev & production consultant
💜 ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
🏢 cofounder @accessunlockanz
💌 curator for @indiedigest.dev
🦋 she/her
🎮 merryh.dev
Dead Walshe @deanw.xyz Dean Walshe:
3D Art lead on Wild Bastards and Void Bastards
Past games I have worked on include Stellar Warsy things and the Borderlands Interquel doodad.
https://deanw.xyz/
(He/Him)
Sarah Ward @soursquirm.bsky.social Sound Designer | Composer for film and games!
🎧Don’t Stop! Girlypop! Windbound, Phantom Abyss, A Grand Mockery
Likes to climb plastic rock
Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
ALT: GAMES curatorial lead.
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
linktr.ee/chloeappleby
James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social Reviews Editor & Features: @ThisWeekInVideoGames.com
Personal Blog: https://jameswould.pika.page/
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/omgmorejames
He/him 🏳️🌈