Rod Breslau @slasher.bsky.social New York, NY
Signal: 919-SLASHER / Slasher.99
Email: SlasherRB@protonmail.com
Kelsey Pickinpaugh @spacedcadette.bsky.social Game Dev. I've worked on some games you know. Currently Lead UX Designer @ Firaxis Games.
Views expressed here are mine, and mine alone.
(she / her)
Joe Weinhoffer @jweinhoffer.bsky.social Game Director @ Firaxis Games
Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social Anthropologist at Stockholm University. Senior historian, Firaxis. Water, ghosts, ruins, games. สนใจเรื่องไทย แม่น้ำโขง
https://andrewalanjohnson.com
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mekong-dreaming
Ktjn/Sam @ BlizzCon!! @ktjn.bsky.social Trashmaster | Fire Mage IRL | Certified Mermaid | Game Designer @thatgamecompany | She/Her 🏳️🌈 | Personal Account
Mallory Gibson @malloryog.bsky.social http://mallorygibson.com
Narrative Lead: Firaxis
Writer: The Beaverton, Fear Thy Neighbor, Archer: Danger Phone, +more
IGDA-F Next Gen Leader (Virtual Exchange 2023, GDC Alumni Program 2025), Game Dev Heroes (Narrative Finalist, 2025)
She/Her, views my own
Mark Nauta @marknauta.bsky.social Game Director at Firaxis. Previously on XCOM stuff (X2, WotC, Chimera Squad). Game Design, Anime, My cat Vin. All posts and opinions are my own. (he/him)
Crow, in Autumn Clad @unlimitedblack.bsky.social http://linktr.ee unlimitedblack
warning: very nerdy content.
He/him/that damn crow. Narrative Designer.
I remain a creature of hope.
David Birthday Turley @riotphreak.bsky.social Game Designer on @LeagueofLegends. Former Shoutcaster. Occasional streamer and YouTuber (Parody Account).
Michelle Flamm @kaieta.bsky.social Principal Economy Designer @ Redux Games formerly Echtra, Bioware, Zenimax, Obsidian, and more. Chicago Native, Sam Haight's Bastard, End Boss of the Internet, PADI certified Mermaid, Hater of Digital Seagulls VAMO
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
maya 🧜 @lightningfused.bsky.social hi, i'm maya! • they/them • game producer • icon by makowka • opinions are my own 🌺
Salvatrix @devsalvatrix.bsky.social Queer California Expat in Europe 🏳️⚧️
Game Systems Designer - Numbers Witch
Posting mostly about miniature painting, 40K, BattleTech, the game industry, queer stuff, and other occasional inanity. Roughly in that order.
noelle 🪩 @noelleingway.bsky.social game production and narrative. previously firaxis. she/her, opinions are my own 🎤💃
nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social Game Design | Google Books @ UIowa Libraries | Co-host Furidashi Podcast
Lowbo | 就是萝卜 @lowbo.io https://www.lowbo.io/
Senior Game Designer. Formerly Sprocket Games, Riot Games R&D, LoL game modes, etc. 我会说一点中文(普通话)。PNW. 🏳️🌈
Andrew Buczacki @abuczacki.bsky.social Senior Game Designer. Former Drifter, Hardsuit Labs, Blizzard. He/Him.
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
Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com game developer / artist
gabbydarienzo.com
SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social Senior Game Engineer
He/Him/They 🏳️🌈
All views are my own and do not reflect my employer
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.
Julie but Summer Ready 🌅 @sparklyjulie.bsky.social UX Director @ Escape Velocity Entertainment • Prev Bungie, Riot, Epic • Mom friend + mom • Swears a lot but cares a lot • She/her
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
𝖘𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖆 𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉 @sievish.bsky.social a real human bean. graphic designer & artist in games and comics.
𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖋𝖋 𝖆𝖙 : Image, Naughty Dog, 3W3M, Perfect Garbage, Dark Horse, Draknek, Manifold Garden, a coffee shop in Boston, ♪ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵃⁿʸ ᵐᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒʳᵉ ♪
𝖘𝖍𝖊/𝖍𝖊𝖗
secure_shells @timjung.bsky.social principal software eng @ ??
game dev \ dist sys architect \ matchmaking + skill \ dark fantasy enjoyer \ fiction writing
past:
+ riot games
+ activision blizzard
wife guy that loves his wife
@yewfy.bsky.social 🖤
linktr.ee/timjung
Joanna @ Bhaalposting @falconnights.bsky.social ● World's biggest Elincia Ridell Crimea fan
● Independent Game Designer
prev. ???, Jedi: Survivor, Marvel's Avengers, Jedi: Fallen Order
● SRPGs, Socialism, Game Dev
● she/her
Darya @daryam.com I make videogames and talk about them. Currently with Epic Games. Giant Elder Scrolls nerd. Opinions don't represent employers.
Blair Thorburn @oiblair.bsky.social 🏴🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Scotland's Largest Bidoof Fan, in Canada.
🐙 Game Dev, Design Lead/Principal
🫶 Award Winning Inclusive Design and Accessibility Person
Portfolio: blairthorburn.carrd.co
Battlefield, Dragon Age, and other things
Alix Markman @markwoman.bsky.social Writer of TV, games, and Oxford commas. Astrid & Lilly, Gotham Knights, the Beaverton. Views are my own. She/Her. 🏳️🌈
https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/alix-markman/
Nick Quackenbush @quackles.bsky.social Art Director @ System Era Softworks working on the next thing after Astroneer
Father of 2 and Husband to 1
Aliens Fireteam Elite, Star Trek Online, Rise of the Triad; He/Him
https://www.artstation.com/quack
http://linkedin.com/in/nickquackenbush
Rachel Vought @rachelbydesign.bsky.social Lead Quest Designer for World of Warcraft. I make quests, manage designers, and have random thoughts about many things. All views expressed are my own. She/her.
Melissa (Memo) Moorehead @n7memo.bsky.social Quality Technical Program Manager at Mojang Studios • BAFTA Connect • TGA Future Class • #SpaceGirls art by @maxbeech.bsky.social • https://linktr.ee/n7memo
Melissa Janowicz @deedlite.bsky.social Senior Gameplay Designer at Epic Games 🎮 Previously Respawn Entertainment, Microsoft, BioWare, Disney, lots of indie studios. She/Her.
Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social Senior Character Artist ✨
Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ・ award nominated ・ ハーフ ・ he/him ・ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ・ bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ・ CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ・ posts don't reflect employer
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Xavier @xavierck.com character artist and going to therapy about it
💬 he/him
🗺 Los Angeles
🎨 https://xavierck.com
📧 XavierCK.3D@gmail.com
Commission Queue: https://forms.gle/ppx8dafPxgFspbQ28
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.
Diandra @mesaanasedai.bsky.social Narrative Director - iwot Games
She/They
Formerly: Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Aniplex, Carbine, Riot, BioWare
Co-author: The Definitive Game Narrative Guide
Opinions = my own
“I am the very model of a modern major general”
https://diandralasrado.com
John Ebenger @johnebenger.bsky.social Cinematic Director. Formerly - Destiny 2, Jedi: Fallen Order, AC: Odyssey, 3 Mass Effects and 3 Dragon Ages, etc.
Jesse Heinig @jesseheinig.bsky.social Game designer. Writer. World of Warcraft Classic developer. Original Fallout dev. Classic World of Darkness developer. Former Star Trek Online developer. He/Him. Account represents personal views.
Pete Stewart 🏳️🌈 @petestewart.bsky.social Award-Nominated Senior Writer @ Respawn - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Formerly Creative Assembly | Your FFXIV Friend | Views Mine | He/Him 🏳️🌈
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Daniel Zenon Klein @danielzklein.bsky.social he/him
Game designer, prev. Riot, Magnopus, Respawn. Loves dogs, pretzels, absurd humor, and magnesium. Shader truther. Reads too many TTRPGs, starts too many creative projects, never finishes anyt
Mary Yovina @adothenlunch.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Lead | UI/UX Manager at Insomniac • Previously Obsidian, Harmonix • (they/them) • http://maryyovina.com
|| Absolutely no A``I or N``F``T ||
Lana Bachynski @latienie.bsky.social Associate Art Director in R&D @ Riot Games.
Previously: animating on League of Legends & Heroes of the Storm | RAT stream leader, Tea Time Animation co-founder, and yoyo aficionado. #DLCbookclub #gamedev
Personal Account.
susannah @susannah.codes Makin’ UI and Accessibility stuff @ Insomniac Games | 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | she/her
♥️s: 🐕, 🧶, 🎶
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
Bobby Stein @bobbystein.bsky.social Studio Narrative Director at ArenaNet. Dad, husband, musician, mentor, foodie, retro gaming enjoyer, and a few other things. I post about the games I'm playing, the food I'm eating, and occasionally the games we're making. Follows =/= endorsements.
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
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
Andrew Rennie 🏳️🌈 @nerdy4tw.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Designer at Respawn - Star Wars Jedi Team • Accessibility Advocate • Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com • Scottish • My Opinions • He/Him
https://linktr.ee/nerdy4tw
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Palle! @palleh.bsky.social He/him. Character Art Director at Ubisoft Massive in Malmö. The Division franchise. Union Member. Artist. Traveler. Nuisance. 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇨🇦🇬🇱
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social Paradox's spookiest Content Designer
🚀 Stellaris
💀 Afterworld
http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://cheerfulgoth.itch.io/ | https://cheerfulgoth.bearblog.dev/
Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz Dir of Ops and Publishing, Causeway Studios. Producer, Strange Scaffold. Founder, F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks
Mike@causewaystudios.com / mike@fsquared.biz
michaelfutter.com
cydereal @cydereal.bsky.social lead encounter designer @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
ceramics, cooking, gaming, magdalena bay
Bridget O’Neill @iheartbunnies.bsky.social Senior Director of Creative at PlayStation Studios for Bungie. Previously Riot (Art Director of Legends of Runeterra), Blizzard, and Pokemon.
Kurtis McCathern @kurtismcc.bsky.social Husband to @othesharon.bsky.social. Dad. Christian. Engineer. Currently at Magic Soup Games, Previously at Blizzard. Owner of expressed opinions. He/him. Black lives matter. pfp by Eric Browning
sam, probably working @samuelbass.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at Epic games. UEFN, Unreal 5, sample projects, templates, tech talks and more.
Ask me about stuff!
All non-work related views / statements my own.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social Retired Educator / Learning Scientist
Solo Game Developer
Pixel Artist
Worked on a bunch of JRPGs back in the day
Male presenting NB
Pronouns: Any if you must
Avatar alt: Pixel art of a male presenting Black person with pink hair in Kente Kufi and Robes
Craig Morrison @silirrion.bsky.social https://www.feelinstrangelyfine.com/
Design Director @ Toca Boca | Founder http://startmakinggames.com | Once of Azeroth, Rubi-Ka, Hyboria, & other battlefields | Enthusiastic Optimist | Globetrotter | BAFTA Member | Painter of plastic things
Geneviève Routhier @genrouthier.bsky.social • senior art director • making games since 2003 •
Past: Studio Art Director @ DICE | Battlefield | Beyond Good and Evil 2 | AC Origins | Rainbow 6 Siege
🎓 Cool/Hat
📣 Available for speaking or podcast opportunities
🇨🇦 Looking for work
Joey Bleau @jbleau.dev 🏢 Senior Software Engineer II, World of Warcraft
💪 Proud WoWGG Union Member
📍Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current)
🇺🇸 🇩🇪
All views are my own. I periodically delete old posts. I sometimes delete brand new ones.
Darth Mel @melrambles.bsky.social Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Dylan Snyder @chronofloss.bsky.social Senior Designer @ Blizzard on Overwatch || Prev: Arkane / Gunfire Games / NetherRealm / Robomodo
Greg R. Buchanan @gregbuchananwriter.com Bestselling Novelist. Writer of Video Games & TTRPGs. Hank Hill Apologist. Rep by ANA/CAA.
NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS: EYES OF DEATH | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
Cats: Bucket, Table, and Mop.
gregbuchananwriter.com
Keano Raubun @keano.bsky.social 🇳🇱✨️Creative Director & Founder @veelpoot.com. Currently working on [REDACTED]. Senior Game & Narrative Designer. Marvel's Avengers, [NDA], Lordbound. Prev: Nixxes Software
✨ Legacy of Orsinium is OUT NOW: www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Josh @joshmlabelle.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming Sept 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out now || tied 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
aXL99 _(:3 」∠ ) @axl99.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Sr Concept designer on ??? No NFT/AI/Repost
📧jessielamworkshop@proton.me
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Projects: Gears5, Long Dark ep4, Invincible s1 | Brass Lion Ent/Skybound/TheCoalition/BandaiNamco/EA | http://linktr.ee/axl99 | #art #fashion #arcane #fanart #startvsfinish
D, Hunter of the Dead 💙🌙✨ @dekubrush.bsky.social Sr Character Artist on Overwatch ✦ He/Him ✦ Tarnished ✦ Personal account, my views are MINE!
Steff ⚔️🌙 @hexcats.bsky.social Chaotic good concept artist for video games
possessed by two black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛
https://hexcats.carrd.co/
Rourke Bywater @rourke.bsky.social Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. 💜 procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
Valentine Powell @valentineirl.bsky.social Queer nerd who makes stuff for video games (they/them). Current: Wizards of the Coast. Formerly: Crop Circle Games, Playable Worlds, Blizzard.
Opinions posted here do not reflect the opinions of my employers either present or past.
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
KatieDev @katemakesstuff.bsky.social Senior II Quest Designer @Blizzard. Maker of things, consumer of memes. Views are my own.
StefanieGD @spac3gh0s7.bsky.social lead ux game designer @ Fortnite✨| co-facilitator @ Hitchin’ Bitches Mtl🪢 | she/they | opinions are my own | 🇮🇷🇨🇦🏳️🌈
https://m.twitch.tv/spac3gh0s7
Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social Senior Combat Designer at Santa Monica Studio. Frmr Wonderstorm, Blizzard. All thoughts posted are my own. She/her. Cymraeg, Gaeilge, agus Gàidhlig. Hyena facts. PFP by
@CiderBunArt #GameDev
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social World Design Director on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Naughty Dog fae Dundee, Scotland.
linktr.ee/michaelbarclay
Curoar @curoar.bsky.social Test Analyst/Engineer Previously at
Bungie, Microsoft | Warrior, Guardian, and Planeswalker. Thoughts are my own He/Him 🏳️🌈
Deejay Knight | LIQUID @deejayknight.bsky.social Live Talent, Voice Actor, USAF Vet | TGA Future Class 2021 | Twitch & ExtraLife Ambassador | He/Him | Biz: dj @ deejayknight . tv
🌍: https://www.beacons.ai/deejayknight
⏰: https://www.tiktok.com/@deejayknight
🎮: https://www.twitch.tv/deejayknight
Kevin VanOrd 🏳️🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
Steam / PlayStation / Xbox Live: fiddlecub
Signal: fiddlecub.85
miki bishop 🔪 (looking for work!) @nifty.bsky.social freelance production & marketing artist @ sony
prev. Bungie, Minecraft, & XBOX
currently looking for full-time work in marketing, production, or consumer products
wants to make plushies!
she/her
https://niiftyy.artstation.com/
❤️ @poundcake.bsky.social
Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social Creative Director, TPCi. #PokemonEmployee. Author, Design Beyond Devices & Game Development Strategy Guide. Adjunct @ Carnegie Mellon. Ex-Riot Games, Scopely, MSFT, AMZN, EA, Disney. EDS 🥄. Owner of @ideaplatz.com. Ideas my own. 🏠 https://Cherylplatz.com
brosephene_ @brosephene.bsky.social she/her :: Susan aka Evangeline :: Online Safety prev @ PlayStation & Bungie ::
You're loved. ✝
Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, one half of Secret Dinosaur and also the other half (previously Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me! https://linktr.ee/djdesign.dev
#GameDev
he/him
✨️Whitney✨️ @brightwhitney.bsky.social Award-winning narrative designer & writer🎮
Future Class 2020, IndieCade (twice!), Top 100 Women in Games
Speculative fiction Author👽🦄😱
Viable Paradise 24, SFWA, Codex
https://brightwhitney.com
Ted DiNola 🔜 NZGDC, MIGW @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Prince Zexu @princezexu.bsky.social Philly native now living in PNW. Gay AF. Weightlifter, Senior Producer @ Entangled Publishing. Ex Gameplay Producer @ Bungie. Pitbull Dad & Pokemon master. BLM. Trans Rights! Chinga La Migra! Kindness is an action. IG & Discord: Princezexu
Andrew Carl @andrewcarl.bsky.social He/They, #GameDev Senior Systems Designer at Respawn. Prev work: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Destiny 2 THPS 1+2 at Vicarious Visions, Diablo IV at Blizzard. Views are my own
Terran Gregory @terrangregory.bsky.social Cinematic Narrative Director for World of Warcraft. All views expressed are my own. 
Jordan DeVries 🔜 NYCC @jordandevries.com UI/UX Director at Respawn (prev Star Wars: Zero Company, Jedi: Survivor), award-nominated, GDC speaker, custom LEGO designer, black cat guardian, they/them
Exceedingly personal account. 🇹🇼/🇨🇦/🇺🇲 living near Washington, DC
https://www.jordandevries.com