dogs @zachariahchandler.itch.io play my stupid games: https://zachariahchandler.itch.io/
join sabby: sabby.gallery
"AI" evangelists fuck off i hate you
STRAY CRUMBS @straycrumbs.com straycrumbs.com
Asymptotes. @asymptotes.au Asymptotes is a games event in Naarm, Australia, celebrating imperfection.
You can see our past events here: https://asymptotes.au/
Owen Deery @owendeery.com Building games / gifs / graphics.
Small Radios Big Televisions http://smallradiosbigtelevisions.com
Radio Viscera http://steam.pm/app/1303480
He/him
Samperson @samperson.bsky.social more soon
Intarsia Interactive @intarsia.studio Handcrafting weird little games with weird little guys
https://intarsia.studio/
Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social “Tiktoker” (derogatory)
I hate real estate agents
Join ur union x
https://linktr.ee/purplepingers
AI Killed My Job @aikilledmyjob.bsky.social Workers' stories about how management, executives and clients are using AI, and how it's impacting them. A @bcmerchant.bsky.social reporting project, edited by Mike Pearl.
Submit your story here: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me.
Tweets by MP, unless signed.
Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social The world's longest-running festival celebrating the art and culture of independent games and playful media. Established in 2004.
freeplay.net.au
cain @cmddx.itch.io makes weird horror games
check out PROXIMATE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/PROXIMATE/
https://cmddx.itch.io/proximate
contact@cainmaddox.com
melbourne. he/him 🏳️⚧️
Technically Games ➡️ QGF26 @technicallygames.bsky.social All things technical in games art, programming & security. Bring on the niche, the nerdy & the nifty.
https://linktr.ee/technicallygames
Mickey Krekelberg @mickey.ghoulish.com.au Director of:
@ghoulish.com.au
Technical artist & generalist
Prev:
Letters to Arralla, Wood & Weather, Moving Out 1 & 2, My Arms Are Longer Now, Risk, No Way Home, other stuff.
in Naarm / Melbourne
(they/them)
Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social Making indie games @twicedifferent.bsky.social
Ring of Pain, Winnie’s Hole, The Dungeon Experience
NONSENSE MACHINE @nonsensemachine.bsky.social 🥟 Ocean Planet https://tinyurl.com/oceanplanet-steam
🌊 Cape Hideous https://tinyurl.com/capehideous
🏁 Dryft City Kyngs http://tinyurl.com/dck-steam
👽 https://bsky.app/profile/magicdweedoo.bsky.social
Dave 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com The Drifter - OUT NOW! Game dever and the other half of Powerhoof- The Drifter, PowerQuest, Telwynium, Crawl, Regular Human BBall, Riders of Rhea, Peridium, etc..
https://powerhoof.itch.io
dweedes @magicdweedoo.bsky.social follow https://bsky.app/profile/nonsensemachine.bsky.social
@ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social makes games sometimes
Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social Writer and game maker. Sometimes in Melbourne.
Play Calamity Cait:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200450/Calamity_Cait
Ben Abraham @afterclimate.com.au I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
Helen Kwok @helenkwok.bsky.social ✨ Hong Kong-born multimedia artist & designer based in Narrm/Melbourne (she/her)
✨ playful installations, experimental games, alternative controllers, public art activations
✨ https://helenkwok.net
jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social games, film, queer culture. gamedev from lutruwita.
@serenade.games co-founder
prev games include the freeplay zone and my lil fanfic
vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social screenwriter/comedian/ performance art goblin based in aust 🌈
often at the intersection of art and tech but like non yuck version 💀
insta: @vidyarrrr
Ted DiNola 🔜 GCX @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Kidney @dmkidney.bsky.social Design Director @intarsia.studio
Working on 🐞❤️🪲
Formerly:
Minigames Lead - LEGO Party! @ SMG
Dreams @ Media Molecule
he/him
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Holly @holzycookie.bsky.social Straight up not having a good time™
Alysha @calitess.bsky.social Co-Founder and Director of 50 Seconds Studio
✨Game Designer and Programmer
she/her
Check out the games: https://calitess.itch.io ✨
Sebastian Lague @sebastianlague.bsky.social Currently debugging...
twig @twig.cool she/her
artist, developer, multimedia technician
bup
darcy w smith @darcywsmith.bsky.social Partially irresponsible for @folly.studio, Dogpile, Gubbins, Real Bird Fake Bird, etc etc
Spaxe Austral ⚡ Aurawra @spaxe.space researcher & singer from australia!
telegram t.me/spaxe_space
banner @blueroo.bsky.social
fursuit @kigurumikagetsu.bsky.social
stickers @spikhyenna.bsky.social
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Meg! @meglewis.com Little squishy softy 🌞
Loving big ❤️
Playing hard 🔷
To try and save the world 🎀
meglewis.com
Ryan Corniel @dukegunston.bsky.social Living in the Bay Area creating random stuff for games and film.
Alex Smiles @phonicpod.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Designer + Occasional Game Designer - Solium Infernum, The Forgotten City, Need for Speed, DeBlob and more - www.userinterfaceinterface.com
Russell @russelldilley.bsky.social he/him ~ game developer (tech + design)
Recent projects:
• Wayward Strand, with my friends at ghost pattern
• Jumplight Odyssey, with a stellar team at LoG
Jordan Cook-Irwin @jordancookirwin.bsky.social Award-winning indie game dev. You Will (Not) Remain. Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart.
Director and Lead Developer at Ghost Moth.
Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social Making comedy adventure game 'The Dungeon Experience' with Bone Assembly
Made the game 'Paradigm'
Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio WISHLIST DOGPILE ON STEAM! 🐩🐕🦴 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/Dogpile/
GUBBINS (it's a word game) OUT NOW on iOS & Android ✏️ 🥦 🌈
realbirdfakebird dot com PLAY NOW in ya browser 🐓🔍
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - open on Wed-Thu 15:00-18:00, Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
Matthew Jackson @thisismatthewj.bsky.social (He/Him) My Arms Are Longer Now & Dogpile developer - Also the host on Trope RPG!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2646170/My_Arms_Are_Longer_Now/
Pixel Pasture @pixelpasture.studio Independent game development studio and networking collective
https://pixelpasture.studio/
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
Jessica Shipard @jessicashipard.bsky.social Co-founded Studio Folly, designed Gubbins (it's a word game) and Real Bird Fake Bird <3
#1 Canvas Street stan account @aetheriun.bsky.social big baby ~ writer and game-maker from naarm ~ they/them
fairy floss @bephemos.bsky.social everyone's favourite knife goth. they/them lesbian. death worker by day, game dev in the evening. got into wrestling and am experiencing the consequences.
@duncancorrigan.bsky.social @duncancorrigan.bsky.social 
leaf corcoran @leafo.itch.io ▲ http://itch.io ▲ http://moonscript.org ▲ http://leafo.net/lapis ▲ he/him
amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (✿˙ᗜ˙)੭ avid reader 📚 sometimes writer 📝 日本語少し話せる★彡 (she/they) based in Melbourne https://marlzipan.carrd.co/
Lori❦ @kurireii.bsky.social Co-Founder and Director of 50 Seconds Studio
✨Game Designer and Game artist !!✨
||she/her||
Check out the games!: https://kurireii.itch.io ✨
Fenn+Milosoft :: BLM☼🇵🇸 @milosoftfen.bsky.social Fentine : They/Them : 22
[Games as Milosoft] [Music as Earth Treader Fen] [Infinite RNA L○ve W○rlder]
: : : https://heosao.net/
Icarus @icarusianfolly.bsky.social Icarus | She/They | 24
fie fye fo fum, fond writer of games.
play my works: https://icarusianfolly.itch.io/
Miguel @yungmitzy.bsky.social I make video games and video games levels on my computer, sometimes.
CatCube - WISHLIST DUSTPOCALYPSE ON STEAM @catcube.bsky.social DemiGirl, they/them. An ok #AHatInTime modder.
I make games that almost never get finished.
WISHLIST MY GAME DUSTPOCALYPSE ON STEAM NOWWWW https://bit.ly/4xhFrTq
pfp by @missveemo.bsky.social!
Ella Lowgren @ellalowgren.bsky.social ADHD creative director living in Naarm. Currently working on Deficit: The ADHD RPG. 🐺🪨
Psyche Magazine @psyche.co A magazine to help you understand yourself and live well.
Ben Houghton @benhmusic.bsky.social Freelance Composer & Game Audio Designer based in Darwin, Australia (he/him)
TOM @tomwalker.bsky.social I host the Great Australian Bake-Off. Check out twitch.tv/TomWalker and the podcast “BigSoftTitty.png” with my cool wife Demi
Sabby @sabbygallery.bsky.social A place that belongs to everyone, where everyone can belong.
Sabby is gathering place for artists, game makers, crafters and zinesters in Narrm (Melbourne). Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/5uRbFg2QXa
oddgoo @oddgoo.bsky.social Play. People. Places.
www.oddgoo.com
Kate Clark @kateeuph.bsky.social Researcher on new media and immersive reality technologies 👩💻🎮 exploring the relationship between gender, inclusion, and new media
Founding member of the Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality research network (cavrn.org)
she/her
Chrysanthe (Sankee) @sankee.bsky.social 23• naarm • they/she • Game Designer, Esports & Game Cultures Researcher • PhD Candidate at RMIT
https://linktr.ee/chrysantheliontis
MAGPIE Research Initiative @magpiegameresearch.bsky.social MAGPIE (Melbourne Academic Games, Play and Interactive Entertainment) is an interdisciplinary games research initiative at The University of Melbourne, launched in 2024.
www.linktree.com/magpiegamesresearch
@lucyamsparrow.bsky.social @lucyamsparrow.bsky.social 
Alex Bacalja @alexbacalja.bsky.social Digital Game Literacies - Critical Pedagogies - English Language Arts - Youth Literacies - Critical EdTech - Postdigital research. The University of Melbourne.
Jess Rowlings @jessrowlings.bsky.social Next Level Collaboration CEO & Co-Founder | UniMelb Researcher/PhD student
AuDHD neurodiversity advocate | Video game enthusiast
Games are for everyone! 🎮
Andrea Andiloro, PhD @aandiloro.bsky.social Lecturer - Games and Interactivity @Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
● Dragon Age II by Charlotte Reber
● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
charlie @creatureframe.bsky.social 3D animator and tech artist, i like making cute shit
Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social Director @ Duck Shake Games
ex Tech Art R&D @ Epic Games
LEGO, Fortnite, Matrix Awakens, Unreal Engine 4 & 5
- Tech art and chill with us http://discord.gg/gRwaywC
🏠 London 🕸 https://Asher.GG
Jade Fae Britzman @jadefae.bsky.social https://jadefae.com
She/They/Fae. QA at a large game studio. I make Video Games, and write about a variety of media. RMIT University class of 2024 Game Design Grad. Melbourne/Naarm.
Primavera @primaveraone.bsky.social Maddog
(She/Her)
https://primaveraone.itch.io/
allie @schepen.xyz 
Bonicle - WISHLIST DUSTPOCALYPSE @bonicle.bsky.social Naarm/Melbourne based unity generalist/vfx artist | He/Him | 22
WISHLIST DUSTPOCALYPSE ON STEAM -> https://bit.ly/4xhFrTq
Drăculești 🦇 @fine-fiends.bsky.social A mischievous flock of game developers, currently working on Drâculeşti
Wishlist / try our demo 🦇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2537980/Draculesti/
zali !! @zephyreds.bsky.social they/any 🐉 naarm writer and game dev. i like chasms and strange beasts. || implementer on @fine-fiends.bsky.social's drăculești!
🦠 https://zephyreds.itch.io
piper @pipurr.bsky.social she/her ⚧
passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social Game Developer and Tech Artist ✨
passivestar.xyz
Vehicle Physics @vehiclephysics.bsky.social Physics, vehicle dynamics, Unity expert. Author of: Edy’s Vehicle Physics (EVP) and Vehicle Physics Pro (VPP).
Development Updates: #vppdev
Cardiac Games @cardiacgames.bsky.social We are cooking “Potato Mash!”, the upcoming video game since 2021. Of course, you can eat too!
Demo is available on Steam👇🏻
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2296500/Potato_Mash/
Renaud Forestié @reuno.net 🌞 Creative Director at Ubisoft MTL
🌙 CEO of @moremountains.com
I craft games, tools, prototypes, illustrations and focus on UX and game feel.
🔥 Feel, TopDown Engine, Rainbow 6 Smol, Corgi Engine, Uniform Motion, This is your life now...
X @reuno
Richard Whitelock @rpgwhitelock.bsky.social Game artist in the UK with over two decades experience in game development, technical art, environments, lighting & FX. 🕹️Flock, Frozen Synapse 2, Quiet as a Stone, AllSky. 🌅 I love making atmospheric and evocative worlds.
richardwhitelock.com
Matthieu / Marsheleene @marsheleene.bsky.social They / them. Game designer 🔍Looking for work in level design or narrative design! 📚 ENJMIN P21 alumni 📚 Worked on 💒 RSVP 🧩 Time Rift 🐰Horribunnies & other stuff.
PP & banner by @ozezoeoze.bsky.social
Borrie BoBaka | Synthaar @thauxanstudios.com The Thauxan who does the things. Indie dev, modder, simulation enthusiast.
Solo dev of Thauxan Studios; working on my flagship project Synthaar.
Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2846840
Itch-io:
https://thauxan-studios.itch.io/synthaar
noom is making games @noom.mistforgegame.com Software developer, indie game dev. I like to make small games.
🔗 https://rohanmoon.itch.io
Hunterson Studio | Mini Worlds @huntersonstudio.com Hobby Indiedev account for @pieterjagersma.nl
Currently working on Mini Worlds 🌍
Based in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Casual_Dutchman @pieterjagersma.nl Game Developer @blackmillgames.bsky.social
Hobby Gamedev @huntersonstudio.com
he/him 🇳🇱
Clifftop Games @clifftopgames.bsky.social Kathy Rain (2016)
Whispers of a Machine (2019)
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut (2021)
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (2025)
Inquiries: http://clifftopgames.com/contact/
Discord: http://discord.gg/aeYc64N
Mick @juggle.bsky.social
I'm here for unity dev content and stomp knee clips.
Febucci (Federico) @febucci.com Federico, creating games and helping developers do the same 🫶🏻
Godot & Unity // “Text Animator for Unity” // gamedev blog // #unitytips and more. Head of @team.febucci.com
website: febucci.com
tutorials: blog.febucci.com
Pseudo-Psy Studio @pseudopsyplay.bsky.social Pseudo-Psy Play is is an eccentric blend of a side-scrolling shooter and a point-and-click adventure.
Wishlist & Follow now on Steam: ➡️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859970/
Hard Drive @hard-drive.net We are Hard Drive. Bum ba dum bum bum bum bum
Jonathan Moallem @jonjondev.com Gameplay engineer and designer with @capscollective.com, living in Brisbane, Australia.
Opinions optimised for ATI Radeon graphics cards.
For more info, check out jonjondev.com
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
fae @faestae.bsky.social Art Producer at Naughty Dog 🦋, Writer, WIGI Mentor ♡ Kylo Ren apologizer ♡
✩
Trying to make the games industry better one bespoke Slack emoji at a time