bdluu @corkbhord.bsky.social Iโd like to speak to the manager please ๐พโ๏ธ
Jessica Shipard @jessicashipard.bsky.social Co-founded Studio Folly, designed Gubbins (it's a word game) and Real Bird Fake Bird <3
Pritika ๐ @pritikasachdev.bsky.social Social Producer, Community Manager, all things online โจ works with @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social โ๏ธ 1/5 of @frostygamesfest.com โ๏ธ
leura ๐ญ @smitleu.bsky.social hi itโs leura ๐ฆญ im making an architecture game calledโฆ. canvas street!!!! please wait in eager anticipation!!
I donโt wanna verify my age so you can email me if you want :)
leura@apartment809.com
Emma W @ewitkowski.bsky.social Academic posts are all mine. Esports & game culture
Josh @aosher.bsky.social Games and politics. He/they.
Jonathan Brodsky @jonbrodsky.bsky.social miniatures, synthesizers, and labor for videogames
blog: notes.jonathanbrodsky.com
shop: https://ko-fi.com/jonathanbrodsky
Amani Naseem @amaani.bsky.social - M @milkymilkface.bsky.social @milkymilkface.bsky.social
Louie Roots @louieroots.bsky.social
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.
Alexander Perrin @alexanderperrin.bsky.social Codirector at 2pt Interactive
Creators of Heavenly Bodies ๐ฐ๏ธ
You can get Short Trip on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187700/Short_Trip/
gita โthe formalistโ jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
grapefrukt @grapefrukt.com .1x engineer. makes games: holedown, subpar pool, rymdkapsel & twofold inc
https://grapefrukt.com
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer
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/
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Emilia @lazerwalker.com Experimental games, interactive art, OSS tools. Was games advocacy lead at MS/Xbox (+ organizer of Roguelike Celebration and !!con), currently a full-time Very Sick Person. Probably doing qigong right now.
https://lazerwalker.com
she/her
Teddy Dief @teddydief.com IGF & Peabody-winning game designer/director
โ Hyper Light Drifter Co-Designer
โ OFK Creative Director & Singer
โ Glitch City Co-Founder
โ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
โ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
tom โ @thomasbowker.com โข makes videogames โข lyne : split signal : frog detective : surf club โข
https://thomasbowker.com/
Ted DiNola ๐ PAX West @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @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.
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
felix link in bio @legobutts.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/897160/Snap__Grab/
he/they
toronto ๐ฌ๐พ
production in games
No Goblin - Polytron
Previously: Panic - Finji - Tunic - Sable - Untitled Goose Game - Fellow Traveller - Blaseball
Ben Johnson ๐บ๐ป @gamedesignerben.bsky.social Best of the Web. Minnesotan New Yorker in Oakland, CA. Game Designer. Previously: Psychonauts 2, Dead Space (2008), Babycastles. He/him.
zac @duck.pizza bread eater/code boy | webmaster of poly.pizza + bino.gg | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social Game Director & Designer making the hardboiled https://stealth.game @sleightofhand.game
ร Made Kojima's GOTYใ FRAMED ใ
ร Proud Dad / multi-award winning clichรฉ
ร He/Him
Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com Videogame developer currently working on Mars First Logistics: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
gains @gains-skeets.bsky.social | adam/eve | himbo chef @ http://tiny.cc/himbochef | fitness coach/blogger @ gains.af | game designer | skeets in ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ท | https://bio.site/gains |
SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social ๐ฎ๐Australia Podcast Award winning video games podcast network with interviews, reviews and news | ๐งhello {at} sifter.com.au
Kidney @dmkidney.bsky.social Design Director @intarsia.studio
Working on ๐โค๏ธ๐ชฒ
Formerly:
Minigames Lead - LEGO Party! @ SMG
Dreams @ Media Molecule
he/him
Matt Schenkel @matt.sub-zerosound.com ๐ Technical Sound Designer, Co-Founder, Director @sub-zerosound.com
๐ฎ Indie Game Showcases @ Indie BYOG
๐๏ธ Game Jams @ PBS 106.7FM
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/game-jams
he/him
๐ Naarm (Melbourne, Australia)
๐ https://www.sub-zerosound.com
BooDooPerson @boodoo.co my main goal is to blow up & then act like I don't know nobody | He/Him @boodooperson
Darius Kazemi @tinysubversions.bsky.social It's a-me, Darius
I don't spend much time here, you can find me at https://friend.camp/@darius
Ben Turner @bananaben.bsky.social Game Dev? , Event organiser?
Prev. Lumber Punks, Freeplay Festival, Contours Exhibition
Naarm(Melb), Australia (he/him)
trying gal @naceallabug.bsky.social leath phrรญobhรกideach. semi private.
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com ๐ฎ WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
โจ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
๐ Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
๐ Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
๐บ She/Her
๐ฆ MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
meredith ๐โโ๏ธ @merryh.bsky.social ๐๐ป hello!
๐ฆ head of marketing @wingsfund.me
๐ bizdev & production consultant
๐ ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
๐ข cofounder @accessunlockanz
๐ curator for @indiedigest.dev
๐ฆ she/her
๐ฎ merryh.dev
clare @cockatootwin.bsky.social let's get sillay
Chad Toprak @chadtoprak.bsky.social experimental game designer, independent curator
he/him. views are my own.
https://mr-chad.com
Helen Kwok @helenkwok.bsky.social โจ Hong Kong-born multimedia artist & designer based in Narrm/Melbourne (she/her)
โจ playful installations, experimental games, alternative controllers, public art activations
โจ https://helenkwok.net
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
Leonard Skeonard @mike.reuben.games making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Leena ๐ต @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and Iโll bloody do it again if youโre not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Kalonica @kalonica.bsky.social 3D Artist + Game Developer . she/her ๐ฟ
Currently:
Mars First Logistics with Shape Shop
Big Walk with House House
kalonica.com
Olivia Haines @livvy.itch.io 3D artist and game dev: currently making Surf Club ๐ด 1/2 of @dinko.au
Electron Dance @electrondance.com Words on videogames. Video essays on videogames. Ex-Thinky Games streamer-in-residence.
A place - www.electrondance.com
Jim Malo @maloism.com Naarm journalist. I like to write about renting.
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
shelley ๐ค @shelleylowe.com ๐ฉ ๅๅ่ โข she/her โข ๐ฅ โข melb, australia
๐ programmer @ 2pt interactive โข prev brimstone, bunnyhug, league of geeks
๐ฅ https://shelleylowe.com/
Cherie ๐๏ธ @cheriedavidson.bsky.social Nerd โก Lover โก Game Midwife
Co-founder, studio director & programmer @intarsia.studio
Prev: VicScreen, Media Molecule, Goose Game & more.
๐๏ธโ๏ธ๐ซง๐ฑ๐โ๏ธ๐ชฟ๐ ๐บโด๏ธ๐๐ค๐โโฌ๏ธ๐ซณ๐พ๐ชฒ
Aaron Lim ๆๅฎถไธฐ @ehronlime.bsky.social He/him. Makes tabletop games http://ehronlime.itch.io. Shouts about tabletop playtesting (Playtest Zero!) every other week. World's 2nd foremost expert in being Aaron Lim.
๐ฑ eli rainsberry ๐ฑ @elirainsberry.com composer -- sound artist -- audio + music designer -- they/them
elirainsberry@gmail.com -- elirainsberry.com
currently: Signet City + Bad Magpie + Surf Club
previously: Wilmot Works It Out, Flock, Saltsea Chronicles, No Longer Home, A Monsterโs Expedition
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands โข made a really big video game once but is doing something else now โข tha Gร idhlig agam โข cannot be killed โข cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they โข e/iad ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.com.au He/him performer, writer, educator, game designer and ginger on Wurundjeri Country (aka Melbourne, Australia).
I make the book club podcast Pratchat, time travel radio comedy Night Terrace, games and more.
The doco about cryptocurrency was the other guy.
Emily van der Nagel @emvdn.bsky.social I research social media, platform studies, and digital intimacies.
My book, OnlyFans, comes out in October 2026 https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=onlyfans--9781509567188
Jason Imms @jasonimms.bsky.social Product Manager at a place to be disclosed later | Founder and board member of Tas Game Makers | Former Freeplay board member | Recovering games journalist | peoplemaking.games/@jasonimms | He/Him
Farah Coculuzzi @farah.coculuzzi.social ๐ producer @capybaragames.com
๐ฅ kiwi in canada
๐ @tony.coculuzzi.social
Brooke Maggs @brookemaggs.bsky.social Principle Narrative Designer at Remedy | Fiction Writer | Cool, but goes to bed early | She/her www.brookemaggs.com
andy @gleeson.dev a melbourne gamedev
> gleeson.itch.io
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
Alan P. Robinson ๐ฑโจ @turnipston.bsky.social Hi, I'm Alan! Just an artist tryin' to find his way in life. He/Him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐น๐ญ
instagram.com/turnipston
tiktok.com/@turnipston
โ๏ธ QA @WaywardStrand ๐บ Art @ Video World ๐ฑ
Tony @tony.coculuzzi.social โข Programmer @innersloth.com
โข Prev: Cuphead lead dev + Florence lead prog + other things
โข Making cool things as @wilder.games
โข Married to @farah.coculuzzi.social
๐จ๐ฆ Ontario, Canada
https://tonycoculuzzi.com
James OโConnor @jickle.net Games industry producer, narrative designer, editor and critic. Author of Untitled Goose Game for Boss Fight Books and (unannounced second book). jamesoconnorau at gmail.
jim fishvvick @fimjishwick.bsky.social they/them
i came to make theatre and weak puns and i'm all out of theatre
linktr.ee/fimjishwick
Jenn Frank @jennatar.bsky.social jennfrank.net โ jennfrank.bearblog.dev
Vanessa Toholka @plasmov.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป digital innovation | product management | art | paddler | broadcaster byte into it on triple r
๐naarm / melbourne australia
JC Lau ๐ Gamescom! @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, SPG100, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. She/they. I hope you like ferrets.
Andrew Trevillian @tresvillain.bsky.social Making cool things for beautiful people like you at Robot Circus (A Keywords Studio). Woodworker. Cat Dad. He/him. andytrevillian@gmail.com
Will Mesilane @willmesilane.com I made Cult of the Lamb ๐นAccessibility Advocate ๐คOpinions are mine (and probably bad)
Senior Developer at SMG Studio
willmesilane.com
Nat ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @natbott.omg.lol Librarian and Game dev ๐ฎ โ Creative Tech and Makerspaces @cityofmelbourne ๐ โ Tech support @lil-pink-clouds.bsky.social ๐ โ they/them โ
amelia laughlan ๐ธ @maarlzipan.bsky.social Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (โฟหแห)เฉญ avid reader ๐ sometimes writer ๐ ๆฅๆฌ่ชๅฐใ่ฉฑใใโ
ๅฝก (she/they) based in Melbourne https://marlzipan.carrd.co/
Gwen Foster @ifnotnowgwen.bsky.social sad owl studios / viewfinder โจ sokpop โจ sfbgames โจ bunnyhug
self publishing support && bizdev
Koder @koder.au https://koder.au
games, art, tech, etc
he/they
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
@ngoctmvu.bsky.social @ngoctmvu.bsky.social
grill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social yes it's me hello hello. aspiring scientist. somewhat-author. mix-and-match award-nominated and winning writer, narrative designer & editor. edited amarantus ๐ก๏ธ narrative designed shape sender deluxe โญ chakas lover
lucy @lucyamorris.bsky.social lead ui/ux designer (prev. among us, stray gods, king of the castle etc). currently doing platform ux.
small game maker, technologist. โ illustrator, musician. โ ffxiv enjoyer. โ pลneke, aotearoa.
www.lucyamorris.com
andy brophy @brophy.website i make videogames on the computer
โฆ made KNUCKLE SANDWICH
โฆ working on SURF CLUB, DELTARUNE
โฆ ยฝ of @dinko.au
โฆ VGC player
BURD @tezamondo.bsky.social + paperhousegames.com
+ Paperbark | Wood & Weather
+ self destructive optimist
was cool until you got to know me
David H @nachimir.bsky.social
Jack Kirby Crosby๐น๐จโ๐จ @jkcrosbyfun.bsky.social ๐จโ๐จ๐นArt stuff. Game dev.
๐ซ gen-images or Cr*pto
๐ต๐ธ Free Palestine
โ๏ธConcept art / illustrator
โ๏ธSummerhill.
๐จArt Director: Moving Out 2,
๐คDnD Podcast: @dicepaperrole
Insta: http://instagram.com/jkcrosbyfun/
AS: www.artstation.com/jkcrosbyfun
he/him -Naarm
Katie Lloyd Williams @yayitskatie.com Games curator at ๐. Show me your cool indie iOS games (or just send memes, either's cool). San Francisco. she/her. yayitskatie.com
Critical Distance | Whereโs all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social A community blog for videogame criticism and the preservation thereof. Publishers of This Week in Videogame Blogging and many fine Critical Compilations! https://critical-distance.com
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
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
devoted homo ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking๐ฆ, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleachโs horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
Fede ๐ชถ @kurainisei.bsky.social Defying gravity. Curiouser and curiouser. Game designer, creative coder and lecturer. Currently leading the Games and Playful Design MA at Goldsmiths. He/they.
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
Daniel @c418.org I Music sometimes ๐โโฌ
Creature Cheeseman @psychicteeth.bsky.social upholsterer / sourdough / handyman / cough gamedev cough
butlerian jihad in bio
some games:
psychicteeth.itch.io
https://store.steampowered.com/app/221180/Eufloria_HD/
Dom2D ๐ @dom2d.bsky.social Art, game design, doodles.
Here for nice/cute/weird board games, video games, illustrations, and pals. Worked on Dig Dig Dino, Bomb Busters, Flinthook, Dig! Dig! Dino!, Geek Mind, BioGems, Where's Waldo, and so on!