GamedevPerkUp 🌤️ @gamedevperkup.bsky.social An inclusive, LA-based social/networking event. Uplifting and bringing the gamedev community together via specialty coffee. ☕
🗓️ Next PerkUp: September 2026! RSVP Coming soon.
Who we are & Contact Info: https://linktr.ee/gamedevperkup
Vicki @tigrvix.bsky.social She•Her // production director
// writer of flash fiction and novel-in-progress // consumer of pizza // hater of olives // Mom of 2
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
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. 💜
⚡️Marina Díez is finishing a new game! @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
Erika (they/she) @meowriko.bsky.social games production & publishing advisor | hapa | 4 cats | ex- Riot, Google, Humble, Xbox | Seattle
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social ⏪ PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
▶️ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
🗣️ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/joshscherr
❤️ fix your hearts or die
kim @kimnguyen.bsky.social ui/ux for education and games, leaves too many beverages around the house
she/her
lurking and x-posting from kim@awaymessage.club on mastodon
Rebekah Nicodemus @rebs131.bsky.social Seattle. Games PR by day; child and pet wrangler/choir nerd/home baker/novice sailor by night
Jeffrey Doering @jdoeringdev.bsky.social Senior Technical Game Designer at System Era Softworks. Formerly Wizards of the Coast / Riot Games / Gearbox Software. Amateur writer. Professional cat pillow. No idea what I'm doing. He/Him
Julia Perdigueiro @juperdida.bsky.social Video Game Developer, Programmer, Nerd
"I get by with a little help from my friends"
My views are my own
High Lord Meesh, Queen of Beans @meesherbeans.bsky.social Senior CM at Mojang by day, otome/RPG/metal fangirl by night. Personal account, and all opinions/posts can be blamed only on me. She/her.
Mon Saetern @montron.bsky.social COO @ Gravity Well. I crochet a lot.
TBSkyen @tbskyen.com I make YouTube videos, sometimes || hE/hIm || CONTACT INFO: http://linktr.ee/TBSkyen || #tbvideos #tbletsplay #tbreactions
Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
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.
rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
Sol Brennan (3D Character TA) @wuffles.bsky.social Rigging Artist for video games (they/them, he/him). Scottish in Seatt- er - Scotland again. Non-binary trans and queer man.
I have ugly cats
🏳️⚧️🏴
dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com award-nominated senior writer/narrative designer 🎮📝
presently: Meow Wolf 🩷🧩
previously: Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
english lit phd 🎓🗡 personal account 🍞🌹 she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social sr. game producer @ scopely, soccer mom, minivan fan, bookworm, lover of all things cozy. I mostly talk about parenting my two boys and MNUFC.⚽️ Minnesotan in SoCal #AbolishIce #BlackLivesMatter 💙
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
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Adelaide 💎🌮 @adelaidejewel.bsky.social Looking for work 👀 | Prev: Blizzard x2 (Narrative Producer/QA), EA x2, Industrial Toys (Development Manager/Sr. QA/QA), Pipeworks (Sr. QA) | She/Her | Kinda gay | Still masking/still COVIDing | Opinions are my own | 🏳️🌈🇵🇸✊🏻
📍Louisiana ➡️ Oregon ➡️ SoCal
christina 死神 @chhopsky.tv writer of New Astoria, a sapphic cyberpunk thriller
https://newastoria.tv
ex-lolesports, call of duty, twitch, dauntless, ambrosia sky, et al
dm fee $25 https://ko-fi.com/chhopsky
Jules Glegg 🏳️⚧️ @julesfern.gay She/Her. Tech director / lead programmer type person @softrains.bsky.social - Helped make VALORANT and League. Cofounder of Trans Game Dev. AMBROSIA SKY available on Steam and EGS now!
Jo Graylock @jograylock.bsky.social Game Designer, Table top nerd, and co-founder at Sprocket Games.
(they/them)
Joel Gonzales @lowpolycount.bsky.social UI @ Iracing. Magfest VA and indie showcase. Prev: Firaxis, Wargaming, Riot. Words are my own, not my company's because a company isn't a person.
Not actually a Pusheen.
Criss Fowler @tailoredtoatea.bsky.social 🌿 Goblin in pursuit of pretty things
🪻 Los Angeles-ish
👾 Alum: Blizzard, Riot, thatgamecompany, Wonderstorm
@linecirclepoint.bsky.social @linecirclepoint.bsky.social 
caylen @caylen.bsky.social official Bluesky account of Cowboy.
director of marketing for @gardens.dev 🌳
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
Max Folkman @maxfolkman.bsky.social Writer, Director w/ @nickfolkman.bsky.social • Now: Senior Writer @ Riot Games • Prev: Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank, Miles Morales, MASSIVE CHALICE • voice on @scriptlock.bsky.social • Rep: Dallaslyn Lamb
Nick Folkman @nickfolkman.bsky.social Writer/Twin w/ maxfolkman.bsky.social • Now: Senior Writer at Insomniac Games • Past: Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, We Lost Our Human, Massive Chalice • Also co-host @scriptlock.bsky.social
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Jimothy Trashpanda Chi, PAX West 🔜 @tenaciouschi.bsky.social Stroke Survivor. Former Humble Bundle. Product Marketing Manager for The New Blank. Your favorite Chevalier's Chevalier. Honorably mentioned in a Chuck Tingle novel. Gives out donuts from a bathtub at GDC.
Jessie Perlo @perl0r.bsky.social I do ✨social work✨ — no, not the one that helps people, the other one.
Social Media and Community person - Prev Chaotic Good Studios, Riot Games, THQ Games, etc. Internet explorer. Infosec hobbyist
Joe Blancato @joeblancato.bsky.social Marketing and operations dude in vidyagames at Ignition Facility. Any opinions expressed are yours and represent your employer. Ex- Riot & Cryptic. Senior Email Investigator. 
Rinny @rinoaswings.bsky.social 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Epic Games Store Marketing Campaign Manager
Former Community Manager on Tomb Raider & FFXIV
League of Legends esports alumni
I love boba, cute gachas, self care, traveling, foodie things, and my shiba 🐶
Ben Forbes @draggles.bsky.social 2XKO editor-in-chief and big robot gamer
Corina Diaz @corecorina.bsky.social Anti-drama Queen fighting crime in a future time.
Video Games Community Builder & Marketing Strategist / Anime Aficionado / Content Creator 💫
Marketing @StudioImugi.bsky.social
Influencer & Events Mgr @SkystoneGames.bsky.social
corina@corinadiaz.com ✨
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer • narrative designer • lesbian • nyc
repped @ HMLA by @ninarichner.bsky.social
Steven Lumpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer @ Riot R&D - Horizon Forbidden West - The Secret World - Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade - RollerCoaster Tycoon World
joemag @joemag.games Lead game designer at Redux Games, 3D printer, mad scientist. opinions mine. Ex-Blizz, Niantic and Riot.
prev known as joemag_games or joemag3D
he/him
Yichao @michaelyichao.com Narrative director and creative consultant for games, making secret new things. 👀 Previously Phoenix Labs, Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, ArenaNet, Imagineering.
Founder of Take 5 Improv. Cofounded Jam & Tea Studios. Most often found in Seattle. ✨
Tina Sanchez O’Hara @teanah.bsky.social Mom | Video Game Producer | Producers Guild of America Video Game Lead | Co-Host #DevHeads | Previous: God of War Ragnarok | Apex Legends | Call of Duty | IGN | 1UP
molly carroll @mollygos.com here on earth to fart around.
prev: Gardens, Baldur's Gate 3, Steam, Starbound, more.
Chris Heintz @heintzer.bsky.social video games publishing person
sorry about the em dashes
my little agency: ignitionfacility.com
Lauren Kaye @leveluplauren.bsky.social 🎤 Host / Presenter
🔮 Lover of Final Fantasy
🎭 BAFTA Member
💖 Swipe Right / Account Manager (Creators)
Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
📝: www.bryantfrancis.me
🎥: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social Extremely good at bicycling a medium distance at a medium speed. Narrative/Production at Blendo Games.
I mostly don't post here. You can see my blog, where I post every day, at blog.lauramichet.com
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer at Prime8 Entertainment.
Principal Designer by day at LBI
Prev: LBI, Zynga, Blizzard, ATVI, Sega. My views are my own, and entirely absurd.
Profile pic by @meggoart <3
She/Her
I stream at https://www.twitch.tv/emberdione
Ben Brode @benbrode.bsky.social Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder @ Second Dinner
Marvel SNAP | Hearthstone | Commander-At-Home guest | Rapper
Patrick Scarborough @scarizard.bsky.social design, divination, dopamine & donkey kong. professional friend. they/he.
izzy kestrel @iznaut.com 🎮 Tech Designer on @blanksword.bsky.social (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena)
🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC
🦎 Gex’s #1 fan
iznaut.com
Iain Hendry @iainhendry.bsky.social KILL YR IDOLS - A HUNTER IS NEVER ALONE
writer, designer
devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social local elf enjoyer
Emmy-winning Lead Writer / Producer. The Dragon Prince (Netflix). Elf novelist. Prev Riot. Personal account, unhinged unprofessional and unfiltered. she/her. 
Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social UX Lead @ Rift | ⏳Prev: The Outsiders, Funcom, EA, King
Time Person of the Year 2006 | Keynote Speaker | IGDA Next Gen Leader | Eyeroller in Chief | 🌍TCK 🧠ADHD 🩻EDS 🌈bi 🤘metalhead 🤓LoL dork 🔪Feminazgûl
Views are mine & you can't have them
she/her
Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net 🩷💜💙