Playtester ↗ @playtester.io Playtester (https://playtester.io) is a platform that helps players discover playtests and demos across platforms like Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/playtesterhq
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/playtesterhq
Amy Potter-Jarman 🌺 @hellomisspotter.com games + marketing + my dog 👩🏼💻 the @FrostyGamesFest.com girl 🎮 join my lil indie games club: @pixelexplorersclub.bsky.social ✧* kiwi in sydney *✧ she/her
Funk Games @funkgames.bsky.social Web: https://funk.games
Discord: https://discord.gg/xNXXdpcNEE
Sludgineers Demo: https://funk.games/sludgedm
Blades, Bows & Magic: https://funk.games/stbbm
Tiny Teams @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social Micro studios, massive ideas. Yearly indie game festival for small studios hosted by @yogscast.games on Steam and Stream. Join the chatter https://discord.gg/DHkgAh9H4B
Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of @secondwindgroup.com Creating the video series Unpacked, and working on secret projects. Former Editor in Chief of The Escapist.
Email: nick.calandra@secondwindgroup.com
Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
Bunguin Games @bunguin.games Indie studio based in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Developer of @headlicegame.com and @coldsalvage.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2851800/Headlice/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368320/Cold_Salvage/
Dream Team Supreme 🤖 🧪 Wishlist Now! @big-adventure.bsky.social A strategic roguelike deckbuilder, pilot a giant mech and fight bizarre monsters.
Single player & co-op | Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3208500/Dream_Team_Supreme/
Join the Discord:
https://discord.gg/GaxP5z4hjn
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
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Women in Games @womeningames.bsky.social Not-for-profit organisation founded by activists for women in games and esports - shaping the future of games & the creative industry.
https://linktr.ee/womeningames_wig
Nick @thepunkwriter.bsky.social TENTACULARGAMES.SUBSTACK.COM
I’m a writer, Narrative Designer and Transmedia storyteller from Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand. Been working in games and other stories for over 8 years.
Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social ✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
✨ Wholesome Games organizer
✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
✨ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
✨ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
Jai :3 @jaimihnx.bsky.social Washed Up Streamer - Creative Writer - A Mess <3
How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social Woman & POC-led studio creating beautiful, family friendly games. Working on How Was Your Day? A supernatural coming-of-age mystery thriller set in 80s NZ about light vs dark, facing fears and finding your true self.✨Wishlist: https://shorturl.at/W2gFi
Zullie @zulliethewitch.bsky.social Big Hat lady
Soulsborne Scholar
Support me here:
https://ko-fi.com/zulliethewitch
https://patreon.com/zulliethewitch
Business rep:
leto@gamertalent.com.au
TOROA: SKYCALL OUT NOW 🌊☁️ @atawhaigames.bsky.social 🌦 tiny game studio in ōtepoti, new zealand
☁️ Toroa: Skycall is OUT NOW on Steam!
💙 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
✨ logo by @yrn-te-ao.maori.nz
Headplug Games @headpluggames.bsky.social Ōtautahi Indies making a satirical strategy game: Middle Management
https://www.headpluggames.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3661500/Middle_Management/
Crayonix Games @crayonixgames.com Rollick N' Roll is OUT NOW! 🎉
💙 https://s.team/a/3274880
🎵 @richarrest.itch.io
🌏 ōtautahi, nz
Alec Shea @alecshea.com Composer, voice actor/director and sound designer for games and animation! Also do improv. 日本語OK!
PAX @officialpax.bsky.social We host gaming conventions 🎮🎲
#PAXEast #PAXWest and #PAXUnplugged
West Badges on sale NOW: PAXwest26.com/Badges
Inquiries: paxquestions@reedpop.com
RX Privacy Policy: https://privacy.rxglobal.com/en-gb.html
Tory Games ⚢ @torygames.bsky.social 🎮 Indie Game Developer & 3D Artist
🔥 Developing a post-apocalyptic shooter in Unity3D
👉 Follow the progress & download the demo: torygames.itch.io
Code Stew @codestew.itch.io Game Dev (Programmer, Designer & Level Designer), ADHD 🇦🇺
Anti-Ai, LLMs not welcome here.
Currently developing Non-Euclidean Boomer Shooter called:
Slipgate Crisis
Game Link:
https://codestew.itch.io/slipgate-crisis
Other Socials:
linktr.ee/codestew
Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social Melee-based card combat. Epic counter attacks. An open ocean to explore. This is the nostalgic, swashbuckling adventure you've been waiting for!
Steam wishlist ⭐ https://s.team/a/3544900
Discord 💬 https://discord.gg/Es3BsqFHxH
Masked Moonlight @maskedmoonlight.bsky.social Sydney based game dev team, currently working on Viva La Grind!
Fluent Pixel @fluentpixel.bsky.social Indie game developer based in Melbourne, Australia.
Currently working on Trivia Deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2820760/Trivia_Deal/
Jayden Cusack @jaydencusack.bsky.social 🇳🇿 Founder/Editor: @gamesnight.bsky.social
Youtube Partner (600k+ Views)
Email: jayden@gamesnight.nz 🎮
GamesNight @gamesnight.bsky.social https://gamesnight.nz/
Video game news, interviews and insights with a special focus on the New Zealand gaming industry and global indie studios.
contact@gamesnight.nz
https://linktr.ee/gamesnight
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social We're an agency based around one simple issue: how do players find, buy and enjoy your PC or console game? http://www.gamediscover.co
Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate ⏳ OUT NOW @wanderervr.bsky.social Embark on an epic, VR, time travel adventure to change the course of history. Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate.⌛
✨Out now on PSVR2 & Meta Quest.
✨ Coming soon to PCVR.
👉 https://beacons.ai/wanderervr
Yogscast Games | Wishlist Glory On Pluto! @yogscast.games We play games. We publish games. We are Yogscast Games.
PlateUp! 🍽️ Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers ♣️ Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times 🪄 Dupery 🔍
yogscastgames.bio.link
Runaway Play Games @runawayplaygames.bsky.social Runaway is an independent game developer based in Ōtepoti, New Zealand. We make beautiful games inspired by the natural world. 🦋
☀️ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/3arvau5S4g
www.runawayplay.com
Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com Helping you find the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa NZ 🍦🎮 Join the Frosty Fans mailing list to stay up to date! 👉 https://frostygamesfest.beehiiv.com
frostygamesfest.com
Powered by @nz-code.nz and @strangescaffold.bsky.social 🤝🏽
Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio We're a scrappy indie team from Aotearoa making games that tingle the brain and tickle the weenus - like Burger Bois! 🍔
http://wishlist.burgerboisgame.com/
#cozygame #cookinggame #wholesomegame
Auckland Makes Games 🎮 @aucklandmakes.games AMG is a community organisation creating spaces for Auckland game developers to network, socialize, and grow.
Website ↗️ https://aucklandmakes.games/
Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games Aotearoa, New Zealand-based studio making Shape Sender Deluxe!
🟡 🟧 ⭐️
⭐️ Wishlist here ⭐️ s.team/a/2976470
NZ Game Developers Association @nzgda.bsky.social Supporting & developing the Aotearoa video games industry since 2001.
https://linktr.ee/nzgda
Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must craft ... and survive!
abioticfactor.com
Stormcloak Games @stormcloak.games Developers of http://adaptorygame.com, an upcoming base-building survival game! Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ➡ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201620/Adaptory/
Brews & Bastards | Happy Hour Update OUT NOW! @brewsandbastards.bsky.social An intoxicating dungeon crawler, overflowing with action-packed combat, potent brews and outlandish bosses. Coming to Xbox and PC | Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2556240/Brews__Bastards/ | Discord: discord.gg/2vjFq3ZxBb
Game Informer @gameinformer.com Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.
Follow our work: GameInformer.com
Yarn Spinner @yarnspinner.dev The friendly tool for game dialogue! Now in Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine + more! Made by best mates from way down under, who've worked on games from Night in the Woods to Demonschool 💚🖖🌱
https://yarnspinner.dev • http://discord.gg/yarnspinner • Human-Made
Deep Field @deepfieldgames.bsky.social Making co-op games in the cosmic dark; creators of Abiotic Factor, Unfortunate Spacemen and new things beyond.
www.deepfield.games
Guardian Maia @guardianmaia.bsky.social Guardian Maia is a Māori sci-fi story set 300 years into the future. It follows Maia, a young warrior, as she battles ancient powers, faces a poisoned world, and fights to protect her people.
Lewis Speller @dysonism.lol Partner Development Manager @PlayStation - tell me about your game! 🎮
💙 Chelsea FC ⭐⭐
Posts my own opinion etc. He/him.
World Ocean Day @worldoceanday.bsky.social One Ocean,
One Climate,
One Future – Together
EPG - Teeto OUT NOW! @eatpantgames.com We made Teeto! Grab it on Steam, PS5 and Switch 1/2 🩵 http://s.team/a/2783370
Ben Taels @bentaels.taels.net Kiwi, Dad, Human Factors Psychology PhD, & Games User Experience Research.
Director of Intended Experience: https://intendedexperience.nz/
Formerly Epic Games, Player Research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Te Manatū Waka, & Hamilton Zoo.
SoaringMoon @soaringmoon.bsky.social Worldbuilder | Author | Game Dev
Cosmic Construct Developer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3471640/Cosmic_Construct/
Kolossus Games @kolossusgames.bsky.social Solo Dev
🐝Bee Hero: Bug Blaster
🎃Redneck Brawl Turbo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1858680/Redneck_Brawl_Turbo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3061690/Bee_Hero_Bug_Blaster/
SHYFTRS ⏩️ Wishlist on STEAM @shyftrs.com A 2D hand drawn Metroidvania puzzle platformer game that will transport you to a world full of flavor and rich storytelling through gameplay.
Taskbar Titans @taskbartitans.bsky.social Taskbar Titans is a tiny idle-RPG/desktop toy that plays on your computer's taskbar.
Windows & MacOS Demos on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3477820/
Discord: discord.gg/mkKZZVZcmf
Forums: TheReckless.net
By @wtfcolt.bsky.social
NZ CODE @nz-code.nz Fostering a creative digital industry underpinned by video game development and training pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand.
@lskseymour.bsky.social @lskseymour.bsky.social 
Tomatopika @tomatopika.bsky.social トマト+ピカチュウ=トマトピカ?💕Tomato&Pikachu💕
Aspiring switch game reviewer, rating games in terms of tomatoes (Juiciness & freshness)
Live, laugh, play games & have fun
Fnife Games @fnifegames.bsky.social 🌈 Ōtautahi indies making queer narrative games: Small Town Emo (Gay GameBoy Walking Simulator) & ShelfLife: Art School Detective (Mystery Adventure Dating Sim)
sniff us at fnifegames.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app