Cane and Rinse @caneandrinse.com Making podcasts about videogames since 2011
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social Culture on computers, mostly | ✍ The Verge, FT, The Ringer, The Nation, ArtReview, Eurogamer, The Guardian, Vulture | ✉️ lewisjohngordon~at~gmail~dot~com | he/him
Coffin Parade @coffinparade.itch.io 23 | Artist and Novice indie dev
Personal Website: https://coffin-parade.neocities.org
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design | 🌏ALL✊🏾WILL⚖️RISE🌍 | Thirsty Suitors / 80 Days / Sable | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social macroeconomist and computer user at http://www.common-wealth.org, founder at www.continuousvariation.com, fellow at stanford, partisan of the republic of letters, i play the tuples and params in a jazz band
Nick Lives @slicknicklives.bsky.social Spooky Game Dev. Creative Director of @nightsignalentertainment.com. (Home Safety Hotline, Forbidden Solitaire, Night Signal + More)
He/him/Bi
Zenon @rukomaro.bsky.social Pretty sure I’m a game dev/designer
Woe Industries @woe-industries.itch.io Games on itch, apps and websites on the internet.
https://woe-industries.itch.io/
woeindustries.co
jimi @jimistine.bsky.social Hiking, playing, and making games in Brooklyn • he/him
Prev. Sound Designer at Respawn on Apex Legends (almost a Star Wars too)
Former NYU Game Center Adjunct • USC Games Alum
jimistine.com
USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social This bot posts the things that get people blocked.
For block records, we check if the blockee has recently @'d or replied to the blocker. If it matches, we redact it and post it.
Jacques (BigSeed Studio) @jythomart.bsky.social Indie Game Dev at dusk, ML Engineer during the day, exhausted dad at night.
Currently building a puzzle game where solutions usually start with your own death, check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4048270/Out_of_Body/
Alexia Mohabir 🌸 @woeandgrow.bsky.social artist ✏️ designer ✍️ game dev 🎲 + 🎮
merch shop https://woeandgrow.storenvy.com/
community + merch manager @GDoCExpo.com
they/she 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 NYC 🇬🇾🇵🇷 my mage @plausiblemage.bsky.social
woeandgrow.carrd.com 🌸 alexiamohabir.com 🌸 alexiamohabir@gmail.com
Nina_Birb @ninabirb.bsky.social Trans woman harpy who makes comics and video games.
https://ninabirb.itch.io/
Maya @may.as goddess of rot
https://may.as/
Woefully Encysted Creature @forlornencystment.bsky.social West Philadelphia. TTRPG blogger at forlornencystment.blogspot.com.
pine nuts on top. very jiggy.
Phenry Ewing @hoverbird.bsky.social Game designer/developer. Creative Director on Neo Cab (Chance Agency), Design Lead on Cat Burglar (Netflix) and developer/designer on Firewatch (Campo Santo). He/him.
Shreesha Yelameli @shreeshayelameli.bsky.social Based BotW and Balatro enjoyer
Game Writer, Narrative Designer, and Game Developer with a background in Film & TV
NYU Tisch, '27 MFA, '24 BFA
Writing portfolio website: https://shreeshayelameli.carrd.co
violet "big nasty truck" bignastytruck @bignastytruck.bsky.social coding is shit graphic design is shit all i want is revenge
https://bignastytruck.neocities.org/
https://bignastytruck.itch.io/
https://dogtoothguppyfish.neocities.org/
he/she/they
making autobio & short fiction games, game poems, and zines
Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social I make video games & arrange Baroque/late Renaissance music for solo banjo.
Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ♿️ he/him
Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social making games and doing things at PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞 (@punkcake.club)
Shotgun King, Moonpong, Hot Wax, If Letters Had Pants, SUGAR ☆ mother of cats ☆ she/her🏳️⚧️ ☆ aka "trasevol_dog"
streamers tell me about yourself here: https://forms.gle/7VEJ3oSEYdVD9Cdw7
Jon Topielski @jontopielski.bsky.social making games & doing nyu mfa in game design '27
@el-bcra.bsky.social @el-bcra.bsky.social
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
VGArtAndTidbits @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social Posting nothing but high-res scans from all aspects of video game culture while also dropping a few tidbits here and there. Everything here is scanned and cleaned specifically for this account.
Created and run by @tanookijoe.bsky.social
j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social 8/16-Bit futurist, short-term pessimist, long-term optimist. Extremely into board games, retro hardware, software, art n' punk rock. I work for a (modern) software company during the day. Sorry in advance for disappointing you. Why are you reading this
drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social author of Toothpaste For Dinner, Married To The Sea, @dasharez0ne.bsky.social etc.
podcast with @nataliedee.bsky.social: https://patreon.com/garbagebrainuniversity
join https://patreon.com/drewtoothpaste and i'll email you my comics every day
grayson @graysond.bsky.social NYC
streamer on twitch.tv/ps_garak
read this blog!! imightaswellexplainthejoke.com
Hira ✨🐉💖💜💙 (she/they) @heartofhiraeth.net Language nerd • ✍️ @thinkygames.com + @warpdoor.com + narrative games • Aventurine main • Pet mum • Always be kind ❤️
Always looking for work where I can craft worlds and expand lore 🖊️
🔗: https://heartofhiraeth.net/
---
pfp: brumirage h: blinkingkills
Dzuy Anh Đỗ @dzuyanhdo.bsky.social game developer 🛵 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2163660/Loading/
mut / moochi @mut.media
Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social 604-based underground computer arts collective est. 1994. Textmode, hirez, pixelart, music, programs... surprise us!
mistigris.org
Isabelle Smith @imissmywisdomteeth.bsky.social https://imissmywisdomteeth.itch.io
Arnold Rauers @arnoldrauers.com Hi, I’m Arnold Rauers.
Since 2012 I’m creating independent video games as Tinytouchtales.
👉 http://www.arnoldrauers.com 👈
Lex Joy @aeneas-nin.bsky.social Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Occasional game dev. Author of LEGEND OF THE RIVER KING (Boss Fight Books) and editor of FLAXMAN LOW: OCCULT DETECTIVE (MIT Press). He/him. alexanderbjoy.com
Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social Online May 22-23, 2026! A new game industry event by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed.
[untitled games event] Amsterdam @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social A space for experimental games and playable arts. A monthly Amsterdam-based 'book club' for games and conversation on play.
https://untitledgamesevent.nl
NEXT EDITION: Sun 23 August
Simon @simonchauvin.bsky.social Designer and developer of games and interactive installations. Made Éclaircies: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1356120/claircies/
gamedevjeff @gamedevjeff.pixelturkey.com indie dev. working on multiple games with @pixelturkey.com. C/Scheme/Haskell/Haxe. Interested in narrative design/storytelling. Learning 3D modelling and Godot. Co-creator of The Zen of Kayaking, a Z-Machine adventure game. Not interested in AI.
Andrew @andrewcogg.bsky.social I am a 3D Artist & Designer at Basenji Interactive and Graceful Decay. Currently working on Red Frame and an unannounced project. Previously at Lighthaus & Mixamo
https://redframegame.com
Called Dork @crawldoor.bsky.social I command computers to make precious works of art and teach others to do the same. The silicon beast must be controlled.
Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social (they/them)
queer game maker, games are bodies
phd candidate in media studies
https://jackperse.itch.io/poke-stroke-grasp
alex and crackers @alexandcrackers.bsky.social slowest gaming youtuber of all time, hobbyist 3d artist, female replyguy
31, she/her
www.youtube.com/@alexandcrackers
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Enric Granzotto Llagostera @marxistpokemon.bsky.social [he/il/ele] 👁️ Educator, researcher and game maker. 🎮🔨 PhD on alternative controllers, experimental and critical games. 🌐 https://enric.llagostera.com.br
Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social I make games (and music), and play games (and music).
One half of https://metanetsoftware.com
Cosmo D @cosmoddd.bsky.social Moves Of The Diamond Hand demo out now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/ Made Betrayal At Club Low, Tales from Off-Peak City, The Norwood Suite, Off-Peak.
Sophie 🎲🏳️⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io Makes games, dice, and other nerdy stuff ❤️
(Trans/NB/AroAce, they/them, plural, autistic)
Fedi: https://dice.camp/@Sophie
Web: https://sophiehoulden.com/
gate @gate.itch.io i make games and music and other things!
buy my game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3641010/Derelict_Star/
https://gate.itch.io/
Lars Doucet @larsiusprime.bsky.social Co-Founder at ValueBase.co
☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses.
Will McNeese @willmcneese.bsky.social Game designer. QA. Believer in the power of video games. (He/Him)
willmcneese.carrd.co
Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social Currently making 🌒 Midautumn 🌘
Available for freelance design/tech art/production
Previously @ Anima Interactive • Visai Games • Code Coven • Devolver Tumble Time
💌 sherveen@midautumngame.com
👨🏾He/They
cesca (she/they) @cesca.games I make games about intimacy & sparkles.✨
Now: Adj. Prof at UNL & part-time gardener 🌱
Prev: Code Coven, Fullbright, NYU Game Center MFA
Patrick LeMieux @alt254.bsky.social Media artist, game designer, electronic musician, and Associate Professor at UC Davis. Wrote Metagaming w/ @chouxsalad. http://linktr.ee/patricklemieux
Justin Smith @manbearcar.bsky.social Wishlist Horsey Game ya sodbuster! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3602570
Cullen @garbagefilth.bsky.social doinksoft game designer
opinions are not my own and objects in the reflection are closer than they may appear
they/them
Jennifer Juniper Stratford @telefantasytv.bsky.social Off Hollywood Creative +Video Art Studio broadcasting to the outer limits😵💫🛰️💅
Director, Cinematographer, Co-Creator of Blippo+
📡📺📡📺📡📺📡📺📡📺📡
https://www.telefantasystudios.com
Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social “Hey man I noticed you picked yoshi. Do you mind letting me have him or else.” -@pjayevans
https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/
Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social Jacobin offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Support our work and subscribe to our print magazine!
jacobin.com/subscribe
Robin Mendoza @widge-wemnin.bsky.social Then, a brane young man stood up from among the Mule Family.
Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social Comics and emoji creating cognitive (neuro)scientist at Tilburg University studying language, brains, comics, emoji & multimodality (he/him). 😮💨🫠🫥🥹🫨
www.visuallanguagelab.com
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.
walt @runningjump.games shaped like a friend. making indie arcade games as "running jump". engineer at blizzard but this is a personal account. https://runningjump.games
Zoomacroom Meadow @badpantssituation.bsky.social Cofounder of Aphelion, a creative software company
Artist, synthesizer nerd, musician, software engineer
They / them
Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social Lead Product Designer, New York Times Games ✰ Art, music, and code the rest of the time ✰ Karaoke Disney Prince✰ 🇵🇭
Andy | Pandion Games @pandiongames.com The ENNIE-nominated indie TTRPG studio behind Midnight Muscadines, Substratum Protocol, Whispers in the Walls, & more!
Store: https://pandiongames.com
Discord: https://pandiongames.com/discord
Midnight Muscadines: http://midnightmuscadines.com/
gil lawson @gil-lawson.bsky.social Computer work. I made ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER. now I’m making goblinAmerica.
https://linktr.ee/gewl
James Seetal @plausiblemage.bsky.social Game Industry Vet 🎮
Neurospicy 🧠🔥
Queer (Enby/Pan) 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
My Knight ❤️: @woeandgrow.bsky.social
✦ they/them ✦
Karthik Manickam @karthikmanickam.bsky.social "The only good economist is a self-hating economist."
Dalit scholar PhD-ing in Economics at The New School for Social Research, New York | Research Fellow at SCEPA | Political Economy, Development and Labour
Personal Account
Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends. We work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice, workers' rights, and economic inclusion.
Dragon Wasabi Potato ドラゴンワサビポテト @dragonwasabipotato.bsky.social writer, streamer | creating TELE @telegame.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/dragonwasabipotato
contributor @warpdoor.com
ambassador @safeinourworld.org
operator at Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.β
https://dawn2021.orylab.com
James Thacher @jamesthacher.bsky.social animator, teacher, and tenant organizer in Brooklyn, NY.
Contact: hello@jamesthacher.com
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
.aj RUIN Ch.O @clone.bsky.social Play RUIN and
Go Follow > @officialelectric.bsky.social
luna fox winters @foxtrotluna.social she/they | creative | all lowercase | fox
asciiwave.bsky.social @asciiwave.bsky.social gamedev & synthesizers
// currently working on GRIST: a hyper-capitalist nightmare
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2164660/Grist/
Tyler Robertson @atylerrobertson.com hi!!👋
I mostly make websites and spreadsheets
https://aTylerRobertson.com
Space Pirate Captain Haddock @beachboogeyman.itch.io 18+ || artist || pisces 😭😭😭 || he/him
an Edgar Allan Poe Anthology inside a TROMA Film
https://www.patreon.com/beachboogeyman
Tim Hutchings @timhutchings.bsky.social
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Adjunct Professor at Georgetown. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Quinten Konyn @quintenk.bsky.social I might share things I make here.
quin10ko9.com
flattened beneath the layer cake of history @fractrans.bsky.social call me books
wear a mask
thinks way too much about Caves of Qud
sff/math/cs
[th]e(y)/[th]em
Orb Strategy mode
use your Orbs in tough situations
Nifflas @nifflas.bsky.social Game developer and adaptive music specialist
nifflas.itch.io
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Max Sahin 🧠🤖🐾 @maxsahin.bsky.social I’m a behavioral scientist working to make tech reflect the best of us instead of the worst. I also train dogs in allergen detection and dog people in pedagogy and communication.
Liza Knipscher @lize.bsky.social Game dev who loves making randomly generated critters and does so as often as possible. Developing Cookie Gardening and Biolune. Owner of Meep Engine: https://www.meepengine.com/
Biolune: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/Biolune/
Dennis Greger @literalhuman.bsky.social I make Indie games in the names of Pancake Flip and WIP. Parent extraordinaire! Special interests are procgen, cultural design, and narrative. Queer and cute but still can’t post consistently.
Dan DiIorio @trampolinetales.com I have ADHD and make video games like Luck be a Landlord!
Latest release: What's the Password?
He/They. Black Lives Matter. Free Palestine.
The 3rd letter of my last name is a capital "i" not a lowercase "L."
TrampolineTales.com
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Brian Cronin @briangcronin.bsky.social Game dev working on Slumber Realm 🎲💤 @chuggagames.bsky.social
Formerly Monster Train, Natural Selection 2, Inkbound
Mackenzie (he/his/him) @catmetamackenzie.bsky.social Cataloguing librarian & games enthusiast. Ever learning & growing, views are mine but sometimes I'm wrong.
tauseefk @afloat.boats Photograph-ing and engineer-ing | He/him
https://afloat.boats/photos
bleeptrack @bleeptrack.de Creative Technologist and award-winning Artist
Speaker
Randomness Sommelier
~from generative dreams to tangible art~
~doing sidequests for a living~
#generativeart #creativecoding #opensource #maker #electronics #penplotter #solarpunk #tinyhouse
Austin Burkett @futureyou.bsky.social he/they
game trickster and noise maker
nat alison @tesseralis.site peddler of math explorables and puzzles
https://tesseralis.site
https://ko-fi.com/tesseralis
Danny Silvers @lantanadan.bsky.social Solo Dev at Lantana Games, @lantanagames.itch.io
Co-Founder of the Boston Festival of Indie Games.
Non-apologetic indie advocate.
https://lantanagames.com
sam “frame theoretician” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im