AoAb @aoab-hugo.bsky.social • Game dev / PHD student in video game creation
• Working on an urban utopian CRPG !
📖Text based
👺Internal skills about the city and the self
😱New weird
🌃Urban utopia
He/Any
QC/FR
linktr.ee/AoAb_Hugo
PP : Yann Frey
Réseau Hexagram / Network @reseauhexagram.bsky.social Réseau interdisciplinaire et international de recherche-création en arts, cultures et technologies. // International and interdisciplinary research-creation network in arts, cultures and technologies.
Financé par le @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Sally 🔜 AdventureX @sirin.bsky.social Co-founder @tarinoi.bsky.social - an upcoming narrative design platform for the full game lifecycle
software dev + ui/ux + game tools • lifts things • svenska med fel och allt
🔹prev: tools engineer @ za/um
🔸now: building cool things @ https://tarinoi.com
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social 🍊 Founder of http://blendogames.com
🍊 Most recent release: SKIN DEEP http://blendogames.com/skindeep
🍊 Co-founder https://glitch.city
tarinoi 🔜 AdventureX @tarinoi.bsky.social We're building Tarinoi, the integrated platform for narrative design and production support.
🔹 Designed and built by @sirin.bsky.social and @petteri-sulonen.bsky.social
🔸 Explore, check out our devblog and get in touch at https://tarinoi.com
🇫🇮 / 🇬🇧
GAMERella @gamerella.bsky.social GAMERella is the world’s longest running annual game jam and workshop series focusing on supporting marginalized game creators and aspiring game makers.
https://linktr.ee/GAMERella
Nyssa S. @mininyssa.bsky.social Writer for video games, film, and television. Until recently, writing at ZA/UM on ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies. Also hobbyist illustrator, medical history enthusiast, and short king. Any pronouns, embrace entropy.
Steve Wilcox @stevewilcox.bsky.social Associate Professor of Critical Game Design @ WLU | Prosocial Game Designer | I research how to mobilize knowledge through play https://www.helloworlds.ca/projects
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Gerald Voorhees @gerald-voorhees.bsky.social (he/him) Critical/cultural games studies. Associate Professor of Communication Arts at U Waterloo. Disabled, biracial Chinese-American rhetorician in Canada.
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator @ University of San Francisco.
Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD, Computational Media).
UX: jazztap.github.io | Games: jatazak.itch.io
Queer Communist Game Jam ☭ @queercomgames.bsky.social International Game Jam organized from Cuba 🇨🇺
“Let’s start a queer, communist, game industry revolution.”
🎮 itch.io/jam/queercomgames2026
📝 instagram.com/queercomgames
👾 https://discord.gg/sZkfS9NtG
Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social 「Otaku W/O Borders」
I write things and put them on the internet.
📧: eyezehuhh @ gmail dot com
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social Vagabond game maker. TIGSource, Gametrekking, Loneliness, Game Poems, etc. https://jordanmagnuson.itch.io/
Indrani @indrani.bsky.social 🕹️ Game designer @durontogames.bsky.social
🎲 Community @blacktabbygames.com, @sunsetvisitor.studio
🐉 Co-founder @desisndragons.bsky.social
🌍 Find me @ indrani.me
🏳️🌈 She/they 📍Mumbai, India 😴 Probably tired
pantaloon | ROLLA OUT SEP 30 🚨 @pantaloon.io Game label and home for misfits.
Get bold and bizarre #indiegames to your inbox every month👇
www.pantaloon.io
Follow on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Pantaloon?action=follow
Sweet Baby Inc @sweetbabyinc.com Hey there! We’re a small narrative development studio, working on projects of all sizes and genres across the games industry! ✨
Find out more about what we do at sweetbabyinc.com!
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the stories of his culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/Dreams_on_a_Pillow/
Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games Indie narrative games publisher. Host of #LudoNarraCon. On a journey to discover innovative story-driven games.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/fellowtravellergames
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
J. J. Aumercier @jeanju.bsky.social Prof de philo (lycée Ella Fitzgerald à Saint Romain en Gal) et doctorant (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ISJPS) sur les liens entre jeu vidéo et pensée morale.
https://theses.fr/s385320
Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social 
Alexia Mohabir 🌸 @woeandgrow.bsky.social Artist ✏️ Designer ✍️ Game Dev 🎲+🎮
Community + Merch Manager @GDoCExpo.com
they/she 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 NYC 🇬🇾🇵🇷 My Mage ❤️ @plausiblemage.bsky.social
Merch Shop https://woeandgrow.storenvy.com/ 🌸 woeandgrow.carrd.com 🌸 alexiamohabir.com 🌸 alexiamohabir@gmail.com
Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com quit tech to make the most stupid game possible
🏩 Building Relationships 🏘️
indie dev - GDC Speaker - He/Him 🏳️🌈
pole dances to video game music
pls wishlist 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships
𝕲𝖆𝖝 @gaxix.bsky.social ✦Guy-Pascal Vallez
✦Illustrator / AD / Cover Artist ✦
✉ gaxixx@gmail.com
🪶 https://ko-fi.com/gaxix
https://linktr.ee/Gaxix 👀
#art #ttrpg
Darrington Press @darringtonpress.bsky.social Tabletop publishing company of Critical Role.
From our table to yours, creating games and art books to inspire and empower storytellers everywhere!
Mei-Li Coolan @meili.coolan.games 🦦 Freelance Games Producer
🐕 IGDA-F Next Gen Leaders Cohort Coordinator & NGL Alum '24
🐦⬛ Volunteer Org. and Art for brIGDA
🦭 Hobby Artist, Cosplayer, and Zinester @UncannyTitans
♏ She/Her • 🩷💜💙 • 媽媽
🗺️ Meeanjin 🖤💛❤️ (Brisbane, Australia) • AEST
Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|🇹🇹🇺🇸|💌 AFNarratives@gmail.com
😺 Cat Mom 😺
afnarratives.carrd.co
J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social Game Writer–Narrative Designer 📚🎮✍🏻
PORTFOLIO: http://jisaacgadient.com
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/jisaacgadient
VII @ventiique.bsky.social Pixel artist.
business ➤ ventiqueart@gmail.com
Buy my prints in InPrnt! 35% OFF
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ventiique/
Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social making quiet art in a loud world
djamilaknopf.com/store
hardtrip @hardt.rip https://hardt.rip
main dev for https://monsanima.itch.io/
also make music https://hardtrip.bandcamp.com
and https://zidizhu.github.io/pubcrawl/
Meagan ᐋᐱᐦᑕᐃᐧᑯᓯᓵᓂᐢᑫᐧᐤ @thatmegbee.bsky.social Apihtawikosisân (Fed: Métis Nation of Ontario), 2S indiginerd doing weird-ish things. Slowly healing from burnout/ME/CFS.
Lead Designer at Achimostawinan Games (go play "Hill Agency: PURITYdecay")
https://linktr.ee/meaganbyrne
Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social Award winning Director of Marketing & Communications in #GameDev
IGDA, BAFTA, Canadian Game Awards Judge.
Speaker, Educator, Advocate, Snacker & Flâneur!
Reach out if you want to work together or need help.
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
Laureline Chiapello @laurelinemhc.bsky.social Game Designer | Narrative Design Professor at NAD-UQAC
Research-creation, inclusive games, and cultural citizenship. 🎮🧁
🔗 laulgame.itch.io
🔗 https://cltrs.start.page
☕ support me: https://ko-fi.com/laurelinemhc
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social 📟 Sociologist studying nostalgia to reimagine the future. Club Penguin, Frutiger Aero, and the "vision" & "value" of y2k-inspired thrift stores.
🌟 Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
🚀 https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social Fantasy artist based in Beijing.
✉️ anya.chalina.illustrations@gmail.com
Portfolio: https://anyachalina.myportfolio.com/gallery
Other Links: https://linktr.ee/anyachalina
inkle @inkle.co Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink; home of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope podcast..
Games: TR-49, A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Expelled, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery, and Pendragon.
🔗 inkle.co
Eric "Godji" G. @ericgojard.bsky.social Software dev, bad puns, lots of random topics.
Dog dad which qualifies for dad jokes.
Multiplayer tech at Ubisoft.
Opinions are mine but help yourselves, I have many left.
He/Him/The Mildly Surprising Shrimp-Man.
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.
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Kylie @kymira.ca Tech writer, game maker, art drawer. Blogging to keep the old internet alive: kymira.ca
One half of Studio Wtchcrft: @wtchcrft.com
Avatar by @catarinaeusebio.art
Banner by me
Anthony « iamleyeti » Jauneaud @iamleyeti.bsky.social Narrative Director @ actezéro, a narrative services agency (consulting, auditing, writing, and more)
Came up with words for FLAT EYE, NIGHT CALL, DORDOGNE, HARMONY: FALL OF REVERIE, ASTRAL ASCENT…
he/him | 🏳️🌈
Pixelles @pixellesmtl.bsky.social Nonprofit empowering more women & other underrepresented genders in game development. Volunteer-run and based out of Montréal (Canada), we organize free career development opportunities — in-person and online.
ℹ️ http://pixelles.ca
✉️ info@pixelles.ca
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
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.
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social 👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
Zara H Art @zarahartist.bsky.social SWANA ☪️ Illustrator, MTG. email: zara.h.art223@gmail.com Private commissions through patreon ONLY. (Commercial commissions always open email in my linktree). Patreon: http://patreon.com/za_ra_h
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/za_ra_h_
violet! 🐝 @vippori.bsky.social 3D Artist, Animator, Game Dev & Lowpoly Girl. 💜
support me 💜 https://ko-fi.com/vippori
portfolio 🎨 vippori.com
animations 🎬 youtube.com/@vippori
contact: vippori3d@gmail.com
she/her
Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com Mapping and documenting collective movements by game workers striving to improve their working conditions.
https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/
kheehoon chan Needs Work @crapstacular.bsky.social freelance writer //
author of Mouthwashing: Design Works, contributor @rascal.news, @funland.itch.io, Wand Report //
NYVGCC award, TGA Future Class '21 //
https://linktr.ee/kheehoonchan //
#freepalestine #milkteaalliance #六月四号 //
they/them
Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com Dedicated to discovering and sharing hyper specific curated game lists. All human curated.
Created by @farfama.bsky.social
exhibitplay.com
Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social Narrative shenanigans:
🔨Virtue and a Sledgehammer
🏹Many Nights a Whisper
🔮Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
🍸Red Strings Club
🐶Gods Will Be Watching
🎨 @marineteta.bsky.social
🎹 @fingerspit.bsky.social
✍ @jordidepaco.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/deconstructeam
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
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Visai Games | Venba is Available now!! @visaigames.bsky.social Toronto based studio working on telling intimate stories with interesting mechanics.
Our first game was the award winning Venba! 
CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social Organisation de travailleu·ses·rs de l'industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal. Building community and organizing workers.
https://gwumtl.com/
Mastodon: @gwumtl@union.place
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio sunsetvisitor.studio makes diverse narrative games through the lens of speculative fiction.
1000xRESIST | s.team/a/1675830/
Prove You're Human | s.team/a/4533950
DISCORD: discord.gg/sunsetvisitor
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 | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Simogo @simogo.com Lorelei and the Laser Eyes • Sayonara Wild Hearts • SPL-T • The Sailor’s Dream • DEVICE 6 • Year Walk • Beat Sneak Bandit • Bumpy Road • Kosmo Spin
simogo.com
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Godot Engine @godotengine.org Your free, open-source game engine 🎮🛠️
Develop your 2D & 3D games, cross-platform projects, or even XR ideas!
🔗 https://links.godotengine.org/
Jonathan Lessard @glandeurlessard.bsky.social Chaire de recherche en design de jeu (Concordia)
Créateur-Chercheur-Glandeur
jonathanlessard.net
lablablab.net
www.game-design.ca
Mark @mrkflpwch.bsky.social Don't know what I'm here for yet.