Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social Speculative writer, reader, marketing coach, tea drinker | SFWA | VP '23 | Stories in Strange Horizons, Haven Spec, Trollbreath, Ghastling |
Digging: hibiscus tea, space opera, summer peaches | she/her #specfic #sff
linktr.ee/allisonpottern | pottern.com
Ian Thomas @wildwinter.bsky.social Games, books, larp, films, rats, and shoggoths. Narrative Director. Brit in Stockholm. He/him.
Narrative Tools and Articles: https://storytools.se
THE CODEX NOIRMATIC @thecodexnoirmatic.bsky.social Daniel Vega / Illustrator
worldbuilding TERRA HYPNAGOGICA
https://linktr.ee/codexnoirmatic
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.
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Chris Martens @chrisamaphone.bsky.social mostly not here, but there: https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone
Scott Rettberg @srettberg.bsky.social Director of the Center for Digital Narrative, leader of the Extending Digital Narrative project, professor of Digital Culture at the University of Bergen. Author of electronic literature and other curious things.
igor.sarzynski @srznsk.bsky.social creative director for cyberpunk 2 / necrocapitalism / the stories we tell ourselves / the cyberpunk we live in / all views are my own
https://www.instagram.com/srznsk/
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Nina Kim @rainysector.bsky.social Senior Designer at Rare
Alicia Fortier @batteringham.bsky.social GDC Talk: Bear Hugs and Dev Tears https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/bear-hugs-and-dev-tears-building-stories-for-cozy-grove-camp-spirit/907863
Lead game designer for Cozy Grove; Camp Spirit, scavenger of knick-knacks. ❤️🐌
https://linktr.ee/aliciafortier
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. 💜
Elaine Gómez ✨ @elainegomez.bsky.social 🎮 Founder & Game Director | Midnight Hour Games
🇵🇷🇩🇴 President | Latinx in Gaming
✨BAFTA Breakthrough US 2024
🪶Enrolled tribal member, Higuayagua Taino of the Caribbean
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
William Chyr @chyr.bsky.social Artist and game developer. Directed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago.
https://studiochyr.com/
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
🎮 CD sona bona
💫 Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
🍊 Spanish in UK
💼 Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
✌🏼 she/her
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social 
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play.
Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design.
Rolling Hills 🍣 | Fetch my Blade 🐕 🗡️
Natasha Miller @natashamiller.bsky.social 
klawdd @klawdd.bsky.social 
Zack Hiwiller @zackhiwiller.com 20+ years as a professional game designer. Author. Football official. Board gamer. Dog lover. I was the main character of video games internet for two days in 2010. Opinions are always my own. No one else would take credit for them.
Elaine @muselle.bsky.social Studio Director @ HeartLoop Games | Faculty and Coordinator @ IVGD - Dawson College | Coordinator @ Pixelles | She/Her | Game Dev Mom
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games
Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Tomo Moriwaki @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social Our shared fiction is our reality, so... let's take better care of it. Long time game designer. Most noteworthy impact: creative director of Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
Jon Remedios @jonremedios.bsky.social Toronto based game designer/developer.
SSMP. Marc. Gone Vroom. A pile of digital trash that's disappeared.
Working on new stuff. Still missing Miitomo.
Abhi | Venba @brownmoney.bsky.social Creative Director at Visai Games
Making games that tell intimate stories with interesting mechanics, like Venba!
Marcus Montgomery @marcusingames.bsky.social Creative Director / Game Design Director @cstoneintstudio
www.sleepy-genius.com
Darth Mel @melrambles.bsky.social Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Pam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Core Game Design Team, #CosmereRPG
Ennie-winning/Nebula Finalist
#ffxiv: Balmung queer, fanfic writer
business: pam.punzalan@gmail.com
https://thedovetailor.carrd.co/
Radiant Citadel • Spire/Heart • Hunter • TSL • Cosmere • BitD: The Dagger Isles
Roxanne Blouin-Payer @rbpayer.bsky.social Game Designer, Crochet-lover, RPG fanatic
Andreia Gonçalves @andreiag.bsky.social Sr Social Systems Designer at @EA Full Circle, working on @skate. Previously on @PlantsvsZombies. 🇵🇹🇨🇦 she/her. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/andreiagg
Chris Proctor @dorukai.bsky.social Core gameplay designer and design director
Design Director @ Guerrilla Games
Ex-Bungie, 343 Industries, 2K Marin, Funcom, Bigworld
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. 🎲 they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
@squirreleiserloh.bsky.social @squirreleiserloh.bsky.social 
Graeme Lennon @gfsl.bsky.social 
@tylermakesgames.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social 
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Friedemann Allmenröder @friedemanna.bsky.social ✨ Artist and Game Designer
🎮 made Superflight, ISLANDERS, Pizza Possum & SUMMERHOUSE
👨💻 currently SLOTS & DAGGERS
🎰 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/
Tiny Glade 🏰🌿 @pouncelight.bsky.social #TinyGlade is a small relaxing diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins.
🐑 http://s.team/a/2198150
💌 https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/
Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social Climate/AI/labor/death researcher in Oakland. Luddite
I wrote a book about how techno-solutionism fails us in this life + beyond https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/
www.tamarakneese.com
Jacqueline Ashwell @isquiesque.bsky.social Jacq of all trades, master of some. I enjoy playing & making games, listing to & making music, nature & architecture photography, science and tech, making things, and cats. Born in the Midwest, formerly of Appalachia, Alaska, Cascadia, and Hawai`i.
Stephane Bura @stephanebura.com Game design consultant and theorist.
Stories, worldbuilding, puzzles.
he/him
Joshua Grams @joshgrams.bsky.social Organic farmer, programmer, hobby gamedev, etc.
Ricky Llamas @daemond.bsky.social Reformed journalist and code monkey. Previously did Game Narrative Things for Cliffhanger Games on Black Panther. Formerly at Arkane. All viewpoints are my own unless stolen.
rickyllamas.com
Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social Game dev. Maker of UNFAIR FLIPS; FISH FEAR ME; SNAKE FARM; MEATPUNKS series. Lead at @deadbodygames.bsky.social. Enemy of posting. (she/her)
Avatar by @maximumgraves.bsky.social
AI and Games @aiandgames.com Hype-free analysis and deep-dives into AI for game development.
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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social Hello Games founder. Light No Fire, No Man's Sky, Joe Danger, The Last Campfire
https://www.nomanssky.com/
David Dunham @radiofreelunch.bsky.social Software and game designer (Six Ages, King of Dragon Pass, Opal). My new game, Thousand Hells: the Underworld Heists https://store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/Thousand_Hells_The_Underworld_Heists/ is out on 8 September!
Zoyander Street @zoyander.cc artist-researcher https://zoyander.cc
creator https://intrapology.com
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teamLFG @teamlfgstudios.bsky.social 
teamLFG @teamlfg.bsky.social 
Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net Retired professor of mathematics and computer science, casino consultant, author of 4 books: 3 on casino games & 1 poetry book. Now I volunteer, walk a lot & feed local critters.
Climate blog: climatecasino.net
Casino blog: advancedadvantageplay.com
@t-amat.bsky.social @t-amat.bsky.social 
Joshua McCoy @deftjams.bsky.social SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
Garrett Stevens @garrettorious.bsky.social Tech Artist, Game Developer, Prototyper, Maker of stuff.
Connor Fallon @connorf.bsky.social I make games, sometimes they turn out okay. Workin’ on RnD at Riot, and Pro Philosopher 2
alex @metadept.bsky.social game dev, opinions questionable, liker of kind and earnest things, previously: Starbound, Bungie, teamLFG, currently: something smaller and weirder
Eric Butler @zantifon.bsky.social Game dev and computer scientist
https://www.ericbutler.net/
RalphTheBard @ralphthebard.bsky.social Computer Engineer | Game Dev | Storyteller
Senior SDET @ teamLFG
Previously @ Bungie, Archetype & Nintendo
Greg Peng @gregcpeng.bsky.social Game designer
ソニー株式会社
Kristin Siu @teahamster.bsky.social Senior engineer, game developer, tea drinker, & intrepid hamster HCI/AI PhD. She/her
Janice 🐸 @jchusketch.bsky.social teamLFG
Hey guess what? I nightshade and glaze everything. Im bi 😘
🚫AI/ NFT
Tomonori Kinoshita @tkblingx2.bsky.social Senior Design Lead at @Bungie working on unannounced project. Shoes, sports, video games and cats. @Ms5000Watts ❤️
Aadi Jain @matrixcreator.bsky.social A Creator & life long learner • Technical Designer • Unreal Engine Mentor • Game Developer
Evan Balster 🍂 @art.imitates.life they/them. 🪗 game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
🏠 @evan@merveilles.town
Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social Man on a mission to find and preserve the rarest and most obscure films ever made. Posts mostly film & TV related content.
Jenni Polodna @hamsterdisco.bsky.social one time I started a small fire inside the Williams Street microwave by being a complete idiot
hope you wanna read bloosks about my baby
Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social Anthropologist at Stockholm University. Senior historian, Firaxis. Water, ghosts, ruins, games. สนใจเรื่องไทย แม่น้ำโขง
https://andrewalanjohnson.com
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mekong-dreaming
Kathleen Tuite @kaflurbaleen.bsky.social i don't know about this
Jamie Rollins @jamiekrollins.bsky.social Enjoy every sandwich.
Dan Fabulich @dan.choiceofgames.com I work at https://www.choiceofgames.com/
FAB-you-litch. he/him
@ayoitselaine.bsky.social @ayoitselaine.bsky.social ˙ ͜ʟ˙ ✌︎ artist in games and animation. currently at teamLFG/Sony
https://elaine-folio.blogspot.com/p/fyui.html
Geoffrey Long, Ph.D. @geoffreylong.bsky.social Storyteller, scholar, consultant. Loving son, husband and father. Kindhearted mischief-maker.
pandagon @pandagon.bsky.social 
@strayphrases.bsky.social @strayphrases.bsky.social 
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
Infectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social Infectious disease news.
Sharing reports on outbreaks, from bird flu to Ebola.
Now on Substack :)
https://outbreakanalyst.substack.com/
John Robert Matz - Composer, Brass, Voice @johnrobertmatz.bsky.social Composer, Voice Actor.
Voice of Wandersong's Bard, music for Tchia, For The King 1 & 2, Mythgard, Ambition: A Minuet in Power, Star Trek: Warp, and more!
melody @melodyxwang.bsky.social pro nerd, grateful | making frog-type narratives @ teamLFG | usc games alum | she/her
Rosebridges Starchuk Code @rstarchukcode.com 🧠 Neuroeconomic Rearchitect
🦠 @ooooozenet @thebloomening
👁️ @innerpsycorp @withmylittlesky
👻 @lespionagenet
🌬️ Scaling cocreative businesses into next economies now
HP Bookcraft @hpbookcraft.bsky.social 38. She/they. Folklore, horror, hauntology. Master's in Gothic literature. Keeper of wayward books, editor, and thing that goes bump in the night.
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Élika Ortega @elikaortega.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Spanish
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Mexican in the US.
Posts in Spanglish.
https://elikaortega.net
Zach Whalen @zachwhalen.bsky.social Associate Professor teaching Digital Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
↪ zachwhalen.net
John T. Murray @lucidbard.bsky.social He/him. Assoc. Professor of Games and Digital Media, UCF. Co-PI NSF Virtual Experience Research Accelerator. VR, AI, Interactive Narratives, Authoring Platforms. Co-author of Flash: Building the Interactive Web, Adventure Games: Playing the Outsider
Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Nina Freeman @ninamarie.bsky.social Game Dev for 14 years - Principal Narrative Designer for Dontnod MTL/Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, also makes indie games like Cibele, Last Call, how do you Do It? etc etc | stream: twitch.tv/ninamarie | games: ninasays.so
myNoise @mynoise.bsky.social Explore a wide range of immersive and customizable soundscapes to improve focus, relaxation, and sleep. Create your ideal audio environment with noise generators, nature sounds, and ambient music. Created with passion by Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon.
Alex Swaim @cidolfas.bsky.social I think about procedural/emergent narrative systems for games a lot. https://www.hypermagical.com/
Brianna @mc.horse Engineering manager & ML engineer, former paleontologist. Building story games with NLP and other fun tools at Hidden Door.
Jac Yee @yeeitsme.bsky.social gameplay designer @teamLFG✨ prev Bungie, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, I make comics sometimes 😷 mask up! (she/they)
https://www.jacquelinepyee.com/
Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social game developer, yuri enthusiast, your beloved problematic girlfriend
Sara Eliza Johnson @saraelizaj.bsky.social author of BONE MAP (National Poetry Series/Milkweed 2014) and VAPOR (Milkweed 2022), vagabond, black hole, all around disappointment
mcc @dryad.technology glitch girl — I do not trust this place and would prefer you follow me on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mcc — A mixtape for you: https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/feed/listening-to — Avatar by @urnash.com — 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 — she/her