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
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Tek Monkey @tekmonkey.bsky.social I like programming. A lot. I also like tech, scifi, fantasy, playing games, reading books, growing trees from seed, sailing, swimming and diving. Happiest under, in or around water
Andrew Willmott @andrewwillmott.bsky.social Machynlleth / London
Graphics / Systems / R&D
Work: Helioflow, Odyssey, Wayve, Football Manager, Spore, SimCity, Sims
https://github.com/andrewwillmott
https://www.andrewwillmott.com
https://soundcloud.com/radiator-8/albums
Keith Evans @kaynsd.itch.io Keith. Technical Designer & Game Developer. [he/him/his]
C# Programmer and Systems Architect.
Procedural Generator Generator.
Technically Swedish Now.
Dilettante and Dabbler. Possibly a Wizard.
Mastodon: [@kaynSD@peoplemaking.games]
Itch: [kaynsd.itch.io]
tom @tomhunt.bsky.social game dev. did some ui programming on BATTLETECH and Halo. made a few indie games a while back. pretty good with Unity and C++. currently learning Godot, messing around with pixel art, and cooking plants. not actively looking for work, but open to collab.
Elbi @elbi.bsky.social "Michael" · game dev since '12 · June's Journey, SelfCare, Ghost Detective, others · freelance design/code · 💜 purple, boardgames, cats · @derElbi elsewhere
he/him or they/them
Berlin 🇩🇪 & Vienna 🇦🇹
Alex B @alsoldhammer.bsky.social Nerdy lefty, likes to paint Warhammer.
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
Jonathan. @twoscomplement.brnz.org Ones, zeroes, 🌱s, etc
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Immanuel Cunt @sheogorath.bsky.social she/her, robotics test engineer. angry dyke. crochet slut. team jacob. nationality depends on which government i'm currently angriest at.
Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.
Sophie Kirschner @pinemach.bsky.social I'm just learning as I go.
Harrison G. Pink @gilespink.bsky.social Award-winning Game Designer. Lead Narrative Designer - @shinyshoegames.bsky.social. Tall Bermudian 🇧🇲. Tiki-drink enjoyer. Prev: Cyan (Myst, Riven), Blizzard (Diablo IV), Telltale (TWD, TFTBL), 2K (Mafia III) - www.harrisonpink.com - NO AI NO NFTs
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social They/Them
Technical Narrative Designer at Fenris Creations (formerly known as CCP Games) | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
Red Blob Games @redblobgames.com Hi! I'm Amit Patel. I explain algorithms and math with interactive web pages (incl. pathfinding, hexagons, procgen maps, voronoi). Wrote Solar Realms Elite; helped w/Barren Realms Elite and Realm of the Mad God. https://www.redblobgames.com/
Niels NTG @niels-ntg.bsky.social 🍅✊🇳🇱🇪🇺
Senior Developer and UX designer at Learnbeat.nl + Researcher of PCG & Computational Creativity. Passion for art, technology, games and science.
Personal website: nielspoldervaart.nl
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
Jonathan Brodsky @jonbrodsky.bsky.social miniatures, synthesizers, and labor for videogames
blog: notes.jonathanbrodsky.com
shop: https://ko-fi.com/jonathanbrodsky
Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz; co-founder, Jank.cool. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
avashly @ashleyalicea.com games program manager @unity.com ▪ indie dev ▪ surfskater ▪ prev: global game jam, indiecade ▪ she/her ▪ boricua 🇵🇷
🌴 Los Angeles, CA
🌐 ashleyalicea.com
Davin Pavlas @davin.bsky.social he / him
http://davin.moe
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.
Fiona Shyne @fiabot.bsky.social I am a Ph.D Student at Northeastern University studying computational tools for Table Top Role Playing Games.
Mia Booker ✨ Hitman.tutorart @hitmantutor.bsky.social 28 | She/Her | Concept Artist | Comms Open | sometimes I post art
Instagram: hitman.tutorart
http://miabooker.art
https://vgen.co/hitmantutor
Landon Noss @landon.wtf Innovation and Engineering leadership @ SIEA/PlayStation (HERE UNOFFICIALLY, NOT MY EMPLOYERS POSTS), former Obama.org Eng director, 24 years in the industry and counting. Rooting for you. Make magic, make art. AMA.
Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social Short, round, tattooed, Gen X academic with a game dev past. TTRPGs, art, sketching, movies, minis, dogs, tattoos, metal, lefty politics, snark and memes. Goth adjacent but #NotaGoth. Fully anti-AI. Probably neurospicy. She/her.
nell @nellraban.com a woman with no common sense
æon @aeon.bsky.social gamedev: The Black Tower, Slayers X, Gatefold, Folia
https://icosahedron.website/@aeonofdiscord
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Cyryl Szmit - Making Monasterium @cyrylsz.4fs.dev Indie dev working on Monasterium 🧱💻
Professionally - Wingspan, Lead Programmer 🦜
Human who:
-works on games all day🎮
-struggles to keep everyday happy🌞🌦️
-codes for a living and hobby💻🤓
🇬🇧🇵🇱🇺🇦🌈
Join Monasterium discord: https://discord.gg/tZnYCQRnbV
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
Riley @xaunaught.bsky.social Previously Senior Game Design @lumiinteractive
Current freelance Unity Engineer
he / they
Queer
Chronically ill
Opinions and ramblings are my own.
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
Two Cows @twocowsgames.bsky.social Prev: Contract Ex-dev Production Assistant @Bungie
Love:
Vidya Games.
VO artistry.
Destiny the Game.
Sounders.
Bio-pariah.
Hot takes galore. A little bit sorry for them! 🤷
harper! @vulpineonline.com animator, 3D & tech artist 🦊
curr: 🦇.❤️ | ✨ open for work ✨
prev: Robot Circus (Keywords)
26/she 🏳️⚧️
Adrienne @adriennehw.bsky.social seattleite in socal, i work in ux design leadership, views are my own 😌 they/them 🏳️🌈 this space is mostly for me to decompress but you’re welcome to hang out
Lee Guille @writeleewrite.bsky.social Communications & PR Director ROCKFISH Games and @everspace.game. Previously Evolve PR, Offworld Industries, Beamdog, Blastworks.
Secret crafter. Seeker of fine microbrew. Someday screenwriter. Probably real. He/Him.
Dave Goel @daveg29.bsky.social AI Researcher/Game developer
Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social Bitch 😎 lover 😽 child 👼 mother 🦾 sinner 👹 saint 🎅 sometimes feel ashamed 🧚♂️
Caryl Shaw 🚫👑 @caryl.net Game Dev (ret.)
Bourbon, pets, family (not in that order)
Oakland, CA
mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social synth tinkerer (plinky); nvidia research (InstantNGP/NeRF); cofounder MediaMolecule (Dreams, LittleBigPlanet); demoscene/vj (statix/bluespoon)
Arunpreet Sandhu @candhusandhu.bsky.social Just a dude trying to code and feed some cats.
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
Joshua McCoy @deftjams.bsky.social SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
M Charity @mastermilkx.bsky.social Just a they/them programmer | Assistant Professor at University of Richmond
Github: http://github.com/MasterMilkX
Itch: http://mastermilkx.itch.io
leggy @leggystarscream.bsky.social Dr. Stella, PhD. Former academic, current speedrunner. Loves ProcGen, RPGs and randomizers. Non-practicing Disney Adult. Helps with @therpgvalkyries.bsky.social and @powerupwithpride.bsky.social (she/they)
Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv 🩸 CITY COUNCIL OF DARKNESS
☀️ GLADLANDS
☁️ CLOUDWARD, HO!
⚡️TITAN TAKEDOWN
💅DUNGEONS & DRAG QUEENS S2
✨MISFITS & MAGIC
💥NEVER STOP BLOWING UP
🧙🏿♂️ FANTASY HIGH
🧠MENTOPOLIS
📖 NEVERAFTER
🚀 STARSTRUCK ODYSSEY
dropout.tv/shows/dimension-20
Julian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social AI and Games Researcher at NYU. Head of AI at Nof1.
Mitu Khandaker @mitukhandaker.com Brit in NYC • Game Designer & Engineer • Prof NYU Game Center • Director, NYC Game Design Future Lab • Frmer co-founder/CEO, Glow Up Games • Dr of VR • #blacktranslivesmatter • i share my dreams with ghosts- M Bluesky Moderation Service @moderation.bsky.app Official Bluesky moderation service. https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines
Giselle Rosman @jazzrozz.bsky.social She/her
Naarm, Tantalus/Keywords Australia. Game dev mum , mum worried about the death of the planet. I like birds, trees, and kindness. Former GGJ and IGDA Melbourne Lead
Iain Hendry @iainhendry.bsky.social KILL YR IDOLS - A HUNTER IS NEVER ALONE
writer, designer
savvy @savviest.bsky.social 8 years & counting in the games industry
28 - INFJ - she/her
I’d rather be AFK in limsa lominsa rn
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
Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com Snarkmonger. Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group.
he/him.
Get my opinionated take on AWS news: http://lastweekinaws.com/t/
Signal: 833-AWS-BILL (833-297-2455)
J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com He/him. Game Designer. Co-Founder at Minor Key Games, Senior Programmer at Gearbox. Married to @spiffysteph.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/piratehearts
✅🧠
🚫✨
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Brie @briechindeyerle.bsky.social Game dev, Chrono Trigger enthusiast, theatre kid
Current: making an indie game about healers; GDC Advisory Board member
Previously: Gameplay Engineering Manager @ Riot Games R&D; Halo Infinite Multiplayer Bots Lead @ 343 Industries
www.briechindeyerle.com
Have A SPU-ky Halloween, Everyone @okonomiyonda.bsky.social 一所懸命HW設計者のふりをやっとる現代のC++が大嫌いなSWの開発者。FPGAのGPUと家庭用ゲーム機の設計、うちの猫(ニュートリノ+コスモス)、百人一首、競技かるた、お箏の演奏、ゲーム開発、抹茶＋和菓子
投稿は私個人の意見で、会社を代表するものやない
https://fpga.maisonikkoku.com
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Troy Humphreys @totallytroy.bsky.social Principal Gameplay Programmer @ Lightspeed L.A. My thoughts are my own ;)
Dianna 🇩🇴 @grlpants.bsky.social IP/Partnerships Producer | #gamedev
D&D #DM & #TTRPG Player|
Red Mage & Spoony Bard
AfroLatina & #Bronx as fug | 🇩🇴
She/ Her
#Dragonage is Life
Reformed Theater Nerd |
Owner of @thesecretlantern.bsky.social
Still Fighting.
https://solo.to/grlpants
Paul Kilduff-Taylor @mode7games.bsky.social indie games // electronic music // words
Mode 7 // nervous_testpilot + _ensnare_ // Mode Collapse
mode7.games - indie games
nervoustestpilot.com - electronic music
modecollapse.com - words
Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please don’t tell anyone I’m here, I’m just trying to exist 🤫 they/them
my DMs are broken
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social Game Writer–Narrative Designer 📚🎮✍🏻
PORTFOLIO: http://jisaacgadient.com
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/jisaacgadient
Bryanna Lindsey @glittervelocity.bsky.social Lead VFX artist at bad robot games, formerly insomniac, Disney, volition, ZOS, and others. VES member. Game developer, artist, accessibility advocate. I love cool explosions, neat shaders, my husband, my cat and my dog.
Http://bryannalindsey.net
Melissa Kay Mars @mechamelissa.bsky.social emmy-winning game dev on the next bioshock. prev: silent hill, twd, minecraft, halo infinite, TFR. ux/ui. miniaturist. artificer. writer. 👻🖤⚔️
Jeff Ward @fuzzybinary.bsky.social Staff Software Engineer - Flutter and Game SDKs at Datadog. Game industry ex-pat (Bethesda, Orbus, Fire Hose). Hobbyist indie dev and board game design. Dart embedder.
See more content on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@fuzzybinary
Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social Actions Speak Louder Than Words
✍️ Systemic Narrative Designer
🧭 Quest designer and world builder
🧠 Psychology and Sociology in #GameDesign
Currently @ Highdive Games
"Quest Giving" from CRC Press AVAILABLE NOW!
Jeff Orkin @jefforkin.bsky.social Cofounder @ Bitpart.ai. Ex: Drift, Giant Otter, Monolith, Sierra. AI Lead for FEAR and NOLF2. MIT Media Lab alum
Will Goldstone @willgoldstone.bsky.social Snr Design Director @unitygames Unity nerd since 2006. Indie Dev, Delorean nerd, Author, SYNTHWΔVE artist. Views mine! he/him. @willgoldstone on the twits.
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Phil Carlisle @zoombapup.bsky.social Researcher in AI, primarily for games. Uses LLM's and other Models for practical things in 3D. Unreal Engine specialist and co-author of a bunch of books on Game AI. Working on creating a virtual Holodeck filled with Digital Actors. Posts are my own.
Natasha Skult, PhD @natashaskult.bsky.social Game Developer - Entrepreneur - Academic & Teacher
https://linktr.ee/natashaskult
✨CEO at MiTale
✨Teacher at University of Turku (Finland) and Ashesi Univeristy (Ghana)
✨Chairperson of W Love Games
✨Board member of IGDA and IGDA Foundation
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven @ashemedai.bsky.social Professional problem solver; DevOps; buddhist, dreamer and sometimes thinker (he/him)
You cannot solve social problems with technology.
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
🇪🇺🇳🇱
Ross A. Hersemann @loadinglaw.com Founder of Loading Law
Adjunct Professor at DePaul University
Chair at IGDA Chicago
John Lynk @john-lynk.bsky.social Lead Features Engineer on Hearthstone, formerly Hangar 13. Into lots of games, especially board games and fighting games. Posts are my own.
Vlady Veselinov @vladinator.net Hello, world! https://vladinator.net
Founder, active inference enjoyer, previously platform engineer @webflow.
Parker 🌿☀️ @chaospixie.bsky.social Your favourite Canadian pocket pixie. Lover of dating sims, TTRPGs, and glitter. Occasional streamer, perpetual planner. I'm the witch behind @igda.org and @getwigi.com socials (among other things). Safe in Our World 2025 Ambassador. They/them.
Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk Professor and Head of Education & Practice, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow. Co-director, Games & Gaming Lab. Director, Ada Scotland Festival.
sherol.org 🎷🐿️ phd @ffpaladin.bsky.social ML, Gen AI, Expressive Technologies, and Games! @Google sites.google.com/view/sherol
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
Stephane Bura @stephanebura.com Game design consultant and theorist.
Stories, worldbuilding, puzzles.
he/him
Ruiyi Wang @ruiyiwang.bsky.social 2nd year PhD at UCSD w/ @rajammanabrolu.bsky.social
Prev: @ltiatcmu.bsky.social @umich.edu
Research: Agents🤖, Reasoning🧠, Games👾
@sashazad.bsky.social @sashazad.bsky.social 
Sam Shields @smshieldsy.bsky.social Game Design Research Lead @ IDEO. PhD in procedural game design. Hoping one day to be the frontman of a ska-punk band.
Lara J. Martin @laramartin.net Applying and improving #NLP/#AI but in a safe way. Teaching computers to tell stories, play D&D, and help people talk (accessibility).
Assistant Prof in CSEE @ UMBC.
🏳️🌈♿
https://laramartin.net
Andrew Davison @ajdavison.bsky.social From SLAM to Spatial AI; Professor of Robot Vision, Imperial College London; Director of the Dyson Robotics Lab; Co-Founder of Slamcore. FREng, FRS.
Matthew Jack @matthewtjack.bsky.social Founder and CEO-on-sabbatical at Kythera AI in Edinburgh.
Game AI specialist from way before AI was cool.
All about bringing virtual worlds to life.
(He/him)
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
Charly @gamedevcharly.bsky.social Senior Technical Designer @ Playtonic, ex Sumo, ex Rare | 💜 #Epilepsy Awareness 💜 | #Childfree | #Atheist | Mod Author | Physicist | Views are my own!
Rebecca Fernandez O'Shea @rebeccafernandez.bsky.social Senior Graphics Programmer at Nixxes Software @nixxessoftware.bsky.social Previously TT Games and WeirdBeard Games. A member of Port Jackson Greens and the Sustainable Transport branch of Climate Change Balmain/Rozelle.
Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
Robert Kafadar @robertkafadar.bsky.social Aka Kristijan Lujanovic
Larian studios
IT operations
Technical product management
Mike Treanor @mike-treanor.bsky.social Games / Computational Media, Music. American University. Chair of the Department of Computer Science.
Sarah Sexton @gingerpixels.bsky.social Programmer, gamer, advocate, mentor
Kenneth Stanley @kennethstanley.bsky.social SVP of Open-Endedness at Lila Sciences. In the past: Maven CEO, Lead at OpenAI, head of basic/core research at Uber AI, professor at UCF.
Stuff I helped invent: NEAT, CPPNs, HyperNEAT, novelty search, POET, Picbreeder.
Book: Why Greatness Cannot Be Plann