Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
rachel @nershly.bsky.social graceful failure. game programmer, designer, doodler, etc. likes tea. is a she. paints and plays with minis. personal site: https://rachelnertia.github.io/ also: https://linktr.ee/rockstargamesworkers
Jaime Cross @speedyjx.bsky.social Recovering sound designer for games.
Video games, (metal) music, film photography, workers' rights
@iwgbunion.bsky.social Treasurer
Scottish. No DMs!
Work: https://speedyjx.com/
Noise:
@manmadeorigin.bsky.social
https://thecabinetnoir.bandcamp.com/
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they • e/iad 🏳️⚧️
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Tommy Perman @surfacepressure.bsky.social Artist / designer / musician from Scotland
Portfolio: https://surfacepressure.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfacepressure/
Latest LP with Andrew Wasylyk out now on Clay Pipe Music: https://thegullglideson.co.uk
Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
marijamdid.com
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net He/him. SF novelist/filmmaker at http://jimmunroe.net ~ Producer/Narrative designer ~ Co-founded Hand Eye Society, now Game Arts International Network and Toronto Games Week ~ Designed IF tool http://texturewriter.com
Miguel @miguel0.bsky.social
farfama @farfama.bsky.social Based in Japan
Website - https://farfamahar.github.io/
Games - http://farfama.itch.io
Curation - @exhibitplay.com
Wishlist TO:RI - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3215280/TORI/
Sithe Ncube @sithe.me Producer for @nyamakop.co.za
Here for game dev stuff 🎮
Zambian in South Africa 🇿🇲🇿🇦
Collecting myself here: sithe.me
Donnell @donnellwrites.bsky.social Unapologetically Black.
@rhode_s’ husband.
Writer. Teacher. Theologian. Griot. Hip-Hop.
For Love and Liberation.
🌍🤎✊🏾
Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social As the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, we promote + champion design in Dundee + its role in improving lives. Delivered by Annie, Kirsten + Lizzie 👋
Vaida @vaida.me Designing things & making things 🌕 a bit of UI/UX @ Strange Scaffold 🌔 Edinburgh 🌓 https://vaida.me
Jen @jencollins.bsky.social Thinkin’ about illustration, creative community, being outside or being in bed.
✷
she/her
Biome Collective @biomecollective.bsky.social A creative studio and community for people to create, collaborate and explore new frontiers in games, digital art and technology.
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
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/
Emily Brown @tabbyhanita.bsky.social Lead designer @ustwogames | #baftabreakthrough 2022 | she/her | profile photo by BAFTA/Sophia Spring
Games Talks Live @gamestalkslive.bsky.social www.gamestalks.live
@mhairiabbas.bsky.social @mhairiabbas.bsky.social
eli! 🐐 @frozenpandaman.bsky.social rambunctious tomboy-wannabe; kid. MA in linguistics. ✨🦎i like rain, goats, playful media + games, public transit & juzo itami! 🌧️ 日本語OK。🌻 lucky me, lucky mud. 🌱 かわいいは、正義。
📍 名古屋
🔗 elifessler.com / 📝 japan.elifessler.com
Kirsty Keatch @kirstykeatch.bsky.social Designer • playful design + dynamism
Previously: ustwo games - Alba: a Wildlife Adventure
kirstykeatch.com
San Francisco
Ewan! @ewanjams.com Freelance Game Dev
Abertay DARE 2022 Award Winner
Perpetually Committed to the Bit
🌎 Edinburgh, Scotland
🖥️ Portfolio: https://www.ewanjams.com/
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social 🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK
Chris Ready @themanfrowns.bsky.social