Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
NZ Game Developers Association @nzgda.bsky.social Supporting & developing the Aotearoa video games industry since 2001.
https://linktr.ee/nzgda
Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social Dana. Scrappy goblin weathering the collapse. Tech artist • Game dev • Low-spec art • Errant member of Domino Club
(They/She)
Patreon:
🅿️ https://www.patreon.com/c/gadgetpatch
Games:
🎮 https://gadgetpatch.itch.io/
Socials:
🐘 https://tech.lgbt/@danana_dread
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social Game director, designer, writer.
Deus Ex, Dishonored, others.
🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
Graham Smith @grahamsmith.bsky.social Studio manager/producer @suspicious.dev. Co-founder @jank.cool. Previously: RPS, PC Gamer, Crate & Crowbar, Eurogamer, Dicebreaker.
Jenny @jenny-242.bsky.social A Lego and Disney fan from Sweden who also loves to run 😀
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
NZ CODE @nz-code.nz Fostering a creative digital industry underpinned by video game development and training pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games Aotearoa, New Zealand-based studio making Shape Sender Deluxe!
🟡 🟧 ⭐️
⭐️ Wishlist here ⭐️ s.team/a/2976470
Ten Thousand Coins: The Golden Merchant @thousandtonic.com Kiwi indie game development studio: Thousand Tonic
Our current project: Ten Thousand Coins: The Golden Merchant
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157900/Ten_Thousand_Coins_The_Golden_Merchant/
https://thousandtonic.com
Jesse @jkrshw.bsky.social Staff Software Engineer at CERN
increpare @increpare.bsky.social Game developer in Berlin, innit.
www.increpare.com
sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social gamewitch @ sylvie.website 🐈
sylvieish half of love ❤ game @ https://love-game.net
Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social The world's longest-running festival celebrating the art and culture of independent games and playful media. Established in 2004.
freeplay.net.au
Jens Bergensten @jebox.bsky.social CCO at Mojang
Moon Lighting (Marama) @moonlightingnz.bsky.social New Zealand miniaturist
www.moonlighting.nz
wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social a wolf puppy - patreon.com/wolfpupy
Josh @joshmlabelle.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming Sept 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out now || tied 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
Felix "Xilefian" @xilefian.retrodev.social Minecraft developer at Mojang Studios
Game Boy Advance homebrew developer
This is my personal account, everything I say here is from me (Felix)
🌉 bridged from https://retrodev.social/@xilefian on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Arthur Vyater @arthurvyater.bsky.social legaman megends
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - open on Wed-Thu 15:00-18:00, Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
Bob De Schutter @bobdeschutter.be Professor at Northeastern University • award-winning indie game dev • PhD in game design, aging, motivation & learning • helps game devs to be mindful of older players
Elliot Collis @elliotcollis.bsky.social Indie game developer, senior Game Designer, father of 3, kiwi in Japan.
Sergio Cornaga @corneaga.bsky.social Current operator of STAFFcirc/IiIypad records. Librarian. I also make games and comics (rarely)!
Adrian Brightmoore / The World Foundry @theworldfoundry.com #Gamedev
The Spawn Chunks @thespawnchunks.bsky.social Your weekly podcast for Minecraft news, updates, gameplay development, guest interviews, and sharing our love of the game. Watch on YouTube. Listen on your favourite podcast app. TheSpawnChunks.com
Fnife Games @fnifegames.bsky.social 🌈 Ōtautahi indies making queer narrative games: Small Town Emo (Gay GameBoy Walking Simulator) & ShelfLife: Art School Detective (Mystery Adventure Dating Sim)
sniff us at fnifegames.com
Sarah Boeving @sarahboev.bsky.social (She/They) Game Artist at Mojang and Pixel Art Enthusiast! Views are my own
Marc Watson @marc-irl.bsky.social Product Owner on Minecraft Dungeons II, at Mojang since 2012. MtG posts at @marc-mtg.bsky.social
Team Mojang starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/HeHWmUN
More about me: https://linktr.ee/marcwatson
Michael Romero @halogenica.bsky.social Game Development at Epic. Formerly Halo, Intel, and Indie dev. Opinions are my own.
@danielmosster.bsky.social @danielmosster.bsky.social 
Tactical Breach Wizards @breachwizards.bsky.social A character-driven tactics puzzle game about wizards in kevlar from @suspicious.dev, the developers of Gunpoint and Heat Signature.
Sana @bigshika.com Inventor of the Love Actually drinking game. Here to listen. She/Her. 🇳🇿🇯🇵🏳️🌈
Mastodon for technical stuff: @so@mas.to
Threads (inactive): @bigshika
Twitter (inactive): @bigshika
Other Tales @othertales.bsky.social A small game studio drawn to the enigmatic and unusual. Creators of the co-op puzzler Tick Tock: A Tale for Two and the game anthology Miniatures.
🔗 : https://linktr.ee/othertales
🎮 : https://tinyurl.com/miniaturesgame
Phil James @shinestrength.bsky.social 
Jens Andersson @llerd.bsky.social Level 19 multi-class gamedev who likes to build stuff. Credits: Riddick EFBB, The Darkness, Yoku's Island Express, Colors!, Indy Great Circle and now (redacted)
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Sean Flannigan @radnom.bsky.social Game developer (programmer, designer, etc.) most recently worked on The Plucky Squire.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Jasper Boerstra @jappa.bsky.social Minecraft's Art Director
Views and opinions are my own
Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com Madeline Stephanie Thorson
makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc
🏳️⚧️ gender criminal
maddymakesgames.com
Seth A. Robinson @rtsoft.com Semi retired indie gamedev! (Legend Of The Red Dragon, Dink Smallwood, Growtopia) Site: rtsoft.com Blog: codedojo.com Twittter: https://x.com/rtsoft Mastodon https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rtsoft
David Walters @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social Working solo on too many projects!
(he/him) #NoAI
@dziff.bsky.social @dziff.bsky.social Independant art director & 2D/3D game artist
www.dziff.com
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social 
nzjames @nzjames.bsky.social enjoying the passage of time
Philip Buchanan @philipbuchanan.bsky.social Indie Developer - It's Anecdotal. Creating 39 Days to Mars, Mini Matches, and Up to Par.
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
Dave Frampton @majicdave.bsky.social I made The Blockheads, a mobile game released in 2013 which has been played by more than 50 million people.
Now I’m making a new world wide web from first principes, an alternative to the http protocol: https://ktp.nz
AI is harmful and should be banned.
ꀘꀤꍏꋪꍏ @kiaradt.bsky.social Hi I'm Kiara! Currently working as a UI Artist for Blizzard on Diablo 4 🔥
Using this account to follow personal interests
🎨 painting/sculpture/diorama | 🪚 DIY/home improvement | 🐎 horses
And to spam pictures of my cats 🐱
Pixlriffs @pixlriffs.bsky.social Gaming YouTuber & Twitch Partner. I make the Minecraft Survival Guide! I also co-host The Spawn Chunks podcast and voice the Hermitcraft Recap.
Bartek Bok @boq.xn--jxe.net Accounts and proofs: https://id.xn--jxe.net/
David @cornerhard.bsky.social Big Minecraft fan. Developer working on Minecraft. Ask me about Realms 😁
cécile @haraiva.bsky.social ☀ working on DAWN CHORUS, writing/narrative @ghoulish.com.au, editing @fine-fiends.bsky.social
haraiva.itch.io ✦ cecilerichard.design
GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social We're an agency based around one simple issue: how do players find, buy and enjoy your PC or console game? http://www.gamediscover.co
Luis Van Slageren @luisvsm.bsky.social All of the Indie Multiplayer hats / Technically Games / Spies & Soldiers / Naarm & Bulleke-bek based 🏳️🌈
Clinton Shepherd @foolhardygames.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at Mighty Games (Keywords). Coffee, game dev and painting minis, in no particular order... (he/him)
Robbie Fraser @squidcor.bsky.social South African indie developer at Free Lives. (He / Him).
Designer of Dustbiters, Anger Foot, and Genital Jousting.
Frederik D. @effdeedee.bsky.social 
Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz Bikes and tech and stuff. 
nathania @antlord.bsky.social Animator/mocap gremlin/3D artist
Lead Animator @spacerockgames.bsky.social
Games Lecturer @ MDS
Community Organiser @aucklandmakesgames
Board Member @ NZGDA
Prev Anim Lead @ Mighty Eyes, 3D artist and animator @ SkillsVR, Conical
she/they 🇳🇿
@wrumsby.bsky.social @wrumsby.bsky.social - A @aliceem.bsky.social @aliceem.bsky.social
TJSeer_TTRPG @tjseer.bsky.social Tony, TJ Formerly Cryiron on G+ Tabletop Roleplaying Cis Male He/him LGBTQ+ Ally #disabled #chronicpain #wheelchair #ttrpg #jttrpg #vtt #comics #DoctorWho #anime #Discworld #Starwars #StarTrek
Always be kind
Nicole He @nicole.pizza game developer 🍭 director of The Crush House 🍫 BAFTA Breakthrough '24 🍿 she/her
https://nicole.pizza
Nerium @neriumstrom.bsky.social Content Marketing Manager for Warframe | Digital Extremes | They/She
Jana Palm @janapalm.bsky.social Ex “mother of nerds” at Stugan ❤️, now teaching kids financial literacy at Tjing 💰🤩
Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social Aotearoa New Zealand
Punakaiki Fund. Climate Venture Capital Fund.
Megacopter @megacoptergame.bsky.social Helicopter #indiegame for PC coming soon to #Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1228360/Megacopter_Blades_of_the_Goddess/ wishlist us!
Josh Judkins @mrjudkins.bsky.social Ameri-kiwi in San Francisco. Currently hooked on Marvel Snap, and just bought some awesome glow-in-the-dark dinosaur shoes.
Gegy @gegy.dev Java Developer on Minecraft at Mojang ⛏️
Organiser for Love Tropics 🌴❤️
she/her
Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him.
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
🔗 www.draknek.org
rubna @rubna.bsky.social game designer, ex- @sokpop.co i always follow back
contact rubna.studio
Fear or Courage @fearorcourage.bsky.social A fleshling who's compelled to think too much about Transformers, Metroid, and occasionally other stuff. Writes about robots to get them out of his head. He/him. https://childrenofprimus.com/category/blog-bots/
Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social Tabletop game dev/project manager for over a decade, currently with Trick or Treat Studios. Opinions my own.
Fantasy, sci-fi, comic, & video game enthusiast. He/him.
Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.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/
Robin Baumgarten 👨🏭✨ @robinwobbles.bsky.social Experimental Playful Hardware Designer. I made Line Wobbler, which won some awards. Now working on Quantum Jungle ✨🌱🔨
Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social Turning Passion into Great Games! Publisher of Fate, Monster of the Week, Blades in the Dark, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and other games. www.evilhat.com
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social I like the party favours but I hate the party people.
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd game dev / comics editor / author
probably worked on that thing you like
lapsed hockey reporter / aotearoa based
represented by ed wilson @ J&A
these views represent my employers so hard that my boss is actually holding a gun to my head as I type this
Vaughan Fergusson @vorn.bsky.social Founded Vend, Awesome, Pam Fergusson Charitable Trust and other things. 
Tommy Palm @palm.bsky.social Serial Entrepreneur and Game Designer. Founder and CEO of Resolution. Stockholm, Sweden
Tom O'Brien @suddenlytom.bsky.social assoc lead tech artist @ playground games - just a lad trying to convince people that math can be fun
Tara Hughes @tarahughes.bsky.social regular person
noopkat @noopkat.fragile.systems Soft person. Likes infosec, open source, electronics, reading, education, and privacy. 
Seth Chaffee @sethchaffee.bsky.social On a quest to do badass stuff with badass people! Producer, storyteller, SaaS developer, business bootstrapper, and joy seeker. - S serena 🌙 @sereeena.bsky.social Placeholder account. I'm @serena.nz
Scott Nicholson @scottnicholson.bsky.social Professor of Game Design, Potter, Garden Gnome, Board Game and Escape Room Designer, Green Man Main. I play video games on Easy mode; I'm too old to get gud.
Sam Jarman @samjarman.co.nz Software Engineering Manager. Fan of fresh air, positivity, helping people into tech and much more.
samjarman.co.nz
Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Co-founder of Lume (lumemusic.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
Richard Suchit @animatedbreak.bsky.social Marketing @akuparagames.bsky.social // prev. @evolve_pr // GRIME, Behind the Frame, Texas Chain Saw Massacre & more // @Twitch Partner | he/him | Call me Moose🍁
twitch.tv/animatedbreak
Qarl de Visser @qarl.bsky.social Game Designer of video and board games. Working on Triarchy for Digital Confectioners. Also/prev: Path of Exile, Endeavor: Age of Sail, Endeavor: Deep Sea
Oskar Burman @oskarburman.bsky.social CEO @fasttravelgames.com. Ex #DemoScene, Rovio, Coffee_Stain, EA_DICE, AvalancheSweden, Thunderful. Cofounder Stugan