Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك @joandark.com (they/them) Writer, organizer, gamedev. I say good words sometimes too!
Currently steering @cartoonist.coop, working on @dateknight.bsky.social, formerly @bluestockings
📧: mxjoandark@gmail.com
🕸️: linktr.ee/whoaitsjoan
Ross A. Hersemann @loadinglaw.com Founder of Loading Law
Adjunct Professor at DePaul University
Chair at IGDA Chicago
Suriel Vazquez @suriel.bsky.social Video game consultant, writer, and designer.
Freelance consultant for Hit Detection, Magid, etc. Prev: Narrative Lead at Big Blue Sky Games. For mock reviews, SWOTs, and consultations, contact surielvazquez@gmail.com
Will @soundstrider.dev Technical Sound Designer
Prev. Retro Studios, Respawn Entertainment, Merge Conflict Studio
Personal account, opinions are my own
Jade @jharlev.tech Student - Game Developer / Software Engineer / Producer working on a four player local co-op party game with strategic elements!
https://github.com/jadeharlev/PartyTricks
Avery Beckett @averybeckett.bsky.social I studied behavioral science/music/video game history. I try to explore the intersections of these fields on my Youtube channel. I also do game preservation.
https://youtube.com/@averybeckett
https://archive.org/details/@avery_beckett
AI Horseshit In Games @gdc-ai-horseshit.bsky.social Cataloguing the many examples of new, exciting AI Horseshit, extending from and into the future at the 2026 GDC Festival Of Gaming.
Please forward any and all relevant horseshit!
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online i host a low key video game show called into the aether, write and make videos at wavelengths, manage overworld, and take photos! wow!
https://wavelengths.online
https://overworld.vg
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social First video game champion (1980). Created Bard's Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars. Former board member of GLAAD. All views and opinions are my own.
Josh Anthony | Dice Gun Commando @joshanthony1990.bsky.social Owner and Developer of Loonicy Entertainment
Making Dice Gun Commando!
https://loonicy.com
https://joshanthony.info
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4537600/Dice_Gun_Commando/
Dowager Allison Salmon @codecrafty.bsky.social I've made a bunch of games and a couple kids.
Programming Design Patterns Wonk.
Chaotic bi 🩷💜💙🏳️🌈
I would rather be outside
My opinions are my own. She/Her.
Minion Overseer @overseer.drexoskeleton.com Minion Overseer #7144. Official duties: minion flogging, coffee runs, seat for Dr. Exoskeleton.
Bit Bash Chicago @bitbashchicago.com Chicago's Alternative Game Festival.
Keep up to date by signing up for our mailing list at https://www.bitbashchicago.com/
pc @paulcope.land ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ | Andersonville cryptid.
IGDA Foundation @igdafoundation.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Foundation is a global charitable organization serving underrepresented and marginalized developers, and individuals interested in a career within the gaming industry.
halo 💫 @marchmayjune.bsky.social hal or april, but I prefer hal these days!
✨ he/him, she/her
✨ 28, bigender, fil-am
✨ gameplay engineer
✨ https://www.aprildenise.com/
Katie M @ktmochi.bsky.social 
jacob 🧦 @jacob.please.rest hi im https://twitter.com/cloutsocks ! tech lead @ ko_op on cool unannounced game • a few hobby projects/sites, (bad) animation & art • he/him
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
Abby Yaffe @kirijo.bsky.social simulationist on main
Clara 🌟 wishlist Pelikeeper! @trendywalnut.dev she/her 🏳️⚧️
cofounder/designer/programmer at @mergeconflictstudio.com | things @ ??? | previously #SpiderMan2PS5 & Zenimax Online Studios
@kellyshuda.bsky.social @kellyshuda.bsky.social 
Ryan Davidson @fer-rous.bsky.social 26, bi, he/she, game developer
Jake 📺 @banjotears.bsky.social Narrative Designer, Streamer, and Gymbro Gamedev
~~THEY/THEM~~
https://www.banjotears.com
Iris Xie @irisxie.bsky.social IGDA-F 2025 Velocity Cohort / Twitter @irisxie
designer / writer / disability justice + lyric game art installations / content design / games / design MFA @UCDavis/ @SinglesJukebox @criticaldesignl / disabled ND QTPOC
corgiindustrial @corgiindustrial.bsky.social Making lots of magic. See progress on Vagor + MAZ Editor.
Alex Smithing 🔜 GDC @alexsmithro.bsky.social Combat designer @Blizzard. Unfortunate M*dwest *mo enjoyer (🤢)
Blue Owl Vibes @blueowl.bsky.social 🎨 Digital Illustration | 🧙🏻♂️ Writer, Visual storyteller | 🔮 Psychic | 🦉 Court of Owls confirmed
📸 instagram.com/blue_owl_vibes
Luther @ironwhale.bsky.social Pretty dresses, plastic chainsaw knights, and designing video games. Level designer on ‘Graft’. Formerly of Monolith Productions. Designer and writer of ‘Ambition: A Minuet in Power’. Horny on main. (They/She/He)
www.luther-patenge.com
alex @weickal.bsky.social senior game producer and an original concept
brechtian alienation & bankable productions historian
AMY✨IS TIRED @aemu.bsky.social sleepy artist @Innersloth.com that worked on @amongus.innersloth.com
now working on:
Among Us Story: On Guard (art + ui/ux)
@amongusstory.bsky.social
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames
Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/
https://www.indiecitygames.org
🚫🤖🚫
Kyra the K$ 🔜 GDC @mcstressy.bsky.social All/Any pronouns
Senior Producer @ Jackbox
Former: Riot (League PC)
i read a lot
my cats are potatoes
Samantha Siciliano @sochillsam.bsky.social 
Lindsey Leder @stupidbucket.bsky.social Senior Producer at Jackbox Games
Disney obsessed Martha Stewart wannabe.
Patrick Ickes @patrickickes.bsky.social QA Analyst for Jackbox Games (TJPP12, Suspectives, The Jackbox Survey Scramble, Fakin' It ANL, TJPP10) Cincinnati Bengals/Reds fan. VR enthusiast. Part-time EDH player. Prev: Bungie Contract QA
Erizzle | Eric @erizzle.de 24 • Partnerships bei Nitrado • International Marketing bei Jackbox Games • Events & Production für Twitch Community MeetUps, Binjpipe und mehr
Sarah Jo @trisarahtopsjo.bsky.social Skeeting for the hell of it
(Do we call it skeeting here? Not sure if I should believe Farhan)
Jackbox Games @jackboxgames.com Developer and publisher of YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, Fibbage™, Quiplash, The Jackbox Naughty Pack, and The Jackbox Survey Scramble.
Connect with us: http://linktr.ee/jackboxgames
Seth Rubin @setherubin.bsky.social editorial lead at jackbox games. words in the new yorker, the onion, mcsweeney’s, reductress, etc. assigned transsexual at birth
Gnome @gnomedic.bsky.social Just a transbro who likes stationery, cats, and tabletop RPGs. | he/him 🏳️⚧️ | ᓚᘏᗢ
Join my stationery club? 🥺👉👈CozyStationeryClub.com
Business: gnomedic.media@gmail.com
mosferatu @toothgirl.bsky.social masked princess, beautiful chrysanthemum
Brooke Hofer @brookehofer.bsky.social One sappy midwestern SOB.
VP of Marketing at Jackbox Games.
Coal Supper @coalsupper.bsky.social med Thank Goodness You're Here! and The Good Time Garden
Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social Documentarian
megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social freelance journalist | previously wired, axios, the verge | seen in nyt, 404 media | nyc | signal meganfarokhmanesh.76 | face god and walk backwards into hell
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. 💜
𝕮𝖎𝖆𝖓 (key-in) @cianrice.dev Irish lad in Chicago.
Soon to be unemployed DevRel @ Magic Leap
Founder @kohococoa.dev
Prev: BostonFIG, nWay, EA, Harmonix + more
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PMEPDX Out Now: https://bit.ly/pmepdxbsky
HYPER GROOVE AX this October
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Thoughts are my own | 少し日本語OK
Rich Gallup @richgallup.bsky.social Director of Production at Jackbox Games, cheesemonger of Survey Scramble, Pack Lead of The Jackbox Party Pack 11
Nate "Naetoid" Hermanson @naetoid.bsky.social 🇵🇭 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of @videogamesaregood.bsky.social.
Used to do community management/marketing for indies and events centers. Looking to do it again.
Suffering sports fan.
Streamin' at twitch.tv/Naetoid.
Contact: nate@videogamesgood.com
IGDA @igda.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
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/
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Kevin Regamey @regameyk.bsky.social Creative Director @PowerUpAudio. otdq, He/him. (Celeste, TUNIC, NecroDancer, Descenders, Darkest Dungeon...)
Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com
Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social @nygamesweek.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Lisette Titre-Montgomery @lisettetitre.bsky.social Co-Founder @cstoneintstudio
Past: Art Director #Psychonauts2
Advisor: @gameheadsoakland
Nominations/Awards: @BAFTAGames & @TheGameAwards
https://linktr.ee/LisetteTitre?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMT
Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com Game Director @ Luckshot Games: Big Hops & Sausage Sports Club. Previously: Owlchemy Labs, Battle Chef Brigade, Manifold Garden. Liker of rock climbing, running, sudoku, tiktok. Austin / Chicago guy.
https://linktr.ee/chriswade__
The Doctor @drexoskeleton.com Overlord. Flogger of Minions. "World's Best Boss"*.
Lev Cantoral @levcantoral.bsky.social Lead Artist at Jackbox, cartoon freak, can draw Fred Flintstone in 6.27 seconds
he/him
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Brooke Breit @brookebreit.bsky.social creative director at jackbox games
actor and comedian in chicago
flower on magic tavern
party mom
check out my sweet acting reel ok bye https://vimeo.com/1105223469?share=copy
Steff Egan @steffegan.com 📦 Lead Artist at JackboxGames
🔮 Animator/illustrator in Salem
👻 All about cartoons, figurines, and horror
Arnie Niekamp @arnieniekamp.bsky.social Hello from the Magic Tavern creator and host. Directed Drawful, Trivia Murder Party, Fakin’ It and lots of other games for Jackbox Games
https://linktr.ee/arnieniekamp
Andy Poland @crabbydad.bsky.social VP Audio/Editorial at Jackbox Games. Basically, I make music and fart sound effects. - H c l a r a 🕺🪩 @hanford.bsky.social
Farhan Noormohammed @doctordiddles.bsky.social Here to skeet
Jordan Orelli @jordan.orel.li platform engineer at Whatnot, game design MFA from DePaul
https://orel.li/
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Zyos @zyos.bsky.social Senior QA @jackboxgames.com by day ☀️ ~ Head Honcho of the Hooligan Haus by night 🌙
Diehard Cheesehead 🧀 | Gamer 🎮 | Fantasy Sport Junky (17+x Champ) 🥇 | Gym Rat 💪 | Sometimes streamer guy 🟣 | Jersey Fiend 😈
All Socials 💻➡️ https://linktr.ee/callmezyos
Owen Watson @owenwatson.bsky.social Art Director at Jackbox Games - Fakin' It!, Fakin' It! All Night Long, Split The Room, Junktopia, Job Job, The Devils And The Details, Joke Boat, Monster Seeking Monster, Hypnotorious
owenanimation.com
Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social Plush artist, puppet builder, Supervising Editor @ Jackbox Games, other stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. houseofdarkly.com 
jayden @bluejay-den.bsky.social pure of heart, dumb of ass. he/him 🏳️🌈
senior qa analyst at jackbox (junktopia, hypnotorious, TMP3)
Keywi @keywi.bsky.social She/her
Production & Submission @ Jackbox Games
Grossly Incandescent
Tim Sniffen @mistersniffen.bsky.social jackbox director | NYer writing & cartoons | magic tavern VO | 🏳️🌈🤘
MegaCharlie @megacharlie.com Animator, Artist, & Programmer
Technical Artist @ Jackbox Games
megacharlie.com
Prev: Helluva Boss, Haminations, Pencilmation, BOILER
Allard @a11ard.bsky.social He/him. CCO Jackbox Games, makers of Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party, Drawful and 70 or so other weird party games. Dog dad.
Chicago/Malmö.
Warren Arnold @warrrenarrrnold.bsky.social Director and writer at Jackbox Games, well-meaning oaf
Vanderbilt, baby!
ilana 💕 @ilanadegann.bsky.social she/her • actor • comedian • musician • pun enthusiast
not a therapist, just troubled
Alex Engelberg @alexengelberg.com 
Lena Guerrero @lenagrrarrow.com I write code to help people (and computers) connect! 🎮 | they/any | chicagoooo
backend engineer at Gardens 🌳 previously Singularity 6, Jackbox Games | IGDA-F Next Gen Leader
Cam Gibson @kixune.bsky.social Senior Technical Sound Designer @ ProbablyMonsters 💻 (He/Him). Personal Account - Opinions are my own.
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Aaron Jacobs @aaronmjacobs.com Senior systems programmer at @doublefine.com. Helped make Keeper, Psychonauts 2, Rhombus of Ruin, and Day of the Tentacle Remastered. I like taking pictures of space. Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social.
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Ryan DiGiorgi @rdigiorgi.com Senior Games Writer/Designer at Netflix | Voice of Craig on Magic Tavern | Prvs: Directed Quiplash 2, Tee KO, Fibbage 3, Fibbage 4, others at Jackbox | Friday streams twitch.tv/rdigiorgi | LinkTree: https://t.co/Psf3cYz51F | He/Him