Lorri Hopping โ๐ผ ๐๐น๏ธ ๐ฒ in NYC #G4C2026 @hoppingfun.bsky.social One of those creative types: Word-y, geek-y, game-y (oh wait).
I've been making games, stories, media, books, jazzy content for oodles of clients for decades. Come see: hoppingfun.com
.A.T.H.E.N.A. @imfromthe.net ASCIANS LOVE ME, FISH FEAR ME || Ultros - Lโappel Duvide || Formerly IGDA NYC || Blizzard/Nick/SOE/Neopets alumni โ๏ธ
Ben Johnson ๐บ๐ป @gamedesignerben.bsky.social Best of the Web. Minnesotan New Yorker in Oakland, CA. Game Designer on KILN at Double Fine. Previously: Psychonauts 2, Dead Space (2008), Babycastles. He/him.
Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social Queer af founder of Glass Bottom Games. BAFTA Breakthrough. Working on Verminsteel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/ (prev: SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, etc). She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleachโs horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Shane Liesegang, SJ @sjml.bsky.social ๐ญ theater kid turned ๐ฎ game dev turned โ๏ธ Jesuit priest
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐พ), theology, starfield, migrant care (๐ต๐ญ)
present: pastoral ministry in Portland
https://shaneliesegang.com
AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social ๐ Amplifying the voices of #AAPI in #gaming
๐ Promoting cultural appreciation
๐ Highlighting representation in games & related content
๐ Supported by @igda.org
๐ฌ Discord: https://discord.gg/r6tk9n74zW
๐ฎ itchio: https://aapiingaming.itch.io/
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow ๐ @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the storiesย ofย hisย culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
the morning after ๐ game in development! @morningaftergame.bsky.social a small indie team making a โwhokisseditโ โ a sexy detective game about deducing your friends' hookups~ ๐
devlog: bit.ly/morningaftergame
Adam Dolin @adamdolin.bsky.social GameDevDolin.com
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of todayโs most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
๐๐๐ @xflorora.bsky.social xflorora.itch.io ๐ต๐ท๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
he/they ~โก
Toni @tonitonitonitoni.bsky.social yeah the female one
no the other one
yeah the one that likes bears
Munity Games @munity.games Fully remote co-op indie studio based in New York City
โเผบ๐ฉโ ๏ธ๏ธ๐ชเผปโ โเผบ๐ฉโ ๏ธ๏ธ๐ชเผปโโ เผบ๐ฉโ ๏ธ๏ธ๐ชเผปโ
Demo of Shootlanzer is out now: https://munity.itch.io/shootlanzer
Support your local pirates: https://www.patreon.com/munity
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
Andrew Weldon @andrew-weldon.design Game Designer: http://andrew-weldon.design/
Prev: Fortnite Festival, Marathon, Destiny 2, Destiny, Starhawk, Quake 4, Natural Selection.
๐ West Seattle, WA
๐ฎ Game Dev
๐ Books
๐ฝ Huskers
โฝ๏ธ Sounders/Reign FC
am cosmos @amcosmos.bsky.social qa in brooklyn
former senior qa @ possibility space (rip)
also crochet, knitting, patchwork, stationery
https://amcosmos.neocities.org/
Scott Anderson @impossible.bsky.social Game developer at @unity.com. Prev: Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena , Call of Duty, ShadowPhysics
He/Him
Kei'Ti is LOCKED IN ๐ฎ๐ฒ @ludodraconisvt.bsky.social [she/her] || ๐ฉท๐๐ || ๐ต๐ท/๐ซ๐ท || twitch.tv/ludodraconisvt ๐จ ramijv.17
Just a little dragon from outer space, making games and art!
@munity.games Co-Founder/Worker Owner
@lovelycraftians.bsky.social Cast Member
@gdocexpo.com Speaker Coordinator
โ UVW-CWA Member
Adriana X Jacobs @axjacobs.bsky.social poet-gamer, professor, Returnal enthusiast
www.adrianaxjacobs.com
Game Design Future Lab @gdfl.bsky.social The NYU GDFL focuses on digital game design, development, and emerging media with the aim of increasing gaming production and business growth in NYC. Applications are open for the first cohort!
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Francisco Gonzรกlez @grundislav.games Indie adventure game developer.
Iโve made Rosewater (IndieCade nominated), Lamplight City, Shardlight, A Golden Wake & the Ben Jordan series.
Currently working on #ProjectLion
http://grundislav.games
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief at GameDeveloper.com, Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, BJJ Purple Belt ๐คผโโ๏ธ, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork, volunteer EMT. She/her.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
boshi's place @boshis.place boshiโs place is a space in brooklyn, ny that celebrates game making as a craft and *something related to play/experience*
website --> https://boshis.place <--
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
NYU Tandon @nyutandon.bsky.social #UnconventionalEngineers are Born Anywhere, Made in Brooklyn
#NYUTandonMade
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.
Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ in ๐บ๐ธ
zeke virant @godzekesatan.bsky.social lead game designer at MachineGames, operas and music too
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Jรถrg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.social Game and Filmmaker | Creative Director/Founder @RapidEyeMovers.bsky.social | somehow got there with ADHD
https://www.rapideyemovers.com
anima interactive @anima-interactive.com A new socially conscious indie games studio that blends art and technology to ignite positive cultural impact. Currently developing Take Us North! โฌ
Back our Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/takeusnorth/take-us-north
Games for my Computer @games4mycomputer.bsky.social we make them
โ linktr.ee/gamesformycomputer โ
โ https://gamesformycomputer.itch.io/growth-spurt โ
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
๐ง: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
๐Northeast Ohio
๐ per aspera, ad astra ๐
She/her
Leena ๐ต @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and Iโll bloody do it again if youโre not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Zoรซ โBaddie Proctorโ Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please donโt tell anyone Iโm here, Iโm just trying to exist ๐คซ they/them
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Yasmanian Devil @yasminegabbah.bsky.social Games, teaching, Gaza ๐ต๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฆ
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Danny Hawk @dannyhawk.com making car guy, adjuncting in nyc, part of boshiโs place. dannyhawk.com
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Teddy Dief @teddydief.com IGF & Peabody-winning game designer/director
โ Hyper Light Drifter Co-Designer
โ OFK Creative Director & Singer
โ Glitch City Co-Founder
โ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
โ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
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
Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
Order my book: The Cruelty of Nice Folks, here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-cruelty-of-nice-folks-justin-ellis?variant=44065276493858
scrolling background @lawraclark.itch.io welcome to my professional network said the spider to the fly
[ http://lawraclark.itch.io ]
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
On Location Vacations @olvofficial.bsky.social OLV shares daily information about TV & movie filming locations around the globe.
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive๐
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Tyrannosaurus Regina @brinstar.bsky.social ๐s: ๐๐๐โบ๐โ๏ธ๐ท๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ต๐
๐: ๐ต๐ญ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฐโ ๏ธ๐ญ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ค๐ปshe/her
Chris Williams @chrisisok.bsky.social Game developer in NY
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social โง Interactive narrative innovation & research
โง Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
โง Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
โง Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
โง Opinions mine
โง More: staceymason.info
Emma Westecott @emmawestecott.bsky.social 
Natalie @ Identity Spark @identityspark.bsky.social Helping games and tech leaders level up their careers and cultures | 35 years on the inside, now helping you navigate what's next
Craig Harkness @craigharkness.bsky.social British designer living in Austin, Texas. General adventuring, dabbling with photography, ren faire, and random shenanigans.
Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
Caryl Shaw ๐ซ๐ @handle.invalid Game Dev (ret.)
Bourbon, pets, family (not in that order)
Oakland, CA
Caspar Gray @unfriendlyghost.bsky.social A ghost in the games industry machine.
Brie @briechindeyerle.bsky.social Game dev, Chrono Trigger enthusiast, theatre kid. ๐
On sabbatical and/or hashtag indie dev?
GDC Advisory Board member.
Previously Gameplay Engineering Manager @ Riot Games R&D; Halo Infinite Multiplayer Bots Lead @ 343 Industries.
www.briechindeyerle.com
Jen @jenuinepanic.bsky.social Baby trail runner. Gym hamster. Once made a game about puns. Currently indulging my inner shiny business idea gremlin
Naomi ๐บ @naomiwolf.bsky.social music. ice cream. bicycles. brooklyn.
not that naomi wolf
www.wolfpints.com
Joshua McCoy @deftjams.bsky.social SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
Katie Lloyd Williams @yayitskatie.com Games curator at ๐. Show me your cool indie iOS games (or just send memes, either's cool). San Francisco. she/her. yayitskatie.com
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm) 
@derjue.bsky.social @derjue.bsky.social 
Claire @cloogle.bsky.social 
Felflowne @felflowne.bsky.social Possum pal.
Kevin Murray (He/Him) @claystorm.bsky.social #NewMexican, #SysAdmin, Estimator, jack of all trades, & all around geek in an IT Department of one for a HVAC Construction Company. #STS135 #NASATweetup Attendee. General Sci-Fi lover (generally Star Trek over StarWars, but I like both). ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
Luvvie @luvvie.bsky.social NYT bestselling author (4x) ๐ Noted speaker. Book coach (Founder of The Book Academy).
Latest book: LITTLE DEFENDS HER NAME (out 5/6/25). Preorder: http://LittleTroublemakerBook.com
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Neo-Swoletariat.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Laine Nooney @ ๐ฅ๐๏ธ๐ฅ @lainenooney.bsky.social ๐พ associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
๐น๏ธ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
๐ The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social studio director League of Geeks โข co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook โข GDC board โข co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Joe Baxter-Webb @indiegameclinic.bsky.social Indie Game Clinic on YouTube ใฐ๏ธ Podcasts: One More Run! + The Game Developersโ Library ใฐ๏ธ currently writing โGame Design for Indie Devsโ while developing โGolem Gourmetโ ใฐ๏ธ (he/him/they/them) ๐ฝ๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/Golem_Gourmet/
NYU Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine @nyufsjp.bsky.social NYU FSJP supports Palestinian liberation, the protection of Pro-Palestine academic speech on campus, and the academic boycott of Israel. IG: NYU_FSJP ๐ต๐ธ
linktr.ee/nyu_fsjp
The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
๐๏ธ December 2026
๐ www.indiegameawards.gg
๐ฌ Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
๐ Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
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/
izzy kestrel @iznaut.com ๐ฎ game designer/engineer (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena)
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ trans poly bisexual she/her
๐จ๐ฆ Victoria, BC
๐ฆ Gexโs #1 fan
iznaut.com
Flawedamythyst @flawedamythyst.bsky.social Fangirl. Slouchy human. Lover of trees.
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences @official-aias.bsky.social Celebrating games & gaming achievement
#DICE2026
#DICEAwards
#GameMakersNotebook
#GameMakersSketchbook
https://linktr.ee/AIAS
https://www.threads.com/@official_aias
https://www.interactive.org/
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee. 
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer โข narrative designer โข lesbian โข nyc
repped @ HMLA by @ninarichner.bsky.social
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! DEMO OUT @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo
Leah โจ @myleah.bsky.social Myleah aka Leah @flyhinata, game dev, cosplayer, event organizer & sparkly self-elected fandom class president ๐ making fangirling & fandom feel like home!! founder of @lumikhacosplay.com๐
your next social media & community strategistโจ
linktr.ee/flyhinata
Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social creative director, educator, & food blogger (she/they) | made @validategame.com
Geneva/Styx @gensuta.itch.io They/Them | 26 | Yuri Enthusiast
Black gaymedev, artist, and educator in NYC ๐
Looking for part-time gigs!
Prev at: GlowUp Games and NuChallenger
We're not free until we're all free ๐ต๐ธ
gensuta.itch.io | https://gensuta.github.io/
dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com (gaming)(host + vlogger) + techie = #SharpieVLOG ๐ฃ
over 3๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ days since my last league game ๐ฅน
replies off on most posts bc i said so ๐ค๐
๐ค โข host: @GDoCExpo.com
๐ป โข podcast: @fgcast.com (on-hiatus)
more about me โก๏ธ www.sharpiepls.com
Tanya Kan ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ @vividfoundry.bsky.social Vivid Foundry's Founder. She/They; BiDemi. Dev since 2012. 2D+3D art, game design, game writing, production, teaching. We made the award-winning Solace State: Embolden activists, take back power from big corp!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/928000
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|๐น๐น๐บ๐ธ|๐ AFNarratives@gmail.com
๐บ Cat Mom ๐บ
afnarratives.carrd.co