loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
GTGD @gtgd.bsky.social I make games!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4774240/Star_Journey/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3109830/Peacequarium/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3494210/Choo_Choo_Survivor_2
Kilian Eng @kilianeng.bsky.social Graphics artist
Gerry Mander @mandelbaumski.bsky.social Aspiring cat. Basic artist. Creative journal on Instagram @kattstudie
Into: indie PC games, creating stuff, books.
Previous life: media relations & communications, dance (house & waacking).
sailor mercury @sailorhg.com putting the โฟsoftโฟ in software engineer
๐ฎ๐ฉ๐บ๐ธ
โฟ shop.bubblesort.io
โฟ sailorhg.com
Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social Online May 22-23, 2026! A new game industry event by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed.
Godot Engine @godotengine.org Your free, open-source game engine ๐ฎ๐ ๏ธ
Develop your 2D & 3D games, cross-platform projects, or even XR ideas!
๐ https://links.godotengine.org/
Paris Marx @parismarx.com ๐ฅ PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE ๐ฅ
๐๏ธ @techwontsave.us
๐ฌ https://disconnect.blog
๐ https://hyperscalebook.com
Oleg Dolya @watabou.bsky.social Procgen enthusiast: cities, dungeons, tarot, castles... antlers!... and other fascinating stuff. Many years ago I made Pixel Dungeon.
https://www.patreon.com/c/watawatabou
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
Redigit๐ณ @redigit.bsky.social Creator of Terraria
Lu Nascimento @lunascimento.art Art director/Co-founder/Gremlin @bunnyhug.games
Worked on Moonglow Bay, Overthrown, Loco Motive, Wargroove, Assemble with Care, Timespinner, etc
โฟ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ง๐ท in the ๐ฌ๐ง โข they/them
Booked til Jan '27
๐จ https://lunascimento.art
๐ง lunascimento.art[@]gmail.com
๐ซAI
amos @fasterthanli.me hi, I'm amos! ๐ they/them ๐ซ currently working on https://vixen.rs and ML/ASR stuff, occasionally making videos about my latest code crimes ๐ฆ rust shill until something better comes up
๐ https://fasterthanli.me
๐บ https://youtube.com/@fasterthanlime
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
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
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
Saleem @seemo.bsky.social Co-founder, Executive Committee @ko-op.com They/them. Free Palestine. Wear a mask.
Producer on Young Suns! www.youngsuns.com
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social ๐ฎ Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
โ๏ธ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
๐๏ธ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
๐ BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
๐ฒ๐พ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ Malaysian based in the UK
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net ๐ฎ Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
๐ Senior Lecturer (in Games)
๐ญ Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
๐ Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Leonard Skeonard @mike.reuben.games making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Konstantinos Dimopoulos ๐ Gamescom Dev @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. ๐ Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social Now: Scouting for Raw Fury
Before: Lots of stuff.
Pitch me that new game of yours -> https://form.asana.com/?k=SF4rPk6Y5L-NFSrVml5JOg&d=1123805143377851
(He/Him)
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
Bertine van Hรถvell @baroness.bsky.social Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
๐ต Indie Dev
๐ Freelance Game Designer and Writer
๐ฎ Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
โจDGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
๐ธ www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐บ
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.
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
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
Vadym, friend of eggbug @yellowafterlife.bsky.social I write tools and code for videogames!
Links and newsletter: https://yal.cc/links
Rosa ๐ @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
๐ฎ Creative Director sona bona
๐ซ Freelance game design
๐ Spanish in UK
๐ Sewist
๐ผ Prev Preloaded, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus, etc.
๐ 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
โ๐ผ she/her
Squidly @squidly.newgrounds.com Squid-shaped dev on Renaine
I stream #gamedev weekdays โก๏ธ twitch.tv/squuuidly
@streamnotifs.bsky.social for stream notifications
Scott Hartsman @hartsman.bsky.social Shipping talks, bullshit walks. I've worked on a ton of MMOs and other online games. Mostly helping games startups these days. Also, corgis. Specifically, one large, lazy one in particular.
Shams jorjani @shamsjorjani.bsky.social CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Still not a vampire.
Ben Porter @eigenbom.bsky.social Game developer for life. I made MoonQuest and many other things. AAA gamedev by day. On the web at https://bp.io. Also https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eigenbom.
Change my profile pic: https://bp.io/app/avatar
Historically: https://twitter.com/eigenbom
Erlend Grefsrud @erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social Games for computers. More or less recovered after finishing โ๏ธGo Mecha Ballโ๏ธ: https://t.co/DzRqWvFIVR
Current thing: Stomp City
Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games.
Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
PotionsACuriousTale.com
Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss) @ziraeliss.bsky.social Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmรถ, Sweden ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐น
Emelie Edholm @emelie.bsky.social Cat herder for a bunch of gfx folks at Rockstar.
Coffee and a stiff drink, please.
Jan-Bart van Beek @janbart.bsky.social Studio Director & Art Director at Guerrilla Games. Original concept creator of Horizon Zero Dawn. BAFTA & Golden Calf winner. Poweruser of the word Basically.
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Nazih Fares ๐ Gamescom @nazihfares.com ๐ผ Game Producer @Savoirludique.com
๐ Making the game @ArabMisfits.com
๐ Vice Chair of @IGDA.org Game Credits SIG
๐ฟ @BAFTA.org Member and Jury
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Non-binary | He/They
๐ฃ๏ธ EN/FR/AR/ES/and more languages
๐ท Olympus EM-1 and Pixel 7 Pro
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Elisabeth Beinke @ebeinke.bsky.social Principal Level Designer (17+ yrs in games) Ex-Respawn, Ex-Irrational
๐ฟ she/her โ๏ธ
๐ฎ #IronMan #StarWarsHunters, #BioshockInfinite, #DOOM, #LastExpedition #Mafia3, #PerfectDark #TransformersReactivate ๐ฎ
โ๐ฟโ๐พโ๐ฝโ๐ผโ๐ป
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ You Matter ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social Writer of video games, books, short stories etc.
A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART out now
Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media
Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more
http://www.lockhartwrites.com
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com ๐ฌ Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.socialโฌ . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) ๆๆช็ด็พ @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social UX Lead @ Rift | โณPrev: The Outsiders, Funcom, EA, King
Time Person of the Year 2006 | Keynote Speaker | IGDA Next Gen Leader | Eyeroller in Chief | ๐TCK ๐ง ADHD ๐ฉปEDS ๐bi ๐คmetalhead ๐คLoL dork ๐ชFeminazgรปl
Views are mine & you can't have them
she/her
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.
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
Joni Korpi @jonikorpi.com Finnish gamedev & webdev. Posting about design, UI, art, procedural generation, audio synthesis & everything else involved. I hate AI.
Working on a tactics RPG. Announcing soon.
Site: https://jonikorpi.com
Mastodon: https://jonikorpi.com/@jonikorpi
Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social Brad โข hobbyist level designer โข amateur texture guy โข artstation.com/strideh โข https://strideh.itch.io/
Victor @dimpledlearner.bsky.social I am a human and learner with dimples who loves developing games.
passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social Game Developer and Tech Artist โจ
passivestar.xyz
Zed @zed.dev A next-generation code editor that enables high-performance collaboration with AI and your team.
zed.dev
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
daniel:// stenberg:// @daniel.haxx.se I write curl. I don't know anything. I am @bagder@mastodon.social
Weekly email at https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/daniel
Oxide Computer Company @oxide.computer The cloud you own. https://oxide.computer/bio
Oskar Stรฅlberg @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Game dev. Made Bad North and Townscaper. 
Landfall Games @landfall.se Indie studio and makers of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Stick Fight, ROUNDS, Clustertruck, Air Brawl and Knightfall: A Daring Journey! Published Content Warning.
HASTE ๐out now! PEAK also out now!!! โฐ๏ธ
Ana Opara @anopara.bsky.social Procedural art nerd, ยฝ of Pounce Light with @h3r2tic.bsky.social, co-creator of #TinyGlade a diorama doodling game ๐ฐ๐ฟ s.team/a/2198150 ๐ณโ๐๐
Stefan Alfredsson @argentrealms.bsky.social Swedish game developer living in Japan. You should check out Tiny Terrariums on Steam! :D
dln @dln.bsky.social Open Source, infrastructure stuff, scalable systems and "devops".
Noise maker. Team builder. Unafraid of kernel space.
https://arity.se/
Jake @jking-dev.games Dad!
Game designer in the industry for more than 8 years, looking to work on something cool!
I like skeletons and mechs
also wizards
eggbug forever
Dorcat @dorcat.bsky.social A Godot Programmer for Hire, DM for information!
๐ณ๏ธโ๐
I love being able to create Indie Games for others to enjoy.
itch-io : https://dorcat.itch.io
Discord : https://discord.gg/ug2V7CyNZr
๐ฅ The Croissant Crusaders ๐ฅ Wishlist GAME (not) OVER on Steam! @thecroissantcrusaders.com Wishlist GAME (not) OVER, on Steam Q1 2025!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124320/GAME_not_OVER/
French solo video game studio!
Linktree: www.thecroissantcrusaders.com
Personal account: @ffenril.bsky.social
Tony Cooper - hungryblackbird @tonycooper.bsky.social Solo #gamedev working on narrative game prototypes. More tired than I look.
ITCH - https://tonycooper.itch.io/
DEVLOGS - https://youtube.com/@hungryblackbirdgames
BLOG - https://hungryblackbird.com/
#indiegames #indiedev
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
Kenney @kenney.nl โจ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
www.kenney.nl
Omar @ocornut.bsky.social programmer of things and stuff. dear imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui / the dragonโs trap / dreams / tearaway / pixeljunk shooter / soul bubbles / meka. Paris, France https://www.miracleworld.net
Karl Zylinski @zylinski.se Wrote the eBook "Understanding the Odin Programming Language". Made the game "CAT & ONION". Check out what I'm up to these days: https://zylinski.se
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
Niklas Lundberg @datgame.bsky.social Engine Net/MP code at @MediaMolecule TBA project. prev: Dreams, Intel Net, Avalanche engine, Mad Max, Just Cause 3+4, Rage 2, Contraband, Hunter CoTW, Hiber3d.
https://x.com/datgame
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@datgame
Bob Nystrom @stuffwithstuff.com Dad, husband, brother, son. Working on Dart at Google, ex-game dev at EA, wrote "Game Programming Patterns" and "Crafting Interpreters". http://stuffwithstuff.com/
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Tim McNamara @timclicks.dev Trainer and consultant on the Rust programming language. Author of Rust in Action. Team climate. Walkable neighbourhoods are nice, actually.
Signal: @timclicks.01
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Product & Tool UX Designer, Freelance Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!