Jon Huffman @straighthogglin.bsky.social Game Developer, Team Leader, Amateur Cook, Hobbyist Gardener, and the occasional painter of miniatures.
Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social Education journalist, write for The Observer & The Guardian, keen on walking, wine, kindness, the aptly used expletive. Totally over misogyny and hoping this place is better.
mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social synth tinkerer (plinky); nvidia research (InstantNGP/NeRF); cofounder MediaMolecule (Dreams, LittleBigPlanet); demoscene/vj (statix/bluespoon)
Studio HEFT @heft.studio Studio HEFT is a collective of senior creatives building interactive work with weight. We make things that last – in memory, in meaning, and in impact.
https://heft.studio/
Splitscreen Games Conference @splitscreencroatia.bsky.social A no-stress, high-curation games industry gathering on the Croatian Coast that celebrates the culture and craft of making video games.
www.splitscreencroatia.com
Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social co-founder & director Future Friends Games
futurefriends.lol
publishing & self pub support for cool indie games // this is what dreams are made of // he/him // 6 x GDC speaker // latest GDC talk https://youtu.be/-341jEXj-iI
Simon Cardy @cardy.bsky.social Senior Editor @IGN | Writer ✏️ | Podcast Host 🎙️| Hopeful Tottenham Hotspur ⚽️ and New York Jets 🏈 fan | I like films: https://boxd.it/vWRl
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social Writer, journalist, and co-founder of PC games blog Jank.
Visit: jank.cool | Follow: @jank.cool
Prev bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, IGN, PC Gamer, Edge, Eurogamer.
Narrative for: Cataclismo, Creatures of Ava, and Moonlighter 2.
Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social Documentarian
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
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Eoghan Watters @ Develop Brighton @leglessgamer.bsky.social 26 | Irish | Amputee | Research and Admin Assistant @ Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association | Sonic Sicko | (he/him)
My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Two books published this year - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal and poetry collection Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth
Ben Maguire MP @benmaguiremp.bsky.social 🔶 MP for North Cornwall
⚖️ Lib Dem Shadow Attorney General
Promoted by Lib Dems at 4 Tower St. PL15 8BQ
Junaid Chundrigar @imajunation.bsky.social Animator/director/illustrator
Hideous Henk | Gerard en Stipje | Creator of Stan Lee's Bad Days seasons 1-3 (NOT the current stuff) | some HISHE shows | things for Valve & Steam | Ultimate Recaps
www.imaJunation.com
Martin Caine @martincaine.com Solo Indie Dev working on Positron (out now on Steam). Also: Senior Programmer at @Rebellion.com North (formerly TickTock Games).
Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social Women working towards a kinder world. Join our campaign against the active discrimination of trans & non-binary people. Over 100,000 signatures of support, and counting 🙏
🔗 https://notinourname.org.uk
👏 https://www.gofundme.com/f/notinourname-fundraiser
Williams Racing F1 @williamsracingf1.bsky.social Fan Account | Conta Não-Oficial - Unofficial Account
Williams Racing F1 fan page. All updates, news, live race commentary and more here. Unaffiliated
#WilliamsRacing
Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social Deaf dev who loves coffee 🤗♥️
Accessibility Development Director @ EA
she/they • coda mom • my views ♿️✨
pfp by D.SLOOGS 🥹⚡️
Kolo @helloitskolo.com UK based Gamer, wheelchair user and lover of strong narratives!
Sci-fi, accessibility, TTRPGs, plants, community and stopping to pet the cat🌻🌈♿ she/her
find me here: helloitskolo.com/links
work enquiries: business@helloitskolo.com
IllegallySighted @illegallysighted.bsky.social Hello, my name is Jesse Anderson, a.k.a. IllegallySighted on many areas around the Internet. By day, I am an assistive technology specialist. I am also a technology, game, and XR Accessibility advocate and consultant.
James Rath @jamesrath.bsky.social Mostly blind👨🏼🦯 , YouTube Creator & TV Host 📹, Accessibility Consultant 🎮
https://jamesrath.LA
Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social Award-winning disability reporter | Words:
CanIPlayThat, Fanbyte, IGN, LauncherWP, WIRED etc. | email: Grantthedisabledgamer@gmail.com (he/him)
Newsletter: https://accessgranted.ghost.io
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/grant-stoner-1
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social (♡°◡°) Kindness is free spread that s♡*t like confetti!
Producer • Bizdev • Accessibility • Award-winning Games Industry Consultant • BAFTA Member • Disabled, Autistic
linktr.ee/tarja_pk
Christopher Groux @cmgroux.bsky.social Testing Methodologies Manager at Forbes Advisor. Former gaming and accessibility writer/editor at Reviewed, Inverse and Newsweek.
SightlessKombat 🔜 @developconference.com @sightlesskombat.com UK-based, award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and content creator. Certified audio describer, aspiring voice actor and BAFTA member. All with no sight whatsoever.
Always happy to talk and share my personal perspective!
Antonio I. Martinez @black1976.bsky.social Disabled Gamer | SMA Type 3 | Accessibility advocate & consultant | Editor-In-Chief and Mobility Editor at GameAccessibilityNexus.com | #Accessibility is a necessity #a11y
James @jamesbutlin.bsky.social Lead Programmer @FuturLab working on PowerWash Simulator 💦. Previously: lead on PWS VR 💧, on a mental health & wellbeing study in PWS 1 with Oxford University 🧑🔬 and working on Onward (VR) 🔫
Opinions are my own. ENFJ, He/Him
Badger Atack @badgertracks.bsky.social Lead Concept Artist & Art Director
Making worlds you want to explore in films & games
w: badgertracks.net
Wrk: Star Wars, Battlefield, Dune, Guardians of the Galaxy, Elite, ETC.
Walks/Cycles if possible
Oxford.
No GenAi
https://badgerlinks.carrd.co/
Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social Bold Politics is the podcast making hope normal again with Zack Polanski.
https://linktr.ee/boldpolitics
The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
greenparty.org.uk
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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email i_h@hotmail.com
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.
Home Assistant @home-assistant.io Open source home automation that puts local control & privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers & DIY enthusiasts.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social Bakshi Art and Animation. Run by Ralph and Eddie Bakshi. Animation art shop: https://www.ebay.com/str/bakshianimationart
Website: www.bakshistudio.com
NI Game Dev Network @nigamedev.bsky.social The community for everyone who makes games in Northern Ireland 🎮 Hosts of #PlayMyDemo: The NI Game Dev Meetup
Caolan McKendry @caolan.xyz 📈Consultant @ IndieBI & uwu biz
👾Coordinator, @nigamedev.bsky.social
📍Belfast, Northern Ireland
Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social Video games / music / creative industries kinda guy.
Former Head of Games at BAFTA, prev. Insight Manger at Ukie
Runs UK Games Composers: https://gamescomposers.co.uk/
Here to fight the good fight for games.
Rip 'n tear until it is done.
Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social contact: christopher at nebula dot tv
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
🔗 nerdl.ink
Jaromír Plachý 💛💙 @jaromirplachy.bsky.social Games, cartoons and pictures | 🍄 @amanitadesign.bsky.social 🍄
🖤 Happy Game | 🧡 Chuchel | 💚 Botanicula |
👁️ www.jaromirplachy.net 👁️ | 🍺🍻🍺🍺🍻🍻🍺
https://linktr.ee/jaromirplachy
Jamie Sefton @seffers007.bsky.social Ex-PC Zone editor, MD Northern England games networks @GameRepublic & @gamayo. Electronic music via Wilton (now on @CastlesInSpace) - and Ramraid. Music writer. Nintendo nut. LUFC.
eastmad @eastmad.bsky.social Game Dev with OversightProductions
(Recently Floor 13: Deep State,
Now Caravanserai)
Tech journalism for thenewstack.io
Podcasting with https://techgrumps.wordpress.com/
The above image is from Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator
Andrew Benson @andrewbensonf1.bsky.social I am BBC Sport’s Formula 1 correspondent
NWU🎮♿ @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social NWU is a non-profit aimed at building community, awareness and inclusion for accessibility and disability within the gaming industry and gaming communities.
Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social 🎮 Indie game developer
🚗 Currently working on Turbo Hatchback Time Attack
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4488590/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=profile
Becky Street @beckysaudio.bsky.social Sound Designer @ Noodle Noise🎙️🎮
Completely Stretchy 👐 Grapple Dog 🐶 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines 🐾 Soccer Story ⚽ Startenders VR 🍸 | they/them 🏳️🌈
www.beckystreetaudio.com
Christian Bliss @devilbliss.bsky.social Hunter and opinion-giver of fine digital entertainment, squash berserker, Hawaiian shirt hoarder, musical predator. Sounds at: http://mixcloud.com/DevilBliss/
Joshua Garrity @combinehunterjg.bsky.social Head Game Scout at Secret Mode. Formerly Team17, Fireshine. Opinions expressed here are my own. Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Everything is Crab
Patrick T Johnson 🔜 COREBLAZER/ChinaJoy @patricktjohnson.bsky.social Head of Discovery @ Playstack // he/him // Creator of http://gamerbeware.co.uk // Ambassador @SafeInOurWorld 24 // Opinions are my own // Currently based in Tokyo 🇯🇵
Chris White @romerossoldier.bsky.social Games publishing guy. Supporting great horror games at Ten Image Publishing.
Bobby Wertheim @hitopopo.bsky.social Founding Partner of Kando Factory. BAFTA member and So-Fu mentor.
I travel the digital and physical world finding the next best indie games. Consider me a digital Indiana Jones :)
Yves Le Yaouanq @ubikh.bsky.social @Focus Entertainment Chief Content Officer. Publishing & Acquisitions (Former @Ubisoft) /@DevCom_global & @GameCampFrance Advisory Board/Words my own
Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social Senior Product Scout & Biz Dev @ PQube Games
History lover, food explorer and bad jokes laugher.
滯英台籍外勞 Made In Taiwan 💚
she/her
https://pqube.co.uk/submit-a-game/
Brian Wilson @blanketswilson.bsky.social Portfolio Director at Whitethorn Games. Pitch me your game! 🛹
Jay Powell @jaypowell.bsky.social Dad
Husband
25+ years on the business side of games
Founder of @IndieGameBusiness.bsky.social
CEO of @thepowellgroup.bsky.social
(He/Him)
Michael Ailshie @mailshy.bsky.social Lead Production Ops Manager at at Netflix Games | Former Supergiant Games, Epic Games, Night School | Voice of Orpheus in Hades
Tim Browne @n1tch.bsky.social CPO and Co-Founder of @Bright_Gambit. He/Him 🇬🇧🇸🇪
george w @grgwllrd.bsky.social Co-Founder @secretsaucegg.bsky.social - a marketing and publishing agency for Indie-AA games and studios. Love games, football and good food.
Michele “Miki” Di Nardo @themaich.bsky.social Videogame and Publishing Producer
♢ Guy at https://spritzconsulting.com/
♢ Co-Founder at @scuolanash.bsky.social
♢ Alumni at Raw Fury, Rebellion and 34BigThings
♢ ShowRunner of Beer2Peer - GameDev Meetup in Turin.
Italian 🇮🇹, European 🇪🇺
@seanfireshine.bsky.social @seanfireshine.bsky.social Publishing Business Development Manager here at Fireshine Games working across first party relations and signing physical titles for us to publish. Previously in marketing working on Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Brewmaster and more
AstridMie @astridmrefstrup.bsky.social CEO @wingsfundme Parttime law student. Dyslexic ✌️She/her.
Pontus Mähler (AGP) @pontusmahler.bsky.social Co-Founder Agora Gaming Partners: We close investment, publishing and M&A deals in the video games industry... Founder: http://expatlegalthailand.com Living in 🇹🇭
George Perkins @superraregeorge.bsky.social head of doing things @superraregames.bsky.social - chief signer of physical/digital games and part time pretend CEO
Christophe De bont @cdebont.bsky.social Kindness above all else ~ building the future of sustainable Belgian #gamedev @vlaamsavfonds.bsky.social ~ raising videogame literacy everywhere else ~ EN/NL ~ he/him
Lewis Speller @dysonism.lol Partner Development Manager @PlayStation - tell me about your game! 🎮
💙 Chelsea FC ⭐⭐
Posts my own opinion etc. He/him.
Rachel Heleva @hlywa.bsky.social building playable culture @ http://themade.org
PhD researcher; games, systems, verse @ http://singlab.org
scouting games & supporting teams @ https://tophat.studio/
curating conversations & events @ https://gamesbeat.com/
AnnoyIain @annoyiain.bsky.social Video Game "Professional"- Former CEO - Lover of Games - Hater of Bullshit. Lover of Lao, Father of Kai!
Hegor @hegor.bsky.social 33. Husband 🏳️🌈 And guinea pigs and cat dat. I play too many JRPGs. Views are my own. Marketing director for Ishtar Games. He/him
Morten Larssen @geekdad69.bsky.social King's Hand at Impact Horizon/Raw Fury. News junkie, geek dad, gamer, movie buff, entrepreneur, cancer survivor and grumpy old fart. Posts are personal views!
Daniel Lyozov @dlyozov.bsky.social head of bizdev & scouting @ Oro Interactive
Caoimhe @keevahh.bsky.social 🎮 Senior Publishing Producer at Chucklefish.
Steve Stewart 🔜 Develop Brighton @thatdarnsteve.bsky.social First-time Game Director. Head of Operations at Dreamloop. I play games, cook dope food & do MMA commentary.💥🎮 Opinions? This time, they're personal...
Ga-Yi @roboticake.bsky.social she/her. 🏳️🌈. French! Posts in EN & FR. Senior Strategic Partner Manager @hoodedhorse.bsky.social 👁️👄👁️.
Prev > Ico Partners, Plug in Digital, Wargaming.
Games, cooking, drawings, shitposting.
dreww @dreww.gg helping indie devs make cool shit at @phantomfriends.com. and then also i like esports (sorry)
Andrea Alvarez @andreaalvarez.bsky.social Game Manager @ Joystick Ventures 🕹️
always excited about exciting things 🏳️🌈 she/her
Jingtong 景桐 @zogzhu.bsky.social BD in games investments, mostly posts about games, culture, China things and personal stuff. Prev: publishing producer at tinyBuild & XD.
Chinese immigrant in the Netherlands. She/Her. Opinions are my own!
Blog: https://jingtong.bearblog.dev/
Guillaume Boucher-Vidal @gheeyom.bsky.social CEO and Creative Director at Nine Dots Studio
I mostly talk about game design, game development, game business, but I delete 90% of my posts before clicking "send".
Amy 🪦 @obvitsamy.bsky.social I find indie games & partnerships for @mythwright.com
Read and review books 📚
Send me your game pitch! https://mythwright.com/contact
✨ BAFTA member & ADHD girlie
she/her
Trisha Lee🌸 @trishalee.bsky.social Investment and EU dev rel @Krafton Co-founder @PATI🎮
Prev. BD & Scouting @United Label @Kepler @Utomik
She/Her✨️ Say Hi👋
Vlad Calu 🏠 @vladw.bsky.social Game Scout @ Bright Gambit | ex-Oro Interactive🦑 & Those Awesome Guys🐔 | Indie Publishing Consultant
🏄he/him🏄
Adrien Larouzée @adrienlarouzee.bsky.social Head of Digital Project Management @artefr.bsky.social + indie games prod & publishing @arte-interactive.bsky.social / Music producer and Meloguessr🫡 Synthesizers & Chamonix enthousiast https://linktr.ee/adrienlarouzee
a stinky ox 🐂 @stinkyox.bsky.social I am an ox that makes games and lightsynths. Recreational shepherd.
Qualbert.com 🔜 Gamescom @qualbert.com Head to http://Qualbert.com for game reviews that are more than just a number! | We ♥ Aus games!
Got a game to share? 📧 Email qualbertgaming@gmail.com
Join our Discord to chat indies: https://discord.gg/38TY7SVq43
Dylan Perrett 🍜 @dylanperrett.bsky.social Associate Lead Animator @Gameloft | PREV: @5LivesStudios/@PlaySideStudios/@DefiantDev
Boulder Lover | Hoarder of Unopened Board Games & Unpainted Minis | Hollow Knight Enjoyer.
📍Brisbane, Australia
▶️ vimeo.com/dbperrett
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
Ryan Penning ✨ @ryanpenning.com ✨Award Winning Producer and Games Industry Expert. Thinking and looking for what’s next?
Previously @ Chaos Theory Games, @ Mighty Kingdom, @ Ultimate Studio, Games Investment Manager @ Screen NSW
Won some AGDA's • Rising Star & more!
Stubbornly made
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com 🎮 WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
✨ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
💜 Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
🔄 Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
🌺 She/Her
🦘 MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
BURD @tezamondo.bsky.social + paperhousegames.com
+ Paperbark | Wood & Weather
+ self destructive optimist
was cool until you got to know me
Ben Britten @benbritten.bsky.social Previously worked on many, many games; gamedev for nearly 20 years. I am old. I post random 3d printing stuff and sometimes bunnies. He/Him. Australia. Also birds apparently.
Rebecca Fernandez O'Shea @rebeccafernandez.bsky.social Senior Graphics Programmer at Nixxes Software @nixxessoftware.bsky.social Previously TT Games and WeirdBeard Games. A member of Port Jackson Greens and the Sustainable Transport branch of Climate Change Balmain/Rozelle.
Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social Awards-nominated freelance writer (ScreenHub, Kotaku Aus, Stevivor, PowerUp!, Byteside, Player 2, CheckPoint, SUPERJUMP, Qualbert, NG+, LT3, JPG). Highly opinionated on games, miniatures, & wrasslin'.
They/Them.
https://muckrack.com/jam-walker
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Renee O'flynn @scree.bsky.social Freelance video game journalist. Reviewer for Qualbert.com. Making content for Switchaboo and the IndiEXP.
Apologies will happen.
Contact me! Scree(at)y7mail(dot)com
Portfolio: (in progress) http://scree66.wordpress.com
Chris Yearn @chrisyearn.bsky.social Senior Animator @sledgehammergames.com • Prev: Lecturer, worked on some old games • ✝️ • Dad x 3 • Drummer • Opinions are my own.
📍 Brisbane, Australia
🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrisyearn
Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social // Managing Editor, @ThisWeekInVideogames.com
// Managing Editor, GamesHub (2021-2023)
// Senior Editor and Video Producer, GameSpot (2008-2020)
// Multi-Award-Winning, Token Asian
// DM's open, edmond@thisweekinvideogames.com
Luna Luna 🏳️⚧️Game Dev / Artist @theballadofluna.bsky.social 3D Artist, Illustrator, #solodev
She/Her Pronouns.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Chinese Filipino Australian 🇨🇳🇵🇭🇦🇺
I'm making a game called "You Belong"
https://www.artstation.com/lunaelise
I wanna be friends with lots of devs!! 😊
🗨English/日本語🗨
Ben Kosmina @kosmologyb.bsky.social Associate Product Manager for Fellow Traveller | he/him | ace | opinions are not that of my employers
I like good movies and terrible movies, and I have two cats. Narrative games are rad too
Can’t answer DMs as bsky has blocked them for my country, sorry
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry