Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
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
Read-Only Memory @readonlymemory.com Publisher of books on videogames and worldbuilding est. 2012
https://readonlymemory.com
https://readonlymemory.com/collections/selects
Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/
We’re a website about shooting games, among other things.
Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/bulletpoints
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Contributing writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Eteo Games @eteogames.bsky.social • Independent game studio, creating worlds of mystery and mischief
• Read Eteo Archetypes: https://www.eteogames.com/
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
dreamfeel @dreamfeel.bsky.social llaura, @liadhy & lots more folks.
cool things like curtain, if found, contact, bog bodies
follow for news and gifs, but probably in the opposite order
boshi's place @boshis.place boshi’s place is a space in brooklyn, ny that celebrates game making as a craft and *something related to play/experience*
website --> https://boshis.place <--
Bao @keyofbao.bsky.social Keyboardist/Producer/Programmer/amateur music archiver
He/Him
Ben Robbins @lamemage.com game designer, made Microscope, Kingdom, West Marches, this that and the other thing. I blog at arsludi.lamemage.com
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social A platform for projects related to David Graeber’s legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work.
https://davidgraeber.institute
kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social over-explainer for fame & fortune, analog enthusiast, 9-5 academic.
informatics PhD (computer/networking histories, LGBTQ+ activism, STS & HIV/AIDS). you might know me from video games
once: uc irvine
now: u of michigan
💾🌿💽 kb.place 💽🌿💾
Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social UC Santa Cruz professor; makes/studies games, elit, AI, etc; co-editor MIT Press Software Studies series; parent; Quaker; Henson/Muppet fan; disabled; he/him
New book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Personal website: http://www.noahwf.com
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
sylvia @sylvibullet.bsky.social shitty little posts
🎙️ cast member on friendsatthetable.net / media criticism on mediaclub.plus / video game chatter on sidestory.show
🎸 @ https://gutmachineband.bandcamp.com/
pfp by @calicotomcat.bsky.social
18+
Keith J Carberry @carberry.deals Run Button, Friends at the Table and Media Club Plus
Janine Hawkins @bleatingheart.bsky.social Podcaster, game writer, cat botherer
Andrew @swandre3000.bsky.social podcaster (Friends at the Table & Media Club Plus), aspiring amateur woodworker, sports, etc. etc. etc.
Art Martinez-Tebbel @amtebbel.bsky.social You might know me from Friends at the Table, you might know me from real life, you might not know me at all but weird that you ended up here.
Ali @ali-online.bsky.social Producer and fated sweetie for @friends-table.bsky.social | r2d2's real life best friend on @morecivilized.bsky.social | she/her | I'm Utena but the prince I'm modeling my life after is Kiryu Kazuma
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com puzzles that love you back
a zach gage and orta therox joint
www.puzzmo.com
joannes @playthroughline.com • "Experimental DM" of https://neurocracy.site
• I've peaked and I'm kidding myself
• https://playthroughline.com
• he/they
Diego Nicolás Argüello @diegoarguello.bsky.social news @ game developer. words @ new york times, vulture, rolling stone, the verge, wapo, npr, the guardian, vgc, pitchfork, edge, gamespot, av club, game informer, polygon, paste, fanbyte, & more
founder @ into the spine • diego6arguello6@gmail.com • he/him
Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social Stories about video games and what they leave behind /// Patreon: http://patreon.com/intothespine /// Founder: @diegoarguello.bsky.social /// Email: contact@intothespine.com /// https://intothespine.com/
wahoo [playing Mermaid Mask and Denshattack!] @itsmewahoo.bsky.social wahoo (she/they)
i like Scarlet Hollow. i like indie games and i like to doodle sometimes too👌im more active on tumblr (same @)
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design | 🌏ALL✊🏾WILL⚖️RISE🌍 | Thirsty Suitors / 80 Days / Sable | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
despelote ⚽ OUT NOW! @despelote.game despelote is a soccer game about people, set in Quito, Ecuador.
made by julian cordero, sebastián valbuena, gabe cuzzillo, ian berman, and niall tessier-lavigne
OUT NOW!
https://despelote.game/
Fun City Ventures @funcityventures.bsky.social Cyberpunk TTRPG pod set in NYC 2102 🐉 Played by Bijan Stephen, Jenn de la Vega, Nicholas Guercio, and Shannon Odell 🕴️ Bad Boys by Taylor Moore 🎲 GM'd by Mike Rugnetta 😎 http://funcity.ventures and wherever you listen to podcasts.
tomato [CLOSED FOR THE MOMENT!] @eggtomatosoup.bsky.social tomato | it/any | 20
status: busy
commissions: closed
trip @borderlambs.bsky.social drawer
>> #dungeonmeshi | #oc <<
☕ https://ko-fi.com/tshmegolas
🌴 https://linktr.ee/borderlambs
Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co creating videogames | made bernband, grunn, and more | part of @sokpop.co
jenny @qdork.bsky.social posting (at least) 1 video a day until my video game, CONSUME ME, sells one million copies.
buy now! 👇👇👇👇👇
iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/consume-me/id6769877287
steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/Consume_Me/
SpilledTe @spilledte.com Play #1000XRESIST | Shop: SHIPPED 💛 Te /tiː/ | She/Her 🇦🇺 | Commissions CLOSED | Illustrator and Merch Art-Hobbyist🌸 I draw Yuri !
🌲 https://linktr.ee/spilledte |
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio sunsetvisitor.studio makes diverse narrative games through the lens of speculative fiction.
1000xRESIST | s.team/a/1675830/
Prove You're Human | s.team/a/4533950
DISCORD: discord.gg/sunsetvisitor
ORIGAME DIGITAL @origamedigital.bsky.social Creators of Umurangi Generation and Penguin Colony
Ralka_geoid @ralka-egoid2.bsky.social I LOVE SF
fanart
OC→ @ralka-egoid.bsky.social
☁️ 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡🌷is working on comms! (6/7) @deadfinches.bsky.social 🔞 @ghostfinch.bsky.social || pspspsps come get ur yuri ||
https://ko-fi.com/deadfinches
https://vgen.co/deadfinches
↳ art feed, wip feed, and a timelapse feed available! new wips are on @ramblingfinches.bsky.social
Threadbound 🧶 - Demo Out Now! @threadbound.bsky.social Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218130/Threadbound/
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
aivi @aiviwave.com music fairy (they/them)
aiviwave.com
currently:
🩵 band @aivisura.com
🩵 founder @infloresce.com
🩵 freelance composer for games, animation, personal commissions
previously:
steven universe, ikenfell
MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org A four day, 24-hour event dedicated to music and video games located in National Harbor, MD. Hosted by MAGFest, Inc. - a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to making the world a better place through video games. https://www.magfest.org/
Cetrouz @cetrouz.bsky.social 🌸
- Cez or Bliss
- Freelance artist, fanartist, character designer
- They/She, Brazilian, 23 yrs old
- Women Enthusiast
- BLM + Free 🇵🇸
- https://linktr.ee/cetrouz
🌸
Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social 🍊 Founder of http://blendogames.com
🍊 Most recent release: SKIN DEEP http://blendogames.com/skindeep
🍊 Co-founder https://glitch.city
Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social SATX-based writer and (ENNIE winning!) TTRPG designer who thinks about death the normal amount. VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, Lighthouse at the End of the World, Killer Ratings. linktr.ee/bannerlessgames
Avatar by @catie.bsky.social
Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com game developer / artist
gabbydarienzo.com
Neverway - PROLOGUE OUT NOW! @coldbloodinc.studio Neverway is a blend of horror, life sim, and action RPG.
Follow here for the latest announcements! 🩸
☆ Play the prologue on http://steam.neverway.co
☆ Discord: https://tinyurl.com/neverway
Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social Podcast production company and network
My First Dungeon, Talk of the Table, and Bitcherton
Affiliates: Dice Exploder, Tales Yet Told, Dorkspawn, Maia’s Game Room, Mage Hand High Fige
https://linktr.ee/manysidedmedia
genice @ anirevo A212 @genicecream.bsky.social she/her | design/visdev/illustration | ⭐️ doin' my own things | prev work: Giant Ant, #BNA (Studio Trigger) | 💌 genicecreams@gmail.com
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
Possum Creek @possumcreekgames.com Follow us on the accounts of Steve Jackson Games! bit.ly/sjglinktree
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer and director who works on game-like things and other things.
Author of the novel Process and the visual novel Eliza.
https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/process-a-novel
Nils Deneken @nilsdeneken.bsky.social Founder, Creative Director and CEO at Die Gute Fabrik. Making games, drawing more again.
Mojiken Studio @mojiken.bsky.social Crafting genuine experience since 2013.
Joyfully created When The Past Was Around and A Space for the Unbound
Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social Mother of the Apocalypse, founded #PbtA. ALA & Morgan Ellis award winner. Museum curator. Material culture, leftist politics, kindness & appropriate levels of vengeful fury. She/her,☪️,🌈, breast cancer survivor. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lumpley
Liam Berry @liamberry.ca liamberry.ca
Music and game dev in Winnipeg, Canada : he / him : Making cityofnone.com with noelberry.ca
Liminal ⚔️☕️ @liminal-spaced-out.bsky.social ♡ He/it
♡ Fandom-only account, OC-only alt is @tenages.bsky.social
♡ Taken by my wonderful wife <3
♡ Adult
#art #tftgs #tsp #thestanleyparable #wanderstop
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social 👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
LLaura Aurealis @llauraaurealis.bsky.social personal account. 🇮🇪🏳️⚧️ making indie games since 2010 @ dreamfeel. writer, designer, director, artist. works w/ lots of nice people and sometimes just herself. anti-cool. a better world is screaming, it's impossibly close. all flourishing can be mutual.
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social One of the leading transsexuals in emotion-drenched indie roleplaying game design. Hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Treaty 6). I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of unique, engaging TTRPGs.
www.possibleworldsgames.com
Sam D @diceexploder.com TTRPG designer and podcaster. Find me on Dice Exploder, a mechanic-of-the-week design podcast and blog. Screenwriter. No colon.
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social Director @eteogames.bsky.social • Creative Director of Sable
eteogames.com
Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social Digital Editor
PhD in Medieval lit📚
Columnist @ Unwinnable Magazine 💻
Books Editor @ Exploits
Words @ Polygon, Post45, Digital Trends, Edge, etc.✏️
https://emily-price.neocities.org
inquiries: eaprice.work@gmail.com
geographyofrobots @geographyofrobots.bsky.social Game studio from Louisiana.
https://linktr.ee/geographyofrobots
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
Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social Writer and composer on Friends at the Table - Side Story - Media Club Plus
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social ttrpg designer. They/them🌸 demi & polyam 🌸 Icon by
@valistarri
Check out my folio: https://diwatamnl6.wordpress.com/
games here: https://diwatamnl.itch.io/
patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/diwataMNL
Em @ema-acosta.com A cauldron of bats. they/them
🌿 Contact: https://letterbird.co/oneofwands
Links: https://linktr.ee/em.a
Profile picture: Daniela Astone's "Twelve"
media archaeology lab @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social past solutions for present problems since 2009 // resting on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations
website: www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/
calendar: mediaarchaeologylab.neocities.org/
news: mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/
Tabletop Bookshelf @tabletopbookshelf.com Handpicked tabletop RPGs and solo games delivered to your doorstep! Supporting indie creators and crowdfunded projects. Now with a one-of-a-kind gaming destination in Milwaukee, WI.
TabletopBookshelf.com
Run by @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com ✌️🤓
2 Mello @2mello.net Music maker
audio director @virtuoso-neomedia.bsky.social virtuoso.world
https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
pfp by @saredd99.bsky.social
Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com ennie-nominated bag of chips
Friends at the Table @friends-table.bsky.social Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. | stay wavy
Margin of the Strange @marginofthestrange.bsky.social Margin of the Strange is an upcoming adventure game by the developers of OneShot, it's about a guy who turns into a moth.
marginofthestrange.com
wishlist us on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949750/Margin_of_the_Strange/
Mythworks is making the Myth Work @mythworks.bsky.social Original Worlds. 🌎 Original Stories. 📖
Award-winning TTRPG and Indie Comics publisher. 🏆
Find your next adventure at myth.works! 🗡️
Linktree 🌲: https://linktr.ee/mythworks
max schwartz @mightyatom.bsky.social 18+
artist / game developer, worst girls games & more
cocreated we know the devil, heaven will be mine
http://max.pictures
http://maxds.bigcartel.com
http://maxds.itch.io
http://patreon.com/max_s
http://ko-fi.com/mightyatom
Daniel @c418.org I Music sometimes 🐈⬛
Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social Symbol Enthusiast • They • Coast Salish Land
helveticablanc.com
caro @seaexcursion.itch.io making theatre and games
H G @hg0ff.bsky.social 🫣🤭
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
eric pointcrow @pointcrow.com i do things | http://twitch.tv/pointcrow | http://youtube.com/pointcrow | Business inquiries: pointcrow@loaded.gg
SmallBu Animation @smallbu.bsky.social Two time emmy award-winning animation duo. CN. Disney. A24. Baman Piderman, Later Alligator, and some more. Have a cool day.
https://www.youtube.com/SmallButera
Dosa Divas Out Now @outerloopgames.bsky.social Dosa Divas - out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox. A fully remote indie game studio and previously made Thirsty Suitors and Falcon Age.
https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Toge Productions @togeproductions.bsky.social Indie game developer and publishing studio from Indonesia 🌱 Our games: Coffee Talk, Infectonator, A Space for the Unbound, and more.
Join our community! ▶️ discord.gg/toge
Check out our games! ▶️ https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/togeproductions
Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social Ngāi te Rangi. Hi-octane third international universal donor O NEG. Made award winning video game Umurangi Generation. Making Penguin Colony
Rise Up Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social Award-winning TTRPG designer/idiot
His Majesty the Worm Out Now! http://hismajestytheworm.games/
Kazehita🌠 @kazehita.bsky.social 🎨 https://kazehita.carrd.co/
🎮 Play my video game https://kazehita.itch.io/spacesona
✨working on so much atm
Adult | Any pronouns! | ❌NO AI/NFT
Aaron Cherof @cherof.com Music-making electroacoustic entity. Composer on Rocket Rat Games (Cobalt Core, Sunshine Heavy Industries), Minecraft, Fulcrum Defender, Margin of the Strange www.cherof.com #gameaudio
Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
TOROA: SKYCALL OUT NOW 🌊☁️ @atawhaigames.bsky.social 🌦 tiny game studio in ōtepoti, new zealand
☁️ Toroa: Skycall is OUT NOW on Steam!
💙 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
✨ logo by @yrn-te-ao.maori.nz
Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social 🎮 i make video games and stuff
🐦 created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)