A Shell in the Pit @ashellinthepit.com ashellinthepit.com
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70+ titles
Big Walk, FNAF, Pacific Drive, Little Kitty Big City, Untitled Goose Game, Chicory, Sneaky Sasquatch, Rogue Legacy, @smartereveryday
Jill Grodt @finruin.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief at The Indie Informer
TheIndieInformer.com
Member of The Indie Council
@theindiecouncil.com
Former Game Informer
@gameinformer.com
Grodt rhymes with boat
She/Her
Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com Writer | Jewish/Latino | MFA Creative Writing | Critical Error Pod | JakeNoseIt โถ๏ธ Twitch | ๐ฉJake@SteinbergDrift.com | Debut Acquired โ
peter hunt szpytek @peterspittech.bsky.social the hamburglar of breakfast cereal // Peter Hunt & the Great Outdoors // CRITICAL ERROR podcast // making video essays: https://www.youtube.com/@peterspittech
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Indrani @indrani.bsky.social ๐น๏ธ Game designer @durontogames.bsky.social
๐ฒ Community @blacktabbygames.com, @sunsetvisitor.studio
๐ Co-founder @desisndragons.bsky.social
๐ Find me @ indrani.me
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Mike Boxleiter @boxleiter.bsky.social when i was a small small boy i had big big muscles
Karlee Esmailli @karlee-esmailli.bsky.social Producer of Lazy River, Writer of many dating sims!!
Andrew Stretch @andrewstretch.bsky.social Senior Content Manager & Podcaster @ TechRaptor | Writes News, Reviews, and Guides for as many games as I can get my hands on | Loves Kingdom Hearts, D&D 5e, and engaging in discussion about really nerdy stuff
Alex Van Aken @itsvanaken.games Award-winning senior video editor @GameInformer.com
โข Musician โข 3D Artist โข reality tv sicko
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Riana MP ๐ @therianamp.bsky.social Content Creator and Games Marketing Maven | Former @WhatsGoodGames @ZebraPartners @Xbox @G4TV | she/her
Black Girl Gamers @blackgirlgamers.bsky.social ๐Heightening Black Women's voices in gaming + disrupting the industry
๐Largest Community of Black Women Gamers
โจConsulting | Talent | Events | Media
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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social indie studio working on Bad Magpie ๐ฆโโฌ
play as a magpie with one wing, a missing flock, and an unhealthy obsession with a fallen star
WISHLIST NOW please
https://linktr.ee/badmagpie
Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social Art Director making games โฆ Making Bad Magpie โฆ Art for The Mermaid Mask โฆ BAFTA Breakthrough โฆ She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Jenny | Kimchica ๐ป๐ PAX West & Twitchcon @kimchica.bsky.social ๐ฉท๐๐ Currently @ Wholesome Games, Soft Not Weak ๐ฑ Check out my game discussion club, @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social! Part of @theindiecouncil.com ๐ฎ loves to talk indie games, journaling, and dance.
๐ Personal Biz: jenny@kimchica.com
๐ซถ๐ผ She/her
Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host โจ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
LA ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ท
Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com The Yacht Rock of Video Games
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For business inquiries: giantbomb@rightclick.gg
Media: media@giantbomb.com
Finn @ NOLAnerdcast aka Your Bestie @nolanerdcast.bsky.social Finn, orthopedic surgery marketing guy. Finnterview specialist. Sometimes I do games PR and Marketing! Socky Bless, yโall. Bylines: Temple of Geek/ But Why Tho NOLAnerdcast@gmail.com
Tucker Hazell @tuckerhazell.bsky.social Host of Dev Dive and Back Log Banter. Independent video game researcher and game dev interviewer. | He/him | tucker@dev-dive.com for interview inquiries
Happy Broccoli Games @happybroccoligames.bsky.social Indiedevs of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and Apple Crumble!
(Berlin, Germany)
Brandon Craw | Games Journalist @brandoncraw.bsky.social ๐ Words on startmenu.co.uk, Smashpad.com, and Templeofgeek.com
๐ฌ Also made a podcast about video games and psychology called Mind Controllers ๐ง ๐ฎ
๐ MA Clinical Psychology
DMs/messages are welcome!
linktr.ee/MindControllers
lookingfor.game @lookingfor.game lookingfor.game is a weekly newsletter from @lucyjames.games that highlights upcoming PC games and delivers demo codes straight to your inbox. Letโs find your next favorite game.
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Kartik!? ๐ PAX West @kiniperson.bsky.social indiedev @ finite reflection studios making Mouseward (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1188410/Mouseward/)
previously: Cartoon Network Games
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing โdiscourseโ i do not know what random post you are talking about
Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social I was born to eat chicken wings and play video games. @kindafunnyvids. Epic Creator Code: KindaFunny. He/him. Biz Inquiries: greg at kindafunny dot com
Jules Engel ๐ @ghoulsengel.bsky.social Sr PR Manager at @popagenda.co | dungeon miniboss | silly goose | (they/them)
๐ธ popagenda.co
๐ท sillygoosepr.com
Ben Starr @benstarr.bsky.social Actor. Force of Nature. Ham.
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Nick @nickcummings.com I made some games and spent too long in the tech industry and now Iโm trying to do better
๐งโ๐ป whymog.net
๐ฆ thisgameishaunted.itch.io/trash-the-planet
๐ฎ whymog.itch.io
๐ @siliconsasquatch.com
๐ xoxo.zone/@whymog
๐ฒ Portland, Oregon
Ovinnorr nevarei
Andrew Eiche @buddingmonkey.bsky.social CEO (Chief Executive Owl)
@owlchemylabs.com
Jurge Cruz-Alvarez @jurge.site PR/Marketing person at @popagenda.co ๐จ๐ฝโ๐ป | pronounced like 'George' | milkshake enthusiast | he/him
jurge.site/about | popagenda.co
AZO @azostuff.bsky.social Co-founder and 'Animation Department' at Outerloop Games
DOSA DIVAS out APRIL 14
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950710/Dosa_Divas/
han-han ๐ GDC @hellochar.bsky.social systems design, roguelikes, inner worlds. ex-Spry Fox. currently indie.
Bria ๐ป @thevoidencore.bsky.social Community Director for Young Horses. voted most likely to become a pokemon master in 8th grade. Prev: CD for Blaseball
Young Horses @younghorses.com Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com
Hannah Mackintosh ๐ GDC /PAX East @frenziedsteam.bsky.social ๐ฃ Brand Manager for DREDGE and Canvas City
๐จ 2D Artist
๐
Cosplayer
https://www.artstation.com/frenziedsteam
https://www.instagram.com/frenziedsteam/?hl=en
Amanita Design ๐ฃ @amanita-design.net Indie game studio based in Prague, Czechia. Phonopolis (out now!), Happy Game, Creaks, Pilgrims, Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula, CHUCHEL http://bit.ly/PhonopolisSteam
Abhi | Venba @brownmoney.bsky.social Creative Director at Visai Games
Making games that tell intimate stories with interesting mechanics, like Venba!
Tiny Bookshop โจ @tinybookshopgame.com ๐ Indie studio that developed Tiny Bookshop! out for Switch, Steam, PS5, Xbox and Xbox Game Pass and Mobile!
๐ฟ Free demo on Steam!
๐ https://tinybookshopgame.com
๐ https://neoludic.games
[AFK] Mario @afk-mario.bsky.social Game & Web developer from ๐ฒ๐ฝ
โข ๐@mario_afk@merveilles.town
โข๐๐ฝ A mano from @amanogames.bsky.social
โข ๐ Podcast detrasdelpixel.com
โข ๐ง๐พโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฝ Community https://indi-es.com
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
meredith ๐โโ๏ธ @merryh.bsky.social ๐๐ป hello!
๐ฆ head of marketing @wingsfund.me
๐ bizdev & production consultant
๐ ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
๐ข cofounder @accessunlockanz
๐ curator for @indiedigest.dev
๐ฆ she/her
๐ฎ merryh.dev
Kevin Regamey @regameyk.bsky.social Creative Director @PowerUpAudio. otdq, He/him. (Celeste, TUNIC, NecroDancer, Descenders, Darkest Dungeon...)
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
โ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
๐ฎ present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Chris DeLeon โ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
William Chyr @chyr.bsky.social Artist and game developer. Directed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago.
https://studiochyr.com/
popagenda @popagenda.co Pals doing indie publishing things
popagenda.co
Ian @ianhamilton.net Chronicling VR makers and discoveries in virtual reality. https://www.goodvirtualreality.com
https://linktr.ee/hamiltonian
Erik Dewhurst @erikdewhurst.bsky.social I make games
I have cats
Portfolio: www.erikdewhurst.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikdewhurst/
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
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
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
Mark Sparling @marksparling.bsky.social Music; sometimes SFX (A Short Hike, Cursed to Golf, Adopt Me!,
Shantae and the Seven Sirens, Pekoe)
https://marksparling.bandcamp.com/music
Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social ๐ฎ i make video games and stuff
๐ฆ created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)
Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social Director of Engineering @ Creature working on Starship Home;
Also Dev @ Rust LTD working on H3VR 2!
Previous: SUPERHOT VR, Laser Dance;
Made Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze & Gravity Lab;
DICE & Proto Award Winner
DMs always open!
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__
mickey sanchez @mickeysanchez.bsky.social game dev on๐ฏ๏ธOrder Automatica ๐ช 500 Finger Fillet โ Echo Weaver ๐ธ Big Hops ๐ช Wizard With a Gun ๐ณ The Wild At Heart ๐ Robot Island
๐ป My Website -> mickeysanchez.com
Panic @panic.com panic.com โข Maker of apps (Nova, Prompt, Transmit) โข Publisher of Firewatch, Untitled Goose Game, Nour: Play With Your Food, Thank Goodness You're Here, Arco, Despelote, Time Flies โข Oh, and also @play.date
Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com The Portland Indie Game Squad is a nonprofit community platform supporting game developers with events, meetups, showcases, dev resources, game jams, and more!
www.PIGSquad.com
Thanks for joining us at PIGCON 2026 ๐
Summer Slow Jams is running now! ๐ป
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Kate Killick (Glowfrog Games) @katekillick.bsky.social Game designer / founder at Glowfrog Games. Making cosy scrapbooking game Pieced Together - out now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/Pieced_Together/
BAFTA winner. Freelance designer.
Dotun Oseni-Adegbite @dotunadegbite.bsky.social Software Engineer | Game Maker
Josh Burd @burdxturd.bsky.social Tattoo artist in Portland, Oregon. LoverBird Studio. Email burdxturd@gmail.com for inquiries!
Moonlight Kids @moonlightkids.bsky.social Illustrated, story-rich adventure games
Working on Echo Weaver
Creators of The Wild at Heart
https://t.co/HAaMjxGFM6
Come hang with us! http://discord.gg/qSGTDRh
Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com Client Manager @FutureFriendsGames.com. Former Senior Editor at UploadVR, BAFTA Connect member, co-host for @CrossButtonVR.bsky.social. Will likely talk about F1, RPGs, VR, and Nintendo (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/terranauts
Thomas Van Bouwel ๐ NZGDC & GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. ๐ง๐ช ๐ง๐ท - he/him
๐ http://linktr.ee/tovanbo
Nathan Ayres @nathan3dart.bsky.social He/Him
3D Environment Artist @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social
Guy who ate butter for Day of the Devs 2026
I do Pottery, Film Photography, and so much DnD๐บ๐ท๐งโโ๏ธ
San Francisco
nayres.artstation.com
Zzephre @zzephre.bsky.social 
Turbo Button | Floor Plan: Slap Out Of It! @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social We make silly, playful games that make you smile and respect your time. Developers of Floor Plan, Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, and more.
Currently making Floor Plan: Slap Out Of It! - please wishlist on Steam today!
linktr.ee/turbobuttoninc
Basic Cable Cody @basiccable.games // (Former) Senior Hard Surface Specialist @ Bungie
// Founder @ Basic Cable Games
// UE Game Dev Generalist
// (Un)professional hot sauce critic
Ed Lago @edlago.dev ๐พ Label Director at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social
๐ฅฝ Festival Manager at @vr-forever.com
๐ป Board of Directors Member at @babyghosts.fund
๐ง Mentor at Game Production Guild
๐ซ Former Executive Producer on Pistol Whip
Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
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
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
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
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
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Devin Reimer @devinreimer.bsky.social Founder/CEO @AstroBeam.com & โReimer Family Climate Crisis Fundโ
Co-founder/former CEOwl Owlchemy Labs (acq by Google). Co-creator of Job Simulator #VR
10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social Scott Benson. Artist/ Animator/ Writer/ Videogame Person. Light Night Work Club/ Night In The Woods. Same handle on Twitter and Instagram. You can always find me at Bombsfall.com.
Freya Holmรฉr @freya.bsky.social ๐ฎ tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
๐ acegikmo.com
๐ฅ youtube.com/@acegikmo
๐๏ธ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
๐ก ex-founder of Neat Corp
๐ชก neoluddite
my kids:
๐ฅช @toast.acegikmo.com
๐ฅ @salad.acegikmo.com
๐โโฌ @thor.acegikmo.com
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social I've been here long enough where a lot of you don't even know where I come from and I kinda find that delightful.
But I'm glad you're here! How are you?
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
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Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social * CEO/CCO VR/XR person www.cloudheadgames.com (2013-present)
* https://tinyurl.com/Pistol-Whip , Valve Aperture Hand Lab, Call of the Starseed, Heart of the Emberstone
Kurt Margenau @kurtmargenau.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, The Last of Us Part II, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Kenneled over 18 years. He/him.
Derek Mattson @thedmatts.bsky.social game designer, coffee enthusiast, mediocre snowboarder, semi-professional karaoke singer.
Principal Game Designer @ Naughty Dog
Games: Intergalactic, TLOUII, GoW(2018)
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)