nicholascelt.bsky.social @nicholascelt.bsky.social Storyteller ๐ฌ Bringing the epic fantasy saga of Nick Celt to life. Every world, every battle, created with Technology. Follow the adventure โ๏ธ
bymayachen.bsky.social @bymayachen.bsky.social AI integration consultant. Self-taught. Austin, TX. Twelve years in, six on AI systems. Most companies don't have a model problem โ they have a data problem. Opinions held loosely, updated often. Probably wrong about something right now.
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social โจ๐ฎHelping indie games find their players! ๐ฎโจ
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
๐
Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
PAX @officialpax.bsky.social We host gaming conventions ๐ฎ๐ฒ
#PAXEast #PAXWest and #PAXUnplugged
West Badges on sale NOW: PAXwest26.com/Badges
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Riggy2k3 @riggy2k3.com Game dev โ๏ธ๐ Deluge out NOW!
๐ www.delugegame.com
โถ๏ธ YouTube.com/riggy2k3
๐พ twitch.tv/Riggy2k3
๐ง biz: yo@riggy2k3.com
Vidya Games @vidayogamsu.bsky.social We make games for s&box.
https://sbox.game/vidya/swoleceror
zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social a real good person in a real bad place
http://zaratustra.itch.io
Team Tofana @team-tofana.bsky.social A queer and worker owned indie game studio based in the PNW.
Currently developing: Spoon Witch
Postscript @soundsaurus.bsky.social Free Instant Socials Post Maker
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Try it FREE (desktop/mobile)!
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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social ๐ค๐จ๐ปโ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๏ธ (he/him)
GalaPixelGames @galapixelgames.bsky.social Weโre creating a ninja game. Gameboy color. Your support means a lot!
https://pixel-perfection.itch.io/ninjas-way
Back our project here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/--3270495/coming_soon/x/38517612
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
crisPlease @crisplease.bsky.social Game designer & developer, and recently - ceramic artist ๐ป
Inspired by games, anime, and sad music.
my inst: instagram.com/crispleaseart/
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.social Some passionate devs making awesome games! ๐จ๐ฆ EN/FR
Making #FrightTrain ๐ถโ๏ธ
Made #CaputMortum, #Helltown, #BornOfBread
Discord โ https://discord.com/invite/AkjjPt7QKr
Website โ https://www.wildartsgames.com/
The Black Lantern Collective @theblacklantern.bsky.social The Black Lantern Collective is a publisher like no other.
Join our discord to talk to Devs and fans alike.
https://discord.gg/JSEewmxp4m
Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com Hosting monthly game dev meetups in Ottawa, Toronto, and Kitchener/Waterloo.
Streaming games on twitch.tv/dirtyrectangles
VODs on youtube.com/@dirtyrectangles
https://dirty-rectangles.com/
https://dirty-rectangles.com/discord
A small group of nobodies.
Yogscast Games | Wishlist Dupery! @yogscast.games We play games. We publish games. We are Yogscast Games.
PlateUp! ๐ฝ๏ธ Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers โฃ๏ธ Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times ๐ช Dupery ๐
yogscastgames.bio.link
Backyard Zoo | Wishlist Mayfly on Steam @backyardzoo.bsky.social Solo indie game dev
Currently working on my first game โMayflyโ, a story-rich psychological horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England.
Wishlist now on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly
Lancashire, UK
Clancey @clancey84.bsky.social
ideomancer ๐ SLICE @ideomancer.bsky.social Game Design :: UX/UI Design :: Art Direction
ideomancer.itch.io
Six One Indie @sixoneindie.com Approachable showcases and means of visibility for indie developers.
๐บ Showcase | May 21st, 2026
๐ ๏ธ Demo Days | July 31st - August 7th
๐ฆ www.SixOneIndie.com
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Trans rights are human rights.
Veni Okojo ๐ฆฆ๐๏ธ | Stoat Bounty Hunter VTuber @venituber.bsky.social Trans ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ท Linux Stoat Bounty Hunter VTuber specializing in Action and Story-Driven Games
๐ 18+ MDNI ๐
๐ @alyula.bsky.social ๐
Twitch (Fri - Tues 4PM PST): twitch.tv/venituber
Discord + Other: linktr.ee/venituber
๐จ: venituber@gmail.com
@creadmefford.bsky.social @creadmefford.bsky.social gamedev @darkrunestudios
previously @microsoft
he/him
kooks only no locals
portland or- G Grave @gr4v3.bsky.social 20 | They/He | Be forewarned, I might repost? reblog? rebluesky? somewhat gory horror-related content sometimes. There was a typo caused by too many revisions ("I'll might") in this description for several months, FML.
Survansix @survansix.com We are slow-cooking, self-doubting, heart-spilling, never-ceasing, take-a-deep-breath-and-releasing gamemakers.
โจ Wishlist Phantom of the Grove! โจ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3510510/Phantom_of_the_Grove/
Diversify Tech @diversifytech.com We connect underrepresented techies with career opportunities
๐ Join our newsletter if you are an underrepresented techie: diversifytech.com/join
๐ผ Reach 15K folks if you are hiring: diversifytech.com/post-a-job
The Indie Informer @theindieinformer.bsky.social The Indie Informer celebrates gaming's creative, touching, and innovative titles.
https://TheIndieInformer.com/
Hello@TheIndieInformer.com
www.youtube.com/@theindieinformer
www.twitch.tv/theindieinformer
Mobile Last @mobilelast.bsky.social ๐ฎSpare-time solo game dev.
Currently building Hanaa โ a turn-based local multiplayer racing with a '70s vibe. Casual fun: aim, push, and hope for the best.
๐น๏ธTry the free demo for Windows: mobilelast.itch.io/hanaa
Feedback welcome. Thanks!
Lamechial @lamechial.bsky.social
Eric | Nobody Crown @nobodycrown.com ๐ฎ Indie Game Dev
๐ฑ Making โFeline Forensicsโ
๐ Pennsylvanian
๐ He/Him
Trezy @trezy.codes Maintainer @happyview.dev
Founder @cartridge.dev & @birb.house
Maintainer of HappyView, the Game Dev feeds, and @ozone.birb.house.
Oxford comma defender. He/him.
PressEngine @pressengine.net We focus on time saving features, so you can focus on creating great games, campaigns & content. Boasting the best key coverage ratio in the industry ๐ฎ
Jade J. Laidlaw @starfishness.bsky.social Artist and game developer living in the PNW.
she/her
Check out my Instagram to see my art without my pesky opinions and jokes: https://www.instagram.com/starfishness.art?igsi=MWdjbmZnaGg3dW1mNA==
DZ @dizzyandlost.bsky.social (he/him) Games Writer. Hockey. PDX. ๐จ๐ท๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social Director, designer, and all-around #gamedev at pprojects, etc.
Currently in production for an as-yet-unannounced game about [๐ป] from the [๐ตโ๐ซ] in order to [๐ฝ].
Travis @slade.rip Cats ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ, Metal & Jazz , Minis painting
Portland, OR based QA Automation looking for work
Formerly: Telltale, Hangar 13, Second Dinner
Will Lewis @gamewill.bsky.social Will from PIGSquad
should we do PIGCON again?
taking a little graveyard stroll
Keanu_reevebooks @jamesgameboy.bsky.social
iโm julia barnacle, proud owner of a 12 foot tall skeleton @ladycelery.bsky.social little house on the prairie (the show) historian
licensed tattoo artist, also iโm nice
big big bee
https://ladycelery.etsy.com
Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com She/Her | Art Director at Mega Crit | PIGSquad Organizer | Prev Dicey Dungeons + Floppy Knights | Black Lives Matter! Trans rights are human rights!
โเผบ๐ฉโ ๏ธ๏ธ๐ชเผปโ
https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/
https://marlowedobbe.com/
https://marlowedobbe.com/newsletter
Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games โข Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand โข One of the good ones โข Portland, OR โข he/him
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon ๐
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
โจ lauraehall.com
๐ cfia.org
๐๏ธ secretlives.games
christa ๐ป @christapaolucci.com ๐ฅ artist & tiny creature enthusiast
๐ฆ community @ spry fox
๐ฎ prev: strange scaffold, winter burrow, ooblets
linktr.ee/itsachrista
Colin "11 Herbs and Spices" Laurel @folklaurel.bsky.social Black trans illustrator/alligator trying to draw. He/they
folklaurel.com
jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social fringe gamedev. code/art/direction at @arbitrarymetric.bsky.social. paratopic: overdub and roman sands re:build coming <soon> with @serenityforge.bsky.social
views my own
Jake Card @jakecard.bsky.social Lead programmer on Slay the Spire 2 at Mega Crit, previously early GitHub. Number one best programmer 0 bugs perfect record.
๐NYC
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
Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app Founder, @intelligame.us. Head of Curation, @gdocexpo.com. Narrative Director, Lancer Tactics. #ThoughtfulPlay
For work/opps: josh@intelligame.us
XOXO @xoxofest.com XOXO was an experimental festival for independent artists and creators from the internet.
๐ xoxofest.com
Molly Mendoza @mollymendoza.bsky.social I mostly draw picture books and comics!
Eisner + Ignatz nominated ๐ท
Caldecott Honor recipient ๐
They/She mollymendoza.com
PSX Bunlith ๐ช BLM ACAB ๐ต๐ธ @b0tster.yeag.gay Everyones favorite yeag girl ๐ Gay af game dev ๐ Level 99 Nomura belt goth โ 33
Buy my merch! yeag.gay
๐ The Witch Upstairs: youtube.com/watch?v=dtD2IdJ1nVo
๐ NMKart: b0tster.itch.io/NMKart
๐ฉธ BBPSX: ๐
๐น Arcus: b0tster.itch.io/arcus
she/her
minors dni
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
๐Portland, OR
Matthew Seely @yardsalepdx.bsky.social Music, comics, animation made by Matthew Seely in Portland Oregon
Jasmine ๐ PAX RCC @jazzylea.art โค๏ธ๐๐ Indigenous (Dinรฉ), Youtube Content-Creator (@stumptgames), Twitch Partner, Fan Artist and Foreman of the Majima Construction Company ๐ฆ๐ฆ |she/her|
email: stumptgamers@gmail.com
RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social Upcoming Show: Oct 9-11, 2026, Portland, OR.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo is a 501(c)4 non-profit dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through retro gaming events.
Fredison @fredison.bsky.social Mild-mannered video game nerd and occasional dev (he/they)
Wow, links!
https://fredison.itch.io/
https://www.twitch.tv/fredison__
https://letterboxd.com/Fredison/
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
SneakySly @anthony.megacrit.com I make games.
Creator of Slay the Spire.
Co-founder of Mega Crit Games
Casey Yano @caseyyano.bsky.social Mega Crit's Cat Walker. Independent Game Developer
Slay the Spire & Untitled Projects. He/Him
RAPIDPUNCHES ๐๐ซ๐๏ธ @rapidpunches.itch.io Krill in a trenchcoat. Freelance illustrator & animator of marine animals. Linux-User & Non-Romanceable NPC Background Extra. https://krill.icu/ https://krillraiser.straw.page/
Nextlevelbanana โก๏ธ PAX @nextlevelbanana.online indie dev | PIGSquad org team | currently building a park ranger sim in Godot ๐ฑ
nextlevelbanana.itch.io
nextlevelbanana.live
Zak Eidsvoog @zakeidsvoog.bsky.social PDX Illustrator, Graphic Designer & Board Game Designer. Creator of Confusing Lands. He/Him
๐Website: zakeidsvoog.com
๐ฒMy Games: zak-makes-games.itch.io
Ace Naomi Luke @aceluke.bsky.social Sound Designer, Composer, Dialogue Editor
Prev: League of Legends Wild Rift, Keeper, Kiln, Name Change Simulator
She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
https://linktr.ee/aceluke
Bret Hudson @ PAX West @brethudson.com He/They โข AuDHD โข Goofball
Interactive Software Engineer: web, desktop, games, & mobile
Formerly Vercel, Manticore Games, indie(Function);
Opinions are mine โ feel free to make them your own
Jey Biddulph @jeyb.bsky.social Immersive, games and narrative are some words I like.
3 Halves Games @handle.invalid Archive of games available at https://3hg.itch.io
PeachyAenne ๐ต๐ธ @ PAX @peachyaenne.bsky.social ๐ Indie Game Dev - narrative designer/writer for Arcade Spirits & First Bite. ๐ Partnered Twitch & YouTube content creator with Stumptgamers ๐ Licensed Animal Nurse ๐ Queer - nonbinary, pan, ambiamorous (they/them) ๐ Neurodivergent - ADHD ๐
Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social Artist, Game Dev, lv.100 content enjoyer.
Ash Leavenworth @ashstoashs.com Tall nerd. He/Him
Co-founder of @stumpt.tv
Former Head of Ops at Fig
I โค๏ธ PDX
https://linktr.ee/ashstoashs
Hark Forsooth @harkforsooth.bsky.social Game developer, bad shirt designer, and (unfortunately) podcaster.
Mino @art-mino.bsky.social PNW based artist, game developer. He/They. Worked on:
-Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
-BloodbornePSX
-Nightmare Kart.
https://spritermino.itch.io/
https://corwynprichard.com/
Anti AI
PSYCHOSPHERE DEV @devzozo.bsky.social do not let me be in same room with other indie developers
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
Michael Hill @wildparadox.bsky.social Photographer, game dev, and cocktail enthusiast.
Merlin @merlinthewizard.bsky.social He/him. Pixel artist, game developer, ballet dancer, QA tester.
Currently developing Crimson Core, a co-op action platformer.
Some of my past projects: Star Rift Saga, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore.
seeGortz @seegortz.bsky.social I work in games and like cats.
Nick @nickcummings.com 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
demi ๐ฑ @demileaf.bsky.social she/her | latinx digital artist | community managering @ Mega Crit, formerly @ Brace Yourself Games
Andrew Hair @andrewhair.bsky.social Game developer at rainbowstudios
Past: MarvelHeroes/Gazillion/@Foundation9
Streaming on Twitch for charity.
You're probably here for pictures of my dog.
Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online girlgayfae fae/she ๐ต๐ฑ
Unreal Engine Technical Designer, FP Animator & Front End Developer
I love @melkat.blue. Half of @crystalline.blog
girlfriend.games newsletter archive: https://buttondown.com/girlfriendgames/archive
pfp my own
Bree Wolf- Comms Open! @breewolfstuff.bsky.social (She/her) Cartoonist, Animator, Goofy Goober
Hex Americana (Iron Circus), Maker Comics: Design a Game! (First Second), Julia & Liv Save Their Bat Mitzvah (Abrams)
http://breewolfstuff.com
EMAIL: breewolfstuff at gmail dot com
Thomas @thomasmcgrath.bsky.social Indie game dev in Portland OR
Ducks!
@freakylandon.bsky.social @freakylandon.bsky.social
infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org drawings and stuff, mostly pixel art but a good amount of other things too.
#drawdogs is just an art tag and not a statement of being
https://infinitebrians.neocities.org/
Cerise Pomme @cerise-pomme.bsky.social Gamedev | Artist | Cybersecurity | EGL | Karuta | Kyลซdล | Shintล ็ฅ้ โ๏ฝกยฐ โฟ
Indigenous, Assignment-Variant Intersex, AFAB/Socially-Imposed-Male, Transgender Lesbian Woman
Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social Sometimes makes games for fun. Also a watcher of sports
Celtics/Blazers/Red Sox/Patriots
https://psydshobob.itch.io/
Jessehijinks @jessicajansen.bsky.social Freelance Motion Graphics Designer, Sewing enthusiast, pet parent
Jacob Vela @jacobvela.bsky.social Solo lawyer working with game devs and other creatives at argolawyer.com.
Game developer at studiovelagames.com (Star Rift Saga) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2158690/Star_Rift_Saga/.
Cam @async-friday.bsky.social Making games
SLC
https://outofsample.itch.io/
Eerywax @eerywax.bsky.social > Indie game dev (Godot)
> Pixel drawer
> Writer or lore and poems
Check out some creations at: https://eerywax.itch.io/
Sometimes I stream at: https://www.twitch.tv/eerywax
Magikya Studios @magikyastudios.bsky.social Hello! We're a mostly LGBTQ+ game dev team led by chilean artist Barbilou (she/they) and focused in a variety of games, both digital and analog. Nice to meet you!
Find us at magikya.itch.io !
Sin @crunchysoft.studio Currently developing Bellua: https://crunchysoftware.itch.io/bellua
Sipping Tea Media @yestea.bsky.social Game Designer and Software Developer - Student at Oregon State University
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
Shila Vikstrรถm @shilavikstrom.bsky.social Lead Producer Off-Leash Studios, Trollheim: Gnomes. Prev. Executive Producer, Funcom, The Outsiders: Metal Hellsinger. Consultant, True Ending. Opinions are my own.
๐Stockholm (She/Her)
Romain Macrรฉ - Wishlist Alexus 2040 on Steam @romainmacre.bsky.social Wishlist my retro fixed shooter Alexus 2040 on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/Alexus_2040/
Works at Nitrome, lead programmer on Shovel Knight Dig.
I'll talk about game dev, game design, side projects...
Jazz The JRPG Queen ๐โค๏ธ๐ฎ @jazzlikestogame.bsky.social 34. Boy Mom. She/Her. Happily Married to @dizzisenpai.bsky.social ๐๐
Iโm such a slut for JRPGS/RPGS, anime, cozy fantasy books & videogames in general.
Consoles: PS5 Pro/Switch2/XSX/Steam Deck/PS Portal/PS Vitaโจ๐ฎ
I โค๏ธ Boba Tea๐ง
โ๏ธFinal Fantasy is lifeโ๏ธ
Tycho (or Omin, or Jamison, or Stavrenn, or...) @cwtycho.penny-arcade.com My friends and I came up with Penny Arcade, Child's Play, and PAX.
Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social I draw Penny Arcade, founded the PAX gaming expo and the Childโs Play charity.