Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social ใOtaku W/O Bordersใ
I write things and put them on the internet.
๐ง: eyezehuhh @ gmail dot com
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social We call upon your boss.
Author of the novel THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and the essay collections VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024) and FIGHTING IN THE DARK (2026).
He/him.
Author site: armoxon.com
Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
kottke.org @kottke.org home of fine hypertext products since 1998. https://kottke.org
Albert Burneko @albertburneko.bsky.social Defector dot com
TOWNSQUEER vol. 1 ๐
May 29 โก June 15 @gamedev.lgbt ๐๏ธ Meet us at the TOWNSQUEER, a gamedev.lgbt zine and games bundle launching on May 29th ๐ค๐ณ๏ธโ๐
OUT NOW: http://itch.io/b/3666/
Follow us for updates and support #queer #gamedev creators!
@iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org Nonprofit organization supporting interactive fiction tools and services. IFComp, Twine, NarraScope, and more.
Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social my romanticism is not post-, it's neo-!
https://www.youtube.com/@InnuendoStudios
he/him
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
HaxeFlixel @haxeflixel.bsky.social HaxeFlixel is an open source 2D game library written in the Haxe Language and powered by OpenFL
Join us at:
https://github.com/HaxeFlixel/flixel
Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com Perfect Tides - http://tinyurl.com/vbf9wzab
Perfect Tides: Station to Station - OUT NOW! https://tinyurl.com/34f4m9jy
Comics @ http://www.octopuspie.com
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ๐ @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
BUY MY NEW BOOK:
https://tinyurl.com/EdgeOfSpaceTime
Blog:
news.chanda.science
all Black/all Jewish. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐/agender/woman.
Posts by/for me๐๐ฝ
Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/nina-metz/
Newsletter: Nina Watches Everything
https://buttondown.com/NinaWatchesEverything
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL๐ฅWILL๐ฅRISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics ๐+๐น liberation
No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com We are a group of game workers, activists, union organisers, and journalists that care about the games industry, Palestine and all people living under the violence of colonialism and imperialism.
https://nogamesforgenocide.com/
Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social Iโm a developer and writer. MS is kicking my ass, so please check out my stuff. (any/all)
Games: https://scitydreamer.itch.io
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=scitydreamer
Writing: https://indiehellzone.com
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
Trent @trent.photo Photojournalist.
Punk Rock, Leica. Driven.
trent.photo
also...
๐ฅ @trenthead.com
๐ด @theclick.us
BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social Bryan William Jones
Neuroscientist
Vision Neuroscientist
Connectomics / VolumeEM
Photographer / #Leica
Professing at Pitt
In the data
bryanwjones.com
ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643
Jess Cheng @jesschengstudio.com Artist and basketweaver on Duwamish land
@noah-nelson.bsky.social @noah-nelson.bsky.social Tie my right hand to the ride
The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social Punk news coming your way
Go read the full articles: www.thehardtimes.net
trenthead @trenthead.com yeah, for real.
trenthead.com
also...
๐ธ @trent.photo
๐ด @theclick.us
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windupthing โ
@windupthing.bsky.social โ
miki (meeky) โ
he/they โ
i make games and cartoons
6 feet under chicago
windupthing.com
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
Lost Gator Collective @lostgatorco.bsky.social We're Lost Gator Collective! We're a tiny indie game studio based out of Chicago, currently working on: That Time I Got Trapped In An Office Dungeon
Follow our devs!
@bradstar879.bsky.social
@skizznugget.bsky.social
@neee.bsky.social
@lezl.bsky.social
Metroixer @metroixer.bsky.social emotional intelligence of a walnut, charisma of a fire alarm
๐น and โ๏ธ and whatever emoji game development is
https://metroixer.itch.io/
Follow @coraroc.bsky.social for game updates!
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
@coraroc.bsky.social @coraroc.bsky.social Coraroc is Coraroc! Run by @metroixer.bsky.social
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
Fervir @fervirgames.bsky.social Working on RRRATGAME in #godot
Creator of Creature Keeper
spacedani2 โจ๐๐ช @spacedani2.bsky.social I paint with pixels!
Also, occasional music, and game dev!
Chicago based.
Stream my debut release, Lunar Psychosis!! out everywhere โจ https://daniorizaba.hearnow.com
The moose @trueandhonestmoose.bsky.social Any pronouns | Game dev that dreamt they were a software engineer | big fan of critters and cratures both real and imagined | love spooks and spirits | jackalope
หหห Neelam หหห @neee.bsky.social She/Her | โจChicago-basedโจ
Senior 3D Artist @owlchemylabs.com
3D Contract Artist @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social
Art Director @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Prev: HakJak Studios, Funomena
neelamjani.com
โจ Opinions are my own โจ
๐ซ Say No to AI ๐ซ
Les! @lezl.bsky.social 28 ๐ฒ๐ฝ| Fashion Designer & Illustrator
also game dev and makes silly doodles โจ
Project Manager / Artist @lostgatorco.bsky.social
My website/socials: https://heylezl.carrd.co
BradStar | Game Dev @bradstar879.bsky.social Indie Game Dev | Software Engineer | Rubikโs Cube Artist
Co-founder of @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Working on That Time I Got Trapped in an Office Dungeon -> store.steampowered.com/app/3424620
Also made Murder At Midnight-> store.steampowered.com/app/1578890
Sam Castree, III: Ace Attorney @indiegamelawyer.bsky.social Video Game Lawyer, Lord High Executioner at Sam Castree Law. All opinions are *your* own. How do you like that? (You like it very much.)
Kailey @kvpm2.bsky.social Project manager by day, director of @indiecitygames.org also by day | Chicago
Binary Clone (HyperTyper 2000) @binaryclone.bsky.social Developer of HyperTyper 2000 with @vaaasm.com. Musician.
Occasional pixel artist. Jack of all trades. They/them
Wishlist HyperTyper 2000 on Steam! s.team/a/3125430
Formed By Zach @formed-by-zach.bsky.social Freelance game developer in Chicago, IL
In a state of perpetual rumination
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Currently playing: Scrolling through my Steam library until I get bored
Seren Briar @faefatalegames.bsky.social they/them | 32 | TTRPG designer
https://faefatale.itch.io
Current Project: SWALLOW RPG, a 1-2 player splatterpunk game about consent and cannibalism
I have 4 cats
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
โ๐ข You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Slaps @s1aps.bsky.social Indie Game Dev / Artist - working on, Mecha multiplayer game, Drift Shell
Black 27 He/Him
๐ Minors Begone!
My itch io: http://s1aps.itch.io
Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social indie game dev. browse my fine softwares!
made Tall Trails, Fossil Corner, & Plant Daddy
overfull.games
Lena Guerrero @lenagrrarrow.com I write code to help people (and computers) connect! ๐ฎ | they/any | chicagoooo
backend engineer at Gardens ๐ณ previously Singularity 6, Jackbox Games | IGDA-F Next Gen Leader
Back Alley Games @backalleygames.bsky.social A Midwestern Independent Games Magazine
Art || Reviews || Dev Logs || and MORE
Submit your work by emailing us at: backalley@indiecitygames.org
Grab a copy: https://linktr.ee/backalley.games
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames
Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/
https://www.indiecitygames.org
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Big Scrumbo @bigscrumbo.bsky.social 
Mike Flood @mikeflood.bsky.social He/Him - Programmer at Finji working on @usualjune.bsky.social
๐ฎ๐๐๐ (key-in) @cianrice.dev Irish lad in Chicago.
Soon to be unemployed DevRel @ Magic Leap
Founder @kohococoa.dev
Prev: BostonFIG, nWay, EA, Harmonix + more
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PMEPDX Out Now: https://bit.ly/pmepdxbsky
HYPER GROOVE AX this October
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Thoughts are my own | ๅฐใๆฅๆฌ่ชOK
emily koonce @koonce.itch.io โจinternational game designer party girlโจ
my games: https://koonce.itch.io/
nattie โจ vaaasm @vaaasm.com Artist, Writer, Gamedev! โจ
Art Director on HyperTyper 2000 ๐ปโก
Wishlist HT2K now! -> s.team/a/3125430
Solo dev of Hallow Grove, Trash Dungeon, & more
Play Hallow Grove on Steam!๐: s.team/a/3096140
they/them, ๐ต๐ท
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Wurm Fud (SLAUGHTER VOID out now) @wurmfud.itch.io Chicago artist/gamedev. Horror games, art games, and RPGs in no particular order. Overly fond of skeletons holding swords. Chicago Indie organizer.
Check out Slaughter Void! https://s.team/a/3333980/