mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social synth tinkerer (plinky); nvidia research (InstantNGP/NeRF); cofounder MediaMolecule (Dreams, LittleBigPlanet); demoscene/vj (statix/bluespoon)
Boggo @boggo.bsky.social Principal Programmer @ Media Molecule
he/him
Part-time indie
https://boggo.neocities.org/
Creation tools on Dreams (PS4)
Making https://voxelchant.cc/
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net- A Adrian Chmielarz @adrianchm.bsky.social
Bruno de Figueiredo @dieubussy.bsky.social Former independent videogame journalist and researcher with a predilection for Japanese productions.
Find my scattered work at:
coregamers.substack.com
easternmind.tumblr.com
postplay.tumblr.com
Jeroen D Stout @jeroendstout.bsky.social I am two fools, I know
For loving, and for saying so
I make games but I work it in the dance halls
insta: thejeroendstout
Waxy.org @waxy.org Since 2002, hot links and cool takes from Andy Baio aka @andy.baio.net.
WWW: https://waxy.org/
RSS: https://waxy.org/feed/
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy
Auriea @auriea.bsky.social auriea.art
Nifflas @nifflas.bsky.social Game developer and adaptive music specialist
nifflas.itch.io
Soren Johnson @sorenjohnson.bsky.social Founder of MohawkGames. Designer of Civ 3, Civ 4, Dragon Age Legends, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. Still a Mouth Breather.
Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! → PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social Videos about games, mostly.
http://youtube.com/writingongames
http://patreon.com/writingongames
Chris Remo @chrisremo.bsky.social
inkle @inkle.co Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink; home of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope podcast..
Games: TR-49, A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Expelled, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery, and Pendragon.
🔗 inkle.co- G gabe cuzzillo @gcuzzillo.bsky.social game dev, baby steps, ape out, foiled
gabecuzzillo.com
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
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
Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social Game designer on UFO 50, Hot Streak, Air Land & Sea, Spots, Scape Goat, Time Barons. Comic author on Let Go. Website at jonperry.com
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social I'm a gamedev (he/him)
Working on ARMED DECOBOT | Mechanical Star Astra. Game designer for Gunvein
I also have a game design blog/patreon & make vids :
https://www.patreon.com/c/Boghogooo
https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG
NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social We celebrate games as a creative practice & offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form.
https://linktr.ee/nyugamecenter
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
Connor🪩Sherlock @connorsherlock.bsky.social electronic games and music // TRIHAYWBFRFYH and Walking Simulator A Month Club // new stuff eventually
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
Thomas Ripoll Kobayashi / 小林透真 @tomrkobayashi.bsky.social 3D environment artist living in Tokyo. Likes video games, art, urban landscapes, electronic music and cats.
Also on Twitter with the same username.
Français / English / 日本語
Loiste Interactive @loisteinteractive.bsky.social Game development studio
LoisteInteractive.com
Chairman George @superbunnyhop.bsky.social Been on Japanese TV. YouTuber, Snake Eater, Journalism & A/V Production. He/him/George
Youtube: bit.ly/3TZoU2p
Patreon: bit.ly/2BmKoOk
Audiobooks: tinyurl.com/22r3mcz4
Twitch: twitch.tv/superbunnyhop
Stream VODs: tinyurl.com/yfjr6szu
http://geosaga.net
Dan Williams 🌮 @videospacegames.bsky.social Video games, 3d printing, and politics. Big boss of Active Up Games. Boston inhabitant. Lowkey hypebeast. Made the award winning critically acclaimed blockbuster engineering puzzle game Pictassembler. He/him.
Sputnik34 @sputnik34.bsky.social YouTuber | Hopeful Board Game Designer | Asexual | Professional Dark Souls 2 Apologist and Silent Hill SIMP.
Love your face, love your show :')
https://www.youtube.com/@Sputnik34
Email - thesputnik34@gmail.com
Pfp by - @0kame-san.bsky.social
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
Xor @xordev.com Building FragCoord.xyz
xordev.com
Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io Game dev, currently making Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game
thorhighheels @thorhighheels.bsky.social i talk about games on youtube & make music & games & music for games. composer for Umurangi & MARBLE SOULS & lunacid
https://www.youtube.com/@thorhighheels
https://thorhighheels.bandcamp.com/
https://www.patreon.com/c/thorhighheels
she/they
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Sebastian Aaltonen @sebaaltonen.bsky.social Building a new renderer at HypeHype. Former principal engineer at Unity and Ubisoft. Opinions are my own.
@voxagon.bsky.social @voxagon.bsky.social
Mike Turitzin @miketuritzin.bsky.social Building a game/engine based on signed distance fields
~ Past: rendering lead @figma.com, indie VR dev, founder @ Workflowy, search backend @ Google, Quake modder
miketuritzin.com
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
Mattias Ljungström @spacesofplay.com minc.dev, spacesofplay.com, based in berlin.
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Mare Sheppard @maresheppard.bsky.social Designer, Artist, 1/2 of Metanet Software Inc www.maresheppard.com / www.metanetsoftware.com
She/her
Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social I make games (and music), and play games (and music).
One half of https://metanetsoftware.com
sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social gamewitch @ sylvie.website 🐈
sylvieish half of love ❤ game @ https://love-game.net
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
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
Krish Raghav @krishraghav.bsky.social Bullshit comic book artist. Chaoyang Trap stagehand // krishcat.com
Co-organizing [Untitled Games Event], a monthly space for experimental games in Amsterdam // untitledgamesevent.nl
François Alliot @galiopant.bsky.social Creative director and gamedev. Reigns (and family), Card Shark, Crush House, Animal Farm… Nerial cofounder, now part of Devolver Digital. @nerial.bsky.social. Live and work in Paris.
Marius @mariuswinter.games ♡ Co-Founder @wunderfax.com
♡ Directed Say No! More
♡ Prev Studio Fizbin, Double Fine, Major Bueno, Telltale Games
♡ He/They
♡ Ask me about Monkey Island
Ben Kane @ben-kane.bsky.social Gamedev, runner 🏃♂️💨
🎮: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Loot Box Quest, Lair of the Evildoer, Zombie Accountant
Remember XBLIG? Good times.
Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io Makes games and animated films with his finger
https://michaelfrei.io
Made a video game called Time Flies https://timeflies.buzz
rubna @rubna.bsky.social game designer, ex- @sokpop.co i always follow back
contact rubna.studio
Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co creating videogames | made bernband, grunn, and more | part of @sokpop.co
George Batchelor @georgebatch.bsky.social co-founder of @milktooth.bsky.social making bad magpie
also to blame for bird alone & far from noise & hot date
georgebatchelor.com | he/him
Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch Designer making games and other playable things at @playables.net. Pocket Boss (out now! pocketboss.ch), KIDS, Plug & Play, Rakete, Drei and more: mariov.ch
Tijmen Tio @tijmen.sokpop.co game developer at @sokpop.co
aran @aran.sokpop.co game developer, part of @sokpop.co - i made stacklands, clickyland, wurdweb & more - now making Rat Game
Jakub Dvorský @jakubamanita.bsky.social Game Designer and Director at @amanita-design.net Machinarium, Samorost, Botanicula, Chuchel, Creaks, Pilgrims, Happy Game.
Phonopolis in development - Wishlist on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206070/Phonopolis/
grapefrukt @grapefrukt.com .1x engineer. makes games: holedown, subpar pool, rymdkapsel & twofold inc
https://grapefrukt.com
Asher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social Recovering game developer. Made Threes + Beast Breaker. he/him
Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social Game Designer/Developer, UX and 2D Art/Animation.
Past: Future Unfolding, Spirits, Ordnungswissenschaft.
Passions: 🤸♂️ & 🧘
Also @artbymarek on other social media 🐘 📸
He/Him
www.artbymarek.com
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
www.jwaaaap.com
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
● Dragon Age II by Charlotte Reber
● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
Nomad Colossus @nomadcolossus.bsky.social Lover of Team ICO/Gen Design games!
Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social youtube guy
youtube.com/c/IronPineapple
Nomada Studio @nomada.studio Video game studio based in Barcelona. Creators of NEVA & GRIS.
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
🔗 www.draknek.org
Joseph Anderson @andersonjph.bsky.social Streamer. Youtuber. Writer. Thinker. Breather.
Räfwen Studios @rafvenstudio.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756370/Rafwen__The_Fox_Spirit/
Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room/Riot.
mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@TomF
Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social Scientific illustrator for research & publications
Biologist (PhD) | former researcher
Helping scientists communicate their work visually
Illustrations for papers, books & posters
Get in touch: lazaroillustration@gmail.com
Web: www.lazaroillustration.com
Rubeki Games ⛏️ Lorn's Lure DLC OUT NOW!!! ⛏️ @rubeki.bsky.social Wishlist here: https://shorturl.at/PLzd1 ~ Discord: http://discord.gg/dQj9DUD ~ Email list: https://forms.gle/WUXVCtjoCzqbfyPb8
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer
Oliver Franzke @p1xelcoder.bsky.social I'm making colored pixels for Double Fine Productions. Lead Programmer of Broken Age. Also worked on Keeper and the remastered versions of Grim, DotT, FT and Monkey Island. https://www.p1xelcoder.com/
Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social Senior Environment Artist
“OPEN TO WORK”
https://www.artstation.com/pikminman
previously: Sumo-Digital Leamington, Night School, State of Play, Hutch, Frontier Developments.
Dm on LinkedIn
Posts ref - anti A i & nf-t
#3dart | #gamedev | #reference |
Lucernal @lucernal.bsky.social Working on Little Ruin, a narrative-driven, isometric adventure for PC.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571860/?snr=1_5_9__205
https://www.lucernal.com/littleruin
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
The Secret Lives of Games @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social Candid conversations about the process of making games.
https://linktr.ee/secretlives.games
@nsuttner.bsky.social @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @stfj.net @selmaleh.bsky.social @lauraehall.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Simogo @simogo.com Lorelei and the Laser Eyes • Sayonara Wild Hearts • SPL-T • The Sailor’s Dream • DEVICE 6 • Year Walk • Beat Sneak Bandit • Bumpy Road • Kosmo Spin
simogo.com
Corey Martin 🍉 @toboggan.work i make games and music @gameteam6.com
Parcel Pals, Tire Boy, Birdigo, Bonfire Peaks, Pipe Push Paradise, Hiding Spot
toboggan.work
drooshayne @drooshayne.bsky.social Developing Outpour - A 3D puzzle game about water and gargoyles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3615290/Outpour/
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences @official-aias.bsky.social Celebrating games & gaming achievement
#DICE2026
#DICEAwards
#GameMakersNotebook
#GameMakersSketchbook
https://linktr.ee/AIAS
https://www.threads.com/@official_aias
https://www.interactive.org/
Austin Wintory @awintory.bsky.social Professionally curious about music. 🎶 for Journey, Sword of the Seam Eternal Strands, Stray Gods, Pathless, Abzu, LEGO Fornite, Aliens Fireteam Elite, AC Syndicate etc
1/2 of BrushesAndKeys
@rebuscube.bsky.social @rebuscube.bsky.social
davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com indie gamedev in japan • mixolumia • executive golf dx • core fault
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social Creative director of Outer Wilds. Co-creative lead at Mobius Games. Easily excited by coffee, cocktails, and the cosmos. He/Him.
Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. 👑 We publish a bunch of cool video games. We make some ourselves too! linktree.finji.co
We're working on @usualjune.bsky.social right now!
Jack King-Spooner @king-spooner.bsky.social Buy Mashina: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/Mashina/
Buy Judero: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960900/Judero/
Buy Dujanah: https://store.steampowered.com/app/681240/Dujanah/
Other works: https://jackspinoza.itch.io/
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social We Make Crowdfunded Video Game Documentaries. Watch our docs at http://YouTube.com/noclipvideo. We also do underground games coverage at https://www.youtube.com/@Noclip2.
Talha Kaya @taloketo.bsky.social Making games. Turkish in London. ABIDE, Mashina, Judero, Wilmot Works It Out, Pill Baby, Soul Searching, and more: https://taloketo.com/
Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at MARBLE SOULS coming soon. Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/
Jeppe Carlsen @carlsengames.bsky.social Game Designer/Director on COCOON. Also created 140 and THOTH! Former lead gameplay designer at Playdead (LIMBO and Inside!)
carlsengames.com
Jakob Schmid @handle.invalid COCOON audio director/composer/programmer.
@geometricinteractive.com