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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social Retired tech-nerd. Unicyclist, kiteboarder, juggler, hiker, plays tennis and pickleball, advocates for pedestrian/cyclist safety. Windows ETW expert. LGBTQ supporter. Vancouver, BC
he/him
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/
Henrique Basto @rarotunga.bsky.social Game dev, writer, game jam junkie.
I worked on Super Nanny Sleepytime, Dakar18 and other stuff!
I also teach game programming and design at the Lusófona University of Porto 😁
AI Guys @ai-guys.bsky.social We are extremely excited to announce a brand new Premier Co-dev company focusing on AI for games appropriately called AI-Guys!
We are here to help you understand & Implement the capabilities of AI in games, so reach out and let us know if we can help you
Alexander Sliwinski @sliwinski.bsky.social "The adult in the room."™️
Current: Vampirium: 1997 // Director: Siegecaster 🏰☄️ Executive Producer: Disney's TRON: Catalyst / Identity, Amberspire, The Banished Vault, Fights in Tight Spaces, Solitaire Conspiracy, John Wick Hex, Subsurface Circular
Ian Stitzlein @ianstitz.bsky.social Sr AI Engineer (game AI, not the other kind)
Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer, Developer Relations at Epic Games.
Former Lead Programmer on #Returnal for #PS5 @Housemarque.
https://ari.games for my presentations!
Jacco Bikker 🎦 @jbikker.bsky.social Interests: Graphics 🖼️, Game development 🕹️, Retrodev (MSX / MSX2) 👾. Ray Tracing 📈! Also interested in, but not posting on: Teaching 🎓, piano 𝄞, marriage 🧑🏻🤝🧑🏻, Christianity ✝.
Net @gamedevnet.bsky.social still making video games!
Joey Bleau @jbleau.dev 🏢 Senior Software Engineer II, World of Warcraft
💪 Proud WoWGG Union Member
📍Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current)
🇺🇸 🇩🇪
All views are my own. I periodically delete old posts. I sometimes delete brand new ones.
André Silva | Open for Consulting @andrefsilva.com Founder & Lead Developer @ Norrwyn
Available for Consulting and Co-Dev
🇵🇹 → 🇮🇪 → ?
🇪🇺
Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe [they/them] Queer 🇵🇷 nb game dev, programmer & designer. Rock climber. Rustacean. Mask wearer 😷
Former Combat Designer/Gameplay Programmer @ Brass Lion Entertainment
Makes games for money in Unreal and for soul in Bevy, Godot, and other cozy engines
philip @heltweg.org Freelance Technical Product Manager & Engineer · PhD Computer Science · Founder at isselthal industries | Visit https://heltweg.org & https://isselthal.industries/ :)
chris o @akiragamedev.bsky.social end-to-end devops, tools, and pipeline engineering
curious multidisciplinarian who loves sharing food & making friends ❤️🔥
floridaborne guatemalan 🇬🇹
currently playing: Deadlock, 2XKO, Dota 2
Chrissy Bee (Chris Butler) | Open For Unity/C#/C++ Contract Work @avalix.bsky.social Freelance Unity/C#/C++ Generalist & Lead Programmer @ ZA/UM on Disco Elysium for Mobile / Zero Parades | 🟥🟪🟦|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| Board games | Cat Dad
Previous Work: As Dusk Falls, Seraph, Ironcast and more - linkedin.com/in/avalix
🏳️⚧️ Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️⚧️
Hector Padilla @elhector.bsky.social 20+yrs in GameDev. Eng and Product Lead @ places like Timbre, IOI, GameHouse & Zynga.
Love building cool things with great teams, and coaching others how to do the same.
Driven by curiosity & kindness advocate.
🇲🇽 in 🇨🇦 • He/Him
https://linktr.ee/elhector
Zachary Johnson is not ok @zachstronaut.com Game and Network coder for @StageFrightGame.bsky.social by Ghost Town Games. Director of Joggernauts by @spacemacegames.com. Minneapolis creative dev (he/him). Not okay.
Cat selfie enthusiast.
Visit: zachstronaut.com
GamingGameDev (He/Him) 😷🇵🇸 @gaminggamedev.bsky.social David: Lead Engineer @ WB Games NY.
Living in WA
Proud Husband & Father, talks loud, and has ADHD.
Still masking 😷
Views: My Own
Prev: Telltale, Maxis
ALT pfp: ink drawing of a Picori under a clover from Zelda Minish Cap
ALT banner: Free Dad Hugs
Adrian Adrian Adrian @adriangenerator.bsky.social Programmer and Game Designer @ massivemonster.bsky.social, working on @cultofthelamb.bsky.social and secret stuff 🐑🤘 Reposting game dev stuff for inspiration 🌟 Massive swing dance nerd 👟👟
(he/him)
Jonathan Moallem @jonjondev.com Gameplay engineer and designer with @capscollective.com, living in Brisbane, Australia.
Opinions optimised for ATI Radeon graphics cards.
For more info, check out jonjondev.com
Robin van Ee @rvanee.nl Indie game developer at eeStudio. Working on open world games.
He/they
Daniel Albu 🕹️ (Tech Talk with Daniel Albu) @danielalbu.bsky.social • Freelance #GameDev 🎮
• Host of 'Tech Talk with Daniel Albu' 📼
• Co-producer & co-host of 'Conversations with Curtis' 📼
🎙️ Tech Talk with Daniel Albu: https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu
💻 Website: www.danielalbu.com
Devin Kelly-Sneed @devinks.bsky.social making games and music
worked on Psychonauts 2 and Keeper
pfp by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
Billy Teng @billyteng.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer at Maxis | Foodie | Photographer | Super Street Fighter, too | prev: The Sims 4, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Ultima Online
shana 😋 (andreia gaita) @shana.spoiledcat.com Making games, hacking tools, porting stuff. ex-GitHub, ex-Unity, ex-Xamarin, indie dev, unity ninja, open source hacker. she/her.
https://spoiledcat.com
https://blog.worldofcoding.com
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@shana
https://github.com/shana
Obvious_Dev | Pascal @obviousdev.bsky.social GameDev & 3D/LowPoly/Pixel-Art ✨ NO! GenAI! 🚫
Weeb. I think dnd and mtg are neat.
Unity Developer at TinyRoar
He/Him. 📍Hamburg
http://linktr.ee/Obvious_San
Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social Independent Game Programmer by moonlight, solo-developing an anime/mecha arcade-shooter: NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY
WISHLIST: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/Nightshift_Galaxy
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/EAncTCUnHY
Dayjob @ Fictions Inc. He/him.
Andrew Thorpe @pyroka.bsky.social Lead Software Engineer Int/Night. Big NPC energy. Really into dull stuff. They/them
Tony @tony.coculuzzi.social • Programmer @innersloth.com
• Prev: Cuphead lead dev + Florence lead prog + other things
• Making cool things as @wilder.games
• Married to @farah.coculuzzi.social
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
https://tonycoculuzzi.com
Geraldo Nascimento 🔜 Develop @solivagant.bsky.social Lead Programmer⚡ Game Developer 🎮 Public Speaker 🔊 Writer 📗 Sustainable Coding 🧑💻 🇬🇧
Husband.
#unreal #gamedev #indiedev
Am writing Induction, a #cyberpunk vegan novel, Tapeworld Book I 🗡️
linktr.ee/geraldo.nascimento
Colin Riley @domipheus.bsky.social CTO at JECO; prev FSR 4/3/2 Lead at AMD, GPU Drivers at AMD, Codeplay doing debuggers, compilers and optimizations for various folks. FPGA/Electronics/DIY hobbyist. Own opinion. https://domipheus.com/
George Bolba @gikster.bsky.social - 3rd Year Graphics Programmer @BUas
- Blog/Portfolio: gikster.dev
- Currently working on my personal Vulkan renderer
- Massive Star Wars nerd
- 21, he/him
- From 🇷🇴
Andrew Coccimiglio @combatcube.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer on VALORANT at Riot Games.
Shaco OTP, Cypher OTP, cosplayer of both.
Views expressed are my own. Please don't ask for gunbuddies.
Dri @dreamnoid.com AAA game dev, also making indie action-adventure games in my spare time under the 'Dreamnoid' label: https://dreamnoid.itch.io/ and https://store.steampowered.com/dev/dreamnoid/
Froyok (Léna Piquet) @froyok.fr "For those who come after" - Gustave
Aka Lady Bloom. ☀️🇫🇷
Principal Product Manager on Substance 3D Painter. Stay up at night to fiddle with shader stuff.
- https://www.froyok.fr/
- https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@froyok
João Marinheiro @joaomarinheiro.bsky.social 🇵🇹| Senior AI Programmer @Flying_Wild_Hog, ex @Ubisoft. History aficionado, HEMA nerd and sometimes artist when I'm feeling adventurous. Opinions are my own.
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
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Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Robin Baumgarten 👨🏭✨ @robinwobbles.bsky.social Experimental Playful Hardware Designer. I made Line Wobbler, which won some awards. Now working on Quantum Jungle ✨🌱🔨
David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com MAEK GAEM
Expert game engineer
Co-founder at @minorkeygames.com, making Eldritch 2
Guitar, vinyl, film, pro wrestling
All cats are beautiful
Anti-fascist
✝️🏳️🌈
👤 he/him 🌎 Texas 🔗 https://dphrygian.com/
Bram Ridder @bramridder.bsky.social Technical Director @KytheraAI
-- ex Senior AI Programmer @Rebellion
-- AI Planning PostDoc alumnus @KingsCollegeLon
-- Indie Game Developer -- 3D Game Engine Creator.
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social Comp. sci. prof. @ American University, Washington DC. AI & games researcher with miscellaneous other interests. https://www.kmjn.org/
Julian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social AI and Games Researcher at NYU. Head of AI at Nof1.
Tom Betts @tomnullpointer.bsky.social UK Indie Game Dev - Recently "The Horror At Highrook"
A clockwork-card narrative-board game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/The_Horror_at_Highrook/
Previously "Into The Pit", BigRobot, Phd in the digital sublime
Alan Zucconi @alanzucconi.com Director of Studies at Goldsmiths, UoL • Senior Lecturer • Game AI • Game Developer • Shader Master • Content Creator
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Elbi @elbi.bsky.social "Michael" · game dev since '12 · June's Journey, SelfCare, Ghost Detective, others · freelance design/code · 💜 purple, boardgames, cats · @derElbi elsewhere
he/him or they/them
Berlin 🇩🇪 & Vienna 🇦🇹
Dan Scales @danscalesdev.bsky.social Senior Unity Developer at Maze Theory - working in VR :^) Often found walking aimlessly in the Peaks.
He/Him
Jamie Smith @smithstock.bsky.social Fungineer
created @zeusuplex.bsky.social
M Charity @mastermilkx.bsky.social Just a they/them programmer | Assistant Professor at University of Richmond
Github: http://github.com/MasterMilkX
Itch: http://mastermilkx.itch.io
Sebastian Risi @risi.bsky.social Neuroevolution, Collective Intelligence, Self-organization
Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social Associate professor @ University of Alberta and Canada CIFAR AI Chair @ Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social Game Designer & Writer - Burnt-out raccoon
☕ Coffee Talk 2 & Tokyo 🎮 Ex-Lively Studio
🖋️ Words in LITG, F1 Manager, Anchored Hearts, BCS Mag
🥖 Baguette in Porridgeland
Trans rights are human rights, I can't believe that needs to be said.
awstein.com
proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social Procedural generation researcher. Currently making games.
https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com
#procgen #gamedev
Mika Vehkala @mikavehkala.bsky.social Game industry professional; Finnish; He/Him; Data viz enthusiast; CTO @ Remedy; Opinions my own.
Dr Victoire Hervé - Looking for work @vherve.bsky.social Phd in Procedural Content Generation in games. Ex game engine developer. Level design mad scientist.🤘🏳️⚧️🇫🇷
Troy Humphreys @totallytroy.bsky.social Principal Gameplay Programmer @ Lightspeed L.A. My thoughts are my own ;)
Swen E. Gaudl @sgaudl.bsky.social Researcher in Interaction Design, AI, Games & Robots 
Simon Cutajar @sc.mt Programmer, gamedev, Maltese 🇲🇹 immigrant in Sweden 🇸🇪. (Previously 🇬🇧🇩🇰)
VR/AR game programmer @resolutiongames.bsky.social
PhD in procedurally generated music for games.
Talk to me about games, TTRPGs, folklore, music, film, writing, ice-cream
simon.com.mt
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they • e/iad 🏳️⚧️
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Oskar Stålberg @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Game dev. Made Bad North and Townscaper. 
Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net 🩷💜💙
Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
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
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social They/Them
Technical Narrative Designer at Fenris Creations (formerly known as CCP Games) | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Mads Johansen @pyjamads.bsky.social Copenhagen based, previously co-founder of indie studio gltichnap, PhD in Game Design and AI, Working on AI Engine @ modl.ai
Stephen Ware @sgware.bsky.social I run the Narrative Intelligence Lab at U Kentucky where I do research and teach about storytelling, old school symbolic AI, and game dev. http://cs.uky.edu/~sgware
Younès ★ @pyrofoux.itch.io ∴ 🇬🇧: they/them 🇫🇷: iel, accord inclusifs
∴ Game design, Research, TTRPGs and Improv Theater
∴ amab arab acab
Find some of my work here:
🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io
🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
🧠 neurocracy.site
(Andrew) Roper @arndreth.bsky.social Turning caffeine into code, via questionable osmosis.
Freelance Programmer (Gameplay, Tools, Optimisation &c.)▫️Let's chat!
www.andrewroper.co.uk ▫️Formerly at Payload Studios, Spilt Milk Studios, Bithell Games, Sigtrap
GamesAid & SpecialEffect Ambassador
Jacob Garbe 💀 @logodaedalus.bsky.social Quiet Poster. Retweets mostly spooky art, books, and the occasional original thought. Did a PhD on designing dynamic narrative systems in games. Senior Narrative Systems Designer.
Views my own.
Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things.
NYC
Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. 🏴 in 🇺🇸
Jason Campbell @campbelljw.bsky.social AI Programmer (not that kind) at Affray Interactive
Enjoyer of ttrpgs, pasta and root beer.
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
Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social Exec Producer/Creative Director, Neighborhoods
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/Neighborhoods/
Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...
Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social Indie game developer (Maia, Trash Goblin, Compound Fracture, Soccer Story, VVVVVV, Kinectimals), technical artist, photographer, and community gardener. 
Ahmed Khalifa @amidos2006.bsky.social Egyptian Game Designer | AI Researcher @ UM | He/They
🎮: amidos2006.itch.io
📚: scholar.google.com/citations?user=DRcyg5kAAAAJ
Robert Lewicki @robertlewicki.games AI & Navigation Engineer at @cdprojektred.com. #PlayDate and #Retro enthusiast.
For more: https://robertlewicki.games/
Isaiah Everin @signalsandlight.bsky.social Senior Combat Designer @ Notable Game Studio 🎮
Video essays on game design and media
Opinions are mine | He/Him 👾 | Gay 🏳️🌈 | Seattle
http://youtube.com/@signalsandlight
https://linktr.ee/SignalsAndLight
https://www.isaiaheverin.com
Gorm Lai @gormlai.bsky.social Making games since 2004.
Co-Founder https://globalgamejam.org/ https://nordicgamejam.com/
Personal site: https://gormlai.github.io/
Working on Fugl - https://bit.ly/3st8vLs
BAFTA Member & Winner
PhD Student in AI & Games at @IGGI
Lapsed Demoscener
Luca Ballore @lucaballore.bsky.social Software engineer, metalhead, languages lover, football maniac, volley enjoyer, NERD. Opinions are my own, especially the bad ones. Posts in 🇬🇪🇮🇹🇸🇪🇪🇸🇬🇧 #teamTC
David Speck @saduras.bsky.social AI Programmer @guerrilla | he/him
Chris J Wallace @standard.dev Post-dadcore he/him.
Makes h̷̶̷̶ͪi̷̶̷̶ͥg̷̶h̷̶̷̶ͪ q̷̶u̷̶̷̶ͧa̷̶̷̶ͣl̷̶i̷̶̷̶ͥᴛ̷̶̷̶ⷮy̷̶ s̷̶͛o̷̶̷̶ͦf̷̶ᴛ̷̶̷̶ⷮw̷̶a̷̶̷̶ͣr̷̶̷̶ͬe̷̶̷̶ͤ things with computers.
https://standard.dev
Richard Kogelnig @richardkogelnig.bsky.social fascinated by (too?) many things. Engineering, Psychology, Music, Game design ...
Working on the Havok Navigation SDK
@RichardKogelnig@mastodon.social
Jeremy Gow @jeremygow.bsky.social Academic. AI & Games. London. QMUL Game AI Group. https://www.iggi-phd.org/
BancyCo @bancy.co Husband-and-wife #indiegame studio in Toronto, Canada. 🇨🇦 Made 😱 Home 🚀 Alone With You 💀 Worse Than Death 🚑 Neo Harbor Rescue Squad
🌐 bancy.co
🔀 https://linktr.ee/bancyco
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Grace Bruxner @gracebruxner.bsky.social ive decided to post……. gracebruxner.com for work stuff 
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Johan Vinet @johanvinet.com 👨💻Game Developer & founder @CanariGames / 🎮Creator of CASTAWAY: http://castawaythegame.com and LUNARK: http://lunarkthegame.com
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Teddy Dief @teddydief.com IGF & Peabody-winning game designer/director
◆ Hyper Light Drifter Co-Designer
◆ OFK Creative Director & Singer
◆ Glitch City Co-Founder
◆ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
⇒ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
Emilia @lazerwalker.com Experimental games, interactive art, OSS tools. Was games advocacy lead at MS/Xbox (+ organizer of Roguelike Celebration and !!con), currently a full-time Very Sick Person. Probably doing qigong right now.
https://lazerwalker.com
she/her
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Neha✨️Available for Work✨️ @nehapolitan.bsky.social Composer/SFX for indie games
Venba🍛 (sfx)
All Will Rise (sfx)
Thousand Hells (music)
Eternights ⚔ (sfx)
Six Ages 2 🌤
Playdate/Sweet Baby 🎈
Speaker du Franglais She/Her
www.nehapatelaudio.com
nehapatelaudio@gmail.com