Armin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at Creator of Flask • earendil.com ♥︎ writing and giving talks • Excited about AI • Husband and father of three • Inhabits Vienna; Liberal Spirit • “more nuanced in person” • More AI content on https://x.com/mitsuhiko
More stuff: https://ronacher.eu/
Angie H @erbsenfrau.bsky.social Game designer | Horse girl | working on Blackboard Ponies
https://www.superstablegames.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4670040/Blackboard_Ponies/
Charlie ➡️ Gamescom @charlenelebrun.bsky.social Doing cool comms on cool indie games at @futurefriendsgames.com
(Prev. spotted at Mooncat, SEGA, and the local wine bar)
Andreas Inderwildi @mashxtomuse.bsky.social Writer, medievalist & game critic, seen @ Eurogamer, RPS, KotakuUK, Edge, Wireframe &c. Author of the upcoming book Mundaun: Design Works www.lostincult.co.uk/mundaun. Writes stuff at www.mashxtomuse.com. he/him
Lukas Schneider 🌳 @erlkoenig.games 🎮 Indie gamedev
🤝 Available for freelance #unity3d #shader #realtimevfx
Working on a little game with fish, slime and butterflies
https://www.erlkoenig-games.com
Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3034430/All_in_Flux/
Go Play Outside!
Ben Golus @bgolus.bsky.social Principle Tech Artist, Graphics Programmer, general Game Dev, racing snail at Tuatara VFX. (he\him)
https://bgolus.medium.com/
https://ko-fi.com/bgolus
Vincent Peter @halfbloodvince.bsky.social dommed by the narrative | he/him
words on IGN, PC Mag
Rich @rich-stubbs.bsky.social Animator/Rigger
Tron: Catalyst, Fallout 76, Minecraft: Dungeons
https://www.artstation.com/richstubbs96
@kylethompsondev.bsky.social @kylethompsondev.bsky.social
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Matt aka Stormageddon @djstormageddon.com Podcaster. DJ. Writer. Jewish Non-binary Pansexual. Chappell Roan, Kesha, Ariana Grande, CRJ & TSwift Super Fan. Venom lover. Dog Pawrent.
My podcasts:
“Fun” & Games Podcast
https://funandgamespod.com/
Reignite
https://reignitepod.libsyn.com/
Jack The Generalist @jackgutmann.bsky.social Freelance Games VFX Artist
Podcast host: The Generalists: Where game devs spill the tea with 0 filter.
Full episodes on YT, Spotify & Apple Podcast
https://linktr.ee/jack.the.generalist
Graphite - Open Source Graphics Suite @graphiteeditor.bsky.social Open source 2D raster & vector editor that melds traditional layers & tools with a modern node-based procedural workflow. #MadeWithGraphite
Website: https://graphite.art
Maximilian Csuk @maxbytes.bsky.social Game developer, working on roguelike deckbuilder "Lost For Swords": https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638050/Lost_For_Swords/
Valentina Birke @violencia.bsky.social She/her
Director Indie Arena Booth.
Selection committee WINGS.
I'm funnier than you.
Turbo Dog Games | Spiritstead out now on Steam @turbodoggames.bsky.social Indie game dev team that is building ✨magical worlds✨
Play Spiritstead 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3501540/Spiritstead/
Discord! 👉 https://discord.gg/7N98WgTewm
https://turbodoggames.com/
AndresPlays @andresplays.bsky.social Indie game champion & critic
Host of the Little Victories podcast: @littlevictoriesap.bsky.social
Twitch, email & more: andresplays.carrd.co
Dom Schott @domschott.bsky.social Freier Journalist, Ex-Archäologe, Katermitbewohner. Mein Podcast: OK COOL.
Nico Lang @kleativ.bsky.social Redakteur und Social Media bei Kleine Zeitung. Schreibt gerne über Games.
Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com Brightening your day with uplifting, thoughtful, compassionate, and cozy games.
wholesomegames.com
Patrick Dane @patrickdane.bsky.social News Editor @thisweekinvideogames.com. 12-year games journalist. Bylines Dexerto, Metro, TechRadar, IGN, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, GamesRadar. BAFTA Connect member.
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.
Esoteric Software @esotericsoftware.com Spine, libgdx, Kryo, and more
http://esotericsoftware.com/
Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at Politik, Medien & Sonstiges | Kein ORF-Account | Blog: arminwolf.at | Foto: Peter Rigaud
Elena Tagliabracci (Raitonexe) @raitonexe.bsky.social videogame artist in vienna
i like to learn all kind of things and I have too many hobbies :)
https://www.artstation.com/elenatagliabracci4
https://raiton.itch.io
Chris Wulf @christopherwulf.com 💸 Biz Dev @fellowtraveller.games
👀 Senior Business & Event Manager @iii-initiative.bsky.social
📚 Festival Manager #LudoNarraCon
📈 BD Stuff @ Monster Prom
He/Him - I love F1 🏎️
Jenny | Kimchica 🌻🔜 PAX West & Twitchcon @kimchica.bsky.social 🩷💙💜 Currently @ Wholesome Games, Soft Not Weak 🌱 Check out my game discussion club, @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social! Part of @theindiecouncil.com 🎮 loves to talk indie games, journaling, and dance.
💌 Personal Biz: jenny@kimchica.com
🫶🏼 She/her
Daniel Helbig @dannyhellfish.bsky.social Co-CEO & Creative Director @ Megagon Industries / Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders & Downhill
https://bsky.app/profile/lonelymountains.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/megagonindustries.bsky.social
The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social Videogame essays with a focus on screenwriting techniques. Former screenwriter, current nobody
https://youtube.com/@thegammelier?si=j5-9q_h0iejLdyVp
nick kaman @smashynick.bsky.social Aggro Crab small business tyrant
Amplify Creations @amplifycreations.bsky.social We make cool #Unity3d stuff, created Amplify Shader Editor.
Asset Store: https://tinyurl.com/AmplifyAssetStore
Discord: https://discord.gg/SbNs7zK
Laine Baker @bainelaker.bsky.social Music, sound, games, product stuff. BAFTA Scotland member. Recovering pro musician. Metalhead, Bassist, guitarist, Warhammer fan. 🏴
Dietmar Hauser @rattenhirn.bsky.social Programming, games and music enthusiast, purveyor of poor taste, and animal lover / Principal Software Engineer at Epic Games / Ambassador at https://pgda.at
From Frank w/ Love @stroopwaffle.bsky.social Game Scout at Focus Entertainment, Dotemu & The Arcade Crew | he/him
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
Ivan Buchta @ivanbuchta.bsky.social Game designer, hiker, archer, reader.
Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social 🧩 Marketing @draknek.bsky.social
🎙 Co-host @indieventurepodcast.co.uk
📘 Author of COCOON: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
📝 Bylines @ RPS, GamesRadar+, PLAY, PCGamer, Edge etc
📧 rachelwatts150[a]gmail.com
she/her/ace
chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist, Exploits books editor. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev
Danno @dannoomen.bsky.social Member of the Xbox 1 million Gamerscore club. Physical game collector. Owner of www.gamersocialclub.ca
Email:danno@gamersocialclub.ca
Paul Georges @pgeorges.bsky.social Currently Senior Technical Product Manager at Epic Games
Previously Staff Software Development Consultant at Unity Technologies
Game dev, cyclist
The gremlin looking thing is Henri
Opinions are my own
(he/him 🏳️🌈)
Jurie @jurie.bsky.social Game developer since 1991. Into interactive storytelling, procedural content generation, game AI. Dutch immigrant in Toronto. Ex-demo scene.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
BOIE | CHILDREN OF SATURN @strawboie.bsky.social Developing CHILDREN OF SATURN together with @shoray.bsky.social:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105190/CHILDREN_OF_SATURN/
Making games to fill the void
Will Goldstone @willgoldstone.bsky.social Snr Design Director @unitygames Unity nerd since 2006. Indie Dev, Delorean nerd, Author, SYNTHWΔVE artist. Views mine! he/him. @willgoldstone on the twits.
byteparrot (Carveout, Slopecrashers) @byteparrot.bsky.social #CARVEOUT 🏂🪐 Coming Soon
#SLOPECRASHERS 🪂🐔 Out Now
🎮: https://linktr.ee/byteparrot
Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
📝: www.bryantfrancis.me
🎥: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
Fire Totem Games 🕷🕸 A Webbing Journey 🌍🧡 @firetotemgames.bsky.social Working on A Webbing Journey, a physics-based sandbox game featuring a cute little spider 🧡🕷️
Play the game on Steam 🎮
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073910
Other useful links 👇
https://linktr.ee/firetotemgames
Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social Co-host of the Axe of the Blood God RPG podcast! Also writes words for vibeo gaems, boox, and other stuffs. (She/Her)
patreon.com/bloodgodpod
Jan Hackl @v01pe.bsky.social Indie game developer
Co-founder of Broken Rules
Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social co-founder & director Future Friends Games
futurefriends.lol
publishing & self pub support for cool indie games // this is what dreams are made of // he/him // 6 x GDC speaker // latest GDC talk https://youtu.be/-341jEXj-iI
Kev Hell @kevhell.bsky.social Game Dev working at @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social and on @tagtool.org 🎮⌨️
ILIKESCIFI - GAMES | SOUND | MUSIC @ilikescifi.bsky.social Indie Game Developer & SciFi fan from Austria👾
#UEBERNATURAL - Supernatural Fangame
#SpaceCowboy - Pixel Space Sim
Patreon: http://patreon.com/ilikescifi
Web: https://www.ilikescifi.com/
Insta: www.instagram.com/ilikescifi
Matthieu H. @boulapoire.eurosky.social Freelance game advisor / bizdev / scout.
Journalist in another life.
Per aspeara ad pasta.
Anton Klinger @accidentlyanton.bsky.social Find me also on Mastodon https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@accidentlyAnton
I make games, like Roto Force, Blockfusion and Toni's Turbo Tunnel.
Jakob Vogel @imperfec7ion.bsky.social 3D Generalist and Co-Founder @ Forbidden Folds ❕❔
Freelance: 3D generalist, Environment, Lookdev, Tech Art,..
✨ consistency is for cowards ✨
games: https://forbiddenfolds.com
my website: https://vogel.graphics
Michael Huber @hubertsn.bsky.social Co-Founder of @FollowFeathers.
🎮GameDesigner & Programmer of
#WeavingTides:
⭐️Steam https://t.co/KPRwQybWQM
⭐️Switch https://t.co/qzYNVNZXWM?amp=1
Mario Zechner @mariozechner.at You may know me from the Austrian parliament or national library, "hacktivist", computers this and that.
https://cards-for-ukraine.at
https://www.wired.com/story/heisse-preise-food-prices/
@badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place
https://mariozechner.at
Rainer Angermann @rangermann.bsky.social Writes a few lines of code (per second). Dad jokes. Creates games. Co-founder of @rarebyte.com
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
Westen- BigNerdGaming @bignerdgaming.bsky.social Gaming Takes, Ranks, and Lists from a big ol' nerd. New posts twice a week.
email me at BigNerdGamingtakes@gmail.com
www.bignerdgaming.com
Thomas Feichtmeir @cyangmou.bsky.social Pixel artist & graphics consultant. Tactics game & fantasy fan.
Currently art director for tinyBuild (Streets of Rogue 2).
Credited on Blasphemous, Songs of Conquest, Symphony of War, Dome Keeper, Vampire Survivors and more.
#pixelart
Alex Delamaire 🔜 DICE Europe @alexdlmr.bsky.social biz dev & comms @BBI | ex-marketing @Relic, @Hinterland, @Bethesda | opinions are my own, (re)sharing ≠ unconditional endorsement
Dungeons of Hinterberg / Microbird @microbirdgames.bsky.social 🏔️Dungeons of Hinterberg, NOW with free DLC "Episode: Renaud" 😎 PlayStation 4&5, Xbox Gamepass, Steam, Epic.
🔗 https://www.dungeonsofhinterberg.com/
Michael Renner @terrorobe.bsky.social Repo plumber @ GitHub
Swordcery⚔️OUT NOW IN EARLY ACCESS! @templedoorgames.bsky.social ⚔️ 2 former God of War animators forging a roguelike #Swordcery ⚔️
🔥GET IT NOW on STEAM: http://bit.ly/3sjg3h8
⚡Discord: http://discord.gg/YNMYDr7
Klaus ✨ @foxician.bsky.social Stylized VFX Artist - available for new projects! Let's get in touch! 🤝
Made VFX for @DrawMeAPixel.com, @Toukana.bsky.social, ... 🔥
prev: ¼ of @FollowFeathers.bsky.social 🐲🧶
📍 Salzburg, Austria
http://www.klausfehkuehrer.com/
Lena Seewann @lenaseewann.bsky.social
Nick Zuclich @nickzuclich.bsky.social Xbox Third Party Portfolio - Sr. Content Planning Manager
#GamePass #Xbox #GameDevs #IndieDevs please share projects 💚
Jarvis @futurejarv.bsky.social fan of sentient eggs and moon themed auto battlers
👨🏻💼 bizdev/publishing human at Alibi Games
🌍 indie games publishing
💌 jarvis[at]alibi.games
💙 ex @sega, @curvegames
🐱Jiji’s legal guardian
🎮 FUTUREJARV
https://linktr.ee/futurejarv
Rainer Sigl 🇪🇺 @rainersigl.bsky.social Schreibt & spricht (nicht nur) über Games.
FM4, Golem, Standard, SpOn, zeitweise bei ThePod, OKCool
For hire re: games consultancy, speaking, journalism etc
https://linktr.ee/rainersigl
Robert Glashüttner @robertglashuettner.bsky.social Game culture journalist ✍️ Radio person 📻 Presenter 🎙️ Researcher 🧐 Pinball enthusiast 🪩 Pac-Man runner-up 🟡 Indie- & retrogames celebrator 👾
• Podcast 💬: sound.orf.at/podcast/fm4/fm4-game-podcast
• Pinball ⚪: https://TheBallisWild.net
Vienna, Austria
Curve Games @curvegames.com Hi! We're Curve Games! We make and publish incredible indie games like For The King, Human Fall Flat, Sovereign Tower and more!
🔗 linktr.ee/Curve_Games
Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social Game studio established in 2009.
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, VITRIOL, ELOH, Old Man‘s Journey, CHESTO, Secrets of Raetikon, Chasing Aurora, And Yet It Moves
Johannes @johannesgaebler.bsky.social i make games and my friends say i'm a fashion icon but i think they're joking
Made Festival Tycoon & wrote code for Dungeons of Hinterberg
Caravan Sandwitch ✨ OUT NOW! @sandwitchdev.bsky.social Drive your van across Provence-punk landscapes in a narrative-driven exploration game! https://s.team/a/1582650/
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/
Greenheart Games 💚 - Tavern Keeper OUT NOW! @greenheartgames.bsky.social Making games with 💚 Creators of Game Dev Tycoon, currently hard at work on Tavern Keeper, OUT NOW in Early Access! 🍻
Wishlist Tavern Keeper: https://ghg.to/TKSteam
Michael Hartinger @asebist.bsky.social Video Games, Music and Movies.
Working on AA+ games currently, indie games before
Vienna Gamedev Meetup Host
Here for content that is fun not depressing
James Patton ⚙️ just launched Duskpunk! 🔥 @jamespatton.bsky.social Solo gamedev making DUSKPUNK, a gritty steampunk RPG of survival and hope!
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
Also made:
🧙🏽♀️Hidden Isle
🤖Silicon Dreams
Johanna Pirker @joeyprink.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science | Director GameLabGraz GameDevDays | #GameDev Research Science Tech VR AI | @TUGraz | past LMU ETH MIT EA | Forbes 30u30 Science | mountains ⛰️
twitch.tv/JoeyPrink
youtube.com/@JoeyPrink
jpirker.com
Eline Muijres 🐇 @elinemuijres.com 🐇 Freelance Game Producer & Founder at https://cohop.games
👾 Lead Producer @blueridgegames.bsky.social
🕹️ Mafate, Billie Bust Up, On Your Tail, Threads of Time, Bounden
🌈 Board Member @games4diversity.com
🇳🇱 Dutch in Vienna
Mateusz Gorecki @gauziestmocker.bsky.social game dev, co-founder @rarebyte.com
wobblersound @wobblersound.bsky.social Two siblings creating and composing music, sound design and audio implementation for games + more 🎹🎧🖥️🎮✨ #music #sounddesign #gameaudio
www.wobblersound.com
Martin Mauersics @maus-games.at Engine Programmer and Game Developer 🇦🇹 🏳️🌈
https://www.maus-games.at/
🚀 made the colorful shoot 'em up Eigengrau
⚔️ now working on a colorful action-adventure
🚧 always tinkering with a custom game engine
gen AI is stupid 🤖
avatar by Karakalth 🐭
Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com He/Him - Tech Artist @Okomotive
(my posts are mine tho)
Prev. Tech art @ Jumpship
🚫 Anti-AI/NFT 🚫
Gamedev, Shader and VFX Journeyman; making things pretty with code ✨
🎨: cara.app/harryalisavakis
🔗: halisavakis.carrd.co
🌐 : halisavakis.com
Matthias Zarzecki @matthiascode.bsky.social FOLLOWS YOU. Freelance Senior iOS & Flutter Engineer. Form. Chrono24, OetkerDigital, IBM. Making iOS Videos! Also Unity, VR, XR. Not on the 30u30 list, opinions are my own
https://linktr.ee/matthias_code
Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social Director @eteogames.bsky.social • Creative Director of Sable
eteogames.com • Director at Shedworks
Jonathon Yule @invdr.bsky.social Director of Design @ concrete.ca
jonathonyule.com
So Many Games @somanygames.co.uk Video game reviews & articles from a passionate group of people. Take a look at somanygames.co.uk to see everything we do.
100% AI free coverage.
Patreon: patreon.com/SoManyGames
✉️ hello@somanygames.co.uk
ichbinhamma | indie game dev @ichbinhamma.bsky.social Full time indie game dev from Austria, developing games about dwarves and kakapos.
Follow me on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/hammastudios
Artyom @ahck.bsky.social Senior programmer at Brace Yourself Games. Making UIs and systems on Phantom Brigade.
Worn a lot of hats over the past decade ranging from tech art, gameplay programming and tool dev to UI, VFX and env. art. Vancouver, Canada. He/Him
🌐 https://art-z.dev
ameye @ameye.dev rendering/tech art 🖍️
love outlines
from 🇧🇪 currently living in 🇬🇧
ameye.dev
Cade Peterson @caderageous.bsky.social 🎥🤩 Exec. Prod. of The "Legends of Adventure" doc coming soon
Formerly at Apple, PlayStation, Sephora, MidBoss
Any pronouns are ok.
https://midboss.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/midboss.bsky.social
Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social Gamedev, mostly in graphics programming. Day job working on surgical simulators, night job crafting artisinal Posts
ostensibly still making AEROBAT:
aerobat.thew.nu
artwork/graphics stuff:
twarchive.thew.nu/art
The JRPG Threads:
twarchive.thew.nu
Jamie Lowes @jamielowesdev.bsky.social Video game programmer since 1997, still coding!
(Colin McRae Rally, Dirt Rally, Sega Rally 3, Chopper Mike, COD:MWII).
Street Fighter player.
Motorcyclist.
SUBOTRON @subotron.bsky.social platform for digital game culture in vienna est. 2004. interdisciplinary conductor & connector.
https://subotron.com/
Regina @reginatown.bsky.social 3D & Games Artist, Co-Founder MicrobirdGames, working on Dungeons of Hinterberg.
Neophobica @neophobica.bsky.social she/her 🇦🇹 DE/EN
@Comic Con Stuttgart - booth 8B72
Freelance illustrator, merch artist, mother of Drakenbun and a bit of a gremlin 👹✨
https://store.neophobica.com
Thorsten Ruploh @tr3d.bsky.social Technical Artist
Father | husband | he/him
Portfolio: thorstenruploh.com
Orbit Lights for Unreal: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/orbit-lights
Substance bake prep toolkit:
https://tr3d.github.io/SubstanceBakePrep/
https://gum.co/jH
Valerio Marty @valeriomarty.bsky.social Tech and VFX Artist at Snowprint Studios. Previously Tech Artist at Ten Square Games. He/him. contact@valeriomarty.games