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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Nat Loh 🔜 DICE / GDC @natloh.bsky.social 🌱Sustainable Leadership in Games🎮 🗺️Helping Designers Navigate their Careers💻 📭Available for Design Consultation📜 https://www.linkedin.com/in/natloh/ https://www.natlohdesign.com/
Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social Vagabond game maker. TIGSource, Gametrekking, Loneliness, Game Poems, etc. https://jordanmagnuson.itch.io/
Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social I make games and write. I don't care for kyriarchy. I'm part of @futureproofgames.bsky.social.
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing. https://pippinbarr.com https://waysofplaying.games
Agata Waszkiewicz @agatawaszkiewicz.bsky.social Game scholar, therapist in training, mental health advocate. Makes art on the side.
Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social ✏ Writing Warren Spector’s next game ✏️ BAFTA & Nebula-nominated writer & narrative designer of Pacific Drive 🏆 BAFTA Breakthrough 2024 ⭐ Marketing: SCMedia 🎤 Host: IGF 2026, League of Legends Season One ✉ shao.karrie@gmail.com 🧐 karries.carrd.co
Jolie Menzel @jolie.bsky.social Professional Video Games Person and art hobbyist | Design Director @ Probably Monsters | Past: Night School, CDPR, The Coalition, Ubisoft SF/Osaka, Telltale | they/them | たまに日本語でもポストする
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more. I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social Blog: namelessquality.com Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev Video game writer and and narrative designer. Personal blog: https://azhdarchid.com/ Fediverse profile: https://azhdarchid.online/@bruno Full bio: https://brunodias.dev/bio/ THESE POSTS ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
Steven Lumpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer @ Riot R&D - Horizon Forbidden West - The Secret World - Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade - RollerCoaster Tycoon World
Graeme Lennon @gfsl.bsky.social
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rayla heide @jellbug.bsky.social Franchise Narrative Director @ Scopely. Previously Netflix, Riot Games, Unannounced Blizzard Survival Game, Mageseeker. She/her.
Chris Proctor @dorukai.bsky.social Core gameplay designer and design director Design Director @ Guerrilla Games Ex-Bungie, 343 Industries, 2K Marin, Funcom, Bigworld
Andreia Gonçalves @andreiag.bsky.social Sr Social Systems Designer at @EA Full Circle, working on @skate. Previously on @PlantsvsZombies. 🇵🇹🇨🇦 she/her. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/andreiagg
Roxanne Blouin-Payer @rbpayer.bsky.social Game Designer, Crochet-lover, RPG fanatic
Pam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇨🇦 Core Game Design Team, #CosmereRPG Ennie-winning/Nebula Finalist #ffxiv: Balmung queer, fanfic writer business: pam.punzalan@gmail.com https://thedovetailor.carrd.co/ Radiant Citadel • Spire/Heart • Hunter • TSL • Cosmere • BitD: The Dagger Isles
Darth Mel @melrambles.bsky.social Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆 Opinions are my own. PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Marcus Montgomery @marcusingames.bsky.social Creative Director / Game Design Director @cstoneintstudio www.sleepy-genius.com
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Abhi | Venba @brownmoney.bsky.social Creative Director at Visai Games Making games that tell intimate stories with interesting mechanics, like Venba!
Jurie @jurie.bsky.social Game developer since 1991. Into interactive storytelling, procedural content generation, game AI. Dutch immigrant in Toronto. Ex-demo scene.
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. 🎲 they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
klawdd @klawdd.bsky.social
Elaine @muselle.bsky.social Studio Director @ HeartLoop Games | Faculty and Coordinator @ IVGD - Dawson College | Coordinator @ Pixelles | She/Her | Game Dev Mom
@tylermakesgames.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social
Olivia Wood @babelfishwars.bsky.social 'Funky urban Galadriel' | 'Celestial gigawitch' | 'Bird lady' | 'Crone' | “Singularly horrifying – 5 stars” Narrative Lead & Writer
M May Ling T @maysies.bsky.social no time to explain
jenny @qdork.bsky.social posting (at least) 1 video a day until my video game, CONSUME ME, sells one million copies. buy now! 👇👇👇👇👇 iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/consume-me/id6769877287 steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/Consume_Me/
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games. 🔗 www.draknek.org
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use also i have a website: v21.io
Patrick Kemp @patkemp.bsky.social Father. Game designer at Spry Fox (Netflix Games). Weekend side project noodler. He/him. https://patkemp.itch.io/ 🥑🍣🍜🥟🍛🌯
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play. Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design. Rolling Hills 🍣 | Fetch my Blade 🐕 🗡️
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Zack Hiwiller @zackhiwiller.com 20+ years as a professional game designer. Author. Football official. Board gamer. Dog lover. I was the main character of video games internet for two days in 2010. Opinions are always my own. No one else would take credit for them.
William Chyr @chyr.bsky.social Artist and game developer. Directed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago. https://studiochyr.com/
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk 🎮 CD sona bona 💫 Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations 🍊 Spanish in UK 💼 Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus... 🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror ✌🏼 she/her
Nina Kim @rainysector.bsky.social Senior Designer at Rare
Lauren Scott @laurenscott.bsky.social Game designer, writer, piano player, sister, human.
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social
Elaine Gómez ✨ @elainegomez.bsky.social 🎮 Founder & Game Director | Midnight Hour Games 🇵🇷🇩🇴 President | Latinx in Gaming ✨BAFTA Breakthrough US 2024 🪶Enrolled tribal member, Higuayagua Taino of the Caribbean
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
Alicia Fortier @batteringham.bsky.social GDC Talk: Bear Hugs and Dev Tears https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/bear-hugs-and-dev-tears-building-stories-for-cozy-grove-camp-spirit/907863 Lead game designer for Cozy Grove; Camp Spirit, scavenger of knick-knacks. ❤️🐌 https://linktr.ee/aliciafortier
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @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.
Natasha Miller @natashamiller.bsky.social
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Jon Remedios @jonremedios.bsky.social Toronto based game designer/developer. SSMP. Marc. Gone Vroom. A pile of digital trash that's disappeared. Working on new stuff. Still missing Miitomo.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹 he/him
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.
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. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social Technical system designer, proc gen ranger/druid, Roguelike Celebration MC, kaiju groupie (she/her)
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
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
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social Worked on games like The Suffering, The Church in the Darkness, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches. Wrote Game Design: Theory & Practice. Now Studio Creative Director at FarBridge on dark new things.
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂ Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Tomo Moriwaki @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social Our shared fiction is our reality, so... let's take better care of it. Long time game designer. Most noteworthy impact: creative director of Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Randy Smith Evergreen @randyevergreen.bsky.social Cool dad. Game director and designer. Classic Thief series, indie studio Tiger Style (Waking Mars, Spider: Bryce Manor, Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon), freelance game developer. Multiple GotY award winner. Austin and Vermont.
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com). Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games). Usability contributor for the Godot Engine. Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others) Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ ) Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc. https://metasynthie.itch.io/ Opinions are only my own!
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/ Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist. https://charliehallwriter.com/
Danny Day @dislekcia.bsky.social IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ brown belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Joris Dormans @jorisdormans.bsky.social Game designer. Lead dev for Bane, Unexplored 2, and Unexplored. Also dabbles with board game design. Teaches game studies, generative narratology, and game design at Leiden University.
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.
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog @Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social‬ . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
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