crowbar. @crowbar.diy indies breaking industry norms.
events & occasional words.
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Greg | Causeway Studios @gregwrogers.bsky.social Creative Director @causewaystudios.com Game Designer. Writer. Storyteller. (He/Him)
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social Hank of Decline
Website - hausofdecline.ca
Patreon - http://patreon.com/hausofdecline
Store - https://hausofdecline.bigcartel.com/
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
MercerBox @mercerbox.bsky.social Make bad games or die trying.
Nabil.B @nabilbabu.bsky.social Game Programmer | Retired Netrunner
www.nabilbabu.com
Can use alchemy without a Transmutation circle
dear anna, the video game! @dearannagame.bsky.social an interactive audio game from @bijan.bsky.social & @edenthecat.bsky.social, releasing summer 2026.
dearanna.online
Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com Video game marathons featuring high-level play by speedrunners raising money for charity. #AGDQ2027 January 3-10
Joe Baxter-Webb @indiegameclinic.bsky.social Indie Game Clinic on YouTube 〰️ Podcasts: One More Run! + The Game Developers’ Library 〰️ currently writing “Game Design for Indie Devs” while developing “Golem Gourmet” 〰️ (he/him/they/them) 🍽️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/Golem_Gourmet/
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/
Dan @deathbulge.bsky.social Creator of DEATHBULGE. Spent several years on an RPG where you kick down every door. Check it out here: https://s.team/a/1083790
Contact: isitsafe@gmail.com
Anders Hillestad @andershillestad.bsky.social Head of Business / Royal Envoy at Vile Monarch
went to uni to become a game designer, came out the other end as bizdev
prev: SUPERHOT Team, Antagonist
Sean Dick @seandick.net Rogue gameplay programmer Puppy Truck, Tonight We Riot, ReBop Blasters
https://dean-sick.itch.io
Asa Bebout-GreenRiver 🪶 @agreenriver.bsky.social Husband & Dad, Afro-Indigenous, He/They;
Talent @ Gamers Outreach
EX-Qualcomm, Take This, Games Hotline |
content: BorderlineEntertainment |
biz: entertainmentborderline@gmail.com
Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social Game Dev. Making: As Time Surrenders
Made: No Sun To Worship / It Comes In Waves / The Chameleon / etc
https://linktr.ee/merlinogames
Captain Lord Garvar @lordgarvar.bsky.social Ex-Game Developer, from BIT TRIP, to Bubsy, to Bleague of Blegends, to Breakout, to Barbie, to Bruisin'. Currently working on 2 new games
Every post is a Certified Treat, Guaranteed.
.aj generated @clone.bsky.social the data center
Play RUIN and
Go Follow > @officialelectric.bsky.social
Gavin McCarthy @artbygavin.bsky.social Artist, Illustrator, Art Director, Designer, Husband, Father.
Revertices @revertices.com (revert-eh-sees) A 2D sidescrolling action combat game where you must choose one of three friends to save in a ruined world.
Releases Q4 2026! Wishlist now on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236560/Revertices/
PlayWarframe @warframe.com Play for FREE today! Download Warframe on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android! For game support: http://support.warframe.com
Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com A celebration of playful arts and culture in the city of Toronto!
Toronto Games Week ran from June 11th-17th, 2026. Subscribe to our newsletter for info about #TGW27!
🎮🕹👾🎨🎲
Posts by @metroidcrime.com + staff.
Toronto, Canada
🇨🇦 torontogamesweek.com
Gemini X - WISHLIST NOW! @geminixgame.bsky.social Blast your way to victory in a Metroidvania built for fans of classic 32-bit-run-and-gun platformers! WISHLIST ON STEAM NOW:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4360760?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=bio
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
Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com Hosting monthly game dev meetups in Ottawa, Toronto, and Kitchener/Waterloo.
Streaming games on twitch.tv/dirtyrectangles
VODs on youtube.com/@dirtyrectangles
https://dirty-rectangles.com/
https://dirty-rectangles.com/discord
A small group of nobodies.
Mike Drach @mikedrach.bsky.social Writer, editor and creative executive for web, broadcast and interactive productions
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokémon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset 🟨🔺🔵.
Mike Arnone @freakingcoolindies.com I help indie devs become Indiepreneurs: sustainable founders, not just developers.
Curator of the best minds in game business & marketing
https://freakingcoolindies.com/FCI_newsletters
13AM Games | Wishlist Dungeon Lurker on Steam! @13amgames.com Indie game studio based out of Toronto! Makers of Runbow, Double Cross, Dawn of the Monsters, and Dungeon Lurker ⚔️
Discord: http://bit.ly/32mzKp5
Matt Papa @megamatttv.bsky.social New Jersey man in Japan | Retro game streamer | English Localization Director of 20+ games | Cat dad | My favorite things are retro games, cute anime girls, and cars/motorcycles
https://www.twitch.tv/megamatttv
MHDante @mhdante.com Working on:
North Shore - @ravinestudios.ca
Hello Cave Monster @computechnosoft.com
Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio.
⛰️ A Highland Song
🤖 TR-49
🚢 Overboard! & Expelled!
🕌 Heaven’s Vault
🌍 80 Days
🖋️ ink
📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭
🏴🇩🇪
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the stories of his culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/Dreams_on_a_Pillow/
BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social 🦂THE ARTIST YOU DESERVE🦂
FUCKYOUBAKER.COM
Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social indie studio working on Bad Magpie 🐦⬛
play as a magpie with one wing, a missing flock, and an unhealthy obsession with a fallen star
WISHLIST NOW please
https://linktr.ee/badmagpie
Laywelin @laywelin.bsky.social Gamedev (Game systems / UI / Gameplay programming)
EN / FR
Portfolio: https://laywelin.com/
Released ChloroLink ➡️ https://chlorolink.com/
No generative AI 🚫
lit_patches @litpatches.bsky.social Improving great works of literature with video game patch notes.
Bot created by @lizardengland.bsky.social using https://bluebotsdonequick.com.
Pedalboard Games @pedalboard.games Creating some videogames. Stewards of WHEELJAM. Aiming for small-scale, sustainable game development. Find us at https://pedalboard.games
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Kyle Stephenson @mrkstep.bsky.social Brand Manager at @akuparagames.bsky.social.
Co Founder of @pstrophyroom.bsky.social.
Prev: @sixoneindie.com
Trophy Room Email: kstep7137[@]gmail.com
Lover of all video games, platinum trophies and Starburst Jellybeans. Be kind to each other.
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Sophie 🎲🏳️⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io Makes games, dice, and other nerdy stuff ❤️
(Trans/NB/AroAce, they/them, plural, autistic)
Fedi: https://dice.camp/@Sophie
Web: https://sophiehoulden.com/
Rocío Tomé @rothiotome.bsky.social 🥔 1/2 of Patattie Games - Developed Wax Heads
GameDevHero Programming award '26 · Godot Avocado · Clinical Psychologist · Co-founder of Femdevs · Former DSE at Unity
Twitch Partner: twitch.tv/RothioTome
http://linktr.ee/RothioTome
Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social He/Him
1/2 of Patattie Games (art/design/writing)
Made Wax Heads (out now on Steam / Switch / PS5 / Xbox)
Now working on: 👀👀👀👀
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/Wax_Heads/?beta=1
Father of Twins
https://murraysomerwolff.com
dustin Couch @dustinkcouch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@dustinkcouch
kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல் @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social she/her
writer
repped by Michael Curry @ DMLA
www.kuzhalimanickavel.com
please pre-order my first novel
https://angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-of-supernatural-entities
i may be racist but you were mean and that's way worse
Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social #GameDev with @greyalien.bsky.social at Grey Alien Games. Forbidden Solitaire, Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire. Writer: Going Medieval & more…https://greyaliengames.com/blog/writing-editing/
gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.bsky.social makes music @lockinaudio.com 🪿
she/her✨
currently: Building Relationships, Fool King (+ 🤫)
prev: Barbie Rewind, Mail Time, Mythmatch, Wax Heads
📍 Nottingham, UK
🕸️ https://lockinaudio.com/
🎵 https://ginaloughlin.bandcamp.com/
💌 gina[at]lockinaudio[dot]com
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social 🎙️ Indie Game Recap and Review podcast
👾 Hosted by Emily @aspecificegg.bsky.social and Kate @katerblossom.bsky.social
💜 Find us wherever you get your podcasts
www.nosmallgames.com
📧 Business: nosmallgames@gmail.com
OldManMcD @oldmanmcd.bsky.social Been making videogames professionally for 10+ years. Currently @ Raven Software making cool UI for CoD
Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games.
Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
PotionsACuriousTale.com
Chris Wright @surprisingchris.bsky.social Founder and MD at narrative indie games label, @fellowtraveller.games, and games marketing agencies, Double Jump Communications and Two Frogs In a Trenchcoat. Board Member, ACMI museum of screen culture.
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
David Hellman @davidhellman.bsky.social http://davidhellman.art // artist from Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (video game), Braid (extremely old video game), A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible (evergreen web comic), Second Quest (graphic novel) // anti-zionist Jew 🇵🇸
Rug Cowhide @luadelula.bsky.social maybe a narrative designer. could be a writer. either way, am on this god's green earth to appreciate KIKI from animal crossing 🌀 out-of-control ADHD. i also mistype and misread on a professional level
Machine Fun Kelly 💾 @machinefunkelly.itch.io 🎮 Independent Game Developer | 💹 Freelancer | ✨ Tech Art, VFX, and shaders |
#Godot enjoyer | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/MachineFunKelly | 🤖 He/Him |
🏴 Poblachd na h-Alba
JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social JER. 31 y/o music composer, performer, educator, and CEO of SKA 🏁// They/Them 🏳️⚧️
Debut Record “Bothered / Unbothered - JER” out now via Bad Time Records
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
Siri Dahl @siridahl.com Porn Star 💫 live shows every other Sunday and oodles of original content at onlysiri.com (OF) & siridahl.com (all links)
Podcast Host: @firstthirstpod.com
Producer & Host of
@corntelethon.bsky.social 🌽 ☎️
Vanessa Chia @caravandetta.bsky.social Producer / Director at Cococucumber 🎮🍁✨
Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com @mothership.blog co-founder/managing editor ✨ i like books, games, feminism, and my dog. DM or reply for email!
Mohale Mashigo @blckporcelain.bsky.social Writer. Game Dev. Weird Sister. Annoying Friend. Bruno's Mom.
Ben Myres @benjamming.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director at @nyamakop.co.za
“a white guy” - @Aftermath.site
Natalie Checo @heartimecia.bsky.social yennefer + judy alvarez + caleb propaganda machine | writing and marketing in games | game design consultant | GLAAD QED '26 | GDoC scholar '24 | future class ‘20 | she/her
Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za We bless the rains down in Africa... but in UE5
Relooted can be played today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/
https://linktr.ee/Nyamakop
Phillipe Bosher @pabosher.com A traveller from an antique land.
Baldur's Gate 3 | Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles | TR-49 | More.
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/filmpairings
Hayley 💖 listening to books on 2x ✨🌸 @gossamerhayley.bsky.social ✨ they/them 💛🤍💜🖤 ✨ 🦓 Disabled Neurodivergent ✨D&D Beyond Staff #WotCStaff ⚠️ My opinions are my own ⚠️
open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social and then there's this
https://linktr.ee/openmikeeagle
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social A pokémon page dedicated to spheal posting
Kjartan 🔜 PAX West | Causeway Studios @kjartankennedy.com Studio Director of @CausewayStudios.com, formerly Unity. He/him.
Kenzie ✨ @notknz.bsky.social 18+ | she/her | bi
casual gamer, newbie streamer, meme lover
playing now: oblivion remastered
https://twitch.tv/kenzienotkenzie
*mdni*
✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social Screenwriter. A walking study in demonology. Film Student. Engineer. Cinephile. Astrophotographer. Anarchist. Monster Movie Maven. MUA. Mad Max Historian. Pug mother. Jeff VanderMeer stan. She/Her
🎥 https://www.patreon.com/ElizabethWalker
CONTINUE @wearecontinue.bsky.social An award-winning, creative-focused marketing outfit built for arts and entertainment.
Games 🎮
Film 🎥
TV 📺
Music 🎧
www.continueagency.com
Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social Community Director at Kitfox Games 🦊
Dwarf Fortress | Streets of Fortuna | Caves of Qud | Thousand Hells | Ostranauts
She/Her
Cococucumber @cococucumber.bsky.social Echo Generation 2 is Available Now on Steam and Xbox! ✌️ Toronto-based indie studio, creators of Ravenlok, Echo Generation, Riverbond + more! 🎮❤️
Santa Ragione @santaragione.com The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/rsuwh9HbPJ
𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦 @missfaves.bsky.social art + cosplay | linktr.ee/missfaves
Chris 🏳️🌈 @gawkinggeek.bsky.social They/Them | 40 | 💖💜💙 Bisexual and polyamorous nonbinary professor with a penchant for puns, cryptids, & gaming. 💫
GM of W∞RLDS APART & The Glass Abyss. 🎲
Trans rights. 🏳️⚧️
Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
Fuck AI. 👎
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Juniper Dev @juniperdev.bsky.social I make yt videos about games & game dev
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/@JuniperDev
✉️ juniperdev@rightclick.gg
✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・
Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸
🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel
GDCheese: Game Developers + Cheeseburgers @gdcheese.bsky.social Game Developers meeting up on March 7, 2025 in Toronto for some Cheeseburgers
Question Games @questiongames.bsky.social We are an indie game studio, and the creators of The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club, and The Killing Stone (OUT NOW on Early Access!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/?snr=1_5_9__205
Follow us here and https://bsky.app/thekillingstone.com.
ǝqɐפ @gabe.fun Rockstar Toronto designer by day. Also make games and music on my own time.
Opinions here are entirely my own.
Fix your hearts or die.
🪐 http://www.gabe.fun
📷 http://www.film.gabe.fun
🎸 https://powdermilk.ing
Kara Stone @solarserver.games artist and game designer www.solarserver.games
www.karastonesite.com
Craig Kaufman @craigums.bsky.social Fairly decent at claw machines, often tired, cartoon dad with very cool spine problems, fan of vegetables and plants.
I do disability / gaming / community / charity things. Partnered on Twitch.
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social 5’3 / pretty messy / does not modulate voice / satisfactory appearance 🦕❤️🦖
where to find me in the afterlife: jtierney.net
Mei-Li Coolan @meili.coolan.games 🦦 Freelance Games Producer
🐕 IGDA-F Next Gen Leaders Cohort Coordinator & NGL Alum '24
🐦⬛ Volunteer Org. and Art for brIGDA
🦭 Hobby Artist, Cosplayer, and Zinester @UncannyTitans
♏ She/Her • 🩷💜💙 • 媽媽
🗺️ Meeanjin 🖤💛❤️ (Brisbane, Australia) • AEST
Endless Jeopardy @endlessjeopardy.bsky.social • Clues posted hourly.
• Winners chosen based on likes.
• Respond by replying, not quoting. Text only!
• One response per player allowed.
• Responses must be phrased in the form of a question.
By @neilcic.com
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
Harli Kane @harlikane.bsky.social Neo-Noir Nerdcore
🐈⬛✨
AndresPlays @andresplays.bsky.social Indie game champion & critic
Host of the Little Victories podcast: @littlevictoriesap.bsky.social
Twitch, email & more: andresplays.carrd.co
Amberwolf17 🎮💕 @amberwolf17.bsky.social Cajun disabled (hEDS) gamer, artist, crafter, & nerdy goofball. I sometimes make videos & play games live. I also love traveling, snacks, & memes.
31
She/They
PC/PS2, 4, & 5/Xbox 360/DS/Switch
My YouTube, Twitch, & more ➡️ https://beacons.ai/amberwolf17
MJ Smiles @misajoy.bsky.social (Opinions are my own.)
Former Product Lead @ Polyarc. Leaving a piece of my ❤️ in gaming.
Art history nerd & aspiring author—Historical Romantasy w/ mythology, witches, & tarot🃏.
Final Fantasy Tactics | Super Mario RPG | Breath of Fire 2 | Cozy games