Brian Hicks @hicks.bsky.social Creative Director - 775 Interactive Inc | Executive Producer - Icarus | Creative Director - DayZ | Co-Creator of the Battle Royale Genre
Wynne McLaughlin @wynnem.bsky.social Sr. Narrative Designer at Intrepid Studios. Game Writer, Screenwriter, and Novelist. Chaotic Good. Animal dad (x4). Ally. Optimistic wave function. Steely Fan. Zeddemorian.*
*Church of the 4th Ghostbuster
(We asked if he was a God, and he said yes)
Caryl Shaw 🚫👑 @handle.invalid Game Dev (ret.)
Bourbon, pets, family (not in that order)
Oakland, CA
Alexander Freed @alexandermfreed.bsky.social Alias: Alexander Marsh Freed. NY Times bestselling author of video games, novels, and comics. CD Projekt, BioWare, FoxNext, Del Rey, Dark Horse, etc. Pleasantly eccentric.
Latest book: Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: the Mask of Fear
Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social I make video games for work and costumes for fun. Narrative Director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. Previously Bioware, Telltale, and Gunfire Games. She/her
Jeff Uriarte @lastcall68.bsky.social Game Developer. Austin, TX
Jack Wood @jackhwood.bsky.social 
@alieslavin.bsky.social @alieslavin.bsky.social 
John Taylor @johnrtaylor.bsky.social 
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
https://linktr.ee/michaelastackpole
Dan Scherlis @scherlis.bsky.social 
Matt Firor @thefiror.bsky.social Graybeard Game Developer, Historian of the real and the fictional. Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Age of Camelot project lead. Lover of the written word and interactive entertainment. Three chord guitar player. Perpetual lurker.
Damon Waldrip @enalnomad.bsky.social Artist, Game dev artist, piano player, movie watcher, cooker and eater of foods, married to Aliza
Jeff Grills @jeffgrills.bsky.social Punk, embedded realtime software developer, FPV drone pilot, and dog lover.
Rodvik @rodvik.bsky.social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Humble
https://www.rodvik.com/
social account for art, erotic art, creativity, tech, astro, niceness
focusing on love
creating worlds
adult warning: on blusky I follow a lot of erotic accounts 
Clayton Kauzlaric @ckauzlaric.bsky.social Creative Director - Game Designer
Maker of quirky, obscure stuff.
Dustin @dust1n.bsky.social Product Manger at PlayStation, Game Industry Veteran. I am on the #GameDevDiet!
Sumo Fan. All opinions are my own.
Josh Drescher @joshdrescher.bsky.social Video game producer/occasional human.
RAP SHEET
Wolfjaw, Hypixel/Riot, Bethesda Softworks, PLAYStudios, EA, BioWare, Mythic Entertainment, Rocket City Studios
Views expressed here are my own.
@danamassey.bsky.social @danamassey.bsky.social 
Nicky Robinson @nickyrobinson.bsky.social Hockey, gaming, cats, coffee and castles. And now, 3rd book as co-author!
David Mullich @davidmullich.bsky.social Game producer for Disney, Cyberdreams, 3DO, Activision, Spin Master and others. Game design professor at Art Center College of Design. Game history lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design.
Chris Spears @dramallamadad.bsky.social FATHER to an amazing daughter, leader, game developer, teacher.
Coppernica Golden @coppernica.bsky.social Your character determines your destiny!
Ghostcrawler @ghostcrawler.bsky.social Greg Street, CEO of Fantastic Pixel Castle. We are fully funded and remote and making an MMO. Previously: League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Age of Empires. I only work on games with "of" in the middle.
Siobhan Beeman @siobhan.northsky.social Game industry veteran for an absurdly long time.
Tanned, rested and ready, and #OpenToWork again. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhanbeeman)
Mike Perry @mikemakesgames.com 30 years making games (SimCity, The Sims, FarmVille, others). Still learning, still building, still excited about what's next. Happy to share what I've learned, and be inspired by your creations.
Game Dev List @gamedevlist.bsky.social This account acts as a list of game developers. Just click on the 'following' link to get a list of developers to follow. Follow this account for updates on future additions. And @ this account to be added.
Maintained by @zenofdesign
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Game News @gamenews.bsky.social The most important news in the world of video games.🎮
Game Trailers: @gametrailers.bsky.social
Fantastic Pixel Castle @fpcstudio.bsky.social Fantastic Pixel Castle (FPC) is a new studio founded in 2023 to create our take on a modernized fantasy MMORPG, codenamed Ghost. ✨▪️🏰
Felicia Day @felicia.day Actor. Writer. Producer. Internet Native. “Lost Daughter of Sparta” out March 17, preorder now! https://bit.ly/LostDaughterOfSparta
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
John Worrall @john-worrall.bsky.social Proud father of five. Progressive. Led Zeppelin. Quaker. Former video game producer. Diagnosed with terminal cancer (colon) so I traded my 401k in for Commanders season tickets. Going out on my terms!! #HTTC 🙏🙏
Gerry Chris Klug @ledaye.bsky.social Teacher, writer, photographer
Rod Fergusson @rodfergusson.bsky.social General Manager of all things Diablo at Blizzard Entertainment. This is a personal account and posts only represent my personal opinions and thoughts.
Stephen Peacock @themadp.bsky.social Game industry veteran, Head of AI, I like helping creatives build cool experiences.
videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social a meditation on videogame (w/ some tech and web) history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
Abolish ICE, end MAGA, Protect Trans Kids @shannonisblue.bsky.social Recovering exec. Mostly human. All blue. Prepare for dog pics. I ruined Xbox for a long time.
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Alex Tinsman @alextinsman.bsky.social Emmy-winning marketing producer and fractional CMO with a passion for interactive storytelling, gaming, and entertainment.
Robin McShaffry @bossyspice.bsky.social Makeup Artist, Wig Dresser and Maker, Event Operations. I'm full of stars.
Bill Mauer @queous.bsky.social Dad, husband, hockey goalie, and disc golf player. I dabble in software.
Don Hopkins @donhopkins.bsky.social Ground Up Software. Pie Menu Evangelist. Cellular Automatist. Childless Cat Daddy. Developed The Sims at Maxis/EA with Will Wright, Open Source SimCity / Micropolis. Stupid Fun Club. Factorio Freak. Machine Vision at Leela AI. he/him/self/this 🏳️🌈👾🤖😼
The Mummer's Dansky @rdansky.bsky.social Award-winning narrative expert for video games, writer of fiction and TTRPGs. Author of THE VIDEO GAME WRITER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING AN INDUSTRY THAT HATES YOU. Former Ubisoft/Crytek/Romero. Lover of scotch, books, Sasquatches, baseball, and cats.
Dave Weinstein @t-dye.bsky.social Recovering Game Developer turned Security Professional. Sometime musician, potter, player (and occasional author) of games. Not a speaker for my employer. He/Him.
Also dhw@infosec.exchange on Mastodon.
Greg Costikyan @costik.bsky.social 
Aaron de Orive @adeorive.bsky.social Screenwriter, video game writer, horror & fantasy fan, tabletop RPG enthusiast, aspiring gourmand, amateur raconteur, failed shaman.
Mike McShaffry (MrMike or Popcorn) @mmcshizzle.bsky.social Married to Robin, my very best friend. Patriot. South Austin Socialist Hippie that Showers. LED Artist. Volunteer. Supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Acceptable audio engineer and radio personality. Voracious consumer of sci-fi.- D David Bowman @davidbowman.bsky.social I build teams that build games that build companies. Great game companies have respect for their players and their people.
Integrity, trust, and honesty.
Greg Chapman @blzbob.bsky.social I make games.
Bill Louden @billlouden.bsky.social Professor, Entrepreneur, Grandfather, Gardener, Woodworker, Cat Lover
Jess Mulligan @jessmull.bsky.social Online game maker and consultant. Author of Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide. Also wrote the game industry column Biting the Hand... back in the 2000s.
I don't answer DMs from people I don't know and usually block first & ask questions later.
Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com A person you meet in the forest, who just puts their finger to your lips to shoosh you, and then gives you the budget for your game.
John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social FPS is my DNA. Working on a new shooter. Find Romero Games at https://t.co/d7iJN1tvGy
IGN @ign.com We're all about movies, TV, and video games!
ign.com
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social Bad puns and video games since 1999.
eurogamer.net/subscribe
Game Informer @gameinformer.com Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.
Follow our work: GameInformer.com
N’Gai Croal @ncroal.bsky.social Communicator. Observer. Griot.
Karen @risu23.bsky.social Video game production human, head of studio ops & production at Interleave. Lover of video games, film (letterboxd = risu23), tv, animation, dark & spooky stuff. I was a goth at 924 Gilman. SFO -> YVR. She/her. "Fix your heart or die!"
Jordan Mechner @jmechner.bsky.social I make video games (Prince of Persia) and graphic novels (Replay, Monte Cristo, Liberty) and fill up sketchbooks. American in France. https://jordanmechner.com
Nabeel Hyatt @nabeel.bsky.social 
Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social Currently: CCO Yellow Brick Games, working on Eternal Strands (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/Eternal_Strands/ ). Formerly: Lead Writer for Jade Empire; Creative Director for Dragon Age. Always: dog lover.
Tess Snider @malkyne.com Fairy codemother. Free-range veteran game programmer and underground programming teacher. Co-owner of indie game studio Hidden Achievement.
Jon Jones @jonjones.bsky.social He/him. #gamedev art management, external production, and pipeline automation in Seattle. Author (How I Escaped Evangelical Hell), ramen enjoyer, cat hugger, name haver.
Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com 🙋 Co-founder of @icopartners.com | @crowdfunding-agency.com | @mightymerch.store
👾Supporting self-publishing game companies (Strategy | Marketing | PR)
🙆♂️Crowdfunding specialist (Kickstarter Community Advisory Council member)
Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social Co-founder of game studio @windupminds, ex-Oculus/PopCap/Bungie/Harmonix. Make games, race bikes, eat foods.
Making a game that loves you back, a modern Nintendogs+a li'l Animal Crossing. www.windupminds.com/wishlist- T Tim Sweeney @timsweeneyepic.bsky.social
Chip Morningstar @epopt.bsky.social Working hard to save the world from (or maybe it’s for) software.
Emily Greer @emilygreer.bsky.social Co-founder & CEO Double Loop Games, Stats Geek, Figure Skater. Previously: Co-Founder & CEO, Kongregate 
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
David Koster @oteresk.bsky.social Hong Kong based Game Dev | Game Producer/Indie Dev
Prev: Ronday, IndieMEGABOOTH, Jim Gray Productions, @plutoniumpowered.bsky.social, @wickedfoxgames.com
http://davidkoster.net
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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social swe 🧑💻
George Broussard @georgebsocial.bsky.social Co-founded the original 3D Realms/Apogee. Published, funded, produced & created many games. Known for Duke Nukem 3D.
Game designer, artist, programmer.
linktr.ee/georgebsocial
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
Laralyn McWilliams @laralyn.bsky.social Game designer and leader since 1994: Free Realms, Full Spectrum Warrior. Many awards including Lifetime Achievement. Also speaks about game dev wellness.
Chris Hecker @checker.bsky.social chrishecker.com
Brian Reynolds @thegamechief.bsky.social Pernicious Layabout. Videogame Designer and Entrepreneur. Co-founder Firaxis, Big Huge Games, Zynga East. Games: Civ2, Alpha Centauri, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille, DomiNations. Immigrant to Canada (Montréal). Retweeter of Uranus Jokes.
Scott Jon Siegel @numberless.bsky.social Designer of playful social experiences. Lead Game Designer @ Board.
I love making things that bring people together.
https://numberless.net
https://board.fun
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
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social CEO/Creative Director:
BLACK PONY IMMERSIVE
Deus Ex, Dishonored
🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Mark DeLoura @markdeloura.bsky.social A CTO in Seattle | Former Obama WH | Gamedev | EdTech | Frenchies
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee. 
Scott Hartsman @hartsman.bsky.social Shipping talks, bullshit walks. I've worked on a ton of MMOs and other online games. Mostly helping games startups these days. Also, corgis. Specifically, one large, lazy one in particular.
Paul Stephanouk @gamegeek.bsky.social I make and play games.
Nicole Lazzaro 🐰 🕹️ ❌👑 @nicolelazzaro.bsky.social XR Hall of Fame | Designed 1st iPhone Game | 4 Keys 2 Fun. Unlocking human potential through play. Developer of Follow the White Rabbit Tales an XR mystery adventure you play in the real world with your real friends. Now soft launched on 🍎 Vision Pro!
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social Author, "Making a Metaverse That Matters" (Wiley). Covering & creating metaverse culture since 2003. Bylines: WSJ, Atlantic, FastCo. Join my Patreon blog for early/exclusive virtual amazingness! https://patreon.com/user?u=4843285
Los Angeles/Kailua
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Christopher Allen @christophera.bsky.social Blockchain & Decentralized Identity Architect — Internet Cryptography Pioneer — Co-author IETF TLS 1.0 & W3C DID 1.0 Security Standards — Collaborative Tools & Patterns
Patrick Ferland @fleck99pf.bsky.social I help awesome coders make games. Fitness enthusiast (but bad at it). He/him. Non-employer-sanctioned opinions here.
Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org Working in game dev professionally since the 1990s, largely on MMO servers. Video games, cat pictures, hockey. Too many previous games to list. Started making games professionally with Ultima IX. Game dev merc for hire.
he/him
Hidden Achievement @hiddenachievement.com Austin, Texas based indie game studio. Current releases: Outpost Delta, Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Discord: https://discord.gg/YwfXsAd
Peter Alau @pjalau.bsky.social Video Games Guy, occasional VW mechanic., and slightly above average photographer.