Trezy @trezy.codes Maintainer @happyview.dev
Founder @cartridge.dev & @birb.house
Maintainer of HappyView, the Game Dev feeds, and @ozone.birb.house.
Oxford comma defender. He/him.
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. I also wrote the graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa). New Insta: maassinpublic
James Pianka • EM|NCD @jamespianka.bsky.social Narrative systems designer for video games (TMNT: Splintered Fate, State of Decay 2). Publishing indie analog games as Empty Mountain (Nothing Can Die).
SHRINES v1.0.0: https://emptymountain-ncd.itch.io/shrines
Opinions my own. He/him.
Jer @jeremie.com dream things. make things. 🫶all. he/him.
(wayback created jabber/XMPP, also founding board member for bluesky)
Rosencreutz (alleged youtuber) @rosencreutz.bsky.social Hi. I'm here and excited to make friends with eldritch gods or whatever this site is for.
Youtube's only Lyotard Main in the fighting game of postmodernism
They/He
https://www.youtube.com/@Rosencreutzzz/
Ted Han★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net ATProto Community Fund; ATmosphereconf Coorganizer
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
pfp by @montoulieu.dev's gameboy
Ed Finn @edfinn.bsky.social Director, Center for Science and the Imagination + Associate Professor at Arizona State University. I write, research and experiment for better futures.
Attie @attie.ai The future of social, built by you. https://attie.ai/feeds
Liza Knipscher @lize.bsky.social Game dev who loves making randomly generated critters and does so as often as possible. Developing Cookie Gardening and Biolune. Owner of Meep Engine: https://www.meepengine.com/
Biolune: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/Biolune/
Danny O'Brien🤖 @danny.spesh.com Filecoin Foundation, FFDW: ex-EFF, ex-CPJ, ex-NTK
you're absolutely right!
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Nora Katz @orchardhouse.bsky.social tabletop role-playing games about art, death, and being human
orchardhouse.itch.io
norakatz.bsky.social @norakatz.bsky.social public historian, sewist, game designer, condiment enthusiast
orchardhouse.itch.io
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Ken Davidson @925games.itch.io Retired Internet personality. Award winning game designer.
https://925games.itch.io/
https://youtube.com/@cardsinthedavidsonsgarage
#TTRPG #LARP #VideoGames #Sumo #Baseball #Hiking #Travel #Gardening #GameDesign #RetroVideoGames #Pinball
我在学中文
Shawn Tomkin @shawntomkin.bsky.social Creator of the Ironsworn family of TTRPGs. Contributor to other cool games. Banner art by Joshua Meehan.
Games & Downloads: tomkinpress.com
Discord: discord.gg/8bRuZwK
DriveThruRPG: tomkinpress.com/drivethrurpg
Itch: tomkinpress.com/itch
Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social North America’s European-style larp festival returns on August 14 - 16, 2026 in Minneapolis. Make a Scene is the only stand-alone festival this side of the Atlantic that premieres brand new larps organized around a bespoke theme. www.makeascenemn.org
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
Jeremy Melloul @jeremymelloul.bsky.social Writer & TTRPG designer!
My games: https://bardlight.itch.io/
My zero prep, any world, one-shot RPG engine: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bardlight/maps-and-mishaps-the-misadventure-rpg
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
Louis Barclay @louisbarclay.bsky.social https://directing.attention.to. About: https://louis.work
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Mary Flanagan @criticalplay.bsky.social artist/player/gamedesigner/futurista/factotum/nemophilist making things
writer of books essays stories poems code
founder of the publishing house @Resonym | founder of Tiltfactor @Dartmouth College
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social thon or they
https://goat-song-publishing.itch.io/
nonbinary, white, disabled
Guillaume Pierre @legulm.bsky.social Senior Producer at Magic Fuel Games/Playstack on Star Trek: Outposts Unknown
Formerly at Maxis (SimCity, Spore, The Sims…)
Sylvan @sylvanmcgowan.bsky.social (she/her) Facilitator, Storyteller, Game Designer
https://sylvanmcgowan.carrd.co/
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
Steve Krouse @stevekrouse.com
Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social Moderately popular YouTube game critic and travel author.
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
Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social Creative director of Outer Wilds. Co-creative lead at Mobius Games. Easily excited by coffee, cocktails, and the cosmos. He/Him.
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
brainfruit! @brainfruit.bsky.social game studio of @robdubbin.bsky.social and @garrett.bsky.social, your pal
buy our wares:
https://brainfruit.studio
we've made:
✨ https://starfriends.online
🎰 https://brainfruit.studio/games/jackpot
🌱 https://moss.town
…and more!
Kevin Kelly @kevinkelly.bsky.social Senior Maverick, Wired. Author, maker, artist, father. Cool tool maven, true film buff, and fan of Asia. Radical optimist.
John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social Game publisher (www.atlas-games.com), plastic recycler (www.replayworkshop.com), woodworking hobbyist, parent, spouse, container of multitudes. He/him.
Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social Technical system designer, proc gen ranger/druid, Roguelike Celebration MC, kaiju groupie (she/her)
David Lang @davidtlang.com Experimenting…
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
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
JARPS @jarps.net The Japanese Journal of Analog Role-Playing Game Studies (JARPS | RPG学研究) is a bilingual academic journal about table-top role-playing games and live-action role-plays in a global context.
https://jarps.net
Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social NEW BOOK! Graphic Design for Board Games: https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Design-for-Board-Games/Solis/p/book/9781032583365
Portfolio https://www.danielsolisgames.com
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/danielsolis
More https://linktr.ee/danielsolisdesign
caro @seaexcursion.itch.io making theatre and games
J. Walton @ludopolitics.bsky.social He/they. I teach about Game Design, Technoscience, & East Asia at Carnegie Mellon. Indie game designer -- Indie RPG Award (2006), IndieCade Night Games (2015), Ennie Judge's Spotlight (2026). Comments my own.
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org)
Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social President of Evil Hat (I publish Fate, Blades in the Dark, Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, &c). Liberal in politics, reposting, & use of the block button. Be advised, I limit parasociality when I can. Permanently in AMA mode (so ask).
Travis Kupp @traviskupp.bsky.social
Sharmarke Dubow @dubow.bsky.social Current University of Oxford student & eternal optimist 🙌🏿 | Former local politician and dedicated public servant | Previously served on boards including the Broadbent Institute, Climate Caucus, BC Transit, Canadian Council for Refugees, Rights in Exile.
Sarra Hannachi @sarrahannachi.bsky.social Hiker, AI Ethicist, Responsible Tech Advocate in Security
besides vlogging hikes and travels, I mostly advise and work on AI policy, ethics & human-centric tech in security (war, armed conflict & border control...)
Sarah Brin @verybrinteresting.bsky.social creative things all the time. freelance exec producer and advisor for humanist tech & immersive environments. keynote speaker. in london.
https://linktr.ee/sarah.brin
Elle Farrell-Kingsley @ellefkingsley.bsky.social 🦉 PsyberVision 🧠 The Vintage Futurist 📽️
Creating & directing narrative worlds
Writing across philosophy × innovation
100 Brilliant #WomeninAIEthics
Side-Quester • 游于艺
www.ellefkingsley.com
Mo: 2026 Remix 🐮 @moplaysgames.bsky.social They/fae/she. Ttrpg designer, writer, but most importantly a hype human for friends! Latine, queer, full of light. Co-Volunteer Coordinator for Big Bad Con. #LATAM (originally SirenaBesos)
https://moplaysgames.carrd.co/
InformUp: PGH @informuppgh.bsky.social Let your elected officials know how you feel about the issues they are actively working on.
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Scott DeJong @scottdejong.bsky.social Making and studying games about disinformation.
Fulbright scholar.
PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar.
scottbdejong.ca
Helen Lurie @lurie.bsky.social
Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social Author of the Nexus trilogy. Climate tech investor, author, and activist. Optimistic about the future.
Matt Bell @mattbell.bsky.social Raising a pair of neural networks, one carbon-based and one silicon-based
Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com We're a campaign to focus attention and resources on building information technologies that serve the interests of people over companies.
It's time to free social media from billionaire control.
Join: FreeOurFeeds.com | Donate: https://gofund.me/2e144bae
@john-stavropoulos.bsky.social @john-stavropoulos.bsky.social
Anne Ratchat @mngwa.bsky.social Los Angeleno, Immersive Designer, Con Organizer, jack of most trades. Queerdo.
Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social One of the leading transsexuals in emotion-drenched indie roleplaying game design. Hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Treaty 6). I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
Mo Golden @mogolden.bsky.social Fine art and hot takes related to belonging and otherness: Mogolden.com
Functional art and interactive design for for intention and ritual in your home: StudioGolden.shop
Co-owner and ttrpg busy body at HeartoftheDeernicorn.com
Based in Olympia, Wa.
J D @excitingjeff.bsky.social Warhammer and other He-babies. Fancy larps. Screaming into the void.
@historyrebelmo.bsky.social @historyrebelmo.bsky.social
@kiribear.bsky.social @kiribear.bsky.social
Marshall Maybe? @dmarshallb.bsky.social Quick-witted romanceable party member with a terrible curse (but it's multiple sclerosis) | Contra & fusion dancer, ttrpg & larp game designer, theatre-goer | Washington, DC | they/he
Kate (Kit) Hill @kateplaysgames.bsky.social Librarian, larp writer/runner/designer/player, queer anarchist type. Special interests include: indie ttrpgs, iron age archeology, the anthropology of ritual. Also my cats, who are perfect.
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
TTRPG Rising Tide @risingtide.bsky.social We're a peer support community for those working toward becoming professional creators within any niche of the TTRPG space.
Join us: https://discord.gg/n6EyyrDhqJ
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TTRPGRisingTide
#TTRPGResources
@mburnamfink.bsky.social @mburnamfink.bsky.social here to post pictures of my dog, complain about the nonsense of tech jobs, talk about RPGs, and contribute to the Art of Shitposting
Jane McGonigal @janemcgonigal.bsky.social Futurist, game designer, author
Emerson Victoria Johnston @idenarch.bsky.social currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives)
tech policy @ stanford / comms and membership @ AoIR
masters x2 @ stanford / bachelors @ northeastern
first gen 🎓 | 🏳️🌈
Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com Actor and tabletop RPG nerd, the order depends upon the week. I handle marketing for Evil Hat Productions. Currently playing a long game to get cast as Ned Flanders in the live action Simpsons movie.
www.tomlommel.com
laurence pevsner @lpevs.bsky.social 📚 moynihan public scholar at ccny
🎲 riskgaming at lux capital
✊🏽abundance, nuance, democracy
✍️ former columnist at mcsweeney’s and lefty speechwriter at the UN, now working on a book about public apologies and a novel about buried treasure
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety.
File a report in the app or via moderation@blueskyweb.xyz - not via mentions/replies.
https://aaronrodericks.com
Michael Nielsen @michaelnielsen.bsky.social Searching for the numinous
Australian Canadian, currently living in the US
https://michaelnotebook.com
"Eppy-Deppy-Diah!" a thing I say at the end of every episode. @epidiah.bsky.social Author & tabletop role-playing game designer, perhaps known for Dread, Swords Without Master, Vast & Starlit, or Wolfspell.
Suddenly, also a Clojure developer!
(he/him)
https://unwrittenearths.com
https://dig1000holes.com
💀
April the Gay Spaceship (she/her or gay/ghem) ~ TSL @gayspaceship.bsky.social Creator of TTRPGs, including multiple-gold-ENnie- and Nebula-award-winning Thirsty Sword Lesbians (swordlesbians.com)
Trans, sapphic, millennial, covid-conscious, white, leftist here for connection, not audience.
avi by hannah templer
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
Keith Stetson @blazmo.bsky.social Educator, gamer, and designer in Glenside, PA. Best known for Seco Creek Vigilance Committee and Ironsworn: Badlands. Games at https://keithestetson.dudaone.com
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
KeganExe - Pombon Central @keganexe.com Ennie award winning ttrpg designer, Westminster award winning dog groomer, co-owner of @plusoneexp.bsky.social, your most annoying friend's most annoying friend. They/Them
Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com Fiction first storygaming metagaming #TTRPG immersion-denier. Lead designer for Tribes in the Dark. Senior database administrator by day. Tired GenXer all the time. https://linktr.ee/rivetgeek Banner by @juanochoa.bsky.social; PfP by @d20monkey.bsky.social
Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io Neurodivergent & genderqueer IR & Employee Engagement Researcher, #TTRPG Creator, and parent of 태양 & 하늘 They/Them. Check out my blog, YouTube or my games here: https://hessanyo.bio.link/
Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social Author of THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Home: Barbados, West Indies 🇧🇧. More info on me and my books at karenlord.wordpress.com
@shawnroske.bsky.social @shawnroske.bsky.social Larpwrite. Educator. I'm into play for behavioral intervention. Currently reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl (has my highest recommendation).
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social TTRPG designer, cat servant, regency romance enjoyer, talks about movies too much
my website is here owlknight.games
Jamie Cohen @jamesncohen.com Be Curious and Persist
Assoc Prof Media Studies CUNY QC. Phd in memes and digital culture.
Critical Internet Literacies out now!
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: https://about.danhon.com
i make: https://donotreply.cards
work: https://verylittlegravitas.com/
my hallway track: https://verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack
DM or Signal danhon.1701
Nick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭ @nickpinkston.bsky.social Founder/CEO @ Volition. W. PA Rust Belt to SF. Build Manufacturing/Engineering Tools. Econ/Finance/History Nerd. YIMBY / Pro-Democracy++ / Left-Accelerationist.
Kali @helloitskali.bsky.social I stitch art and make ttrpgs // award winning game designer // usually tired & angry // Half of @gemroomgames.bsky.social // (she/her)