Neal Hallford @nealhallford.bsky.social RPG Designer - Betrayal at Krondor/Dungeon Siege/others. Author, Filmmaker, Composer. OU grad. ᏣᎳᎩ Nation.
Audio Drama Honcho at http://Uncharted Regions.bsky.social
http://linktr.ee/NealHallford
#gamedev #writer #synthsky #filmmaket
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.
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.
Jeff Dee @jeffdee.bsky.social Artist & immersive simulation TTRPG designer. Artist in early D&D books. Co-creator of Villains & Vigilantes [1st complete superhero TTRPG] & Cavemaster [Stonepunk TTRPG]. Rational skeptic. He/him. Freelance.
Art rates: https://tinyurl.com/2p828w9a
#ttisg
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.
Roxana Diez-Canseco @r10c.bsky.social Salty, defiant, and extremely noncompliant.
Resisting, persisting and repeating.
Mitu Khandaker @mitukhandaker.com Brit in NYC • Game Designer & Engineer • Prof NYU Game Center • Director, NYC Game Design Future Lab • Frmer co-founder/CEO, Glow Up Games • Dr of VR • #blacktranslivesmatter • i share my dreams with ghosts
@desideriuserasmus.bsky.social @desideriuserasmus.bsky.social 
Redbeardflynn @redbeardflynn.bsky.social Husband, Award-Winning Fantasy Author, Youtube Partner, He/him
Books - http://amzn.to/3o7vhmV
http://youtube.com/redbeardflynn (MMORPGS)
https://www.youtube.com/@RedbeardflynnRollsAOne (RPGS)
http://twitch.tv/redbeardflynn
Tony Barnes | RetroNinja @retroninja.bsky.social Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award winner | 40 yr game veteran | designer | artist | musician | video editor | owner/founder RetroNinja game dev studio
Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social Game Designer and Play Theorist / Designer of Rainbow Six & Ghost Recon / Author of The Aesthetic of Play & Situational Game Design
For fun I make board games and watch anime!
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.
Caroline Spector @cspector.bsky.social Writer. (A lot of Wild Cards and other stuff.) I've been accused of being the Queen of Snark. So where's my damn tiara?
Manda @talzhemir.bsky.social Painter, illustrator, co-creator of ttRPGs Cavemaster & Quicksilver, co-creator of Furcadia, writer on the Ultima series, atheist, and champion of teaching the difference between 'direct' and 'circumstantial' evidence, paleolithic textile artist
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.
Aktrez @aktrez.bsky.social Storyteller, A/E/C Marketer, Actor, Gamer, Former host, Disney Princess, Smile Maker, Puppeteer, Former Pro Dresser Upper & Jedi Master! 
Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com Mostly memes and other curiosities, links and the occasional original thoughts and photos. Live in San Diego, from New York. Professionally, I'm a networking analyst, trade journalist and aspiring Zamboni operator. He/him #DEI
Tweety @sanyaweathers.bsky.social Community weenie, writer, easily amused. Interests: SFF books and shows, crochet, cats, beagles, doing one’s best even if one’s best kind of sucks. Trying to do something useful to Push Back Against Bullshit each day for 1461 days.
Richard Garriott @richardgarriott.bsky.social Creator: Ultima, “avatar”, MMO genre
Explorer: Pole to Pole, Orbital Space to Deepest point of Oceans
Bud Coy @yocdub.bsky.social Senior Artist at Sciplay. Uber Nerd and hate bullies!
https://www.artstation.com/yocdub
Brian Hicks @hicks.bsky.social Creative Director - 775 Interactive Inc | Executive Producer - Icarus | Creative Director - DayZ | Co-Creator of the Battle Royale Genre
Christina Norman @kitaekatt.bsky.social Game designer and entrepreneur - league of legends, wild rift, mass effect
Alice Taylor @wonderlandblog.bsky.social Down the rabbit hole.
Jason Rohrer @jason-rohrer.bsky.social Game Design and AI Research. Project Skydrop. Project December. One Hour One Life, Cordial Minuet, The Castle Doctrine, Diamond Trust, Sleep is Death, Gravitation, Passage.
Isaac Barry @isaacbarry.com easy on the eyes
difficult hang
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Chris Busse @chrisbusse.bsky.social Life-long gamer, video game dev, cat lover. There's a good chance I'm not the Chris Busse you're looking for. ;)
CindyYT @cindyyt.bsky.social Fantasy author. Editor. Proponent of the Oxford comma. Hippie chick. Resisting. Views are my own. She/her.
Matt Schembari @mattschembari.bsky.social CEO of Lightforge Games, former lead engineer on StarCraft 2 and Heroes of the Storm, former Director of UI on Fortnite. Open Salaries advocate. #gamedev
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
Dustin @dust1n.bsky.social Product Manger at PlayStation, Game Industry Veteran. I am on the #GameDevDiet!
Sumo Fan. All opinions are my own.
Stars Reach @playstarsreach.bsky.social We welcome you to join us on an amazing voyage among the stars, visiting and making a home in a living galaxy that we create together!
#starsreach
https://linktr.ee/starsreach
Don Daglow @ddaglow.bsky.social Veteran game designer and producer, best-selling author.
Matthias Worch @mworch.bsky.social I’ve been making games for over 25 years.
You can find my GDC talks at http://www.worch.com.
Greg Costikyan @costik.bsky.social 
Mike Treanor @mike-treanor.bsky.social Games / Computational Media, Music. American University. Chair of the Department of Computer Science.
Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com Penn Prof (Chair of Legal Studies & Business Ethics @ Wharton). Pescatarian. Panentheist Jew. Parent. Philadelphian. Poconos Airbnb host. Perhaps Retired Restoration Shaman. Primarily focused on Accountable AI & crypto regulation. https://accountableai.net
J Todd Coleman @jtoddcoleman.bsky.social Entrepreneur (portalisAI) + creative director (Wizard101, Pirate101, Shadowbane, Crowfall)
Sean Bouchard @ndef.itch.io Game design professor at USC. Cat person, feminist. (he/him) https://linktr.ee/seanbouchard
Rick Delashmit @futumsh.bsky.social Game Programmer (Mostly MMOs).
Currently at Spacetime Studios.
Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Pocket/Star/Dark/Arcane Legends, among others.
Joshua Howard @mrjoshuahoward.bsky.social Leadership, management, and getting teams to great, in and out of the video games industry. Board gamer. Writer, speaker, coach, and consultant. COO at OtherSide Entertainment.
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Dallas Dickinson @dallasdickinson.bsky.social Raconteur and roustabout. I also make video games and other entertainment.
Ryan Da Fun @animationmerc.bsky.social 25 years of GameDev and Animation.
Station Wagon influencer on walkabout.
Former Anim Director on SoD 3 and Perfect Dark. Animated on Battlefield 3/4/1/V, Alan Wake, Killzone 2, Treyarch's Spider-Man games and more.
tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social sr. game producer @ scopely, soccer mom, minivan fan, bookworm, lover of all things cozy. I mostly talk about parenting my two boys and MNUFC.⚽️ Minnesotan in SoCal #AbolishIce #BlackLivesMatter 💙
Dave "ddt" Taylor @tslug.bsky.social Coder on original Doom, Quake games. These days, I dig serving on advisory boards, helping with biz/tech strategy, raising money, recruiting, whatever comes up.
Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social I still write a blog. Links to posts will be my most regular content. Right now EVE Online, Stardew Valley, and Planet Crafter are my main focus currently, but I wander... so it could be different in a month
https://tagn.wordpress.com/
Prokofy @prokofy.bsky.social Virtualator and artifacturer; translator and reader. Interested in AI, generative art, fiction, biographies, nature, science, international affairs. My critical book on Snowden, blogs, and more:
https://linktr.ee/catfitz?utm_source=linktree_admin_sha
Janet H Murray @janethmurray.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Digital Media, Georgia Tech, graduate of Bx Science HS, author "Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace" (MIT Press updated edition 2017) . Current book in progress:"Digital Delusions" .
Gordon Walton @pswtyrant.bsky.social Game developer/Team leader
John Passfield @johnpassfield.bsky.social Made Halloween Harry and Flight of the Amazon Queen. Co-created TY the Tasmanian Tiger. I’m making Super Robot Survivors and Halloween Harry.
https://linktr.ee/retrojohnno
Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social studio director League of Geeks • co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook • GDC board • co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social Gameplay Engineer and Game Designer. Loves Nintendo, Square-Enix, Sony, Jedi, Muppets, and cooking! Opinions are my own and do not represent my employers!
Tom Smith @thegamedesigndad.bsky.social Game designer at Roblox (ex-Disney, ex-Zynga, etc.)
Author of Anatomy of Game Design (https://a.co/d/5NQZAuK)
Opinions are my own, not any corporation's.
Christer Ericson @christerericson.bsky.social Personal opinions on gamedev, tech, and (sigh) politics. Skepticism. Science. Snark. Author (RTCD). Ex-Activision, ex-Sony, ex-Neversoft, ex-uni lecturer.
Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social BLOG: https://rebootdemocracy.ai. All things AI policy, democracy, government. BIO: https://thegovlab.org/beth-simone-noveck.html. Prof #AIforImpact #InnovateUS @Northeastern @BurnesCenter @TheGovLab, Chief AI Strategist @NJGOV, @OSTP44 BLOG
carneros @carneros.bsky.social Marketing Director, Playable Worlds
Ex: CCP, SOE, Hudson, Eidos, Infogrames, 3DO
Former space autocrat, EVE Online
OpsCat @opscat.bsky.social You make great games, I help make game companies great.
Fractional COO / Advisor / 3x Founder / Board Member / ex-AWS Head of Games Partnerships
Tom Fulp @tomfulp.newgrounds.com I run Newgrounds, co-founded The Behemoth, made a game about The Room and I'm currently making Nightmare Cops!
Lesley M @lesleymath.bsky.social Fascinated by puppets, nature, crafting & random oddities. Also made a few games.
Wetterschneider @swetters.bsky.social Scribbles and Sculpts. Ex Game Developer. Current Designer Toy Creator. Clients include Sideshow, DC Direct, Nike, Ravensburger.
Austin, Texas · linktr.ee/wetterschneider
No Tacos For Tyrants @notacosfortyrants.com Taking a break from podcast. Possibly temporary, possibly permanent. Thanks for listening if you did!
Dave Kosak @thefargo.bsky.social Writer, game designer, and creative-at-large. Game development consultant. Previous roles: Co-founder of GameSpy, Narrative and Quest Lead for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone at Blizzard entertainment. 
Professor Hartman 🇺🇦 @profhartman.com - Inventor of Free-to-Play business model for video games.
- Game Dev for 30+ years (CEO of Frogdice).
- Consultant (gamification, ecommerce, loyalty/meta-game programs, community building, technology transformation).
- College professor (UK and EKU).
Jenn Frank @jennatar.bsky.social jennfrank.net ✑ jennfrank.bearblog.dev
merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Brian Fargo @brianfargo.bsky.social Studio Head InXIle Entertainment and fortunate that I'm still making RPG's after all these years.
david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social founder and studio creative director at The Outsiders. New Yorker. Made some games, wrote some games. Battlefield Bad Company 1/2, BF3, Killzone 2, Mirror’s Edge, Payday 2, Metal Hellsinger, others. Making (redacted) : a new game.
Martin Donlon @wickerwaka.com Professional game developer. Unprofessional FPGA developer, hardware hacker and reverse engineer.
Mike Arkin @revoemag.bsky.social Multi award winning game producer/studio head. Over 200 shipped games including WWF, Die Hard Trilogy, AVP, TXR, Oddworld Soulstorm, Bloodrayne. Currently working on 7 days to die and Croc.
Jack Mathews @jackmathews.bsky.social Metroid Prime 1 and 2 Technical Lead Engineer, MP3 Principal Technology Engineer, formerly Founder and Technical Director Armature Studio, Principal Engineer at Bluepoint Games.
Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘 @npurkeypile.bsky.social Made The Axis Unseen, a heavy metal horror game: http://bit.ly/3ryQ6Zg and Deedlee! Doo! Carkour! 🏎️💥http://bit.ly/43ne3H0 Worked on Skyrim, Fallout, etc.
Petri Järvilehto @pjarvilehto.bsky.social Likes making games.
Led, directed and created variety of acclaimed and best selling hit titles and IP such as Max Payne, variety of Angry Birds titles and Best Fiends. Board member @ Sustainable Games Alliance. 
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
David Navarro @dnavarro.bsky.social Game developer since 2001
Brad Welch @bdubzford.bsky.social Design Monkey. Aussie. Angelino. Old cyborg. Archetype. Team Kaiju. Visceral Star War RIP. 343 Haloz. Mercs Deux. Destroy All Humanses! Dark Reign. Amiga jams. Now we have them right where they want us. Fnord!
Letterbox : https://letterboxd.com/bdubzford
Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com Founder FLARB. DEMON’S TILT, XENOTILT, VR, AR, XR! #gamedevelopment #pinball #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social ⏪ PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
▶️ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
🗣️ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/joshscherr
❤️ fix your hearts or die
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
www.jwaaaap.com
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Livealot @sirlivealot.bsky.social 2026 Game : https://linktr.ee/PaintByBumblebee
2025 Game : https://linktr.ee/texastwistpoker
Game Dev: Cozy Grove 1 and 2, Triple Town, Texas Twist Poker
Game Industry GM: Xbox Live, Massive, MOGA
Music Art: Darlight, Painted Rock Records, AMP VR
Hanseshadow @hanseshadow.bsky.social Former Blizzard, Sony, EA, and other studios game developer. I've been making games since the 1980's (40 years).
#UltimaOnline #SWG
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/hanseshadow
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hanseshadow
Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social Co-creator Eufloria, Bioframe Outpost, and MOAR!
Author, BAFTA Nominated Game Dev/consultant, Writer, Photographer. Making games since 1984, Director Omni Systems Ltd & Publishing
https://www.omni-labs.com/
http://www.rudolfkremers.com/
Demetri Detsaridis @detsaridis.bsky.social Game developer by day, chocolate-covered frozen banana by night 
Serafina @serafinapechan.bsky.social 
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
@bridgetag.bsky.social @bridgetag.bsky.social 
@damonosgood.bsky.social @damonosgood.bsky.social 
Rob Davis @rbdavis.bsky.social Game designer for 20+ years. Previously Design Director at Playniac, Take-Two (Star Wars: Hunters), Sumo, TreesPlease. Art, music, tabletop games fan. Views my own. Also @rbdavis on that other platform.
Dirk Songuer @dirksonguer.bsky.social Technologist and writer, interested in virtual worlds and the metaverse, living in Berlin/Germany, loving technology, society, good food, well designed games, and this world in general.
Rob Cavanaugh @purpleneerple.bsky.social Sailor, Diver, Animal Friend, & 15+ year Game Developer.
Former Blizzard, Disney, Samsung, 2K
Anne Toole @amely.bsky.social Creator, ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE; writer, Netflix's CANNON BUSTERS, WGA winner HORIZON ZERO DAWN, & Emmy-winner LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. Former IGDA Board.
Lars Doucet @larsiusprime.bsky.social Co-Founder at ValueBase.co
☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses.