annalivia 🫀‼️💥 @annaliviaxyz.bsky.social artist and gamedev
she/her
annalivia.xyz
Kat Bartlett @katalystart.bsky.social Lead Concept Artist working in the games industry. Based in San Francisco.
Prev: Ramen VR, Crop Circle Games, Shiny Shoe.
https://linktr.ee/katalystartt
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Alchemist's Journal @alchemistsjournal.bsky.social native american game dev with a diploma in audio engineering.
ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ
Metawewinstudios.com
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Alariko @alariko.bsky.social a failed art account 24 A dude. I do sell prints, please DO NOT contact me about nft stuff thanks. alariko771@gmail.com
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
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.
Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net Indie game studio based in Prague, Czechia. Phonopolis (out now!), Happy Game, Creaks, Pilgrims, Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula, CHUCHEL http://bit.ly/PhonopolisSteam
✨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
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Zhenghua Yang (Z) 🔜 PAX West @z.serenityforge.com Founder/CEO of @serenityforge.com, Creator of Fractured Blooms, TEDx Speaker, DICE Awards Jury
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus #DDLC, LISA, To the Moon, NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD, Slay the Princess, Vivarium, Sister Other Paranoia.
serenityforge.com
Anna Megill @annamegill.com Lead Writer on Cyberpunk 2 at @CDPROJEKTRED • Fable • CONTROL • Dishonored: DoTO • Avatar: FoP • Guild Wars 2 • Award-winning game writer & author • The Threshold Kids are my fault, sorry • www.annamegill.com
Caretaker of HiMirri.bsky.social
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social 🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Lead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor.
Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
Underplayed @underplayedpod.bsky.social Indie game review podcast with hosts @DiscoCola.bsky.social and @Bo-Po.bsky.social!
Listen on your podcast app of choice!
underplayedpodcast@gmail.com
Duncan Robson @duncanrobson.com Trailer editor for games including Demonschool, Nuclear Throne, Loathing series, Battle Suit Aces, Ridiculous Fishing EX, Goodbye Volcano High, GNOG. "Nifty" - Roger Ebert.
duncanrobson.com
Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net For 20 years, Mondoweiss has covered the powers that sustain Israeli apartheid – and how people resist it, from Palestine to the U.S.
Banner: Palestinian children with a donkey cart on the beach in Gaza before the Israeli genocide.
https://mondoweiss.net
Russell Quinn @russellquinn.bsky.social Artist, designer, programmer. Ex-McSweeney’s. I made interactive novels in the 2010s such as ‘The Silent History’ and ‘The Pickle Index.’ Currently working on ‘Linda & Joan,’ a video game about the worst year of my life. www.russellquinn.com
Becca Miller @beccamiller.bsky.social Co-founder and lead developer at Wildethorn Studios. wildethorn.com
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Brain&Brain @brainandbrain.bsky.social Ozark game dev duo, making The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler.
Previously: Burly Men at Sea, Doggins, Wooden Nickel. brainandbrain.co
💧 raincastergame.com/wishlist
Chiwis @chiwisdp.bsky.social Used to work at the most hated company in all of games. Ubisoft. Now we can hate together!
Jeff STARGAZY Sheen @stargazy.com Since 2009, STARGAZY has made innovative games.
Democracy 4 / Democracy 3 Africa / Prison Architect
🔗 https://linktr.ee/stargazy
Vanessa Lemen @vanessalemen.bsky.social Artist | Explorer | Human
www.vanessalemenart.com
Will Koehler @willk3d.com Senior Environment Artist @DoubleFine on ???, Keeper, and Psychonauts 2. Gob father and ancient coin appreciator.
WillK3D.com
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
felix link in bio @legobutts.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/897160/Snap__Grab/
he/they
toronto 🇬🇾
production in games
No Goblin - Polytron
Previously: Panic - Finji - Tunic - Sable - Untitled Goose Game - Fellow Traveller - Blaseball
Anita Tung @anitatung.bsky.social home to over a trillion microbes
@nyyjen.bsky.social @nyyjen.bsky.social
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/
Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social game developer, yuri enthusiast, your beloved problematic girlfriend
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
Adriel Wallick @msminotaur.bsky.social I make games
she/her
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Amanda Williams @amandawilliams.bsky.social Gentle dark art from a haunted garden.
Fine artist and game dev (Spider).
http://myhauntedgarden.com
Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social Game Director & Designer making the hardboiled https://stealth.game @sleightofhand.game
× Made Kojima's GOTY『 FRAMED 』
× Proud Dad / multi-award winning cliché
× He/Him
Christopher Langmuir @clangmuir.bsky.social Co-Founder Chronograph Games.
Studio head.
Game Director.
Proud father.
Coffee nerd.
Kellan jett @kellanjett.bsky.social Illustrator and Art Director
Lead Visual Development Artist on TMNT2
Animation Guild Local 839
Prev TMNT Mutant Mayhem, Across the Spiderverse, and Mitchell’s vs the Machines , Where the Water Tastes like Wine, other games
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.
Eduardo Ortiz Frau @edortizfrau.bsky.social Designer/Director on @bandmatesgame.bsky.social | Sound Designer on Afterparty - Everything - Gorogoa - Edith Finch - Stanley Parable | IGF & BIG Festival Nominee/Juror | Teach Sound Design at RISD | Puertorriqueño
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. 👑 We publish a bunch of cool video games. We make some ourselves too! linktree.finji.co
We're working on @usualjune.bsky.social right now!
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com Failed Media Critic, Washed Up YouTuber, Formally Trained Self-Loather | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
#blackgamedev ✊🏽 they/them 💛🤍💜🖤
beatdowncity.com
Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! → PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
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
Chris Hecker @checker.bsky.social chrishecker.com
Anna Kipnis 🇺🇦 @doubleanna.bsky.social (Former) Double Fine Engineer. Worked on: Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Costume Quest, The Cave, Dear Leader, Broken Age, Headlander, Psychonauts 2, others. Plus a few tiny indie games.
Accidentally founded Molyjam.
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social Indie game dev behind Duskers & A Virus Named TOM (formerly Bad Robot, Dreamworks Animation, Rainbow Studios)
info@ http://misfitsattic.com
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
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
Lauren Scott @laurenscott.bsky.social Game designer, writer, piano player, sister, human.
Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social Leftist. Cinephile. Video game person. Shares initials with Cayce Pollard.
Susana Polo 🔜 NYCC @susanapolo.bsky.social She/her. Formerly senior entertainment writer and editor at Polygon. Founded The Mary Sue Dot Com way back in 2011. Writer/editor. For contact and more, check out: https://susanapolo.com/
Ted DiNola 🔜 PAX West @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
Alexander Perrin @alexanderperrin.bsky.social Codirector at 2pt Interactive
Creators of Heavenly Bodies 🛰️
You can get Short Trip on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187700/Short_Trip/
ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com an independent studio focused on creating high-quality stories and experiences across Live Action and Animated Film and Television, Live Theater, and Interactive Gaming.
Joel Corelitz @joelcorelitz.bsky.social I make music my attic.
https://linktr.ee/joelcorelitz
Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social I was born to eat chicken wings and play video games. @kindafunnyvids. Epic Creator Code: KindaFunny. He/him. Biz Inquiries: greg at kindafunny dot com
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Shawne Benson @shawnebenson.bsky.social Director, Global Third Party Portfolio @PlayStation, Bunny Mom, recovering Twitter user, Aspiring Harpist. She/Her
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 🇵🇸
Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org Award-winning nonprofit local news provider in Berkeley, California. Powered by Cityside Journalism Initiative.
Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social Art director and concept artist, currently designing vampires at Netflix. Previously at Cyan, Valve, Campo Santo, HBO. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
gabrielle genevieve @elloradatura.bsky.social art person, game designer, history lover, zine and book collector - let's be friends!
Rusty Lake 🚣 Servant of the Lake out now! @rustylake.com Creators of the praised Cube Escape series and the Rusty Lake adventures! Tag us with your #rustylake fanart! Servant of the Lake releases Aug 13th 🧹
https://linktr.ee/rustylake
Ben Kutcher @benkutcher.com VP, Operations at Bad Robot Games
Owner of Harbinger Coffee
Ex- Intel, Funomena, IndieBI
Katie Lloyd Williams @yayitskatie.com Games curator at 🍏. Show me your cool indie iOS games (or just send memes, either's cool). San Francisco. she/her. yayitskatie.com
Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social Extremely good at bicycling a medium distance at a medium speed. Narrative/Production at Blendo Games.
I mostly don't post here. You can see my blog, where I post every day, at blog.lauramichet.com
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! DEMO OUT @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
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
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.
Kat Lo @lolkat.bsky.social Internet Researcher, Producer for hbomberguy
Research: online moderation/abuse, misinfo, Trust & Safety, mental health, social media reporting/escalation channels. Prev: @Instagram @Intel @MSFTResearch
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee.
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
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.
John Austin @johnaustin.bsky.social Founder of Pontoco and Project Lead for The Last Clockwinder. Engineer, Game Designer, Tea Lover; in no specific order.
Previously: Lead XR Eng at Funomena | Research at Google Brain
@kleptine on the Hellbirdsite
Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social Queer af founder of Glass Bottom Games. BAFTA Breakthrough. Working on Verminsteel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/ (prev: SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, etc). She/Her 🏳️⚧️
Linda Dong 🍞 @lindadong.bsky.social Apple Design Evangelista.
At work – games, visionOS, design
At home – soup, bread, soup
Johanna Pirker #gdc25 @joeyprink.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science | Director GameLabGraz GameDevDays | #GameDev Research Science Tech VR AI | @TUGraz | past LMU ETH MIT EA | Forbes 30u30 Science | mountains ⛰️
twitch.tv/JoeyPrink
youtube.com/@JoeyPrink
jpirker.com
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Danielle Baskin @danielle.bsky.social interactive performances & pixel art. i also build a virtual tarot platform moonlight.world
🐍🌛
daniellebaskin.com
Elizabeth Maler @elizabethmaler.bsky.social J'édite des jeux vidéo indépendants créés par des personnes qui vivent en France (via ma société : https://abidingbridge.com )
Parfois je crée des jeux aussi (Le dernier en date : https://telephone.quest )
J'organise des game jams.
J'aime le rose.
Jay Ma @jarmustard.bsky.social ・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
・京都・
Teddy Dief ► PAX @teddydief.com Director/Designer of Videogames
◆ Hyper Light Drifter
◆ We Are OFK
◆ Glitch City LA
◆ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
⟡ IGF & Peabody Winner
⇒ https://linktr.ee/teddydief