John Lethbridge @archaicjohn.bsky.social Dad x3 ¤ Game Dev ¤ Storyteller ¤ Musician ¤ Old Man VideoGames ¤ Tired ¤ 🏴🇨🇦 ¤ Neach-ionnsachaidh Gàidhlig ¤
🚢 Some Games 🚧 Secrets
Design Thoughts at: https://www.norightanswers.net/
Elsewhere: https://grumble.social/@ArchaicJohn
Velan Studios @velanstudios.com Independent by choice. Inventive by nature. Making games worth caring about since 2016.
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley.bsky.social @thegameawards.com and Summer Game Fest and more. Now official account.
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
Videos: http://guard.bike
Podcast: https://lnk.to/JeffGerstmann
Patreon: https://jeff.zone/
DDDistortion @dddistortiondev.bsky.social We are a small development team based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently working on Nightmare Operator, an action horror game.
東京拠点の開発チームで、アクションホラーゲームを作っています。
NIGHTMARE OPERATOR on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957360/NIGHTMARE_OPERATOR/
it's gav @astralditz.bsky.social Toronto based Game Writer/Narrative Designer/Filmmaker & goth clown
Nathan Powless-Lynes @npowlesslynes.bsky.social Level Designer working at Digital Extremes!
Musician and puzzle enjoyer
Previously at Next Level Games, Ubisoft & BHVR
Protodroid Delta, Assassin's Creed Nexus, Far Cry 6, Giblins
He/him
Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 They/Them || Narrative Gameplay Designer || Aspiring Shounen Protagonist || 🗡️🎃
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca
Comic Samanthas @comicsamanthas.bsky.social trans woman senior gameplay programmer at Unseen Inc, formerly at Harmonix, living in Tokyo🗼
📸 profile pic by @souortizart.bsky.social
💴 fundraising here: https://ko-fi.com/samanthahalloran
Chris Lamb @kurix2.bsky.social
MajorTmo @majortmo.com 🇫🇷 Level Designer.
🇯🇵 Based in Tokyo.
🎮 Prev: UNSEEN, Ubisoft, Artefacts Studio.
Shane Canning @zerocool1000.bsky.social 📍 🇯🇵 Game Developer
Previously: @unseentokyo // @squareenix // @insomniacgames // @disney
Ikumi Nakamura @ikuminakamura.bsky.social CEO / Creative Director, Generalist at UNSEEN Inc.
@unseentokyo.bsky.social
Ghostwire Tokyo, Okami, Bayonetta, TEW
UNSEEN ▧ @unseentokyo.bsky.social We are UNSEEN ▧
A borderless game studio created by artists.
Founded by Ikumi Nakamura
(@IkumiNakamura.bsky.social)
Developers of: http://kemuri.game
Discord: http://unseen-tokyo.com/discord
Bonus Stage Toronto @bonusstageto.bsky.social Free social event for Toronto Game Developers created by
13AM Games.
Co-hosted by Unai Cabezon & Indigo Doyle
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month!
https://linktr.ee/bonusstagetoronto
Speaker sign-up: https://bit.ly/3q8g2gY
Discord: https://bit.ly/487flFj
Denise ☾ @surudenise.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Game Dev living in Tokyo 🇯🇵
http://instagram.com/surudenise
Shop, wallpapers & more: surudenise.com/links
Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
Raul Ibarra @croasan.bsky.social Animation Director at UNSEEN
David @davidcheung.bsky.social Game Programmer - Far Cry 6, Starlink, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Too Human, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Eternal Darkness. Dumb Opinions my own! (He/Him)
Hand Eye Society @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social A non-profit arts org dedicated to exploring videogames as a means of creative expression.
https://linktr.ee/handeyesociety
Rowan Belden-Clifford @rowanbc.bsky.social Lead Level Designer on AAA video games with 14+ years of experience. Proud dad and husband, avid guitar player and singer, bandmate.
Cassie 💜 @d20love.bsky.social She/her. Game Designer (looking for work!). Dicemancer. Previous work: All Systems Dance, Rushdown Revolt, Guacamelee! 2, Electronic Super Joy. Kirby's mom. Ace 🖤🩶🤍💜 Tries not to cry. Cries a lot. 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇨🇳
Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social Level Designer at ??? • Occasionally Speaker & Workshop Host • Cologne Game Lab Alumni • He/him
https://tristanhantschel.de/
Justin Zwack 🎮 (he/him) @justinzwack.bsky.social Lead Level Designer @KingArtGames | working on project 'Schießeisen' (working title) | shipped #IronHarvest + DLCs | he/him
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social World Design Director on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Naughty Dog fae Dundee, Scotland.
linktr.ee/michaelbarclay
Eduardo Hulshof @eduardo.peculiarpath.com Creative Director, Technical Designer, Level Designer, World Builder. Teacher, Founder @peculiarpath.com (He/Him), Previously Ubisoft and Lionhead. 🇨🇦🇧🇷 http://linktr.ee/eduardohulshof
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187080/Reply_All/
Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️ @danaenight.northsky.social Author of queer science fiction & director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her 🏳️⚧️
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 BLM
Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social Award winning Director of Marketing & Communications for video games.
IGDA, BAFTA, Canadian Game Awards Judge.
Speaker, Advocate, Snacker & Flâneur!
Reach out if you want to work together or need help with stuff.
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
Braydon Beaulieu @ludoclast.bsky.social Writer and game designer. Narrative Designer at Ubisoft Toronto. Instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University. PhD in English from the University of Calgary. Bad at everything else. Latest: “The Event Horizon of Honey” in Augur 8.2 🍕 he/him
Nuha 🌙 نهى @nuhahaha.bsky.social Senior Narrative Designer at Respawn Entertainment on Star Wars Jedi ✨
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Far Cry 6, and more
TGA Future Class ‘23
She/her 🇸🇾 🇨🇦
Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social He/Him. Get over it. Exploring apocalypses. I founded and lead Hinterland, and created THE LONG DARK. Director, writer, designer, human. Proud Canadian. Just doing my best.
Emilia Schatz @thegreatbluebit.bsky.social Principal Game Designer at Naughty Dog. Tools dev, Accessibility! Level design hotshot and mom. Mandolinist. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏻
keegan charles @keegancharles.bsky.social comedy, dogs, games, gay stuff 🌈
toronto 📍
Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social Lead Level Designer on @halfmermaid.co's next weird horror thing, also working on my own dystopian sci-fi thing
Previously on Dishonored 2, Tactical Breach Wizards, etc: doublefunction.co.uk
Blocktober @blocktober.bsky.social Blocktober celebrates the creativity of video game designers and encourages the sharing of "blockmesh" layouts.
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
Douglas @dmgregory.ca Game design professor, math and science geek.
Did spreadsheety stuff for Splinter Cell Blacklist, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and Far Cry 6. Moderator on gamedev.stackexchange.com
Formerly @D_M_Gregory on Twitter (he/him/his)
Spencer Harrill @spencer-h.bsky.social Game Designer working on things in the AAA space
Opinions/posts are mine and dont represent the views of any large conglomerates of people
anthony (AFK) @panecasio.bsky.social seasoned indoorsman. over a decade of making video games, somehow. he/him.
design portfolio: panecasio.com
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Ally Tamara @allycatastrophe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Content Creator | Gamer | Cosplayer | Pokémon Community Ambassador | 🎲 Alana & Enid (@hexplorersdnd.bsky.social) | Hot Topic Brand Ambassador #HTFanatic | ✉️ DM/Email for business inquiries: allytamaracosplay@gmail.com
IGDA @igda.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
Hard Drive @hard-drive.net We are Hard Drive. Bum ba dum bum bum bum bum
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Liam Wong @liamwong.com ☔️ Director, Game Developer & Photographer
☔️ TO:KY:OO and After Dark books are available in stores worldwide
☔️ linktr.ee/liamwong
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
jacob mills ✉️🦝🚲 @jacobwmills.bsky.social currently freelancin' level design at Denkiworks 🦝. previously a Senior Level Designer on Rollerdrome at Roll7 🛼🔫. Sonic the Hedgehog fan 🦔. he/him 💀
🤮 jacobmills.co.uk
☕ https://ko-fi.com/jacobwmills
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social ✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
✨ Wholesome Games organizer
✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
✨ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
✨ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social 🎮 Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
🎨 Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com
📘 Author of The Game UI Bible with Lost in Cult!
🎭 BAFTA Member
🏆 Future Class 23, GDH Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
🎵 Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
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
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social 🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK