Gregory Blomquist @gcwblomquist.bsky.social Assistant Lecturer @ University of Alberta
PhD in game studies & transmedia storytelling
CHI PLAY 2026 @chiplay.bsky.social CHI PLAY is the international and interdisciplinary conference by ACM SICHI for researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and HCI.
📍 November 2-5, 2026, York, UK
The Lost Detectives Project @lostdetectives.bsky.social A multimedia text adaptation project based at the University of St Andrews (PI: Dr Claire Whitehead; Creative Lead: Dr Carol Adlam). C19th crime fiction, Russian lit., creative writing, audio, podcast, graphic novel. lostdetectives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Johanna Pirker @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
Phillip Vaughan @philvaughan.bsky.social Personal account for comics and creative work.
Troy McCron @robotninjabread.bsky.social 3D arts lecturer at Abertay University - Previously Senior Character Artist at Jagex. Frontier Developments - 🏴 game dev - bodybuilding
https://www.artstation.com/robotninjatoast- T Lynn @toadrick.bsky.social Mrs Parker & Dr Love. Mum of 2, game designer, community & social play researcher, PT senior lecturer @ Abertay & chalky antics @ #oneplaything Views are my own
Kaye @systemerrorkaye.bsky.social Game artist and designer | Lecturer in Game Art and Design | PhD research in Games and Culture | Scottish Gaelic Speaker
Alexander (Sandy) Tarvet @alexandertarvet.bsky.social Programme Lead & Lecturer for BA (Hons) Game Design and Production at Abertay University | Director at Somewhat Unsettling | He/Him | https://www.alexanderjamestarvet.com/
frsrs @frsrs.bsky.social Game Design Lecturer at Abertay. Game Designer.
Music, Photos, Video Games, Books, Bicycles, Family and that.
(he/him)
https://www.frasersimpson.net/
seylordev @lyesoussaiden.com Lyes Oussaiden (He/Him)
Researcher! Teaching Fellow!
Too young to have a valid opinion,
old enough to know better.
Views completely my own.
🏴… 🏳️🌈! 🏳️⚧️ally.
https://lyesoussaiden.com
Ege @iolairdhubhalba.bsky.social Academic. Interested in visual communication and generative art. Keen sports watcher. Believe in equality through equity.
Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social Reader in Cybersecurity & Human-Computer Interaction at Abertay University | 👁️ Eye-Tracking | 🥽 XR & Immersive Safety | 💔 Romance Scam Prevention | 🎮 Serious Games. Views are my own. She/her. 🏴🇪🇺
Ry @loakers.bsky.social Personal account, Views are my own
Martin Lynagh @martinlynagh.bsky.social Game Maker, Lecturer in Game Production at Abertay University (Professional Projects Module Lead). Glasgow. Former Molecule. This is not a place of honour.
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Scottish Rugby Podcast @scotrugbypod.bsky.social Home of the Scottish Rugby Podcast by the Scottish Rugby Blog (@scottishrugbyblog.co.uk). Podcast available on all podcast apps https://podfollow.com/the-scottish-rugby-podcast
BRUGBY @brugby.bsky.social 🏉 - Only the best #rugby content! 🍻 #rugbyunion #brugby
📺 Get it all on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@brugbycontent
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
Kolbe Payne @kolbepayne.bsky.social Senior Level Designer @ “You don’t need to know where I work”
Prev: Crystal Dynamics, Archetype, Gunfire Games, Halo • I place blocks • #BlackLivesMatter | He/Him | Dadx2 | Opinions my own
Ian 🎮🌲 Looking for work! @citizenull.bsky.social World Artist and Designer for games // ⭐️Looking for work!⭐️// my opinions are my own // prev. EA, Bungie, and indie stuff // gamedev, musician, lover, loser // Vocals for You Seem So Happy • making games since 2016 •
Josh Kulinski @joshkulinski.bsky.social Staff Game Designer at Bungie on Destiny 2, formerly WB Games & LucasArts. Fan of Comics and Sci-fi. | my opinions are dumb and my own
🍂 aderyn 🪶 @aderyn.bsky.social [he/him] smol bird. accessibility design lead 4 cool team on big games (ubisoft) • game designer • artist. existentialist. curious. compassion+
welsh. autistic • 🌈
Jonathan Burke @iridiumgamedev.bsky.social Director. Co-head of technology @SantaMonicaStudio. Wearer of many hats, both figuratively and literally.
SMS.playstation.com
https://www.mobygames.com/person/428372/jonathan-burke/
https://twitter.com/IridiumGameDev
Jameson Durall @jamesondurall.bsky.social Strategic game design and development support for studios that are already in motion. 25+ years of AAA experience. Founder of Jameson Durall XP.
Mike Rosenberg @miker525.bsky.social Senior Systems Software Engineer @ Rockstar Games
Ported I Made A Game With Zombies In It to Xbox One / Series
Miker525 - Steam / Xbox / most things
Melissa Janowicz @deedlite.bsky.social Senior Gameplay Designer at Epic Games 🎮 Previously Respawn Entertainment, Microsoft, BioWare, Disney, lots of indie studios. She/Her.
🌱Elaine Lithgow🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social Scottish TTRPG Producer at Rowan Rook & Decard. Usurper to the throne of Spire and Heart. Designer, Writer, and RRD Workers Union Rep. She/her 🏳️🌈
We're all just telling each other stories as the lights go out.
https://linktr.ee/elainelithgow
SightlessKombat Not at #Gamescom this year @sightlesskombat.com UK-based, award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and content creator. Certified audio describer, voice actor and BAFTA member. All with no sight whatsoever.
Always happy to talk and share my personal perspective!
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
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/
Nicholas G Cameron @ngcameron.com ● Senior Level Designer at Respawn Entertainment
● Writing about TTRPGs at https://www.strangeplaces.site/
● Formerly @RamblingCameron on Twitter
● Wife @devonrubinart.bsky.social
● games/fantasy/climate ● he/him
Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social Founder @ Sassy Ghost Ltd
Indie dev. Former Studio Creative Director at Mediatonic/Epic - Fall Guys, Murder by Numbers, Foul Play. He/Him
Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/Occult_Cleanup_Agency/
Christopher Barrett @oryxeleven.bsky.social Game Director // Creator: Marathon, Co-Creator: Destiny, Environment Art Director: Halo // gaming, art, pixels, retro shit // oryxdesignlab.com
Jodie Azhar @jodieazhar.bsky.social Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game
GameDev; Freelance Technical Artist
BAFTA Breakthrough
Gardener; bibliophile; flautist
🏳️🌈🇬🇧
Richard Oud @richardoud.bsky.social Studio Animation Director @ Guerrilla
Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, Killzone
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Giles Armstrong @gilesarmstrong.bsky.social Award-nominated Game Writer; Principal Writer at Wushu Studios. Senior Writer (Co-Dev) on Helldivers 2.
Prev: 3x Assassin's Creed; Horizon Forbidden West; + *many* more.
BAFTA member, juror; ex-BAFTA Games Committee member. Views my own. He/him.
Pete Stewart 🏳️🌈 @petestewart.bsky.social Award-Nominated Senior Writer @ Respawn - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Formerly Creative Assembly | Your FFXIV Friend | Views Mine | He/Him 🏳️🌈
John Drake @johndrake.bsky.social |General Manager, 20th Century Games |
|VP, Business Dev for Disney/Pixar, Lucas & 20C Games |
|Ex-PlayStation, Ex-Harmonix // Ex-The Main Drag Drummer|
Luckily in the right place/right time for a few big games.
Loves games, music, TV, my wife & kid.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Andrew Rennie 🏳️🌈 @nerdy4tw.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Designer at Respawn - Star Wars Jedi Team • Accessibility Advocate • Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com • Scottish • My Opinions • He/Him
https://linktr.ee/nerdy4tw
Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com Mark Howlett. "Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict", "The Rubber-Keyed Wonder". British collector of retro junk and idiot.
enq:the.lord.arse@gmail.com
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social girl who makes levels
natclayton.uk
zero company🔸 highland song 🔸 tron catalyst 🔸 unbeatable 🔸 ???🔸 she/they 🔸 avi by aurahack 🔸 vancouver edition
Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk Creative director and playful curator.
Studio lead at Good Afternoon
https://linktr.ee/tigershungry
(a brummie, not an aussie)
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they • e/iad 🏳️⚧️
Liam Wong @liamwong.com ☔️ Director, Game Developer & Photographer
☔️ TO:KY:OO and After Dark books are available in stores worldwide
☔️ linktr.ee/liamwong
CRT Pixels @crtpixels.bsky.social Celebrating and comparing retro games on the displays they were designed for! Have fun, be nice, play how you like. by @jackal27.bsky.social | FAQ: http://bit.ly/3wceznw
Help us fight Mitzi’s cancer: https://gofund.me/177ca33f
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social I've been here long enough where a lot of you don't even know where I come from and I kinda find that delightful.
But I'm glad you're here! How are you?
Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. 🏴 in 🇺🇸
WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social 🎨 👺
Prints: https://wefail.art/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wefail
Jonathan Cooper @jonathan.gameanim.com Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, The Last of Us series and more. Wrote GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. Shipped Apple Vision Pro.
gameanim.com
Adam Turnbull @animturnbull.bsky.social - Principal Animator in the Games Industry
- Worked: NetEase Games, Riot Games, Moon Studios, Guerrilla Games, Jagex, Mediatonic
- Eddie's biggest fan
🌎 Yorkshire, UK
🌐 adamturnbull.com
Jackie Salow-Wiley @thewileyside.bsky.social principal game designer at Crop Circle Games. dog mom, plant lady, dwarf stan. 30 under 30 in games. prev: WoW. she/her 🐶 
Kelsie @kdlunas.bsky.social Senior Narrative Designer @ Obsidian (The Outer Worlds 2). Here for the shitposts. Opinions are my own, etc
Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
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
Sam Winkler @samwinkler.bsky.social Narrative Director, Borderlands 4 at Gearbox Software | Prev: Lead Writer, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands | BL3 | BL3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles | Non-canonical lore item | He/him.
Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
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
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
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.
Sol Brennan (3D Character TA) @wuffles.bsky.social Rigging Artist for video games (they/them, he/him). Scottish in Seatt- er - Scotland again. Non-binary trans and queer man.
I have ugly cats
🏳️⚧️🏴
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.
Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com Video Game Vids: YouTube.com/tamoorh
Bonfire Sit: https://player.gg/publications/bonfire-sit
GSW Vids: youtube.com/@justuspodcasts
Instagram: instagram.com/tamoorh
Contact: businesstamoorh@gmail.com
Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com award-nominated senior writer/narrative designer 🎮📝
presently: Meow Wolf 🩷🧩
previously: Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
english lit phd 🎓🗡 personal account 🍞🌹 she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Jon Hickenbottom @jonmichael.bsky.social Senior Level Designer at Sony Santa Monica Studio
D, Hunter of the Dead 💙🌙✨ @dekubrush.bsky.social Sr Character Artist on Overwatch ✦ He/Him ✦ Tarnished ✦ Personal account, my views are MINE!
Derek C of Earth 23 @searcher.bsky.social Senior Designer at Naughty Dog, artist, occasional rabble-rouser. Uncharted 4, Uncharted Lost Legacy, The Last Of Us Part II Currently working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Erik Robson @erikrobson.net Game/level designer | LFW | Valve (Portal 2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact) | Double Fine (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend) | 3DO ()
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
Husband, father, PNW, living through Interesting Times
Grant Parker @grantpdesign.bsky.social He/Him • Game dev • Views are my own
🌚 Sr. Game Designer at Insomniac Games
🎮 Wolverine, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Avengers, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars: 1313
Del @del.art // Lead Character Artist @ AbsurdVentures - BAFTA Committee // Previously NaughtyDog / Respawn / Rocksteady / SEGA / PlayStation //
del.art
Kurt Margenau @kurtmargenau.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, The Last of Us Part II, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Kenneled over 17 years. He/him.
Natty @ngmferguson.bsky.social Technical Designer @ Naughty Dog
Not a coward
Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social Larian Studios Storytelling Lead. Creator of Axe of the Blood God. Past: IGN News Director, USgamer Editor-in-Chief. #coyi #skol
Lucy O’Brien @luceobrien.bsky.social Kiwi in Kalifornia
Hard Drive @hard-drive.net We are Hard Drive. Bum ba dum bum bum bum bum
Andy Zawadzki @andyzawadzki.bsky.social Senior Game Designer @ Raw Power Games
Solo developer on A Bit Dicey
Prev: CDPR, IO Interactive // Board Game Enthusiast
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4551800/A_Bit_Dicey/
Col Walder @colwalder.bsky.social Engineering Director @ CD Projekt Red, Composer, Audio Programmer, Drummer
Worked on GTA V, Red Dead Redemption, Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077
Composer for Banshee: Demon Girl
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
celiahodent.com
Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social World Design Director on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Naughty Dog fae Dundee, Scotland.
linktr.ee/michaelbarclay