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Young Horses @younghorses.com Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com
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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com a longtime industry vet, I make games and lead design teams, and am looking for my next opportunity. Check out my rarely updated blog at http://www.zenofdesign.com
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๐ฑCat!๐ฑ @cattnap.bsky.social Hi Iโm Cat!They/Them!๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐LA based 3D Senior environment artist at Night School Studios and doodler in my free time (: !!
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Johnny Owens @gracklehq.com He/They
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Shayna Moon (she/they) @themoonis.gay Senior Technical Producer
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Kitfox Games ๐ฆ @kitfoxgames.com ๐ธ Making intriguing worlds with heart
๐ธ Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) ๆๆช็ด็พ @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
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Opinions are only my own!
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Shawn @shawnpierre.com Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
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Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com game developer / artist
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โจ๏ธWhitneyโจ๏ธ @brightwhitney.bsky.social Award-winning narrative designer & writer๐ฎ
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