Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social A small, efficient game studio. Creators of I Am Your Beast / El Paso, Elsewhere / and more.
🐶 Come hang with us in the Discord!
https://discord.com/invite/dog-airport-game
Wout @thehashtagonist.bsky.social Communications Director at Playstack working on Raccoin, Balatro, Abiotic Factor, UNBEATABLE, The Rise of the Golden Idol, Mortal Shell 2 and VOID/BREAKER
Drawfee Show @drawfeeshow.com Turning your dumb suggestions into even dumber drawings! Official Drawfee account.
kabona @dilfosaur.bsky.social i dunno man i'm just a little kitty cat
Idrees 🌓 @idreesinc.com Open-source software dev, virtual toymaker, and amateur naturalist 🪴
Creator of Monocraft, the Apple Watch Pokétch, Waypoint, PlayBook, and other open-source stuff!
🔭 idreesinc.com
💻 github.com/IdreesInc
💬 https://discord.gg/6yxE9prcNc
Galen Pejeau @nightjargames.bsky.social Illustrator & Occasional Game Designer
(Not taking commissions at the moment)
Find my games at https://nightjargames.itch.io/
Aura @aurahack.ca artist + gamedev
she/her・💍 @lena.fyi
Vancouver, BC
EN/FR/JP
Art ➡ #myart
Join my Sticker Club!! ➡ https://www.patreon.com/c/aurahack/membership
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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social game? designer??
Forget Starlight releasing soon. currently ???.
Amberspire, The Banished Vault, and others, formerly of Bithell Games. Blog at blog.enceledean.com, analog games at enceledean.itch.io, design podcast at paperlabyrinths.com.
they
ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ғᴏʀ ғɪʟᴍs, ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇs
https://calumalexanderwatt.com/
Ed @edsibley.bsky.social Game design generalist. Studio head at Whetstone Games. Co-chair of IGDA London. The only person who knows the true identity of Vortigan King.
Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.games funny little games by funny little people ✨
📼 play OFFBEAT on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/OFFBEAT
join our discord: https://discord.gg/9he97xJEaw
https://www.whetstone.games/
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.
Uppercut @uppercut.bsky.social An independent games media outlet focused on uplifting diverse voices. 
𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄 @funland.itch.io now you're playing with power / http://patreon.com/funlandmag / https://linktr.ee/funlandmag
pantaloon | ROLLA OUT SEP 30 🚨 @pantaloon.io Game label and home for misfits.
Get bold and bizarre #indiegames to your inbox every month👇
www.pantaloon.io
Follow on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Pantaloon?action=follow
Kay Marie @kaybeb0p.bsky.social . ◦˚.˚◦ 𓆩○𓆪 ˚. ◦ ˚◦. • Fantasy Photography • Art • Prints • Sword-Wielding Faerie • ⚔️
https://linktr.ee/kaybeb0p
SULFUR @perfectrandom.bsky.social we make an fps where you shoot things in first person
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124120/SULFUR/
Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social Games, software tools, ttrpgs, the handmade web - Barnacle Goose Experiment, World Ending Game - Program Coordinator at Pratt Game Arts - long live the postal service.
https://everest-pipkin.com
Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
Jon Juarez @harriorrihar.bsky.social PRINTS SHOP ➡ paa.ge/harriorrihar
Speculative futures ➡Telefónica.
Production design ➡ ScavengersReign.
Find me on mastodon ➡ mas.to/@harriorrihar
Instagram too ➡ instagram.com/harriorrihar
NOT AI
Leo @infrabeige.bsky.social Author and indie game designer. Author of 'Vaults of Vaarn', a science-fantasy RPG, and 'The Shrike', an award-winning OSE adventure. Co-founder of @antipodezines.bsky.social
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
qntm @qntm.org There Is No Antimemetics Division (https://qntm.org/antimemetics) ~ "Lena" ~ Absurdle ~ HATETRIS ~ many other cool things
Glowdark @poligon-sticker.bsky.social 글로닥/グロダック/🪨💀🧠🌻💚🩸🩻/ Fantasy + Gore + Nsfw + etc /漫画&イラスト/AI training🚫/🔕
contact:
nonipowder@naver.com
Sov @sovwrites.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and sci fi fiction.
https://linktr.ee/sovwrites
Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social Film Critic. linktr.ee/SiddhantAdlakha
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
coma @doomedsarcoma.bsky.social folk horror artist. cmms OPEN
they/them
contact: crottende@gmail.com
Will LaPorte @ghostdown.online musician, writer, and structural engineer
🇵🇷🇩🇴, they/them, NYC
ghostdown.online
Gardens Interactive @gardens.dev A videogame studio growing the future of social roleplay. 🌳 Follow along here and on our website: www.gardens.dev
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
M - making games @sharkbombs.bsky.social hi! :) I'm making things to figure out who I am.
Currently working on http://www.crownbreakersgame.com. You can find all the games I made at http://sharkbombs.com and you can follow along at https://waylost.beehiiv.com/
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
aj fillari✨ @ajfillari.bsky.social i host and produce podcasts and play TTRPGs | 32 | they/any
talking about indie games @dotzip.online☁️
producer/editor: into the aether, formative media, frog of the week, paws and clause + more!
hire me!: https://ajfillari.online
go birds🦅
Matt Horton @matt.bsky.social Games crit at YouTube.com/@flowstatecrit
Talking comics on @insequence.pictures with my friends every other week!
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
chimera aunt @strangelittlevine.bsky.social they made my chain even heavier, if you can imagine
he/they
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of unique, engaging TTRPGs.
www.possibleworldsgames.com
conner fawcett @badbucket.bsky.social i make things and rarely fall out of trees
he/they
https://linktr.ee/badbucket?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6ead957e-7831-4811-86f9-b9c354f76544
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. SHELVED BY GENRE. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. PRECOGNITION for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social fmr. community at Double Fine Productions | ex journalist (kotaku) | blue rogue | they/she | I write freelance stuff when the mood strikes
Danika Harrod @danika.bsky.social she/they
pfp by @feralroyal.bsky.social
✨ twitch.tv/danikaharrod ✨
Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host ✨ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
LA 📍🇲🇽🇵🇷
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social 🇩🇴| he/him | www.underleveled.xyz | words @ kotaku, gamespot, av club, gamesradar, etc. | reachable ➡️ moises.taveras59@gmail.com
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
Ali @ali-online.bsky.social Producer and fated sweetie for @friends-table.bsky.social | r2d2's real life best friend on @morecivilized.bsky.social | she/her | I'm Utena but the prince I'm modeling my life after is Kiryu Kazuma
Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com - strange creature
- designer of StarVaders & DiceVaders
- not an astronaut
Y/CJ/Y @ycjygames.bsky.social I IF II I T I I ( xxxx ) II Y I FI T II
#seasalt #postvoid #taaotlh
#KeepDriving
https://linktr.ee/ycjygames
Tom Regan @grapedosmil.bsky.social Freelance journalist & consultant. BAFTA member. Editor of the NES-ential Celebration book. Words in The Guardian, GQ, The Verge, Metal Hammer, Fandom, Shortlist, NME, Gamesradar, Kotaku, IGN, Gamespot, VGC, EDGE, etc https://linktr.ee/tomreganwrites
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev I am a blast-processed skeleton.
lead mission design on STAR WARS: Zero Company.
ttrpgs: sulcata.itch.io
blog: brendanmcleod.dev
game design pod: http://paperlabyrinths.com
avatar by @feralroyal.bsky.social
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
Kyle Starr @kylestarr.bsky.social Husband • Father • Host of the Y-Button podcast (http://ybutton.online) • Writes zerocounts.net
Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social Creative Director & Founder of A Profound Waste of Time.
Graphic Designer aiming to be a jack of all trades, master of some.
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
leon @leyawn.bsky.social i'm leon
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
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
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
📍Portland, OR
andrew webster @andrewrweb.bsky.social entertainment editor at the verge // we apologize for the inconvenience // mia san mia
James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social DC Studios co-CEO, #Superman, #GuardiansoftheGalaxy, #Peacemaker, dog owner, husband, servant to my cat.
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
🐘 idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
🕸️ rodkin.online
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
Patrick Willems @patrickhwillems.bsky.social Directs things. Made a movie about a coconut. Trying to sell out. he/him
Kara Stone @solarserver.games artist and game designer www.solarserver.games
www.karastonesite.com
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Alex Faciane 🦧💥 @facianea.bsky.social Writer. Podcast Host. Comedian. Ghost. Video Game Person. SuperBeardBros. Scary Game Squad. ChilluminatiPod. SWOCBC. Occasionally at http://Twitch.tv/FacianeA He/They
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
🇨🇦
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
natalie watson @nataliewatson.bsky.social coo & producer @halfmermaid.co ~ host on @morecivilized.bsky.social ~ formerly of waypoint [RIP]
🔥 play IMMORTALITY 🔥 tinyurl.com/IMMORTALITY2022
currently working on...
PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Xatumi @xatumi.bsky.social Business: xatumiko@gmail.com ||
Card Game Enthusiast
⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://linktr.ee/xatumi
- Pokemon TCG Pocket
- Dragon Ball Super Fusion World
- Marvel Snap
Adam Volerich @adamvole.com Overly caffeinated filmmaker and Sasquatch enthusiast. Co-host of @EyeOfTheDuckPod.com
Films: http://www.adamvolerich.com/visual
Pods: http://www.adamvolerich.com/audio
Eye of the Duck @eyeoftheduckpod.com A podcast about movies and the scenes that make them special. Hosted by @DominickNero.bsky.social and @AdamVole.com
From the Morbid Podcast Network.
Listen Links: https://linkin.bio/eyeoftheduckpod/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod
@eyeoftheduckpod.bsky.social @eyeoftheduckpod.bsky.social You’re looking for @eyeoftheduckpod.com
dom nero @dominicknero.bsky.social writer and webby award winning video editor. co-host of @eyeoftheduckpod.com
into the aether @intothecast.bsky.social a low key video game podcast by @stephenhilger.bsky.social and @bb.wavelengths.online produced by @ajfillari.bsky.social
support the show on patreon! - https://patreon.com/intothecast
visit our website! - https://intothecast.online
Stephen Hilger @stephenhilger.bsky.social I like drawing and writing. I also like talking about games on @intothecast.bsky.social and youtube.com/@memorycardmanuscript
Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social A river to my people.
Remap Radio @remapradio.bsky.social A new adventure from the people who brought you Waypoint Radio, funded by you.
Support us at www.remapradio.com 
David Chen @davechen.bsky.social I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online i host a low key video game show called into the aether, write and make videos at wavelengths, manage overworld, and take photos! wow!
https://wavelengths.online
https://overworld.vg
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games