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Barry Epoch Topping @barrytopping.com Composer, sound designer, game dev. | BIRDCAGE / PARADISE KILLER / THE NEEDS / SENTRY / THATCHER'S TECHBASE / ECO BREAKER | 1/2 of @polygonbird.games | hello@barrytopping.com 🏴
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Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social ✏ Writing Warren Spector’s next game
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Lychii @sweetlychii.bsky.social Character designer, 1994, lookin for work.
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lucy @lucyamorris.bsky.social lead ui/ux designer (prev. among us, stray gods, king of the castle etc). currently doing platform ux & edtech.
small game maker, technologist. ◆ illustrator, musician. ◆ ffxiv enjoyer. ◆ pōneke, aotearoa.
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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | They/Them | English + 中文 (简体字)
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Presley @phrequencies.bsky.social Senior Sound designer at Gearbox! Previously Brass Lion / Sony / Bioware. GoW: Ragnarök, Anthem, etc!
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Artist - London, UK
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Jon Kelliher @jonkelliher.bsky.social 🌳 Freelance Sound Designer & Generalist Indie Dev 🌳
Prev: Luma Island | Human Fall Flat 2 | Warp Drive | Trailblazers
www.jonkelliher.com | he/him
Jack Menhorn @jackmenhorn.bsky.social He/him. award nominated principal sound designer for video games.
workin on my own lil single player card game/ttrpg hybrid called Lithic Rage
https://www.jackmenhorn.com/lithicrage
No AI
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Leo @paganleo.bsky.social Video Game Lawyer │ Computer Engineer 🇵🇷
I like Oreos, movies, heavy metal, and video games.
Avril Martinez 🏳️🌈🇲🇽🎮🎤🔊 @avrilmartinez.bsky.social -they/them- Prev. Arrival - Halo: Campaign Evolved, Riot Games - VALORANT, Legends of Runeterra and Microsoft MR HoloLens. Here for audio, leather craft and all the shenanigans
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sol @spider.florist web dev, game dev, obligate parasite
making games about bugs but very slowly
he/him
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Puerto Rico Game Developers Association (PRGDA) @prgda.net Boricua Developers and Scholars elevating our Puerto Rican Game Development Community. Discord: http://discord.gg/PdsGH5y
Valkyrie Jam @valkyriejam.bsky.social Valkyrie Jam is a ten day game jam for gender minorities. It takes place during July in northern Sweden. https://www.valkyriejam.com/
increpare @increpare.bsky.social Game developer in Berlin, innit.
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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net ✨ game dev & translator / @tokyoindies.comのスタッフ
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Finn Carney @finnjc.bsky.social Game Dev / Designer
Working on things, consulting on others.
Previously at Nerial, Glow Up Games
Blogging at: https://sandboxdunes.neocities.org/
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Looking for work!
Open to Collab!
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Renzo @renzogheredia.bsky.social 🇵🇪 | He/Him | Technical Audio Designer @ Sony Santa Monica | Previous: Obsidian, Harmonix | Views = Mine | Avatar: https://bsky.app/profile/aromiekim.bsky.social
📍- Los Angeles, USA
🔊 - http://www.renzogheredia.com
Lisa Holling @artholling.bsky.social 3D Artist - Curiomatic
Working on Rollin’ Rascal
Handmade jewelry/ trinkets on
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Mostly post dog pics with a sprinkle of game dev/ personal art projects. GDC CA. Canadian in Seattle.
Violet Eris @violeteris.bsky.social making videos and games probably
https://youtube.com/@violet_eris
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Juan Cruz @jdcviolin.bsky.social 🎻 Violinist based in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
🎮 I make sounds for video games
❄️ Sound designer on The Coldest Winter
Josué Vera🔜 GDC2025 @josueveramusic.bsky.social Composer for Films, Podcasts, Video Games | Audio Director | NYU Adjunct - Scoring for Games | Trivium Studios Co-Founder | 🇵🇷 in 🗽
tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
twitch.tv/actionbutton
discord.gg/actionbutton
Darren Korb @darrenkorb.bsky.social Audio Director for Supergiant Games. Composer for Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades, and Hades II. Voice of Zagreus, Skelly, and Narcissus.
Ell Ohh Arr Ee @troppypop.bsky.social Recovering girlboss. Podcasts about Cowboy Bebop and She-Ra. Cosplayer, poet, bassist. STFU about Chicago. 🩷💛💙(She/her)
The Bebop Beat, a Cowboy Bebop Rewatch Podcast @bebopbeat.bsky.social Hosts Lauren Faits (Lore Justine) and Jamie Sanchez revisit Cowboy Bebop, their favorite anime of all time. Each episode explores the characters, stories, themes, and music that make Cowboy Bebop a jazzy sci-fi hit to this day. http://www.bebopbeat.com
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Mini-social media conference Monday March 3rd 2pm-4pm
Casey Edwards @composercasey.bsky.social Composer - Producer - Songwriter
Mortal Kombat 1, Destiny, 2XKO, Exoprimal, Devil May Cry, & more!
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antonina, god and cuckmaster @witchhearted.bsky.social antonina 🦋🧸💗🔞 36, she/her/they. equal parts fairy dust and attic dust. i talk a LOT about bg3 and horror. dnd dabbler. i love my ocs
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Worker-owned co-op! We make games.
Fuck off with that genAI garbage! Handmade degen only.
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Bec @straybec.bsky.social 30. chicago. 🌸 she/her // illustrator
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Lowah ✨🌈 @lwah.bsky.social Designer | cosplayer | BJJ Purple Belt 💜 | Coffee-addict
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mercurial gworl @saphraen.bsky.social Tara ✨ 
Noah Sandifer @sandysound.bsky.social Sound Designer for vidya games. Making Crossfire with That's No Moon
Obviously my beliefs expressed here are my own.
Here to stand at the center of the venn diagram of video games, audio, and the people who make them.
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Carson Christ @madcar.bsky.social Madcar. Hobbyist game dev. GDC Conference Associate 2022-24! he/him
Kei - Indie Dev @kanashika.bsky.social System Engineer - Self-Published Author - Human Media Enthusiast - Creator of mobile game Trash Tower Zero.
漢字が勉強続きましたが日本語もOK.
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Karen Kilgariff @karenkilgariff.bsky.social TV/VCR Repair
Welonz @welonz.bsky.social I play story-driven games on YouTube: anything from fantasy to sci-fi, indie to AAA. youtube.com/@welonz • linktr.ee/welonz • patreon.com/materwelonz • Biz only: materwelonz@gmail.com
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Matthew M @mattesque.bsky.social sound designer for games and sfx libraries.
music maker for ambient and other genres.
Katy ✨ @nonarygames.bsky.social Katy ✦ she/her ✦ 31 ✦ Chicago cosplayer ✦ Tales of | Dandadan | Persona | Final Fantasy | AITSF | Zero Escape ✨Next cons: Anime Iowa ✨
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social Food account. NB: Doesn’t naruhodo. He/him 🇸🇬
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PFP @kiri.sukeban.moe
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nissie 🐙😾 @antioedipus3000.bsky.social award-winning flop | indie game maker & community organizer
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.
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Corvin ☕️ ✨ @corvinjlyn.bsky.social ✨ Corvin (they/them) 30↑ 🏳️🌈 artist, fish keeper, horror enthusiast, + amateur ornithologist 🐦⬛ ✨
FUCK AI 🥰
Eric Moen @ericmoen.bsky.social || Sound designer @ Bungie || Chicago ||
ericLmoen.com
curious quail @curiousquail.com I'm msd! (he/they)
musician 🎸🎮 | photog 📷 | artist 🎨| cat🐈rescue w/ @dellaruth | (TERFs+SWERFs get blocked!) 📸header: loni lonzo
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