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
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Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon ๐
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Made Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com ๐ฌ Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
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He/him
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Victoria Tran โจ @victoriatran.bsky.social โจ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
โจ Wholesome Games organizer
โจ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Shams jorjani @shamsjorjani.bsky.social CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Still not a vampire.
Rosa ๐ @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
๐ฎ CD sona bona
๐ซ Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
๐ Spanish in UK
๐ผ Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
๐ 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
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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.
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Freelance Tool Design Director, Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
โก๏ธMarina Dรญez is finishing a new game! @ninfadp.bsky.social Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer โ Game Director for Oh Apollo! @ Blue Backpack โ Take Us North // The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne โ Consultant โ @Forbesunder30 2021 โ ๐ she/her
Work With Indies @workwithindies.com A kind job board and inclusive community supporting careers in #indiegames.
Emma Kidwell ใใพ @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games ๐| Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |๐บ๐ธ/๐ฏ๐ต
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social Speaker. Storyteller. Director @MountSinaiNYC, Philosopher. Writer. Aspiring Iron Man. Guy trying to make the world better. Views my own.
Freya Holmรฉr @freya.bsky.social ๐ฎ tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
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UK Games Fund @ukgamesfund.bsky.social Working to support the UKโs early-stage games development community.
Jordan DeVries ๐ NYCC @jordandevries.com UI/UX Director at Respawn (prev Star Wars: Zero Company, Jedi: Survivor), award-nominated, GDC speaker, custom LEGO designer, black cat guardian, they/them
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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Games User Research @gamesur.bsky.social Games User Research (#GamesUR): making video games better by understanding players ๐ง and play ๐ฎ.
A volunteer-run IGDA SIG. Sharing articles, blogs & events!
Martyn Littlewood @inthelittlewood.bsky.social Game World Wanderer ~ ๐จ #ITLWArt
๐ง biz@inthelittlewood.com
๐ http://linktr.ee/InTheLittleWood
Tom Perkins @ibringthefunk.bsky.social Voice actor for Hidden Deep. Former streamer and lots of other things too. Very dull.
Sam Gibbs @iamsamgibbs.bsky.social Composer on PlateUp! | Web Developer | Broadcast Engineer (he/him)
Ciaran Askew @ciaranimator.bsky.social Freelance Animator/Illustrator/Post-Production Generalist.
https://www.ciaranaskew.com/
Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social UX Lead @ Rift | โณPrev: The Outsiders, Funcom, EA, King
Time Person of the Year 2006 | Keynote Speaker | IGDA Next Gen Leader | Eyeroller in Chief | ๐TCK ๐ง ADHD ๐ฉปEDS ๐bi ๐คmetalhead ๐คLoL dork ๐ชFeminazgรปl
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Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.socialโฌ . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Ben M-J @vben.bsky.social Creative Content Manager at Larian Studios. BAFTA Member, also secretly 2 kids in a really big coat. Was: NoE, REWIND, Rebellion. He/him.
Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social Writer-Director on an animated short on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alteredgene/taltfe?ref=c715xy
Deputy chair BAFTA Games committee and I also work at Unity.
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
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Imre Jele @imrejele.bsky.social Building a new studio, providing creative services, thinking out loud about games and creativity.
Past: Co-founded Bossa Games, Head of RuneScape, BAFTA winner
Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social Variety Streamer & Charity Consultant ๐ฅฐ โข ADHD brain ๐ง โข Twitch Ambassador ๐ฃ โข @specialeffect.org.uk Ambassador & @safeinourworld.org Patron ๐ NO AI ๐ซ
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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social Gamedev - Research & Accessibility
(Prev. Research @EA, Accessibility @EA/Xbox)
Disabled (ADHD, Autistic, TBI, Aphasia, etc)
He/Him
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
Will Freeman @spadgy.bsky.social Head fulla noise, toys, & hobbies.
๐น๏ธ๐ช๐น
Freelance game journalist, copywriter, event host, mock reviewer, etc. Edge, The Guardian, BAFTA, PC Gamer, GI, etc.
Yo-yo thrower. Arcade and retro player.
I write about shmups a lot to fund my shmup habit.
Andrew Rennie ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @nerdy4tw.bsky.social Senior UI/UX Designer at Respawn - Star Wars Jedi Team โข Accessibility Advocate โข Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com โข Scottish โข My Opinions โข He/Him
https://linktr.ee/nerdy4tw
Sarah Ford ๐๐จ๐ฅ๏ธ SleepyTime Holiday @angeloslh.bsky.social Freelance Concept/2D/UI artist & UI Designer - Total War Battles:Shogun/The Bradwell Conspiracy/Voodoo Detective/Onlycans:Thirst Date/Pacific Drive/Date Everything!/ Nightmare Operator
Enquiries: saford@outlook.com
She/Her
www.saford.art
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๐ค Taylor Wright ๐ค @redlamp.org UX Design Lead @ Launchpad
Previously: Adobe/Substance, Rockstar Games, Blizzard, ZA/UM, Glowmade, Guerrilla, EA, Raw Power Games, and some VR
Edinburgh, Scotland (๐บ๐ธโก๏ธ๐ณ๐ฑโก๏ธ๐ซ๐ทโก๏ธ๐ฌ๐ง)
StefanieGD @spac3gh0s7.bsky.social lead ux game designer @ Fortniteโจ| co-facilitator @ Hitchinโ Bitches Mtl๐ชข | she/they | opinions are my own | ๐ฎ๐ท๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://m.twitch.tv/spac3gh0s7
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
Cait Goodale โง @caitgoodale.bsky.social principal UX designer โฆ Glowmade & Mythmatch & other secrets prev: DREST, King, Memrise, Minecraft โง printmaker and creative dilettante
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ in LDN โฆ she/her
๐ฌ designcaitlin.substack.com
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Melissa Phillips (She/Her) @melphillips.bsky.social Views yours, never mine.
www.gamesleadership.com 
Lissa Capeleto ๐บ Tropical Bird UX/UI @uberlis.bsky.social โ๏ธ She/Her
๐ฑ Game UX Direction & UI Design
๐ง๐ท Brazilian Bird in Barcelona
๐ถ Samba & Bossa Nova
๐ผ Forever a novice Roller Skater
๐ฒ RPG enthusiast and DM
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๐ป https://www.tropicalbird.design/
Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social Senior UI/UX on Chronicles: Medieval โข Ex: Principal UX on Hytale, Lead UI/UX @ Creative Assembly on Total War โข Proud member #WeCanFixItInUI โข Space Cowboy โข Organizer of Sofia Game Jam โข All views are my own.
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social ๐ฎ Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
โ๏ธ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
๐๏ธ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
๐ BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
๐ฒ๐พ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ Malaysian based in the UK
Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social ๐ฎ Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
๐จ Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com
๐ Author of The Game UI Bible with Lost in Cult!
๐ญ BAFTA Member
๐ Future Class 23, GDH Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
๐ต Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
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