Charity Majors @charity.wtf cofounder/CTO @honeycombio, co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering. I test in production and so do you. 🐝🏳️🌈🦄
Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com Tech lead for workers.cloudflare.com
Also made: capnproto.org, lanparty.house, sandstorm.io
@KentonVarda on Twitter.
Byte Arcane making Sigil of Kings @byte-arcane.itch.io Transmuting code into graphics and gameplay. Making an open-world fantasy roguelike/rpg: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195820/Sigil_of_Kings/
bigsirgames.bsky.social @bigsirgames.bsky.social Escape from Slumberland demo out NOW! Play and Wishlist on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3011520/Escape_from_Slumberland/
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
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Ulfsire @ulfsire.bsky.social made Path of Achra, currently developing Lands of Achra, dark fantasy and pixel art, contemplating the vanished earth
https://pathofachra.com/
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Sofia Elena @sofia-elena.bsky.social 3D game artist 🕹️🎨 | Based in Chicago 🏙️🌭🍺 From Austin, TX 🤠 | https://sofiaee.artstation.com/
Alina Christenbury @alinawithaface.bsky.social she/her | Game Maker / Designer / Programmer | currently: Disbelief (NDA) 🤫
prev: Ruckus Games (The Holdouts), The Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day)
I don't suffer bigots.
A better world is possible or else 😘
alinachristenbury.com
Fervir @fervirgames.bsky.social Working on RRRATGAME in #godot
Creator of Creature Keeper
Lumen Game Dev @lumengamedev.bsky.social Solo self-taught indie game developer working on a parody/anti-cozy game! Imagine Stardew Valley if it were self aware and poking fun at itself.
https://youtube.com/@lumen-game-dev?si=vK4OR6M6jwDpINyi
Mastafran (4/4 Commissions Slots Full) @mastafran.com 🦝 34 year old art guy in Chicagoland who likes to draw animals with swords! | Pixel Artist and Animator for the future indie game, Blackmask⚔️
Website: mastafran.com
Blackmask: https://blackmaskgame.com/
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure 🧩⚔️ @furnimatgames.bsky.social Arranger is out everywhere!
Steam/EGS/Itch/Mac App Store
Switch/PS5
iOS/Android
https://arranger.quest
An award-winning game by @cabezotta.bsky.social, @davidhellman.bsky.social, @nsuttner.bsky.social, and friends!
geneva 🖍️ nycc soon @gdbee.bsky.social Artist! Won a Hugo once! Got nominated for another! Black! I like everyday fantasy! Made a graphic novel! Drew some kids books! Estoy aprendiendo español!
Rep'd by @grahamophones.bsky.social
https://gdbee.carrd.co / https://gdbee.store
Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social We advocate for housing abundance and sustainable, inclusive cities in Illinois.
🏙️ https://abundanthousingillinois.org
@coraroc.bsky.social @coraroc.bsky.social Coraroc is Coraroc! Run by @metroixer.bsky.social
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social I draw Penny Arcade, founded the PAX gaming expo and the Child’s Play charity.
Docs Shufflin' Shootout @docsshufflinshoot.bsky.social In the Wild West, it's always you against the odds. Take control of a gun-slingin' hero with special bullet powers that come with a catch: they're cards that you can collect!
Check out our linktree!: https://linktr.ee/docsshufflinshootout
Elemera @elemera.com Elemera is an open-world monster tamer game with a persistent simulated ecosystem and a focus on connection rather than collection.
Go to elemera.com for more details or join our community Discord https://discord.gg/pXFKW89mub- K Steve Kane @kanesteven.bsky.social Chicago art music programming etc
Abby Yaffe @kirijo.bsky.social simulationist on main
Metroixer @metroixer.bsky.social emotional intelligence of a walnut, charisma of a fire alarm
🎹 and ✍️ and whatever emoji game development is
https://metroixer.itch.io/
Follow @coraroc.bsky.social for game updates!
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
dovetail (Fretless is out now on Steam!) @iamdovetail.bsky.social indie dev | sound and music for Fretless the GuitaRPG. Get it here ~ https://bit.ly/Fretless-Game ~
from Chicago
my music/contact: http://linktr.ee/dovetailmusic
Lena Guerrero @lenagrrarrow.com I write code to help people (and computers) connect! 🎮 | they/any | chicagoooo
backend engineer at Gardens 🌳 previously Singularity 6, Jackbox Games | IGDA-F Next Gen Leader
sam @samloeschen.bsky.social "Leading" "engineering" at Messhof. Made Wheel World. Making a new thing!
Max Duggan @maxdugganmusic.bsky.social Songwriter & Video Game Composer
Mini Metro, Usagi Shima, Project Timi 🎵🎶
and many more :)
Chicago 🌃
https://linktr.ee/Maxdugganmusic
Karley (´◔‿ゝ◔`) @gleefulbeest.bsky.social 🐝 Making Video Games Gay Again | Artist & hijinks @Young Horses | ex-Philadelphian in Chicago | hiking buddy | community pillar | garden gnome |
Capt Ripley @captainripley.bsky.social She/They | 3D artist and GamDev in Chicago.
Play my games @ http://captainripley.itch.io
🏳️🌈🇳🇮
Joe Hocking @joehocking.bsky.social I'm a software engineer who develops games and XR using technologies like C#/Unity and JavaScript/WebGL (while increasingly Godot-curious). I wrote the book Unity in Action!
website: www.newarteest.com
Swarmforge @swarmforge.bsky.social Hi! We're Swarmforge, a miniscule indie #gamedev studio in Chicago.
Wishlist SOLARFLARE today!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/SOLARFLARE/
Discord: https://discord.gg/vPbpk5TB86
Fellowship - Sign Up for Open Beta 9/18 @playfellowship.com Official profile for Fellowship, the world's first-ever Multiplayer Online Dungeon Adventure (MODA) game! http://playfellowship.com
Dan Adelman @dan-adelman.bsky.social Ex-Xbox, ex-Nintendo. Now @Animal_Well, @AxiomVerge, @Chasmgame, @Mystralia, #SaviorGame
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Lost Gator Collective @lostgatorco.bsky.social We're Lost Gator Collective! We're a tiny indie game studio based out of Chicago, currently working on: That Time I Got Trapped In An Office Dungeon
Follow our devs!
@bradstar879.bsky.social
@skizznugget.bsky.social
@neee.bsky.social
@lezl.bsky.social
Demo Dungeon @demodungeon.bsky.social Bite-sized reviews of demos on Steam and itch.io, with a focus on indie and DIY games.
Slaps @s1aps.bsky.social Indie Game Dev / Artist - working on, Mecha multiplayer game, Drift Shell
Black 27 He/Him
🔞 Minors Begone!
My itch io: http://s1aps.itch.io
Big Scrumbo @bigscrumbo.bsky.social 
James Case @jamescase.bsky.social Game designer, writer, editor | #2 bubble wizard in all the land (disputed) | occasional translation | memes, music, hyphen slander
Hapa (Hawaiian, Korean, Haole, etc), 🏳️🌈, He/him
Logan Bonner @loganbonner.bsky.social He/him. Game designer and Pathfinder Lead Designer. Seattle.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop @foundryvtt.bsky.social A self-hosted, modern, and developer-friendly roleplaying platform.
Keith Baker - GenCon Booth 465! @keith-baker.com Game Designer and Writer! Illimat, Gloom, and Eberron. Co-owner of @TwogetherStudios.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Twogetherstudios
Check out my Patreon! (http://patreon.com/keithbaker)
Sherstee @sherstee.bsky.social Founder & Director @ Webthruster Games 👩🏻💻
- | Gamedev🕹️
- | Writer ✍️
- | Composer 🎻
- | 3D Artist 👾
- | Creature Designer 🧌
- | Actress 🎭
Co-Producer @ KONSOLL 🕹️
Ina Tomecek @inababeena.bsky.social 2D/3D Artist Game Artist in Chicago ▫️Working on Wylde Society @studiodrydock▫️ Previously at Gold Creek, Shiny Shoe, Gamefam▫️Frog 🐸 and Fish Enthusiast 🐟
inatomecek.com
Kohococoa Design Works @kohococoa.dev POCKET MYSTERY EP DX is available now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3300480/POCKET_MYSTERY_EP_DX/
HYPER GROOVE AX coming October 2026.
https://kohococoa.dev
Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social indie game dev. browse my fine softwares!
made Tall Trails, Fossil Corner, & Plant Daddy
overfull.games
Zuhn @kevinzuhn.bsky.social Creative Director at Young Horses 🐎 (Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Bugsnax) I play all of the games.
They/Them
Cranky Chibi Cthulhu🐙Steam Demo Available NOW!! @littletlalocinteractive.com Kvlt creative team making an 8-bit style, retro shmup/STG. I (lead designer) attempt to keep our online presence relevant.
WISHLIST Cranky Chibi Cthulhu! rb.gy/8g1gcl
All opinions and typos are my own! #gamedev
spacedani2 ✨💖🪐 @spacedani2.bsky.social I paint with pixels!
Also, occasional music, and game dev!
Chicago based.
Stream my debut release, Lunar Psychosis!! out everywhere ✨ https://daniorizaba.hearnow.com
Kailey @kvpm2.bsky.social Project manager by day, director of @indiecitygames.org also by day | Chicago
The Men Who Wear Many Hats @hatsproductions.bsky.social HatsProductions.com
🎩 Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! MaxGentlemen.biz
💀 Organ Trail https://hatsproductions.com/organtraildc/
Working on: Max Gentlemen: Escape From Moriarty Mansion https://store.steampowered.com/app/3047590/
Kevin Geisler @luthyr.bsky.social Programmer/Producer at Young Horses, creators of Bugsnax & Octodad.
Hobbyist Photographer. Perpetually on FFXIV.
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Megan Carnes @magmacranes.bsky.social Composer for 🎬 & 🎮 & more: Shouting Down Midnight, This Is Desmondo Ray!, Noclip, _starweaver_, and a lot more
Music Implementer: The Lamplighters League
🎶 game dev making Divinuet
Chicagoan, she/her
megancarnesmusic.com
taplink.cc/freshfromthecoven
Sinister Design @sinisterdesign.net Creator of turn-based tactics games and SRPGs; most recently, Together in Battle! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267210/Together_in_Battle/
📧: sinisterdesign@gmail.com
BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com An anime-inspired, card-battling, narrative-focused RPG from the makers of Battle Chef Brigade. Play now!
Steam: https://t.co/KEwMsjZDhS
PS5: https://tinyurl.com/3afpp5mh
Switch: https://tinyurl.com/7amc5fef
Discord: http://discord.gg/trinketstudios
David Laskey @d-lask.bsky.social 🎮 programmer @ Evening Star
talk to me about volleyball, language learning, one piece tcg, or cycling. if you don't then i'll probably start talking to you about one of them lol
📍chicago
matt viglione @mattviglione.bsky.social I make games at SomaSim. I help run the Chicago Game Lab. I live in Chicago. Go Sox.
Matt Ryszkowski @mattryszkowski.bsky.social 3D Artist | BA Game Art Columbia College Chicago
Previously at SomaSim, Trixel Creative
Games, VFX, Animation, Entertainment
Greg Wohlwend @aeiowu.com Hard to pronounce videogames.
rj @rj.dcellgames.com (as in rj lake)
direction + writing + trailers + voice direction + "running comms" for UNBEATABLE at @dcellgames.com
also OST + SFX + VO direction for I AM YOUR BEAST, EL PASO ELSEWHERE, TMNT, SPACE WARLORD ORGAN TRADING SIM ++
(rj @ dcellgames . com)
Bit Bash Chicago @bitbashchicago.com Chicago's Alternative Game Festival.
Keep up to date by signing up for our mailing list at https://www.bitbashchicago.com/
CatTrigger [Wishlist "Date Time❤️" on STEAM! @cattrigger.bsky.social Chicago Artist & GameDev
Made Melissa❤️, No Robots Allowed, Carnivore! & MORE!
CatTrigger Horror Collection:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3572050/
Date Time:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313010/
Links: https://cattrigger.com/links/
Zvrra @zvrra.bsky.social 🪐Haitian Techno Queen
🪐BOOKINGS: zvrra@proton.me
🪐She/They
Joey Bleau @jbleau.dev 🏢 Senior Software Engineer II, World of Warcraft
💪 Proud WoWGG Union Member
📍Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current)
🇺🇸 🇩🇪
All views are my own. I periodically delete old posts. I sometimes delete brand new ones.
Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social 3D environment artist @YoungHorses.com on Bugsnax and something else 👁️👁️
I have approximate knowledge of many things
⭐️ she/her
📍Chicago
💍 @hatsproductions.bsky.social
pfp by @tgi.bsky.social
Kathryn Healy @khealy.bsky.social horror author, narrative designer, weird doll collector, goth club haunter (she/her) kathrynhealy.com
Kylie Coyote @kyliecoyote.bsky.social game dev | narrative designer | writing lead for The Elder Scrolls Renewal: Skywind @skywind.bsky.social
here for the girls, gays, & theys.
📍Chicago
my stuff: kyliecoyote.com
Dave Finseth @davidfinseth.bsky.social Senior Product Manager on MTG Arena at Wizards of the Coast | Cooking, Games, Travel | He/him
Sam Castree, III: Ace Attorney @indiegamelawyer.bsky.social Video Game Lawyer, Lord High Executioner at Sam Castree Law. All opinions are *your* own. How do you like that? (You like it very much.)
˗ˏˋ Neelam ˎˊ˗ @neee.bsky.social She/Her | ✨Chicago-based✨
Senior 3D Artist @owlchemylabs.com
3D Contract Artist @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social
Art Director @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Prev: HakJak Studios, Funomena
neelamjani.com
✨ Opinions are my own ✨
🚫 Say No to AI 🚫
BradStar | Game Dev @bradstar879.bsky.social Indie Game Dev | Software Engineer | Rubik’s Cube Artist
Co-founder of @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Working on That Time I Got Trapped in an Office Dungeon -> store.steampowered.com/app/3424620
Also made Murder At Midnight-> store.steampowered.com/app/1578890
Skizznugget @skizznugget.bsky.social Gamedev
I cant stop making music and art and stuff it makes me so happy
Les! @lezl.bsky.social 28 🇲🇽| Fashion Designer & Illustrator
also game dev and makes silly doodles ✨
Project Manager / Artist @lostgatorco.bsky.social
My website/socials: https://heylezl.carrd.co
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames
Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/
https://www.indiecitygames.org
🚫🤖🚫
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
CΛΠDICΞ @candis.bsky.social Video Game Profesh. PR & Marketing // RPR
Mentally at the ᶜᵃᵗᵃˡⁱⁿᵃ ʷⁱⁿᵉ ᵐⁱˣᵉʳ 🍷
🌸 Content Creator Specialist: Ask me about my current games! 🌸
Robert Zubek @rzubek.bsky.social Making games for longer than seems advisable.
Recently, AI lead at Take-Two; earlier at SomaSim, Zynga, EA etc.
Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs.
Author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/
Hello from Chicago!
🐑💬🐝🔒❤️ (♂️) @bobbylox.bsky.social Award-winning Educational-Games Designer, Toy Inventor, Alt.Ctrl Maker. Chicagoan. Former Bit Bash person. Apologetically Me. https://bobbylox.com
Cam Collins @copperodyssey.bsky.social COPPER ODYSSEY & OTHER ARTWORKS
Juice_Baby @juicebaby.bsky.social Creator of joy games, appreciator of art, living creature under the sun
My games: https://juice-baby.itch.io/
Join my server to get updates whenever I post a new game!
https://discord.com/invite/TZBCZz9GE9
Trinket Ben @ben.trinketstudios.com I principally wear a programmer hat at Trinket Studios. Arguably I wear other hats there too, but they're tinier and sillier. Battle Suit Aces, Battle Chef Brigade, and a handful of other Unity tinkerings. he/him.
Eric Huang @trinketeric.bsky.social Trinket Studios art guy
Trinket Tom | Battle Suit Aces OUT NOW @tom.trinketstudios.com Battle Suit Aces coming Oct 7!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/
President/Programmer of Trinket Studios. Battle Chef Brigade,
Battle Suit Aces; Previously Wideload/Disney; Tall; He/him; tom@trinketstudios.com
Formed By Zach @formed-by-zach.bsky.social Freelance game developer in Chicago, IL
In a state of perpetual rumination
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Currently playing: Scrolling through my Steam library until I get bored
sunshine!! @sunshinefgc.bsky.social fighting game player and developer
buy Traintracks Combat! only $2.50!
www.traintrackscombat.rocks 
Binary Clone (HyperTyper 2000) @binaryclone.bsky.social Developer of HyperTyper 2000 with @vaaasm.com. Musician.
Occasional pixel artist. Jack of all trades. They/them
Wishlist HyperTyper 2000 on Steam! s.team/a/3125430
𝒦𝒾𝓂𝒾 ♡ @kimikimi-more.bsky.social 🇵🇭🏳️🌈 chicago game, film, & stage composer
✨ wishlist the afterlife cafe on steam ✨
📱 @aapiingaming.bsky.social
👾 fortune 500 gaming company marketer
🎵 https://linktr.ee/kimikimi_more
Bun Gun @bungunart.bsky.social Chicago based artist, primarily games
Cat enjoyer
Check out my latest projects:
https://skeeeth.itch.io/degausser
https://knaughts.itch.io/anathema
Business inquiries: bungunart@gmail.com
#art #gamedev
Seren Briar @faefatalegames.bsky.social they/them | 32 | TTRPG designer
https://faefatale.itch.io
Current Project: SWALLOW RPG, a 1-2 player splatterpunk game about consent and cannibalism
I have 4 cats
Mistake N' Potatoes - Abwah Kadabwah @mistakenpotatoes.bsky.social He/Him - Digital artist - things will mostly be SFW here but be aware things might get risque.
AD Profile: https://bsky.app/profile/mistakenpotatoesad.bsky.social
Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social Creators of Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.
· Merchandise: https://supergiant.games/merch
· Discord: http://discord.gg/supergiant
Avdi Grimm @avdi.codes Head gardener, @graceful.dev. Code cleric, software coach and consultant, author, Ruby Hero, recovering podcaster, and very tired dad of many kids. He/him.
Home: http://avdi.codes
Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from
@marthawells.com The Murderbot Diaries. Has no gender. Character's pronouns are It/its. Managed by @writerphoebe
Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social Battlezoo Director of Game Design, former Design Manager for Paizo, and one of the four leads in the creation of Pathfinder 2nd Edition. | http://patreon.com/arcanemark http://twitch.tv/arcanemark 
Jason Bulmahn @jasonbulmahn.bsky.social Award winning tabletop game designer and overall giant nerd! Director of Games at Paizo, Creator of Pathfinder and 13 Omens, Publisher at Minotaur gamers. All opinions are my own. He/Him.