millenomi โพ @millenomi.name She/her. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ. ๐ฉท๐๐ฉต. Making @witches-revel.games. Also: Deputy Lead Narrative @ Null Signal Games, on Netrunner.
https://sigilgreen.house/ โ Business: hello@sigilgreen.house
Lucas Immanuel - Game Out! @lucasimmanuel.bsky.social - Director/Designer/Writer/Artist The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time
- Museum & Curation Lead @ The Made
- Spoke @ GDC
- New Game SoonTM
Formerly:
- Co-Pres @ GDAC @ UCD
- Intern @ Magihack Games
- Writer/Artist Deitrus
Christian!
Solderlocks @solderlocks.bsky.social Serial pursuer of insurmountable hardware and software problems, armed primarily with unwarranted optimism.
https://github.com/solderlocks
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Rachel Heleva @hlywa.bsky.social games, systems, verse @ http://singlab.org
building the future of playable culture @ http://themade.org
scouting games & supporting teams @ https://tophat.studio/
curating convos & events @ gamesbeat.com
Lucas N. Ferreira @lucasnfe.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
AI & Creativity, Music and Games
https://www.dcc.ufmg.br/~lferreira
Justus Robertson @justusrobertson.bsky.social Assistant Professor IGM at RIT. AI for games and storytelling.
Richard Kogelnig @richardkogelnig.bsky.social fascinated by (too?) many things. Engineering, Psychology, Music, Game design ...
Working on the Havok Navigation SDK
@RichardKogelnig@mastodon.social
๐ธ Mochi Moshi! JRPG + Roguelike Dev ๐ MOCHI CONQUEST โถ๏ธ Wishlist @mochiconquest.com ๐บ MOCHI CONQUEST | A unique Turn-Based Roguelike JRPG Dungeon Crawler
โฉ๏ธ Wishlist Now on Steam! Demo coming soon ๐ฅ
โถ๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3518510/Mochi_Conquest?utm_source=bsk
๐ฎ JRPG at Heart, Roguelike in Spirit
Vic | Wishlist Bereshipsis on Steam @bereshipsis.bsky.social 23/๐ฆ๐ท
Solo game developer. Currently working on Bereshipsis, a tactical roguelike where you craft your own items
Steam Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3798630/Bereshipsis/?utm_source=sky&utm_campaign=demo
JT Alex @mrstarman18.bsky.social Gamedev behind AD BLOCKER and Snogbert | Programmer, musician and pixel artist (ask me about my oc's) | He/him
Ridima @rhythmicsheep.bsky.social interests: transformational game design, applied game studies, intrinsic motivations
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
ritchie @ritchie.bsky.social Recovering academic.
I make tools for facial animation and game narrative at JALI.
(@jaliresearch.bsky.social)
posts do not reflect the position of my employer, community, or even myself.
Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social Japan. ALife & Astrobiology researcher https://lanasina.github.io/
Research @ Sony CSL, Associate Prof. National Institute for Basic Biology.
talking dog insta @iikocookie
๐ซ I block empty profiles
Alex Swaim @cidolfas.bsky.social I think about procedural/emergent narrative systems for games a lot. https://www.hypermagical.com/
Niels NTG @niels-ntg.bsky.social ๐
โ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐บ
Senior Developer and UX designer at Learnbeat.nl + Researcher of PCG & Computational Creativity. Passion for art, technology, games and science.
Personal website: nielspoldervaart.nl
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
MJ @michael-mj-john.bsky.social Here to catch up with folks. Hoping for an anechoic environment.
If you want a follow back, make sure I can decipher who you are.
Anderson Tavares @andertavares.bsky.social 
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Barrett R Anderson @barrettrees.com https://barrettrees.com/
HCI & UX Researcher, PhD in Computational Media
he/him, they/them
Matt Apodaca @mattapodaca.bsky.social Mr. podcast + video games. Co-Host of Get Played. Comedian/podcast producer
https://linktr.ee/getplayedpod
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social ๐ฅ making playful things
๐ฆโโฌ he/him
๐๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
Char @alphachar.bsky.social making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
Mike F @animaldrums.bsky.social 
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
ravyn @ravyn.ca pronounced like the bird. |
she/her. |
cs phd student @ ualberta. |
creator of hodan rivals of aether. |
indie game dev, modder, & tabletop designer. |
โค๏ธ @solaberry.bsky.social
Jawdat Toume @bottleofpennies.bsky.social she/her
I like games a little bit
dipika @dipikarajesh.bsky.social comp media phd student @ ucsc
Richard Zhao @richardzhao.bsky.social Researcher, Educator, Citizen.
Associate Professor @UCalgary.bsky.social - Serious Games, AI. Posts are my own and do not represent organization.
http://richardzhao.com
Arunpreet Sandhu @candhusandhu.bsky.social Just a dude trying to code and feed some cats.
Dagmar Lofts @dagmarlofts.bsky.social PhD student @ GRAIL lab, University of Alberta.
Number one seagull fan.
Dave Goel @daveg29.bsky.social AI Researcher/Game developer
Emily Halina @emilyhalina.bsky.social โ CS PhD student @ ualberta
โ indie game dev + technical games researcher
โ rhythm game fan, writer & composer
โ infernal cape haver
โ (she/her)
Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games.
๐ www.draknek.org
Johor Jara @harcurio.bsky.social Ph.d. Candidate at university of Alberta, part of GRAIL Lab. Interested in computer creativity (AGD) and RL ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ค
He/they
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator @ University of San Francisco.
Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD, Computational Media).
UX: jazztap.github.io | Games: jatazak.itch.io
Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com The official account for Magic: The Gathering.
http://magic.wizards.com
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Jack Packard @jackpackard.bsky.social I play Dungeons & Dragons on Adventure is Nigh!
I watch bad movies on Best of the Worst.
I perform Improv Comedy at Comedy Sportz.
And somehow, I still think Iโm pretty cool.
Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed
Brie @briechindeyerle.bsky.social Game dev, Chrono Trigger enthusiast, theatre kid
Current: making an indie game about healers; GDC Advisory Board member
Previously: Gameplay Engineering Manager @ Riot Games R&D; Halo Infinite Multiplayer Bots Lead @ 343 Industries
www.briechindeyerle.com
Patrick Traynor @cwpat.me Puzzle game developer and programmer
Patrick's Parabox, Linelith, I Wanna Maker, and others!
Puzzle design on Thekla's game Order of the Sinking Star
https://cwpat.me/about
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
๐พ florencesmithnicholls.com
AI and Games @aiandgames.com Hype-free analysis and deep-dives into AI for game development.
Read the newsletter:
http://www.aiandgames.com
Watch on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames
Attend @conference.aiandgames.com:
http://www.aiandgamesconference.com
dark rhystic studies @rhysticstudies.bsky.social I work on Rhystic Studies โข team @BASILISK.gg โข rhysticstudies.com
Rรฉmi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Hungriger Henry Zhou @normandhaw.bsky.social Researcher in Game Studies, Design, AI and Science & Technology Studies. Trying my best to read critical theories. He/Him. Committed to my lifelong duty of no original tweet. https://normand-1024.github.io/
@maro254.bsky.social @maro254.bsky.social 
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com ๐ฅ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
๐ GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
๐ Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
๐งฒ Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Bjarke A Larsen, PhD @bjarkeal.bsky.social Technical Narrative Designer, Community Researcher
Yes, Destiny 2 is mythology, WoW is wrestling and Charles Dickens is the culprit. He/him.
Joris Dormans @jorisdormans.bsky.social Game designer. Lead dev for Bane, Unexplored 2, and Unexplored. Also dabbles with board game design.
Teaches game studies, generative narratology, and game design at Leiden University.
Nicolas A. Barriga @nbarriga.bsky.social Assistant professor at Universidad de Talca. Game AI researcher. Procedural puzzle generation and mixed-initiative game design tools. PhD in CS from University of Alberta.
@ianhorswill.bsky.social @ianhorswill.bsky.social 
@exag.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social 
AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social Official account of the AAAI conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment- Y Markus Eger @yawgmoth.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Teaching in Computational Media@UCSC
Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera @recardona.bsky.social ๐ต๐ท Asst. Prof. of AI, CogSci, Interactive Narrative, Game Design, & VR in the Division of Games at the University of Utah. He/They.
Mike Treanor @mike-treanor.bsky.social Games / Computational Media, Music. American University. Chair of the Department of Computer Science.
Adam Summerville @autumnsburg.bsky.social He/Him. PCG Person -- @ CD Projekt Red, formerly a professor at Cal Poly Pomona
Jurie @jurie.bsky.social Game developer since 1991. Into interactive storytelling, procedural content generation, game AI. Dutch immigrant in Toronto. Ex-demo scene.
Stephen Ware @sgware.bsky.social I run the Narrative Intelligence Lab at U Kentucky where I do research and teach about storytelling, old school symbolic AI, and game dev. http://cs.uky.edu/~sgware
proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social Procedural generation researcher. Currently making games.
https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com
#procgen #gamedev
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
__
Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
--
Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Alan Zucconi @alanzucconi.com Director of Studies at Goldsmiths, UoL โข Senior Lecturer โข Game AI โข Game Developer โข Shader Master โข Content Creator
Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social UC Santa Cruz professor; makes/studies games, elit, AI, etc; co-editor MIT Press Software Studies series; parent; Quaker; Henson/Muppet fan; disabled; he/him
New book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Personal website: http://www.noahwf.com
Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social Comp. sci. prof. @ American University, Washington DC. AI & games researcher with miscellaneous other interests. https://www.kmjn.org/
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator โ Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants๐น๐น
he/him
Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
๐ Brian Bucklew ๐ โอค๏ผโฟ๏ผโอค โ๐ฎ @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Nick Montfort @docmofo.bsky.social Computational & experimental poet, teacher, curator, editor, researcher. Faculty at MIT & UiB. Lab/studio: The Trope Tank. Micropress: Bad Quarto
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!
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm) 
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social https://mkremins.github.io
Alex Calderwood @xenoscope.bsky.social PhD student | pataphysics | poetry | reluctant computer | text editors | related nonsense
https://nonsens.ing/
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social They/Them
Technical Narrative Designer at Fenris Creations (formerly known as CCP Games) | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
ๆกไบ ๆฟๅ / Masahiro Sakurai @sora-sakurai.bsky.social ใฝใฉ(Sora)ไปฃ่กจ ใฒใผใ ใใถใคใใผ/ใฒใผใ ใใฃใฌใฏใฟใผ
ใๆใฎใซใผใใฃใใๅคงไนฑ้ในใใใทใฅใใฉใถใผใบใใชใฉ๏ฝก
ใจใใใใใขใซใฆใณใไฝใฃใฆใฟใพใใ!
Hideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
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
Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social Associate professor @ University of Alberta and Canada CIFAR AI Chair @ Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com I review cardboard and cardboard accessories.
"Magic: The Gathering's #1 Most Tolerated Content Creator"
He/him
Julian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social AI and Games Researcher at NYU. Head of AI at Nof1.
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social โง Interactive narrative innovation & research
โง Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
โง Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
โง Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
โง Opinions mine
โง More: staceymason.info
Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ in ๐บ๐ธ