Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social Boardgame enthusiast, podcaster, books: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Universe Explained with a Cookie games: Versailles 1919 and Super Skill Pinball. He/him
https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek
Global Game Jam @globalgamejam.bsky.social The world’s largest game creation event & global indiedev community 💜 https://globalgamejam.org 💜
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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
jo kelly @miasmacorp.bsky.social or Joy if you're fancy
maker of music and games
morris dancer
they/them
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
Peter Gould @petergould.bsky.social Writer: Breaking Bad, Too Big To Fail, Better Call Saul and now…. Disinherited!
Sonja Lang tokipona.org @tokipona.org tokipona.org founder, art producer, book publisher, polyglot, screenwriter, weirdo
Let's chill in a Toki Pona community server: https://discord.gg/pona
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
PAX @officialpax.bsky.social We host gaming conventions 🎮🎲
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
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Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com We are a group of game workers, activists, union organisers, and journalists that care about the games industry, Palestine and all people living under the violence of colonialism and imperialism.
https://nogamesforgenocide.com/
Andrew Eiche @buddingmonkey.bsky.social CEO (Chief Executive Owl)
@owlchemylabs.com
@slaamjam30.bsky.social @slaamjam30.bsky.social
Gold @p706.bsky.social I post fanart
@pottedplantedrebel.bsky.social @pottedplantedrebel.bsky.social
Thompson @thompsontoptier.bsky.social
Started From the Bottom @startfromthebottom.bsky.social Built all my success work thanks to hard work and grind
@laurelsleads.bsky.social @laurelsleads.bsky.social
Bob D. Tedward, Visionary @ THE ORG @pythagoraspeek.bsky.social
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Noah Downs, Esq. @mylawyerfriend.bsky.social Gaming, IP & Entertainment Lawyer 📧:noah@premackrogers.com
GM of Forgotten Paths D&D podcast
COO Seventy-Eight Strange
Skeets 🚫 legal advice
Corvian Marketing @corvianmarketing.bsky.social 🌲We help indie game developers launch successful Kickstarter campaigns, manage social media, and build thriving communities. Find us here: https://www.corvianmarketing.com/
Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com The official account for Magic: The Gathering.
http://magic.wizards.com
Liana Ruppert @dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com Community, VA, Creators, Marketing, Accessibility in games, books & TV. Owlchemy Labs Sr Comm Manager. TV-side:
✨Fallout
✨Vox Machina/M9
✨The Mighty Nein
✨Secret Level
Prev➡️Multi-award winning D2 CM/Accessibility Co-Lead at @Bungie, Game Informer,+more
Plaid Hat Games @plaidhatgames.bsky.social Board games with plaiditude.
novo @novocaine96.bsky.social 30-he/him. mostly rhett and link here 🦖🍃
https://www.youtube.com/@Novocaine96
Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social A meetup of game developers, hobbyists and players in the city of Philadelphia. Game Jams! Tournaments! Show & Tell! All are welcome! #PhillyMakesGames
https://linktr.ee/phillygamemechanics
Galaxy - Live on Steam, Android and iOS 🪐 @playgalaxygame.bsky.social Once Upon a Galaxy is a collectable card battler by Million Dreams Games 🥳 Live on Steam, Android and iOS!
Jess Conditt @jesslconditt.bsky.social I create boondoggle apology for the polite existence of a social opiate. [Engadget Senior Editor, video game beat] [she/her they/them]
🩷💜💙
https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/jessica-conditt/ | https://www.jessconditt.com/
Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social Since 2002, the ExGS (formerly Experimental Game Workshop) has yearly showcased the work of developers of experimental games at the Game Developers Conference, aiming to highlight works that extend the boundaries of games as a creative medium.
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please don’t tell anyone I’m here, I’m just trying to exist 🤫 they/them
my DMs are broken
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com Senior VisDev artist at studio MDHR Harvey award winning Author and Illustrator of Graphic novels. HUNGRY GHOST, Artist for DC and Marvel. Film Credits: Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Big Hero 6, Moana. Views are my own
Linkin.bio/victoriaying
Ian O’Toole @ianotoole.bsky.social Board game graphic designer and illustrator. Lisboa, The Gallerist, On Mars, Galactic Cruise, Nemo’s War, Voidfall, Carnegie and more. www.ianotoole.com for prints. He/Him.
Freya Holmer @freyaholmer.bsky.social
R. Eric Reuss @rericreuss.bsky.social Game Designer & Dad. Best known for Spirit Island.
He/him. Black Lives Matter. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Also on ohai.social/@REricReuss (Mastodon), but here more.
My website: https://rericreuss.com/
kellydornhaus @kellydornhaus.com i like games and i make games, on this pseudonym and elsewhere
i made https://xordle.org, https://fibble.xyz, and other wordle-alikes
full catalog of my projects at https://kellydornhaus.com
Beyond the Grove @beyondthegrove.bsky.social Beyond the Grove is a charming RTS-inspired autobattler. Summon armies to fight a mysterious corruption. Wishlist Now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516420/Beyond_the_Grove/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=profile&utm_campaign=profile
Ross Thompson @itsrossthompson.bsky.social Often found playing games, painting miniatures, travelling to conventions and hitting friends with sticks | he/him
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
drajjon (Alexis) @alexisjanson.com #IndieDev, #GameDesign, musician, engineer, "Artisan of Joy"
DRAFT CARDS AND BATTLE! - Once Upon a Galaxy - galaxy.fun
my music - drajjon.bandcamp.com
occasionally a pretentious diva - twitch.tv/drajjon- C Peter Chapman @chapman.codes
Tycho (or Omin, or Jamison, or Stavrenn, or...) @cwtycho.penny-arcade.com My friends and I came up with Penny Arcade, Child's Play, and PAX.
Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social I draw Penny Arcade, founded the PAX gaming expo and the Child’s Play charity.
Mark Casiglio @markcsigs.bsky.social He/Him. Retired dad, husband, grandpa. TTRPG fan, forever GM by choice. Occasional blogger. Proud New Englander.
Ask about Schadengard, my online Shadowdark West Marches campaign (campaign banner art Eon Fontes-May YCBN Games)
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social #academicsky HCI: boardgames & hybrids, interaction, evaluation, distanced play. Play. IGA Jury. OMG. Spiel. Shoes. Handbags. Random rants. This is all me, not work official. Dr. She.
Daniel Zenon Klein @danielzklein.bsky.social he/him
Game designer, prev. Riot, Magnopus, Respawn. Loves dogs, pretzels, absurd humor, and magnesium. Shader truther. Reads too many TTRPGs, starts too many creative projects, never finishes anyt
WilliamOsman @williamosman.bsky.social Open Sauce July 18-20 San Francisco
https://linktr.ee/williamosman
Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social Underwhelmist.
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social ✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
✨ Wholesome Games organizer
✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
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Dan DiIorio @trampolinetales.com I have ADHD and make video games like Luck be a Landlord!
Latest release: What's the Password?
He/They. Black Lives Matter. Free Palestine.
The 3rd letter of my last name is a capital "i" not a lowercase "L."
TrampolineTales.com
Casey Yano @caseyyano.bsky.social Mega Crit's Cat Walker. Independent Game Developer
Slay the Spire & Untitled Projects. He/Him- C ConcernedApe @concernedape.bsky.social
Jackie Fox @jackiefox.bsky.social Designer of Rock Hard: 1977 board game. 4-time Jeopardy! champion. Former bassist of The Runaways. Cat owned and operated.
@hewhoquacksss.bsky.social @hewhoquacksss.bsky.social LoL Player & Editor
Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier Games’ top brands include Viticulture, Scythe, Charterstone, Wingspan, and Apiary.
Ross Cowman @rosscowman.bsky.social 🛠 Owner: heartofthedeernicorn.com
📜 Designer: #fallofmagic ❤️ #bffrpg ❄️ #cityofwinter 👑 #lichlords
📣 President: Tabletop Game Alliance of Washington State
📷: Barham Lashley w/ Emma Juncosa
Gral @gralgames.bsky.social Account for the "Studio" behind Automon and One Armed Bandit. Currently developing Automon Arena https://discord.gg/n5WaMV3Gne
Star @starlightskyes.bsky.social Been in the game industry for a while.
wholesome content + gamedev thoughts*:・゚✧*:・
📜Discord temp closed
📷 https://www.instagram.com/starlightskyes/
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social Game developer, blacksmith, adventurous human
David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social Co-founder and Creative Director at summerfallstudios.com. Canadian game dev who escaped the winter and is now living in Melbourne, Australia! He/Him
Dr. Travis Faas @meanderingleaf.bsky.social Game dev professor @ Ball State University | IGDA Indianapolis chair | opinions my own | and so on.
@handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Mel Capperino-Garcia @riotswimbananas.bsky.social Lead Global Influencer Strategist for RiotGames on the Riot Games Partner Programs, and ton of other stuff. Cosplayer, mom, and meme. She/Her
magnus @riotcaptainlx.bsky.social Director, Creative Management, MMO Riot Games - former animator and AD (League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra), all opinions are my own. Loves Jesus, being a husband and Dad, and video games. #gamedev #gamedevwhilechristian
Percival @percivalkish.bsky.social Game UX/UI Design with a focus on accessibility, RPGs, TTRPGS, and the murky in between of video games and tabletop games
https://linktr.ee/percivalkish
Michael @graydiance.bsky.social A guy (he/him) who loves interconnected systems of intricately, humanly crafted parts that excite everyone differently; all artistic expressions made of love and joy.
Personal account. Occasionally a Senior Designer on Progression @Riot on League
Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games 💀| 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/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Ben Forbes @draggles.bsky.social 2XKO editor-in-chief and big robot gamer
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🇮🇸 Game designer - lecturer - NYU Game Center ‘15 - creator of: Triple Agent, Out of the Loop and Sumer
Jampion @jampion.bsky.social Creator of Mythren
Unity Developer | 3D Generalist | He/Him
boomo @boomoboomo.bsky.social game dev and pixel art
www.boomo.me
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Ryan T. Miller @gamemakermiller.bsky.social Gamedev that goes by Miller
Brian Cronin @briangcronin.bsky.social Game dev working on Slumber Realm 🎲💤 @chuggagames.bsky.social
Formerly Monster Train, Natural Selection 2, Inkbound
Ian MacKenzie @neurobat.bsky.social
Handelabra Games @handelabra.com Creators of video game adaptations of tabletops games like Sentinels of the Multiverse/Earth-Prime, Spirit Island, One Deck Dungeon/Galaxy, Aeon's End, & more!
https://www.handelabra.com/
Xenogenic @xenogenic.bsky.social Senior Game Design Manager @ Riot, in R&D. Previously: Theorycraft, Red 5. All tweets and opinions are my own.
Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com || Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
David Birthday Turley @riotphreak.bsky.social Game Designer on @LeagueofLegends. Former Shoutcaster. Occasional streamer and YouTuber (Parody Account).
tart🍋 @wyrmforge.bsky.social 90% of my body is composed of halloween ✧ freelance concept artist, illustrator, art director ex: concept artist @RiotGames ✧ 🇮🇪 ✧ they/them bisexual at large ✧ portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/thesweetesttart
Hintersight Studios @hintersight.bsky.social Creating physical-digital hybrid tabletop games
Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026) @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social Cerebral Puzzle Showcase was created to help YOU find your next favorite puzzle game!
https://www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com/
Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️ @megacrit.com Seattle-based indie devs that made Slay the Spire ⚔️
Wishlist Slay the Spire 2 now 🌠 s.team/a/2868840
Support: support@megacrit.com
Contact us: devs@megacrit.com
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Matt Fantastic @mattfantastic.bsky.social Whatever forever…
Ignacy Trzewiczek @trzewik.bsky.social
Cephalofair Games @cephalofairgames.bsky.social "Epic Strategy Awaits!"
Tabletop Publisher of:
Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Jaws of the Lion, and Buttons & Bugs
Learn more at cephalofair.com
Arcane Wonders @arcanewonders.bsky.social www.arcanewonders.com
Scott Nicholson @scottnicholson.bsky.social Professor of Game Design, Potter, Garden Gnome, Board Game and Escape Room Designer, Green Man Main. I play video games on Easy mode; I'm too old to get gud.
Banzainator @banzainator.bsky.social Living life one victory point at a time! 🎲 Links: https://linktr.ee/Banzainator
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social I make video games for work and costumes for fun. Narrative Director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. Previously Bioware, Telltale, and Gunfire Games. She/her