Max “Big Laundry Era” Wolf @maxintminwis.bsky.social System and Economy Designer
USC ‘20 FIEA Cohort 21
I am very loud
Any problem can be solved with good data and a willingness to look stupid
Talk to me about fighting games, giant robots, and craft sodas
Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io Game dev, currently making Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game
Richard Atlas @richmakesgames.bsky.social 🎮 CEO / Creative Director at Clever Endeavour Games (he/him)
🍵 Lover of tea, chocolate, heavy metal, cycling, fantasy, health science, and games with good feel 😎
📝 Blog here: http://richardatlas.com
Thomas - Indie Dev - Junkyard @scrappyindiedev.bsky.social Free Fall Entertainment
3D / Art Direction / Studio Founder
Nicole Lazzaro 🐰 🕹️ ❌👑 @nicolelazzaro.bsky.social XR Hall of Fame | Designed 1st iPhone Game | 4 Keys 2 Fun. Unlocking human potential through play. Developer of Follow the White Rabbit Tales an XR mystery adventure you play in the real world with your real friends. Now soft launched on 🍎 Vision Pro!
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
Turbo Dog Games | Spiritstead out now on Steam @turbodoggames.bsky.social Indie game dev team that is building ✨magical worlds✨
Play Spiritstead demo👉 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3501540/Spiritstead/
Discord! 👉 https://discord.gg/7N98WgTewm
https://turbodoggames.com/
nell @nellraban.com a woman with no common sense
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!
Noa Beazley @noabeazley.bsky.social Composer: Re:Awaken, Phosfi, Protodroid DeLTA, A Token War | Professor of Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music | Boston Game Dev board of directors
noabeazley.com/portfolio
Chel Wong Audio 🏳️⚧️ @chelwongaudio.bsky.social Award Winning Freelance Composer: Kine, Whisker Squadron, OnlyCans, She Dreams Elsewhere (SFX), Northeastern prof, @CharityEPJam Founder. Views my own! She/They
Liz Canacari-Rose @canacari-rose.bsky.social 
Project Echo FPS @projectechofps.bsky.social Reviving the greatest era of the FPS Tactical Arena Genre.
Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/jzzaP73zYQ
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@projectechofps?si=MeUd_fs_o0vAnkQL
#fps #gaming #newgame
ⓏⒶⒸⓀ @0x7a61636b.bsky.social Making a game!
Randyfreak @randyfreak.bsky.social Creator of Endvasion:
https://bsky.app/profile/endvasion.bsky.social
#gamedev #solodev #indiegame #unreal #ue5 #Endvasion #gamer
Endvasion 👉 Wishlist on Steam! @handle.invalid ✨ Wishlist on Steam 👉 https://bit.ly/4bf4lZi
🤖 Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/9FX2574SV8
📰 Website 👉 www.endvasiongame.com
🙋♂️ Dev 👉 @randyfreak.bsky.social
Control the bad guys. A base builder, creature management game.
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
We Love RTS Games! @welovertsgames.bsky.social Discover new real time strategy games to conquer opponents on new battlefields.
Discover more at: https://weloveeverygame.com/RTS
Our main account: @WeLoveEveryGame 
@bfreitag.bsky.social @bfreitag.bsky.social 
Glenn White @justicar.xyz Director of Player Engagement Services at Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios. Former: Bungie, Epic Games, EA, Wunderman. #EBFG. @justicar. Marketing/Martech. Soccer. Video Games. He/Him. Vaccinated. Etsy: http://justgeekery.com
Chazwhick @chazwhick.bsky.social (He/Him) UK-based Sega fanboy Youtuber.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Chazwhick
Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social Senior Character Artist ✨
Jess Hara Campbell @jharacampbell.bsky.social Design Director at Telltale: Wolf Among Us 2
Previously: BioWare (DAV, MEA & DAI), ZOS, Respawn (JFO), Motive (SWBFII), Big Huge Games (KoA:R). D&D addict.
Save the Forest @jensarv.bsky.social Solo dev making a tactics roguelite, Save the Forest 🌲
Wishlist : https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832200/Save_the_Forest/
Unleash the Giraffe🦒&🦒 @unleashthegiraffe.bsky.social Developer of Obsidian Prince (a tactical, roguelike game with deckbuilding mechanics) & Seer's Gambit (OUT NOW). Discord :) http://discord.gg/VHHrtDj8vs
Part of the TurnBasedThurs crew
MI Pixel @mipixel.co.uk Where Retro Gaming Meets Innovation. Let's pixelate the world, one game at a time!
• Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mipixel
• Discord: https://discord.gg/TXqhRtNXSN
• LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mipixel
Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social Indie gamedev, gameplay engineer, PhD, making a game about a grumpy village elder
Eremite Games @eremitegames.bsky.social A team of 6 friends forging strategy games set in uncharted worlds. Creators of Against the Storm - a roguelite city builder where you must rebuild a civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains ⛈️
vera hester @verahester.bsky.social senior influencer manager at @tinybuildgames. working on Hozy, ReStory and Graveyard Keeper 2!
she/her 🇳🇱
Alex Lotz @alexlotz.bsky.social AlexLotz.net
Video Game Producer and Developer
Ben Brode @benbrode.bsky.social Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder @ Second Dinner
Marvel SNAP | Hearthstone | Commander-At-Home guest | Rapper
Michael W @michael-witt.bsky.social WYGIWYG
I automate things. Then I automate things that automate things. Eventually, I forget the things I automated, start to automate them again, only to find the fully working code that already does the work.
I like SciFi and have bad taste in authors
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Wulo 👉 Wishlist Dwarf Legacy 🦇 @thewulo.bsky.social Solo Developer of Dwarf Legacy 🦇Wishlist Now! 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2426280/Dwarf_Legacy/?utm_source=bsky&utm_content=profile
Jeff Stewart @object01.bsky.social Maker of games & tools, leader of teams. #procgen enthusiast. Prev. Diablo IV, THPS, Destiny 2, Crash Bandicoot, Skylanders.
https://github.com/object01
https://www.linkedin.com/in/object01
Support tool R&D! https://buymeacoffee.com/object01
Hypernode @hypernode.bsky.social 💾 Hypernode is your feed for terminal telnet #BBS culture, dystopian DIY tech and #ASCII aesthetics! Scroll below to see what's hype in the underground #Textmode world. All content is curated by MaxMouse, a real human!
Dave Inscore @dinscore.bsky.social dad, husband, art professor, kayak angler, adventure photographer, foodie, 30+ year game industry veteran, UX is Fine founder/President
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Colin McInerney @colin.how Game designer, programmer, writer.
Studio Head @pedalboard.games.
Sometimes @strangescaffold.bsky.social and @criticalbliss.bsky.social
Website: http://colin.how
Buy CRDM1RR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3830150
Jen MacLean @jenmacl.bsky.social Game Dev | CEO, Dragon Snacks Games | Former Xbox, AWS | Mom | Lover of sparkly shoes
eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social Dad.
Writer for Games + Animation.
Currently Sr. Writer at Remedy.
Prev @ Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others.
Mgmt: Gotham Group (TV/Film/Comics)
www.ericstirpe.com
@bmarinari.bsky.social @bmarinari.bsky.social 
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Bill Freakin’ Roper @billfreakinroper.bsky.social He/Him | I make Video Games, Voice Act, and Stream TTRPGs and game content | x-Disney x-Blizzard x-Cryptic x-Flagship | Portfolio and more at https://www.youtube.com/@billfreakinroper
Ike Ellis @ikeellis.bsky.social Mind Over Magic
Creative Director @ Sparkypants
Previously: Zynga, Big Huge Games, other tech things
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Ian S. Frazier @tibermoon.bsky.social Game designer, forever DM, RPGphile, lover of musicals, painter of minis. Senior Creative Director on the Iron Man project at EA Motive. Opinions my own.
Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
Paul Sawaya @pas.bsky.social Startup founder, building a new kind of video games studio. 🎮 Generative AI and capitalism non-hater. It’s okay, you can block me. :)
📍San Francisco
elsewhere.zone
@uxisfine.com @uxisfine.com Intuitive. immersive. In your engine.
Your one stop game UX/UI solution.
www.uxisfine.com
Jason Schklar 🔜 GDC @jackalshorns.bsky.social CEO of UX is Fine.
For 24 years I've been helping folks find the fun, remove the suck, and build memorable games.
I still love it.
Pin this Games UX Feed ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xvrnhouybvtbnubekvvevhjn/feed/gameux
#gameux #gameuxr #gamesux
SemiMyth Entertainment @semimyth.bsky.social Developing A Lion's Age, A narrative strategy game based in South Asian Medieval History.
history nerds welcome: http://linktr.ee/semimyth
Ben Schneider @droctothorpe.bsky.social Professor of Practice in Narrative Design for Games at WPI (@WPI_IMGD). Worked on LOTRO, DDO, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Titan Quest, Empire Earth. (he/him)
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
Chrissy Bee (Chris Butler) | Open For Unity/C#/C++ Contract Work @avalix.bsky.social Freelance Unity/C#/C++ Generalist & Lead Programmer @ ZA/UM on Disco Elysium for Mobile / Zero Parades | 🟥🟪🟦|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| Board games | Cat Dad
Previous Work: As Dusk Falls, Seraph, Ironcast and more - linkedin.com/in/avalix
🏳️⚧️ Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️⚧️
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:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Patrick Curry @patrickmcurry.bsky.social Execubot at FarBridge. Making games is the dream job, but it's still a job. Our next game is Job Simulator: Human Relations!
Donald Harris @tallgamer.bsky.social On a mission to increase #diversity in the #games industry. Creator of ATX Game Makers
& Sol Rivals passion projects!
Executive Producer @Farbridgeco
www.donald-harris.com
Jay Ma @jarmustard.bsky.social ・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
・京都・
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Chris Pruett @cpruett.bsky.social Director of Games @meta. Thirty years of game dev, incl. Dead Secret, Wind-up Knight, and sick Hypercard stacks. I am a walking encyclopedia of horror games.
Will Kerslake @wkerslake.bsky.social Game Director
https://www.mobygames.com/person/104354/will-kerslake/
https://about.me/willkerslake
The Mummer's Dansky @rdansky.bsky.social Narrative expert for video games and writer of fiction and TTRPGs. Author of THE VIDEO GAME WRITER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING AN INDUSTRY THAT HATES YOU. Former Ubisoft/Crytek/Romero narrative director. Lover of scotch, books, Sasquatches, baseball, and cats.
@deantak.bsky.social @deantak.bsky.social 
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com a longtime industry vet, I make games and lead design teams, and am looking for my next opportunity. Check out my rarely updated blog at http://www.zenofdesign.com
I'm a white cis straight male (he/him), an ally albeit an occasionally imperfect one.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Contributing writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social Game director, designer, writer.
Deus Ex, Dishonored, others.
🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
e. drake kajioka @3sxp.bsky.social Game designer, research applier, writer, speaker, parent, teacher fan, impatient optimist, sincere shit disturber. Views mine &c. 🎲 they preferred, she accepted. was @3spce/gryphoness on twitter, @edk@mastodon.social.
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Anna Kipnis 🇺🇦 @doubleanna.bsky.social (Former) Double Fine Engineer. Worked on: Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Costume Quest, The Cave, Dear Leader, Broken Age, Headlander, Psychonauts 2, others. Plus a few tiny indie games.
Accidentally founded Molyjam.
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social founder and studio creative director at The Outsiders. New Yorker. Made some games, wrote some games. Battlefield Bad Company 1/2, BF3, Killzone 2, Mirror’s Edge, Payday 2, Metal Hellsinger, others. Making (redacted) : a new game.
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
@clicknothing.bsky.social @clicknothing.bsky.social Creator, designer, writer of some videogames you may have played. I (still) (occasionally) blog at www.clicknothing.com. I am also the creator of Mythmaster RPG - available now at www.mythmasterRPG.com Follow @mythmasterRPG.bsky.social, or come and play!
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
Ethan W Kampa @ethanwkampa.bsky.social Audio Lead at FarBridge
Composer/Solo Dev at my side gig, Studio 5-27A
—
Some things I’ve been a part of:
Homeworld: Vast Reaches
Apex Legends
DOOM (2016 & Eternal)
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Voyage of Time
linkedin.com/in/ethanwkampa
ethanwkampa.com
Paul Stephanouk @gamegeek.bsky.social I make and play games.
Lee Perry @mistalee.bsky.social Design Fellow at Epic games (UT2k3/4, Gears 1-3, Fortnite, & more), long time indie and VR game dev, board game nut, mini modder and painter, huge fan of casual multiplayer games (the dumber the better!)
Oh, and huge fan of a good Pina Colada, obviously!
Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social Solving Game Discovery at WeLoveIt.io • Founder, Dejobaan Games • Prev. Steam Labs @ Valve • 30 Year Veteran Game Dev • Boston!
Sandra Sachka Duval @sandrasachkaduval.bsky.social Narrative Lead for video games, at Hinterland, previously EA, Arkane-Lyon (Dishonored 2, DotO, Deathloop), Cyanide…
Writer of weird sci-fi, autistic, mom
French but living on a small Canadian island
Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone Founded Sonderlust, helped design Firewatch, lead designer on Mark of the Ninja, and the only Canadian game developer born & raised in Wyoming.
https://sonderlust.horse/
Greg Costikyan @costik.bsky.social 
Richard Browne @rpwbrowne.bsky.social Over 35 years in the games business ; former Domark, Psygnosis, Philips, Microprose, Universal, THQ, Digital Extremes. Now consulting, advising and developing IP.
Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social Ex-AAA dev (BioShock Infinite & more) Founded Chump Squad, developed KINE & now LAB RAT.
➕ Wishlist LAB RAT! http://bit.ly/3nQcGbY
➕ Discord: http://discord.gg/ddceuCkWSq
@nfalstein.bsky.social @nfalstein.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather
Professional game developer since 1980
Sinistar, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/Fate of Atlantis, Neuroracer and many more
Former Chief Game Designer at Google
Now focused on Games for Healthcare
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com 🎬 Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Joshua Tsui 🍥 @joshuatsui.bsky.social Producer/Director of games and documentaries
Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social Long-time game developer and CEO/Creative-Director/Art Director @17_BIT. Living in a Ghibli film in deep Kyoto. I love photographing remaining nooks and crannies of old Japan. Creator and director of AWAYSIS. Spends a lot of time underwater.
Scott Brodie @brodiegames.bsky.social Design Director at ProbablyMonsters. Prev: Sony PlayStation, Microsoft, Founder at Heart Shaped Games. Thoughts are my own.
Full Works: https://sites.google.com/view/scottbrodie/home
Jeff Pobst @jeffpobst.bsky.social CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. RPG focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Henry Smith @hengineer.bsky.social Creator of Spaceteam and soon Blabyrinth! Game Programmer/Designer. Worked at Epic Games, BioWare, Irrational Games. Puzzled Pint GC. New-ish dad. He/him.
Patreon: http://spaceteamadmiralsclub.com
Mastodon: @hengineer@mastodon.social
John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social FPS is my DNA. Working on a new shooter. Find Romero Games at https://t.co/d7iJN1tvGy
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
celiahodent.com
Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
Patrick Redding - BlackLivesMatter @holesinteeth.bsky.social Creative Director at Ubisoft Montreal on UNANNOUNCED... Previously worked on Gotham Knights; Splinter Cell Blacklist + Conviction; Far Cry franchise. He/him.
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Joe Fielder @joefielder.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer at Obsidian on The Outer Worlds 2. (Previously: Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima DC, Star Wars Battlefront II, Flame in the Flood, some BioShocks). he/they, ADHD.
Gordon Walton @pswtyrant.bsky.social Game developer/Team leader