Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social game-designer / performer / creative technician. Agender (they/he/she). Sometime organiser of community funding dinners
c.diffin @cdiffin.bsky.social Maker of Games and Sounds.
Better in person. He/Him
📚 - Graduated MA Games Design @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social
🔜 - Square Zero Games
🕹️ - cdiffin.itch.io
LizzieStark 🍄 BIG CRONE ENERGY @lizziestark.bsky.social Writer, game designer, mutant, future crone.
Author of BIG CRONE ENERGY (W.W. Norton, 2027), EGG: A DOZEN OVATURES (W.W. Norton, 2023) and other books.
#ovatures #brca #larp #bigcroneenergy
lizziestark.com
sixofhounds.itch.io
pic: Adrianne Mathiowetz
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Reuben Brenner-Adams @kangareuben.bsky.social He/him. Former game design & development engineer at Originator. Crossword puzzle constructor. Creator of The Spicecast. Has tasted over 5000 different beers brewed in over 200 countries. Opinions are my own.
Portfolio: reubenbrenneradams.com
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
Gupfee @gupfee.bsky.social World citizen. Standard poodle fan. Mourning the loss of public health.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD.
Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov.
Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
TV Themes Game @tvthemesgame.com Daily TV theme song game. Can YOU name them all? 📺 tvthemesgame.com
Emilia @lazerwalker.com Experimental games, interactive art, OSS tools. Was games advocacy lead at MS/Xbox (+ organizer of Roguelike Celebration and !!con), currently a full-time Very Sick Person. Probably doing qigong right now.
https://lazerwalker.com
she/her
Edmundo Ruiz Ghanem @edmundito.com Edmundo Ruiz Ghanem (He/him.) Part-time independent game developer (@clickpulp.com) and interactive media adjunct faculty. Full-time product engineer specialized in UX. Habla español.
👤 https://edmundito.com/about
🔗 https://edmundito.com/follow
Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social Creative Director, Bully Pulpit Games. Designer of games and playful experiences like Fiasco, Night Witches, and Zhenya's Wonder Tales.
IndieCade @indiecade.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting international independent game development. Submissions are open! https://indiecade.com/submissions/
IGDA NYC @igdanyc.bsky.social We aim to grow & connect our game dev community & industry!
Have ideas, questions, or wanna help out? Email: nyc@igda.org
Discord: https://discord.gg/BhDkJsdBc #NYMakesGames
brian rose @brianrose.bsky.social @ingress.com game director at @nianticspatial.bsky.social
Haley Moore @toenolla.bsky.social Makerspace Specialist, propmaking person, web designer, animatronics enjoyer. Any/all. So old I remember when you could post on Unfiction.
Jacob Garbe 💀 @logodaedalus.bsky.social Quiet Poster. Retweets mostly spooky art, books, and the occasional original thought. Did a PhD on designing dynamic narrative systems in games. Senior Narrative Systems Designer.
Views my own.
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social D. Vincent Baker, longtime indie ttrpg creator. Co-creator of Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and many more. Disarm, defund, abolish. He/him. https://lumpley.games
@loopbox.bsky.social @loopbox.bsky.social 
Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor of Playable and Participatory Media in Creative Technologies and Performance, Play & Design:Games @ UCSC. Award winning Game Designer/Artist. Afrofuturist. Opinions are my own.
jonayakemper.com
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Rory Mitchell 🇲🇽🇬🇹🇳🇮🇭🇳🇪🇸🇺🇲🤝💪 @rorymitchell.bsky.social Producer & Director of AR, VR and XR, volumetric video. Director of "The Tent" an Augmented Reality volumetric narrative that premiered at SXSW 2024.
Https://themercantile.agency
Transformers Toy Patents @tfpatents.bsky.social Posting about cool Transformers patents!! (Reposting my Twitter content on the weekends)
Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.fyi Phantomcompass.com studio head. 30+ yrs in the #gamedev biz & still learning. He/him/ratboy.
✍️ #art #writing #design #leadership
👾 #videogames + #tech
🎲 #ttrpg + #minipainting
🎤 #karaoke
🦝 #Toronto
Kevin Parnell @kidspy.bsky.social Head of Creative Production @ Secret City, Toronto | secretcityadventures.com
Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com Sr. Entertainment Editor at Consequence, LAist/AirTalk TV critic, writer of other stuff. I like space battles, videos of cats, old-school funk, and the Oxford comma. She/her. First novel on sale now: http://robot-boyfriend.com
Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social Award-winning Los Angeles-based writer of video games, science articles, weird pop songs and books (in no particular order).
See also @blippo.plus & @teamyacht.com!
Website: https://clairelevans.com
Newsletter: https://clairelevans.substack.com/
Camdon Wright @camdon.bsky.social
(He/Him)Biracial / Habesha / Game Designer / Creator of One Child's Heart / Diana Jones Honoree / ENnie Winner / Building a life & a company with Kate.
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social Black at the Table 🤬
Catch me on www.madjayzero.com
#ttrpg #indiedev
Alexis Santos @alexisjsantos.bsky.social Founder of The Bureau escape rooms and The Underground Game Show. Building immersive and interactive experiences in Orlando, FL.
🌐 http://makereal.co
Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev Video game writer and and narrative designer.
Personal blog: https://azhdarchid.com/
Fediverse profile: https://azhdarchid.online/@bruno
Full bio: https://brunodias.dev/bio/
THESE POSTS ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
MJW @wilsonmj.bsky.social Aging queer millennial. Writer of A Labyrinth and If Any Gods Lived. Constantly anxious about everything but in a laughing awkwardly kind of way.
Make stories for Meow Wolf. Doing labor rights and trying to write a much as I can in the time I have.
Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social Accidentally responsible
Also http://chaos.social/@jonty
Previously http://twitter.com/jonty
Always http://jonty.co.uk
Maya @may.as goddess of rot
https://may.as/
Myles 🥸 @mylesnye.bsky.social Berkeley dad and game designer. Survivor challenge consultant and puzzle maker. Left-handed and left-leaning. Puzzles, tap dancing, DnD and games! 🥸
Sarah Vitak @sarahvitak.bsky.social
🚀✨curiouser and curiouser✨🚀
Scientist turned freelance journalist and artist.
Formerly MIT Media Lab || she/they || 🏳️🌈
sarahvitak.com
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
@mikhaeltaragarver.bsky.social @mikhaeltaragarver.bsky.social 
Endless Jeopardy @endlessjeopardy.bsky.social • Clues posted hourly.
• Winners chosen based on likes.
• Respond by replying, not quoting. Text only!
• One response per player allowed.
• Responses must be phrased in the form of a question.
By @neilcic.com
Dana Luery Shaw @thefakedana.bsky.social Writer of things, pun savant, corgi and fruit bat enthusiast. she/they, opinions are mine 💖💜💙
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
Jay Moy @jaymoy.bsky.social sound / sculpture / immersive /
Not necessarily not in that order
https://jaymoy.co.uk
https://jaymoy.bandcamp.com/
https://fleete.bandcamp.com/
http://listenwithothers.co.uk/
blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social The world's most read website for visitor attraction professionals. Covering museums, theme parks, zoos, immersive experiences, aquariums and water parks. And dinosaurs.
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Kat Cizek @katcizek.bsky.social Tkaronto-based documentarian, researcher, author. Artistic Director and Research Scientist at Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab.
Rita🔎PostCurious @postcurious.bsky.social Designer & maker, founder of PostCurious tabletop puzzle adventures. Not great at keeping up with social media but here I am.
Brett Rounsaville @brettville.bsky.social Again? You may remember me from such profiles as: @amtrekker
http://yesmoreandco.com
Hueydini @hueydini.bsky.social 
Games by Stitch @gamesbystitch.com A remote indie studio based in Toronto creating story-driven puzzle games. (Our games division for @stitch.media)
First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller.
Join the mission: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/First_Moon_of_Mercury/
JP Libby @janlibby.bsky.social Writer. 🏳️🌈 ☕️ 🦆 Movies + ARGs. 2 upcoming features. (Former barista for a cult I never joined.) 🏳️🌈 #ARGsforever #5AMwritersclub https://www.linkedin.com/in/janlibby/
Jeremy Thompson @rollercoasterphilosophy.com LA-based writer & themed experience creative. 1000+ coasters. Seeking the sublime in the ridiculous and the ridiculous in the sublime.
rollercoasterphilosophy.com
Candle House @candlehouse.bsky.social Award-winning creators of alternate reality theatre. candlehouse.org
Emmett Furey @emmettfurey.bsky.social Writer and narrative designer for Silent Hill, Ingress, and Dungeons & Dragons.
Immersive designer of Larps, TTRPGs, and ARGs.
Player of Magic the Gathering and Marvel Snap.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmettfurey
marn s. lastname @corpserevivers.bsky.social she/her | 30s | baltimorean 🦀
author + artist + podcaster
event mgmt @ moonshot network
host of argonauts, dead teen house party, mp comics (bump in the night), interstitial infinity, posters in crisis
contact: marnlastname@gmail.com
ttrpgs: marns.itch.io
Jeff Lambert @jefferylambert.bsky.social National Film Preservation Foundation Director, Cofounder of Lamfanti Presents, Themed Environment Enthusiast, New Beverly Gen X’er 
ndp 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com Nathan D. Paoletta | he/him | Game designer, independent publisher and graphic artist. I make World Wide Wrestling 💪 Imp of the Perverse 😈 Annalise 🥀 and more good games for interesting people.
he/him | ndpdesign.com | unwrittenearths.com
Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer at Prime8 Entertainment.
Principal Designer by day at LBI
Prev: LBI, Zynga, Blizzard, ATVI, Sega. My views are my own, and entirely absurd.
Profile pic by @meggoart <3
She/Her
I stream at https://www.twitch.tv/emberdione
Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social Former agency technical director & exited founder, now building a game studio in greater Los Angeles/Pasadena
christopherlepkowski.com
David Spira @dbspira.bsky.social #EscapeRoom, #Immersive, #UXdesign, and fixing things. I fight for the user.
✍️ Room Escape Artist | https://roomescapeartist.com/
🎙️ Reality Escape Pod | https://realityescapepod.podbean.com/
🎉 Reality Escape Convention | https://realityescapecon.com/
Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games • Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand • One of the good ones • Portland, OR • he/him
Americana at Brand Memes @americanamemes.bsky.social Memes about America’s favorite outdoor experience!
Parker @parkersela.bsky.social Fan of immersive and science fiction. Phone theater creator/curator. She/her
parkersela.com
Josh @joshmlabelle.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" out now || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out now || tied 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
Chris Sousa-Wynn @sousawynndesign.bsky.social Production and Creative Designer | Immersive Storyteller | 10+ years experience in Themed Entertainment, Live Events, Concerts and TV | From blue sky to installation📍LA
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.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
Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social Just another movie/tv/theme park/horror obsessed guy.
Stints at Fandom, Marvel, and IGN.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@theericgoldman
Read: https://ericgoldman.substack.com
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-enjoy/id1550241259
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
David @polinchock.bsky.social Runs retail/brand lab. Playing with emerging tech for 30 years. RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert & RTIH Top Retail Influencer. Started with VR in '92! Views my own. https://www.belunified.com/musings
Rob Teszka @robteszka.bsky.social I'm a former academic, semi-professional magician, and partially-trained clown who used to work on the railway and now gives historical walking tours.
But I have interesting hobbies!
...
Get tickets for my various shows at https://robteszka.ctcin.bio/
Brett Jackson, Live Action Attractions @liveactattract.bsky.social Creative design for live games, interactive shows & playable places. For a good time call: https://www.LiveActionAttractions.com
President-for-life Imagi-Ne'er-Do-Wells http://www.ImagiNeerDoWells.com
MDB @samskivert.bsky.social Antisocial networker.
Linda Dong 🍞 @lindadong.bsky.social Apple Design Evangelista.
At work – games, visionOS, design
At home – soup, bread, soup 
Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf Independent video game developer. He/him, pretty gay 🏳️🌈
Most recently made “Sasquatchers” for the Playdate
Formerly at Telltale Games, Maxis, LucasArts, and projects for Walt Disney Imagineering
Personal blog at https://www.spectrecollie.com/
FluxLists @fluxlists.bsky.social FluxLists is a collection of lists, spanning a wide variety of fields and interests, served up one-at-a-time for your enjoyment and edification.
Brian Solomon @falsefuturism.bsky.social New Mexico born immersive artist and director + re-occurring dreamer.
"Technology is integral to the history of performance... but performance is integral to the history of technology."
Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett
Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social Chicago-based paleoartist. He/him. Email for commissions/inquiries at liam_elward@yahoo.com
Vance Garrett @vancegarrett.bsky.social Creator of Immersive Experiences, Events, Art & Entertainments. Champion of Collective Joy. Futurist. Fantasy Fulfiller.
NY/LA
Lemon Difficult Studio @thekeyofdreams.co.uk Critically acclaimed design studio, and creator of the hit immersive show The Key of Dreams.
Delightful combination of Theatre, Hospitality, and Gaming in a 17th century manor house overnight. Set in a Folk-Horror Lovecraftian world.
Fireproof Games @fireproofgames.com Award winning developers of ‘The Room’ videogame series. Our new game GHOST TOWN is out now for Meta Quest, SteamVR & PlayStation VR2.
Magnopus @magnopus.bsky.social Experience Engineers uniting the physical & digital. Using #spatialcomputing, #AI, & #cloudtech, we imagine, create, & execute impactful immersive solutions.
Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social Author of Lovecraft Country, Fool on the Hill, Bad Monkeys, and various other novels.
https://www.bymattruff.com
Justin Martin @justinmartindesign.bsky.social VP of Design- Lionsgate • Award Winning Art Director for Themed Entertainment• Blooloop Top 50 Theme Park Design Influencer • Formerly at Meow Wolf/Universal Creative/Thinkwell/SCAD • Mets Fan
Alison Norrington @alisonnorrington.bsky.social | writer | storyteller | mischief-maker |
* founder of storycentral *
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!
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social Big fan of goats and decent WiFi. Co-founder, Electric South.
Currently: Africa, immersive media, nonfiction everything, internet access, AI ethics, audiences, creative ecosytems, joy.
https://www.electricsouth.org
Benjamin Stokes @benjaminstokes.net Media professor and designer at American University. Scholar of play and community empowerment. Democratizing design for stronger places. Book: LOCALLY PLAYED.
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.
Kevin Simmons @puzzletheory.bsky.social Designer/producer/business guy at Asymmetric (we make the Loathing series of games). I also write puzzles, take photos, and climb rocks.
Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio.
⛰️ A Highland Song
🤖 TR-49
🚢 Overboard! & Expelled!
🕌 Heaven’s Vault
🌍 80 Days
🖋️ ink
📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭
🏴🇩🇪
The Immersive Experience Institute @immersiveexperience.org Hosts of The Next Stage Immersive Summit & Co-Creators of The Immersive Invitationals.
Bringing together the performing arts, gaming, and XR immersive communities since 2020.
The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social Photographer, gamer, software engineer, deeply disappointed optimist. Tell the ones you love that you love them. Some day they'll be gone (or you will).
Also at:
Mastodon: http://sfba.social/@thechrispaduan
The Bird Place: same handle as here
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
Frank Mezzatesta @frankmezzatesta.com I grew up in Oak Park Illinois and moved to LA in 1979 to work for Walt Disney Imagineering which I did for 41 years until spring of 2020.- A @alxbutterworth.bsky.social @alxbutterworth.bsky.social
Mike Monello @mikemonello.bsky.social Now: CampfireNYC.com, Video Palace co-creator, Broken Spectre VR Experience
Then: #BlairWitchProject, Peabody Awards Judge, Florida Film Festival, video store clerk, grocery bagboy, fast food burger flipper
Sabina Graves @livelikethemovies.bsky.social First time mom, longtime journalist, filmmaker in progress