Beleef Studios🍀 @beleefstudios.bsky.social Game studio working on ZWAARD! A pixel art post apocolyptic adventure all about modifying your sword!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251170/ZWAARD/
Julien Kaspar @julienkaspart.bsky.social 3D Artist / Game Dev
@Blender in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
🖌🎥🎮
He/Him
🇬🇧🇩🇪
Working on short films @BlenderStudio
https://linktr.ee/julienkaspart
S. K. 9. 8 @sk98games.bsky.social Dutch solo developer currently working on ADRIFT 🚗💨
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2903570/ADRIFT/
David Szymanski @duskdev.bsky.social Developer of Iron Lung, Dusk, Squirrel Stapler, Butcher's Creek, and other games. Making an isometric shooter called B.U.G.B.I.T.E
http://szymanski.games
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
🇨🇦
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social Canadian indie VR dev / founder @cozycubegames.bsky.social.
Wishlist 🐧Penguin Festival🐧: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552090/Penguin_Festival/
Past: Owlchemy Labs. Proud husband and shiba dad.
- 🚫 gen AI
- 🚫 genocide
- ✊ trans rights
Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
🕵 Indie Dev
🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer
🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
🕸 www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij 🇳🇱🇪🇺
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social 
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
Jénilson @jenilsonmds.gamedev.blue Technical Game Designer 🎮 | Looking for Work
https://jenilsoncaboman.wixsite.com/jenilsonmds
Currently: Working on a Hack 'n Slash & learning Blender
Mimi a journey of Synths and Sensibility 🎹 💃 @mimidancer.bsky.social Jewish, daughter of immigrants, M.D., Lover of cats, poetry, dancing, music, & the NFL. #RavensFlock Nothing posted here constitutes medical advice/endorsement.
Roghan (he/they) @roghandm.bsky.social Game design student @buas, part-time narrative designer and recovering frotz purist.
Previous work @planetquest & @afternature productions
Vitastacious.itch.io
HiWarp - 🌸 NAIAD 🌿 OUT NOW! ✨ @hiwarp.bsky.social Hi! I’m a solo indie game dev working on Naiad and PiAwk. I love to experiment with design, art, code, music, ... bringing to life very personal games.
💙 NAIAD OUT NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1813860/NAIAD/
Super Rare Games @superraregames.bsky.social Indie's best friend ♥ Physical games publisher & publishing original games on consoles + PC 💙
website: https://superraregames.com/
email: help@superraregames.com
Ibrahim El Amrani @amranib.bsky.social Student Game Designer at Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Looking for an internship as a game designer starting from February 2025
portfolio: http://ibrahimelamrani.nl/
Jordi van der Hulst @jordivdhulst.bsky.social Game director @ Galaxy Grove
AKA happy30
Jeroen Brattinga @cameo73.bsky.social 
Hussam Lamtalssi @huslamt.bsky.social ☪️Muslim Game Dev | 🪨Boulderer/Climber | 🎓Game Design student at Breda University of Applied Sciences
Rik Nieuwdorp @nieuwdorp.bsky.social sound designer | musician | uni teacher | hiker | idiot
https://claynote.nl/
The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
🗓️ December 2026
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🎬 Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
🌎 Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
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
momvsgames @momvsgames.com A mom discovering the wonderful world of games. Now: Ghost of Yōtei 🎮
Tom Erbe @soundhack.bsky.social music toy designer - professor @ ucsd
Robin “Molten Modular” Vincent @molten.bsky.social Eurorack traveller, synth YouTuber and music tech journalist.
Veelpoot @veelpoot.com Independent creatives and veteran game makers ✨ A fresh new game company. Making little bits of everything.
✨ Legacy of Orsinium is OUT NOW: www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Ben Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social Best of the Web. Minnesotan New Yorker in Oakland, CA. Game Designer. Previously: Psychonauts 2, Dead Space (2008), Babycastles. He/him.
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Sarah Elmaleh @selmaleh.bsky.social games x performance. acting, directing, consulting, forever advocating for joyful collaboration & sustainability for all. 1/7 of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Andy Nealen @nealen.bsky.social game creator and scholar, artist and music maker, computer scientist, architect, engineer, professor @ USC, co-host of https://secretlives.games/. He/him.
Rémi Verschelde @akien.bsky.social @godotengine.org project maintainer & @w4games.com co-founder (he/him).
Free and #opensource software advocate. #indiedev and #Linux gaming. Frenchman in Copenhagen.
Also on: @akien@mastodon.gamedev.place.
grapefrukt @grapefrukt.com .1x engineer. makes games: holedown, subpar pool, rymdkapsel & twofold inc
https://grapefrukt.com
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
www.jwaaaap.com
Juan Linietsky @reduz.bsky.social Husband, GodotEngine creator and advisor to the project.
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Freelance Tool Design Director, Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
Nathan (GDQuest) @gdquest.bsky.social Become a game developer with the Godot game engine!
Hundreds of free tutorials and open-source demos: http://gdquest.com
René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social Video Game Attorney & Founder @ Deviant Legal (http://www.deviantlegal.com) | Women in Games’ Ambassador | Secretary at Breda Game City | Business & Legal Mentor at Dutch Games Association
Control Magazine @controlmagazine.bsky.social Vaknieuws voor de gamesindustrie
https://www.control-online.nl/
also running: gamejobs.eu and ctrl500.com
@deloryan.bsky.social @deloryan.bsky.social 
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net Indie game studio based in Prague, Czechia. Phonopolis (out now!), Happy Game, Creaks, Pilgrims, Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula, CHUCHEL http://bit.ly/PhonopolisSteam
Sokpop Collective @sokpop.co videogame boyband from the future | games: http://sokpop.itch.io | subscription: http://patreon.com/sokpop | @aran.sokpop.co @tijmen.sokpop.co @tom.sokpop.co @rubna.sokpop.co
Jakub Dvorský @jakubamanita.bsky.social Game Designer and Director at @amanita-design.net Machinarium, Samorost, Botanicula, Chuchel, Creaks, Pilgrims, Happy Game.
Phonopolis in development - Wishlist on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206070/Phonopolis/
aran @aran.sokpop.co game developer, part of @sokpop.co - i made stacklands, clickyland, wurdweb & more - now making Rat Game
Tijmen Tio @tijmen.sokpop.co game developer at @sokpop.co
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Franz 🔜Gamescom - Indie Arena Booth (10.2) @franzlazerte.bsky.social Amsterdam-based self-taught #Godot #IndieGameDev. We published Rift Riff, and am now working on another project 🤫
⭐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/Rift_Riff
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - Summer break - Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
Jan-Bart van Beek @janbart.bsky.social Studio Director & Art Director at Guerrilla Games. Original concept creator of Horizon Zero Dawn. BAFTA & Golden Calf winner. Poweruser of the word Basically.
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Coline Pannier @colinepannier.bsky.social Video games | Teacher | Reinventing organizations | Agile coach || Most posts are in English, some in French
Chris Nengerman @chrisnen.bsky.social 
Derk de Geus @derkdegeus.bsky.social 
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
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Richard Lems @rilem.nl Art&Game Creator | Sea Sniffers, Mighty Goose | Founder of the game studio Blastmode | https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045520/Sea_Sniffers/
Martijn van Zwieten @mvavz.bsky.social 🎮 business coach helping videogame founders build better studios
15+ years in games | executive MBA
Read The Long Game newsletter: https://www.martijnvanzwieten.com/newsletter
Keano Raubun @keano.bsky.social 🇳🇱✨️Creative Director & Founder @veelpoot.com. Currently working on [REDACTED]. Senior Game & Narrative Designer. Marvel's Avengers, [NDA], Lordbound. Prev: Nixxes Software
✨ Legacy of Orsinium is OUT NOW: www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Len Maessen @lenmaessen.bsky.social Hardware keyboards on phones supremacist | Gamejournalist voor oa NRC / redacteur streekomroep SRC.fm | she/her | bier en steak and sowing chaos by using NL and EN interchangeably
Nikki Kuppens @patt3rson.bsky.social Senior Game Designer @ Raw Power Games. Previously IO Interactive, Ubisoft Massive. Worked on The Division 1 & 2, Halo: Spartan Assault/Strike, Gatling Gears, Greed Corp. Opinions are my own.
Jeroen Derwort @jeroenderwort.nl Dutch Games Association. GameLab. Indie. Co-Founder Gamebasics (exit Miniclip), RB Group (exit CAE).
Paul Veer @pietepiet.com Pixel-artist, Animator, Art Director | Currently Game Director | Works: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, Cadence of Hyrule, Sonic Mania, Sonic Mania Plus, Nuclear Throne, GunGodz, Super Crate Box & more.
pietepiet.com
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
jukio kallio @jukio.bsky.social Composer. Fall Guys, Minit, Dave the Diver, Nuclear Throne, Minecraft remix, Celeste B-sides, Luftrausers, etc. he/him. Wanna work with me? Great! Contact management at katariina@1358cr.com
zoewi @zoewi.bsky.social Zo-ii | Playful Arts & Playful Culture
✨Playful Arts Curation
🦩Program Curator A MAZE. / Berlin
🦄Curator Sickhouse / The Overkill
🫶Co-founder Playful Arts Festival
https://zo-ii.com
Gwendolyn makes games! @spidergwendolyn.bsky.social Aspiring author, Skateboarder, game-designer, developer, surfer, cat and dog lover!
LinkTree: linktr.ee/GwenWritesALot
Richard Boeser @richardboeser.bsky.social Independent game designer and generative artist.
Games I worked on: ibb & obb, Chalo Chalo and Dubio.
doseone @doseone.bsky.social Poet, rapper, composer, sound designer, catman… www.doseone.xyz
Vlambeer @vlambeer.com Indie games studio, bringing back arcade since 2010.
Made Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box & more.
Rusty Lake 🚣 Servant of the Lake out now! @rustylake.com Creators of the praised Cube Escape series and the Rusty Lake adventures! Tag us with your #rustylake fanart! Servant of the Lake is out now! 🧹
https://linktr.ee/rustylake
Mahdi Bahrami @bahrami.bsky.social made Engare and Tandis
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Menno Deen @mennodeen.bsky.social 👨💻freelance social impact game designer
🇳🇱Super Menno Monster 👾
🏳️🌈Chairman @ www.games4diversity.com
🇪🇺Sales & artist @ www.songtshirts.eu
🎊Event manager @ www.courage.events
🚲Bike packer @ www.jeroenmenno.com
Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social 🎮 i make video games and stuff
🐦 created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
offbrand games @offbrand.games making cool games before we’re all dead
OUT NOW: 🎱 Ultrapool 🔮 Aethermancer🔥 Rivals 2 🐸 Bonnie Bear
SOON: 👽 JOHN GLEEP 😈 Demon Bluff 💫 Stretchmancer
Pirate Software @piratesoftware.live Game Dev - Streamer 💛 Go Make Games - https://develop.games 💜 Ferret Rescue - https://ferrets.live 💛 Business: Pirate@sidequestmedia.com
Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. 👑 We publish a bunch of cool video games. We make some ourselves too! linktree.finji.co
We're working on @usualjune.bsky.social right now! 👻 Out October 28th!
XanaGear @xanagear.com He/Him. I've raised $30k for charity. Making a game.
youtube.com/xanagear
twitch.tv/xanagear
xanagearbusiness@gmail.com
Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com Caves of Qud is a science fantasy RPG & roguelike epic, built on deep simulation, set in an intricately etched, far-future world.
🚀 2025 Hugo Award for Best Game
🖥️ PC Gamer Top 100 games of 2019, 2020, and 2024.
🍄 by Freehold Games & Kitfox Games 🍄
Rune Skovbo Johansen @runevision.bsky.social Indie game developer, procedural generation enthusiast, Dane in Finland. I made Eye of the Temple, now working on The Big Forest.
📍 Turku, Finland
🔗 https://runevision.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/runevision
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@runevision
Twirlbound @twirlbound.com Award-winning indie game development studio making exciting action adventure games set in colorful open worlds! We made Pine🌲 & The Knightling, OUT NOW FOR STEAM AND CONSOLES!!!🛡
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1471650/The_Knightling/
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Matt T. Wood @matttwood.dev 🗡️ Founder/Director @ Double Dagger Studio (@doubledaggerstudio.bsky.social)
🎩 BAFTA nominated game creator
😺 Little Kitty, Big City 🏙️
💾 Previously worked on Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead, Portal 2, CSGO, etc
🧠 Team Neuro Spicy 🔥🥳
www.matttwood.com
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
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
Oskar Stålberg @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Game dev. Made Bad North and Townscaper. 
Kenney @kenney.nl ✨ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
www.kenney.nl
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! → PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com 🔸 Making intriguing worlds with heart
🔸 Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
🔸 Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
Tiny Glade 🏰🌿 @pouncelight.bsky.social #TinyGlade is a small relaxing diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins.
🐑 http://s.team/a/2198150
💌 https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co creating videogames | made bernband, grunn, and more | part of @sokpop.co
Ana Opara @anopara.bsky.social Procedural art nerd, ½ of Pounce Light with @h3r2tic.bsky.social, co-creator of #TinyGlade a diorama doodling game 🏰🌿 s.team/a/2198150 🏳🌈💟
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.
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.
Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com CEO & creative director & writer of ✨video games✨ @twirlbound.com 🎮🛡🌲 | he/him