@gorgoh.bsky.social @gorgoh.bsky.social
Antoine Clavreul @tigersmarch.bsky.social game dev + music & tea enthusiast, he/him/il, currently working on BGE2 @ Ubisoft Montpellier, unionized @stjv.fr, Enjmin alumnus
James MacGlashan @jmac-ai.bsky.social Ask me about Reinforcement Learning
Research @ Sony AI
AI should learn from its experiences, not copy your data.
My website for answering RL questions: https://www.decisionsanddragons.com/
Views and posts are my own.
Keith Evans @kaynsd.itch.io Keith. Technical Designer & Game Developer. [he/him/his]
C# Programmer and Systems Architect.
Procedural Generator Generator.
Technically Swedish Now.
Dilettante and Dabbler. Possibly a Wizard.
Mastodon: [@kaynSD@peoplemaking.games]
Itch: [kaynsd.itch.io]
Bright Spark 💡 @bright-spark.bsky.social He/Him | British Light Bulb PNGTuber 💡 | Twitch Streamer
https://www.twitch.tv/bright_spark
Avatar + Profile Pic + Ref Sheet by @jizue.bsky.social
Banner by @mrsremi.bsky.social
Papa Pepe @alexpieper.bsky.social ex co-founder, ceo and TD @studiofizbin.bsky.social, co-founder of @saftladen.bsky.social
https://www.alex-pieper.de
(he/him)
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social I make games in my pajamas. BAFTA Breakthrough, two time BAFTA award nominee and one time winner.
Working on SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR at Strange Scaffold
Prev: I AM YOUR BEAST, CRDM3, Clickolding, 10 Second Ninja X, Castles in the Sky
Nicoll Hunt @nicollhunt.bsky.social 3rd Place Young Software Engineer of the Year 2001
Arnold Schwarzenegger @schwarzenegger.bsky.social Bodybuilder. Conan. Terminator. Former Governor. I killed the Predator. I told you I’d be back. Join my positive corner of the internet - Arnold’s Pump Club.
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
AUTOMATON WEST @automatonwest.bsky.social Official AUTOMATON English account. Bringing video game and internet culture-related news from Japan!
Find us at: https://automaton-media.com/en/
Japanese account: @automaton-media.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Jason Fanelli @jasonfanelli.com “He’s alright.” - @lotrlore.bsky.social
Voted #1 Jason Of All Time by Game Mess Decides.
Freelance games writer, bylines @ GameSpot, Rolling Stone, MMORPG, and more. Steph’s husband, Olivia and Charlotte’s dad. Contact: jason@jasonfanelli.com.
Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz; co-founder, Jank.cool. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
Tek Monkey @tekmonkey.bsky.social I like programming. A lot. I also like tech, scifi, fantasy, playing games, reading books, growing trees from seed, sailing, swimming and diving. Happiest under, in or around water
Mike Preuss @skapedin.bsky.social
@sentientdesigns.bsky.social @sentientdesigns.bsky.social
AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social Official account of the AAAI conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
Melanie Dickinson @meldckn.bsky.social technical narrative designer specializing in procedural narrative, storyworld simulation, and authoring tools \o/
Red Blob Games @redblobgames.com Hi! I'm Amit Patel. I explain algorithms and math with interactive web pages (incl. pathfinding, hexagons, procgen maps, voronoi). Wrote Solar Realms Elite; helped w/Barren Realms Elite and Realm of the Mad God. https://www.redblobgames.com/
iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social Based at Uni of York, Queen Mary Uni of London, Goldsmiths, and Essex, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence (iGGi) is the world's largest PhD programme for research in games.
More info: https://www.iggi-phd.org/
Ukie @ukieofficial.bsky.social We are the trade body for the UK games and interactive entertainment industry. Our mission is to supercharge the future of the UK video games industry.
www.ukie.org.uk
Summer School on AI and Games 2026 @gameaischool.bsky.social A summer school on the uses of AI in and for games.
Industry lectures, key techniques in AI and games for playing, generating the content, and modelling players.
@amykhoover.bsky.social @amykhoover.bsky.social
Game Assist 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️ @gameassistyt.bsky.social We are a collective standing for transformative justice & liberation through game writing, research & development. Find us on YouTube for video essays making political analysis of games accessible 💜
Art by knellbelles + @fionacreates.bsky.social
Theresa Duringer @tduringer.bsky.social CEO & Owner @Temple_Gates. We make boardgame apps like Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.
David Melhart @davidmelhart.bsky.social 🎓 PhD in Games and Affective Computing | 🎮 Assistant Professor @ SDU Metaverse Lab [https://gdlt.sdu.dk/staff/] | 🎲 game goblin [http://goblingoulash.com] | 🌈 he/they
@mieszkoz.bsky.social @mieszkoz.bsky.social Coder, for the longest time at Epic. Game AI stuff in the past, now Mass.
Rees @ctrl-alt-rees.com Rees Stephenson from ctrl-alt-rees. Retrocomputing & whatnot. https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees
He / him
Business Time: rees@ctrl-alt-rees.com 🧦
Sam Snodgrass @sampsnodgrass.bsky.social Manager of the Applied AI team at modl.ai;
PCGML person;
Industry and Academic Researcher;
Kenneth Stanley @kennethstanley.bsky.social SVP of Open-Endedness at Lila Sciences. In the past: Maven CEO, Lead at OpenAI, head of basic/core research at Uber AI, professor at UCF.
Stuff I helped invent: NEAT, CPPNs, HyperNEAT, novelty search, POET, Picbreeder.
Book: Why Greatness Cannot Be Plann
Simon Lucas @simonmarklucas.bsky.social Professor of AI at Queen Mary University of London
Hobbies: running, cycling, kite surfing, games
Seb Long @seb-long.bsky.social MD at Player Research. Inspiring creatives and empowering gamedev leaders with research that makes great games.
BAFTA. IGDA. A11y.
Esteban Martinez @thebesteban.bsky.social Video producer. Support my work: http://Patreon.com/HoldBackToBlock. Business inquiries: esteban@holdbacktoblock.com
Player Research @playerresearch.bsky.social Video game research ◐ Enabling game developers to gain meaningful insights from real players ◌ A Keywords Studio • #GamesUR #UX ◍ Signup to try new games!
Jeremy Jayne @jeremybjayne.bsky.social maker of weird computer games + Noclip documentary guy
Damian Isla @damianisla.bsky.social Games, AI and other things.
@ianhorswill.bsky.social @ianhorswill.bsky.social
Scottish Games Network @scottishgames.bsky.social The only community dedicated to Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Charline Foch @chafoch.bsky.social Games User Researcher | PhD in games | movies are my favourite language
Laura Helsby @laurahelsby.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology at LJMU researching the impact of digital technologies on wellbeing (but mostly games). Professional book reviewer, amateur tea lover
ABetterABK - ABK Workers Alliance 💙 @abetterabk.bsky.social The employees of Activision Blizzard King, working together for change. These posts are our opinions and do NOT reflect theirs. #ABetterABK #EndAbuseInGaming
Total War Official @totalwar.bsky.social The official home of the Total War series. ESRB RATING TEEN to MATURE.
Join our Discord server here: http://discord.gg/totalwar
BAFTA Games @baftagames.bsky.social Celebrating & supporting the games industry in the UK & internationally 🎮
Phil Carlisle @zoombapup.bsky.social Researcher in AI, primarily for games. Uses LLM's and other Models for practical things in 3D. Unreal Engine specialist and co-author of a bunch of books on Game AI. Working on creating a virtual Holodeck filled with Digital Actors. Posts are my own.- B Batu @batuaytemiz.bsky.social
VGC @videogameschronicle.com First for video game news.
Patreon: patreon.com/VideoGamesChronicle | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VGC1981 | Podcast: lnk.to/VGC
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social The official bsky presence of the GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition.
https://gendesignmc.wikidot.com/
Deepnight Games ⚔️ @deepnight.net One-man game studio making Tenjutsu (https://bit.ly/tenjutsu) with Devolver.
I love making games.
Previously: 🔥DeadCells (lead) / 🧯Nuclear Blaze (https://bit.ly/nblaze) / 🗺️ ldtk.io / 💀Have a Nice Death
McFarlane Comics Official @mcfarlanecomics.bsky.social Todd McFarlane Productions. Comics. Art. Entertainment.
More ➡️ https://linktr.ee/mcfarlane_comics_official
Kittë O'Shea @meowmentai.bsky.social
Ben M-J @vben.bsky.social Creative Content Manager at Larian Studios. BAFTA Member, also secretly 2 kids in a really big coat. Was: NoE, REWIND, Rebellion. He/him.
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social 🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK
Lucy @lucyjvin.bsky.social Community Manager at poncle for Vampire Survivors 🦇 | Autistic | She/Her ✨
Alex Earle @thealexurl.bsky.social 👾 Producer at @radicalforge.bsky.social
✨ BAFTA Member
🎤 Host of Yorkshire Games Festival
🕹️ Producer on Vampire Survivors VR and Beat Saber
🎮 Prev: Gun Jam VR, Zombie Army 4, Minecraft Dungeons, Rust CE
#BlackLivesMatter
#FreePalestine
He/Him
Sam Pike @agentmilkshake1.bsky.social Tech Director @ Silent Games
UE specialist.
Game Dev, Guitarist, Geek
ChocolateKieran @chocolatekieran.bsky.social Nintendo, JRPGs, Anime & Marvel • YouTube Partner 140K+ Subs • Twitch Ambassador: http://twitch.tv/chocolatekieran • Contact: chocolatekieran@gmail.com
Ziz Simoens @zizmakesgames.bsky.social Game Designer for Digital, Immersive, and IRL play - currently senior designer at Warcradle Studios for tabletop games
Current obsessions: sewing, knitting, jewellery making, mtg commander, 40k necrons, crochet, hiking, lrping, making ceramic little dudes
Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com Video Game Vids: YouTube.com/tamoorh
Bonfire Sit: https://player.gg/publications/bonfire-sit
GSW Vids: youtube.com/@justuspodcasts
Instagram: instagram.com/tamoorh
Contact: businesstamoorh@gmail.com
Alena Denisova @sevenfridays.bsky.social Associate Professor @ the University of York, UK.
Research: HCI, video games, research methods.
Interests: travelling to see places I miss out on calling home, making crappy art, playing weird video games.
Juju @jujuadams.com GameMaker Planeswalker (Skies Of Chaos, SK: Pocket Dungeon, Deltarune, Disc Room, Swords Of Ditto, Hyper Light Drifter). I also do open source stuff
https://www.jujuadams.com/
he/him
David Doak @drdoak.bsky.social Irishman, Scientist, Designer, Teacher.
GoldenEye007, Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters, Second Sight, Haze!
https://linktr.ee/drdoak
Sam Hughes VO @samhughesvo.bsky.social Audio Lead @metacoregames
Voice Actor
Resident Evil/Horror nerd 🖤
Bookings and enquiries: sam@samhughesvo.com
https://linktr.ee/samhughesvo
Matthew Jack @matthewtjack.bsky.social Founder and CEO-on-sabbatical at Kythera AI in Edinburgh.
Game AI specialist from way before AI was cool.
All about bringing virtual worlds to life.
(He/him)
Achim Fehrenbach @achimfehrenbach.bsky.social freelance journalist: games, tech, education
Michael John Saiger @mikethingsbetter.bsky.social PhD in Applied Games and Codesign
Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow - Digital Health, Mental Health, User Experience and Education.
Dnd, MTG and all things gaming.
@fragfox.bsky.social @fragfox.bsky.social
Tamsinol @tamsinol.bsky.social Chief People Officer
People and Culture
nDreams and Game Dev
Cats and Dogs
Tea and cake
TristaBytes @tristabytes.bsky.social UK based presenter for stage & screen, voice artist & partnered streamer. Booking enquiries: rant@tristabytes.com (Streams on hiatus)
Lisa Eliasson @lisaeliasson.bsky.social She/Her🌻Communications Manager @icopartners.com🌻
@specialeffect.bsky.social Ambassador🌻
Swede living in the UK but happiest in the mountains <3
Matthew Hope Eland @matteland.dev Author, Wizard, and Microsoft MVP.- Z Robert Masella @ziplockbagman.bsky.social
@zizop.bsky.social @zizop.bsky.social
Clodéric Mars @cloderic.com Helping AIs and Humans to work together @ AI Redefined
Recording music on my spare time
Links & (some) content @ https://www.cloderic.com
Bernhard Werner @bernhardwerner.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy Doctor of the Things of Nature
Learning Technology Officer @ Munich University of Applied Sciences
Trying to make YouTube videos about maths.
#IchBinHanna
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mathstodon.xyz/@BernhardWerner, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Phil Lopes @phil-lopes.com AI Researcher and Professor @ Lusófona University
Game Design and Music Lover.
http://phil-lopes.com/
The Pragmatic Engineer. @pragmaticengineer.com Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers and managers, useful for those working in tech. The #1 technology newsletter on Substack. https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/about
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Peter Hechler @johaggis.bsky.social Game dev working on an RTS. Also I sometimes play Gwent.
jacob mills ✉️🦝🚲 @jacobwmills.bsky.social currently freelancin' level design at Denkiworks 🦝. previously a Senior Level Designer on Rollerdrome at Roll7 🛼🔫. Sonic the Hedgehog fan 🦔. he/him 💀
🤮 jacobmills.co.uk
☕ https://ko-fi.com/jacobwmills
🎮 Silvia Gaetano ☕ @meowstations.bsky.social I handle comms in games | Safe In Our World & Pioneers of Game Dev Austria Ambassador
💜🎮 | 🗣️ 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇨🇳
She/Her (they/them ok) | Views mine, kinda fruity 🌈 kinda kinky 🤫
🔗 linktr.ee/meowstations
Thomas Müller @speedybrain.bsky.social Gamedev, community manager & cat dad
Co-Founder @ Fire Sword Studios | Safe In Our World & Pioneers of Game Dev Austria Ambassador
I'm working on Herdles and The Perfect Tower 2 - come join our Discord community ➡️ https://discord.gg/fireswords
Jules Glegg 🏳️⚧️ @julesfern.gay She/Her. Tech director / lead programmer type person @softrains.bsky.social - Helped make VALORANT and League. Cofounder of Trans Game Dev. AMBROSIA SKY available on Steam and EGS now!
Dead by Daylight @deadbydaylight.com Step into the world of divine horror in Dead by Daylight's first community-created Chapter, Chorus of Sin. OUT NOW!
Steffan Powell @steffanpowell.bsky.social Presenter + Journalist | Doctor Who Unleashed BBC Three | Press X to Continue podcast | 5Live | S4C | ex BBC Gaming + Culture Correspondent | R1 Newsbeat | Cymro 🏴- M Youichiro Miyake @miyayou.bsky.social Game AI engineer
Claudia Doppioslash @doppioslash.bsky.social Principal Graphics Programmer
Rendering, PBR, ProcGen (Houdini, Blender), Tools, Optimisation, Photography, UE5, camera lens simulation
Rust, C++, C#, Python
Author of "Physically Based Shader Development for Unity 2017", Apress
Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social Mixed Scottish-Chinese (Hakka) Comic creator, writer and illustrator based in Glasgow. 🏴🇭🇰🎨📝 He/Him/佢
📧: hello@chrislaumanson.co.uk
#comic | #art | #illustration
www.chrislaumanson.co.uk
Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
bexbomb @bexbomb.bsky.social “World's OK-est Gamer” 🎮🏴 • Presenter & Shortform Producer for #XboxOn Xbox UK • Women in Games Ambassador 🌸 • Pro. Beer Pong Athlete 🍻 • she/her • 📧bex@bexbomb.com
Tom Coxon | Cassette Beasts dev @tccoxon.bsky.social Game Co-Director @ByttenStudio.bsky.social 🎃 I work on: BAFTA-Nominated British Game #CassetteBeasts 🎃 He/Him
Mostly posting at: 🐘 @tccoxon@mastodon.gamedev.place
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social 🔥 making playful things
🐦⬛ he/him
🀄️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
SF2 Platinum @sf2platinum.bsky.social A project reverse engineering Street Fighter 2
Paolo @paoloburelli.bsky.social
Stuart Scott @creativexp.bsky.social Senior Lead Designer @ Ubisoft Reflections. The Division 1 & 2, Watch Dogs, Driver: San Francisco. BAFTA games member. he/him | Videos ▶ http://youtube.com/@creativexp
Ross Fifield @rossfifield.bsky.social Game Designer. Lecturer. User Researcher. PhD Researcher iGGi York.
https://linktr.ee/rossfifield
Keywords Studios @keywordsstudios.bsky.social 🎮🎬 We help make video games, films, and fan favourites you’ve probably played, watched, or heard. 🌍 13,000 people worldwide. Creative. Innovative. Fan-first. 👀 www.keywordsstudios.com