Esper Quinn ๐ @esper.bsky.social //30s
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org Founded by Double Fine and iam8bit. indie games are good.
Matthew Doucette @matthewdoucette.com Indie game developer at @xona.com with @jasonadoucette.bsky.social.
Huge fan of #xna frameworks: @monogame.net and #fna.
http://matthewdoucette.com/
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David McHugh @davidmchugh.bsky.social Teaching Faculty | Information School | Also: geeawards.com, playmakelearn.org. Talk to me about games, pedagogy, libraries, and AI. 
HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social An EU-funded project bringing AI to the CCIs. Through HAMLET's Hub, artists, creative directors, writers, game developers, and AI experts co-create with tools for adaptive storytelling, dance analysis, 3D assets and more. https://hamlet-project.eu/
Nick Webber @doktornick.bsky.social Games and history researcher, BCU. Co-convenor of @historygamesnet.bsky.social. Views my own. He/him.
Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at Birmingham City University. Author of Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities. Researcher in #posthumanism #posthuman #subjectivity #digital #cultures #media #games #gamestudies #zombies.
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Ivy Road @ivyroadgames.bsky.social Made Wanderstop, a cozy narrative-centric game about tea and change. Out now on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox! ๐ซ http://wanderstopgame.com
Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here... https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
Free Lives @freelives.bsky.social Stick it to the Stickman, new update out now! : https://store.steampowered.com/app/2085540/Stick_It_to_the_Stickman/
Will Todd @wonttodd.bsky.social writer and engineer at Coal Supper - made 'Thank Goodness You're Here!'
Elizabeth Ballou @elizabethballou.bsky.social she/her. game designer/writer on various and sundry projects. sometimes: game studies adjunct. buy endgame sequences, an anthology about death and dying in games: https://endgamesequences.gumroad.com. fix your hearts or die.
not active here
Sarah Rothwell @borderlesswebsite.bsky.social Iโm a Humanity-Computer Interaction (HCI) practitioner and fractional UX director, working as an independent UX consultant.
Founder at Borderless: https://borderlesswebsite.com/ & UX Designer & Research lead at https://brightminded.com/
Anna ๐ฟ๐๏ธ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | โ๏ธ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ | she/her | annacwebster.com
Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social ๐ซงThe Good Witch of Game Dev๐ซงLead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
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
Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games ๐| 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/ |๐บ๐ธ/๐ฏ๐ต
Coal Supper @coalsupper.bsky.social med Thank Goodness You're Here! and The Good Time Garden
Nils Deneken @nilsdeneken.bsky.social Founder, Creative Director and CEO at Die Gute Fabrik. Making games, drawing more again. 
Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, one half of Secret Dinosaur and also the other half (previously Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me! https://linktr.ee/djdesign.dev
#GameDev
he/him
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
Elliott Mitchell ๐ฅ ๐ง @mrt3d.bsky.social Founder Vermont Digital Arts & the original Boston Unity Group, 3D - XR Artist, Indie Game Developer, Volumetric Filmmaker & Nutter - #XR #VR #Immersive #GameDev
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
Karla Coals Zimonja @coals.northsky.social Indie games long-timer. A Good Narrative Collaborator. Dramaturge.
Currently on something unannounced. Previously on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, BioShock 2 & Minerva's Den, Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop.
Invite me to play TTRPGs!๐
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
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Patrick McDermott @northamericans.bsky.social C418 manager. Studio director at Ivy Road (Wanderstop).
Making music on Third Man Records as North Americans.
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
๐ฑ http://www.janeng.com
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) ๆๆช็ด็พ @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer at Innersloth on Among Us Story: On Guard.
Previously at Exploding Kittens. Also made HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & more.
๐ฎ carolmertz.itch.io
๐ bit.ly/carolsBGG
๐ฑ PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Games Industry Gathering @thegig.bsky.social Welcome to #TheGIG - an exclusive and inclusive networking community for games industry professionals with over 8000 global members.
http://games.industrygathering.com
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social โช PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
โถ๏ธ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
๐ฃ๏ธ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
๐๐ณ linktr.ee/joshscherr
โค๏ธ fix your hearts or die
โจ Kaelan โจ @kaelandm.bsky.social Game & Narrative Designer.
Lead narrative designer & game writer for Capy Castaway https://store.steampowered.com/app/2890240/Capy_Castaway/
PhD Candidate at UChicago researching weird worldbuilding.
Lead organizer, QGCon.
they/he
Manny Mallea @mannymallea.bsky.social Boston-based game developer known for making games with froggy armies, slidey dogs, and intense flappy bird dating action. Buy Frogmageddon on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3201190/Frogmageddon/
DON'T NOD @dontnod.bsky.social Developer & publisher of meaningful games. Weโll take you on a journey.
Your next adventure: #LifeisStrange #TellMeWhy #LostRecords #Vampyr #Jusant #RememberMe
Kelly Mark (tinyzigzag) @tinyzigzag.bsky.social Game Developer. Coding Lessons.
I have an indie studio called tinyzigzag.
Plant/bonsai/tree/nature enthusiast that also crochets.
My cat Ziggy has an Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zigzag_kitty_/
โจ Starbright Agency - Join our Discord! โจ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social Freshly-kneaded and bespoke indie games made just for you.
Currently working on #StarbrightAgency, a queer visual novel and social media sim.
https://linktr.ee/StarbrightAgency
โจ KT โจ @vivifx.bsky.social Head Bread @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social ๐ Directing & Writing Starbright Agency : A city pop queer friendly romantic visual novel ๐ ๐
Educator, story-crafter & part-time magical girl. Recovering AMV Editor. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. Opinions are my own!
Rosa ๐ @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
๐ฎ CD sona bona
๐ซ Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
๐ Spanish in UK
๐ผ Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
๐ 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
โ๐ผ she/her
Books Schwartz ๐ @sunshineduk.bsky.social Sr Narrative Designer at Microfun โจ Prev: Drydock, Sony Santa Monica, Possibility Space, Molasses Flood/CDPR, Ubisoft, Lifeline, Wayfinder โจ larprunner, YA writer, ADHD, queer as heck โจ they/them
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking๐ฆ, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social Games, software tools, ttrpgs, the handmade web - Barnacle Goose Experiment, World Ending Game - Program Coordinator at Pratt Game Arts - long live the postal service.
https://everest-pipkin.com
Lilo the Corgi @lilo.bsky.social Dog ๏ธฑ Four legs ๏ธฑ Squirrel chaser ๏ธฑ Nap pro
A corgi dog surviving cancer enjoying life one walk at a time. I enjoy boops and extra treats โค๏ธ These paws have a passion for graphic designโฆ so get ready! instagram.com/lilothewelshcorgi
miraclestudios.co.uk (Gavin Wade) @miraclestudios.bsky.social Veteran Game Developer (since 1984) and Educator. http://www.miraclestudios.co.uk
Previously: Audio Visual Magic Ltd, Wave Software Ltd.
Game Programming | Art | Production | Design | Mentoring
Evan Balster ๐ @art.imitates.life they/them. ๐ช game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
๐ @evan@merveilles.town
Desiree Cifre @desireecifre.bsky.social Writer and Narrative Designer
Lost Records: Bloom& Rage @Dontnod Montreal
Wylde Flowers & Wylde Society @StudioDrydock
Michel Koch @michelkoch.bsky.social Co-Creator of Life is Strange. Creative Director of Lost Records
Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
It's Martindale @its-martindale.bsky.social Dad + Marketeer + Gamer when I have time. Working to fix game discovery with WeLoveEveryGame.com
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)
Justin @ archmag.us @archmag.us Cloud-based architecture developer turned XR gamedev. Working on new types of experiences designed from the ground up for virtual and mixed reality.
https://archmag.us
Adam deGrandis @adamdegrandis.bsky.social * Indie games art director (www.chickadeegames.com)
* Working on small games with my pal Ash. (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/Ash__Adams_GOBSMACKED/)
* Educator at Maine College of Art & Design
* Dad
* Hugs and high fives
Chel Wong Audio ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @chelwongaudio.bsky.social Award Winning Freelance Composer: Kine, Whisker Squadron, OnlyCans, She Dreams Elsewhere (SFX), Northeastern prof, @CharityEPJam Founder. Views my own! She/They
Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social my romanticism is not post-, it's neo-!
https://www.youtube.com/@InnuendoStudios
he/him
VGC @videogameschronicle.com First for video game news.
Patreon: patreon.com/VideoGamesChronicle | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VGC1981 | Podcast: lnk.to/VGC
Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social Journalist, VGC.
Host, The VGC Podcast.
Scotland.
Henriette Myrlund @pnkyfish.bsky.social Game Director working on Tealings ๐ต
Co-founder of Seagulls๐ชฝ @heyseagulls.bsky.social
Chris DeLeon โ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Teddy Dief @teddydief.com Director/Designer of Videogames
โ Hyper Light Drifter
โ We Are OFK
โ Glitch City LA
โ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
โก IGF & Peabody Winner
โ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
Nicole Lazzaro ๐ฐ ๐น๏ธ โ๐ @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 ๐ Vision Pro!
Jamie Bishop @dangnematodes.bsky.social audio stuff
Boston MA
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
MultiPlay Network @multiplaynetwork.bsky.social A multidisciplinary network supporting research in video games and digital play.
https://multiplaynetwork.org/
https://discord.gg/YaXkTxHj
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek @mutanttheorist.bsky.social Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies. https://stephaniefarnsworth.co.uk
Maddy Myers ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
Kirk Hamilton @kirkhamilton.com I make music and podcasts. Host of Strong Songs ๐ถ, Triple Click ๐พ, and Definitely Fiction ๐
strongsongspodcast.com
tripleclickpodcast.com
definitelyfiction.com
KirksNotes.com
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Nina Freeman @ninamarie.bsky.social Game Dev for 14 years - Principal Narrative Designer for Dontnod MTL/Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, also makes indie games like Cibele, Last Call, how do you Do It? etc etc | stream: twitch.tv/ninamarie | games: ninasays.so
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