The B Square Bulletin @bsquarebulletin.bsky.social The B Square is a news outlet in Bloomington, Indiana revolutionizing local coverage through with its Total News framework: https://bsquarebulletin.com/about-the-b-square-bulletin/#TotalNews
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor. A bit of voiceover, occasionally.
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
๐The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware
๐พ www.twitch.tv/eenbou
ianboudreau.com
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you arenโt going to like
what comes after America
conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social web dev + hot dad. enjoy charts, unions, conputer games, philosophy. chicago crespo.business
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social critic @vulture
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of todayโs most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social Artist, writer, director, & show runner.
I draw body horror. Not online much.
๐ชKnights of Guinevere
๐ฎThe Owl House
๐ฏ๏ธSkin & Bones
AAUP IU Bloomington Chapter @iubaaup.bsky.social The IU Bloomington Chapter of the AAUP advocates for faculty and graduate students and advances academic freedom and shared governance.
Find all our links here! https://linktr.ee/iubaaup
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Designer of Root, Oath, Arcs, and lots of historical games. Focuses on strategy games with strong emergent narratives and responsive systems. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Claire Hosking @hoskingc.bsky.social
Indiana Daily Student @idsnews.bsky.social Indiana University's independent, student-run newspaper bringing you photos, graphics and, of course, the news.
Have a news tip? Our DMs are open
https://www.idsnews.com/
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
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
๐fufroom @fufroom.bsky.social Formerly Two Scoop Games
Alex Bezuska
Indie game developer
Organizer of Louisville Makes Games community/ Warp Zone Louisville space.
Annalee @flowerhorne.com Writer, Quaker, candlestick maker. Open source technologist and occasional tailor.
Fiction in F&SF, Futurescapes, Fireside, Friends' Journal, and places that don't start with F. They.
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social Author & tabletop role-playing game designer, perhaps known for Dread, Swords Without Master, Vast & Starlit, or Wolfspell.
Suddenly, also a Clojure developer!
(he/him)
https://unwrittenearths.com
https://dig1000holes.com
๐๐ช
Natasha Skult, PhD @natashaskult.bsky.social Game Developer - Entrepreneur - Academic & Teacher
https://linktr.ee/natashaskult
โจCEO at MiTale
โจTeacher at University of Turku (Finland) and Ashesi Univeristy (Ghana)
โจChairperson of W Love Games
โจBoard member of IGDA and IGDA Foundation
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social AFSC works for a just, peaceful, and sustainable world free of violence, inequality, and oppression. We join with people and partners worldwide to meet urgent community needs, challenge injustice, and build peace.
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news โข runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news โข tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic โข software engineer โข wikipedian
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Meowza Games @meowzagames.bsky.social Hi! Weโre Meowza Games! We made Minekoโs Night Market, released Sept. 2023. Follow along for updates and news of our upcoming projects.๐ฑ
Dr. Josรฉ Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Whitaker Trebella @whitakr.com ๐ฒ Indie gamedev: Piloteer, Pivvot, Polymer & Remedy Rush
๐ฉป Making medical games & tools: snke.com
๐น Musician: wtrebella.bandcamp.com
๐ LA. Formerly Chicago.
๐ท Covid aware
๐งHe/Him
Listifications (w/o blocks) @unsub.blocks.listifications.app Follow me to stop receiving block notifications from @listifications.app and to only receive notifications when you are added to a list (starter pack, mod list, feed list).
Bethany @hockenbear.bsky.social
Listifications @listifications.app Follow me to receive notifications via DM whenever you're added to a starter pack, block list, feed or when someone blocks your account.
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Ian Sundstrom @ian-sundstrom.bsky.social Lead Designer on games for BUCK like ladderlad.com and letsrevolution.com
Indie stuff: herringbonegames.com
he/him
dtrebella @dtrebella.bsky.social Founder of Spoke & Wheel Strategy. PR/marketing for indie games, tech & startups. Theatre lover, chocolate eater & dog snuggler. Dana@spokeandwheelstrategy.com
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
@squirreleiserloh.bsky.social @squirreleiserloh.bsky.social
mildmojo @mildmojo.bsky.social software developer, llm hater
used to make games, will again one day
he/him
that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | They/Them | English + ไธญๆ (็ฎไฝๅญ)
Andrew Krausnick @heyandrewk.bsky.social Creative Director @ Shiny Shoe. Made Trove, Monster Train, Inkbound, and others (and more to come!)
Brain&Brain @brainandbrain.bsky.social Ozark game dev duo, making The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler.
Previously: Burly Men at Sea, Doggins, Wooden Nickel. brainandbrain.co
๐ง raincastergame.com/wishlist
Tom Fulp @tomfulp.newgrounds.com I run Newgrounds, co-founded The Behemoth, made a game about The Room and I'm currently making Nightmare Cops!
Sam Barlow ๐ฅ @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! โ PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking๐ฆ, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net ๐ฎ Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
๐ Senior Lecturer (in Games)
๐ญ Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
๐ Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Leonard Skeonard @mike.reuben.games making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Emma Kidwell ใใพ @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
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social Now: Scouting for Raw Fury
Before: Lots of stuff.
Pitch me that new game of yours -> https://form.asana.com/?k=SF4rPk6Y5L-NFSrVml5JOg&d=1123805143377851
(He/Him)
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Rosie T @rtparty.bsky.social ๐ Games Bundle Person
๐พ Game enthusiast
๐งถ Crochet Hobbyist
๐ค Ex Podcast host
๐ Patron @ Safe In Our World
๐ฌ Advisory Board Member at iGGi
๐ง Mental Health Advocate
๐ GIBiz Game Changer โ23
๐ฟ Plant based
linktr.ee/rtparty3
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
Scott Hartsman @hartsman.bsky.social Shipping talks, bullshit walks. I've worked on a ton of MMOs and other online games. Mostly helping games startups these days. Also, corgis. Specifically, one large, lazy one in particular.
Shams jorjani @shamsjorjani.bsky.social CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Still not a vampire.
Jason de Heras ๐ฎ @jasondeheras.bsky.social Co-Game Director on the Star Wars Jedi team at Respawn/EA. Design Director Jedi: Survivor/Lead Combat Designer Jedi: Fallen Order. Combat Design God of War 3/Ascension. 2x Evo Finals Street Fighter.
https://www.jasondeheras.com
Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games.
Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
PotionsACuriousTale.com
Joana @layn75.bsky.social I make games and stuff! ๐ธ she/her ๐ธ Tech Artist ๐ธ co-organizer @FemDevsMeetup๐ธ Cosplayer ๐ธ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโ ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ธ layn75.carrd.co
Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss) @ziraeliss.bsky.social Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmรถ, Sweden ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐น
Scott @positronplays.bsky.social ๐ ๏ธ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games
๐บ Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer
https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays
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.
Elisabeth Beinke @ebeinke.bsky.social Principal Level Designer
Working on #Maneater2 at Demiurge
17+ yrs in games: ex-Respawn, ex-Irrational
๐ฟ she/her โ๏ธ
๐ฎ #IronMan #StarWarsHunters #BioshockInfinite #DOOM #LastExpedition #Mafia3 #PerfectDark #TransformersReactivate ๐ฎ
โ๐ฟโ๐พโ๐ฝโ๐ผโ๐ป
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ You Matter ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
๐ฎ Silvia Gaetano โ @meowstations.bsky.social I handle comms in games | Safe In Our World & Pioneers of Game Dev Austria Ambassador
๐๐ฎ | ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐จ๐ณ
She/Her (they/them ok) | Views mine, kinda fruity ๐ kinda kinky ๐คซ
๐ linktr.ee/meowstations
Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social creative director, educator, & food blogger (she/they) | made @validategame.com
Shawn @shawnpierre.com Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
sisi jiang @six6jiang.bsky.social they/them/ไป
senior games writer // former hoyoverse scriptwriter // ex-kotaku reporter // 3x award nominated game developer // forbes 30u30 // midautumn game is my baby
Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social games and internet culture writer at teen vogue, npr, wired, the verge, game informer and lots of other places |๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐ - looking for work - anadiazwrites@gmail[dot]com
Fawzi Mesmar (ููุฒู) @fawzi.zone Creative Director on BGE2 @Ubisoft Award winning game designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @thehabibis.show opinions are my own. he/him. ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK๐โโ๏ธ
Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social Producer. Co-host, Shift+F1. Formerly: Digital Eclipse, Cloth Map, Giant Bomb.
https://drewscanlon.com
Oskar Stรฅlberg @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Game dev. Made Bad North and Townscaper.
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!
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
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
๐จ๐ฆ
Grace Bruxner @gracebruxner.bsky.social ive decided to postโฆโฆ. gracebruxner.com for work stuff
Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social #GameDev since 1994. I do action mechanics with a twist!
Made "ChainStaff" https://tinyurl.com/chainstaff
Made Shoot 1UP, Serious Sam DD, Pig Eat Ball, Bumpy Grumpy. Worked on POSTAL, Resistance Fall of Man, Ratchet n Clank.
http://www.mommysbestgames.com
B Rawsushi @bterrormisu.bsky.social Artist working on Bugaboo Pocket - Cofounder of Elytra Games.
๐ฆฃ: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@atleastabeth
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
Hiccup Interactive @hiccupinteractive.bsky.social
vic ๐ @meowtapes.bsky.social ๐they/she โก nb lesbian โก senior game designer at thatโs no moon โก prev. bioware, bethesda โก holder of infinite interests, lover of all animals, collector of many hobbies โ๏ฝกโนยฐโ
Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social I make video games for work and costumes for fun. Narrative Director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. Previously Bioware, Telltale, and Gunfire Games. She/her
Mars @manaweaver.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ me | Game Engineer, Composer, and Live Play Actor, WB Games
๐น๏ธ terrorball | A game about trying your best
๐ terrorball.io
pfp - @kaypoh
Jonna Pedersen @jonnadraws.bsky.social She/They
Tiohtiร :ke/Montrรฉal
Senior UI Artist @Haven, a Sony studio
prev: Assassin's Creed (Hexe), R6 Siege
https://bento.me/jonnadraws
Lorna Birrell @lornastellabi.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Producer at Rocksteady | Age: Getting there | Height: Smol and dangerous | Weapon: impossible-to-read notes | All opinions are my own | she/her
Rhiannon @rhiarhi.bsky.social Trans gamedev based in lutruwita, gameplay programmer for Little Pink Clouds, Check out Letters to Arralla! s.team/a/2189310
Portfolio: azurespace.dev
Also a rhythm game nut
Gigi Mogulija @gigi-mogulija.bsky.social 40/ They/Them, She/Her ๐๐ค๐ค
Artist, narrative game designer, (wannabe) solo indie gamedev
Working on point-n-klick adventure The Ghoul Quarter
ENG (BLR/RUS/PLN)
NO AI, NO NFT
Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im ๐ข: Atmospheric scientist and educator. ๐: Sports, computer ratings, and rain. โ๏ธ: Just happy to be here. ๐: Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Dave Askins @chronnicallydave.bsky.social independent journalist in Bloomington, Indiana publishing news reports on local government at bsquarebulletin.com
Midwest Games @midwestgames.bsky.social Tombwater is coming March 31st! Wishlist Tombwater Today!
Geir Ove Alnes @geirovealnes.bsky.social Senior Game Designer;
Formerly @ Ubisoft Singapore / Mighty Bear / Funcom;
https://geirovealnes.carrd.co/
Game Designers 101-103 (Starter Packs)
https://go.bsky.app/KFBJn7C
https://go.bsky.app/BoEMZY8
https://go.bsky.app/HN7KHXa
Opinions are my own.
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
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
Matthew Gallant @gangles.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog โข Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet โข Worked on The Last of Us Part I & II, Uncharted 4 โข Accessibility tinkerer โข โ๏ธQC๐จ๐ฆCA http://gangles.ca/
Andrew Carl @andrewcarl.bsky.social He/They, #GameDev Senior Systems Designer at Respawn. Prev work: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Destiny 2 THPS 1+2 at Vicarious Visions, Diablo IV at Blizzard. Views are my own
Michelle Flamm @kaieta.bsky.social Principal Economy Designer @ Redux Games formerly Echtra, Bioware, Zenimax, Obsidian, and more. Chicago Native, Sam Haight's Bastard, End Boss of the Internet, PADI certified Mermaid, Hater of Digital Seagulls VAMO
Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social Award-winning game director, designer
@ko-op.com
Co-director, Goodbye Volcano High
Lead UI/UX designer, Young Suns
Director, ********
Will McNeese @willmcneese.bsky.social Game designer. QA. Believer in the power of video games. (He/Him)
willmcneese.carrd.co
LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social Day: Game Designer pretending to be a Woodworker
Night: Woodworker pretending to be a Game Designer
Currently - ๐คซ | Previously - Lead Game Designer: Predecessor, Elite Dangerous.
Hayden Scott-Baron @docky.games Game Designer.
Previously: Ustwo Games, Microsoft/Xbox, Frontier, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evo, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and more. He/they.