Aras Pranckevičius @aras-p.bsky.social Programmer. Worked on Unity game engine 2006-2021. Now working on Blender. Primarily over at mastodon.gamedev.place/@aras
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Dwayne Jenkins @lejenk603.bsky.social
Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social 🎮 Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
🎨 Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com
📘 Author of The Game UI Bible with Lost in Cult!
🎭 BAFTA Member
🏆 Future Class 23, GDH Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
🎵 Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
Joakim "konjak" Sandberg @konjak.org Made ICONOCLASTS Switch/PC/PS4/Vita/Xbox -- ✉ mr.noitu at gmail ✉ -- (he/him) -- 💍❤ @tupelohoney.bsky.social
Becca Bair 🐝🐝 @tupelohoney.bsky.social Texas ✈️ —> Sweden 🇸🇪
Indie game developer 👾
Made Arcadian Atlas ⚔️
Currently making “Project P” 🫛
Forbes 30 Under 30 👶
Married to @konjak.org 💍
https://serenityforge.com/games/arcadian-atlas
https://www.instagram.com/beccabair
https://x.com/TupelosHoney
17-BIT - AWAYSIS Demo Live on Steam! @17-bit.bsky.social We're 17-BIT, an award-winning studio making #videogames in #Kyoto. Creators of Skulls of the Shogun, GALAK-Z, Song in the Smoke, and recently announced AWAYSIS! The ultimate physics-based dungeon brawler!
Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/KvYJNTwPUN
Gaziter @gaziter.bsky.social Game artist & character designer~ Made the art for Wildfrost ❄️
Currently working on: ???
(No commissions)
shar @sharyap.com dev, artist, and animator :) sharyap.com
Facewall Games @facewallgames.bsky.social Brother duo team Game Developers currently working on an exciting new game.
Check out Super Dungeon Scoundrel on steam now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4418640/Super_Dungeon_Scoundrel/
Rachelf @rachelftech.bsky.social YouTuber, Software Engineer, now sharing game dev projects :)
https://www.youtube.com/@RachelfTech
🏳️🌈 💻 🎮
mjp @mjp123.bsky.social Lead Rendering Programmer at Sony Santa Monica Studio. Formerly Engine Lead at Ready At Dawn Studios. Chief Graphics Meme Officer for the entire internet.
https://therealmjp.github.io/
Daniella Zeman 📼 VIDEOHOLE EPISODE 2 OUT ON STEAM @noodleverse.bsky.social 1/3 of Jofisoft on Videohole Episode 2 📼
Former Environment Artist on Civilization 7 🌍
Videohole.net
https://www.artstation.com/daniellazeman
https://www.instagram.com/noodleverse/
If I see AI I block on sight. Pfps included.
Colin Campbell @ccampbellart.bsky.social Executive Producer @ Telltale Games
Other titles: Jedi Fallen Order, Battlefront 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Amalur, among others.
Also illustrator & painter. Travel journel sketcher, gouache & watercolorist.
Tim Hobson @timhobson.bsky.social Senior Tech Writer @EpicGames working on @UnrealEngine Documentation. Also, a Die-hard Trekkie with some appreciation for the other 'Star' franchises.
I mainly post about Trek, tv/film props, and my hobby making replicas of various props.
SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social Illustrations / Character Designs / Comic Books / Partnered Twitch Streamer
https://linktr.ee/simz.art
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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transmutrix @transmutrix.bsky.social 🎮 programmer / game dev / game preservationist
💻 transmutrix.com
🕹️ https://transmutrix.itch.io
Contact:
💌 transmutrix@hey.com
Mark Nauta @marknauta.bsky.social Game Director at Firaxis. Previously on XCOM stuff (X2, WotC, Chimera Squad). Game Design, Anime, My cat Vin. All posts and opinions are my own. (he/him)
unreal🌱garden @unreal-garden.com Unreal Engine community site · New tips twice a day · https://unreal-garden.com/
Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social Creative Director for Civilization franchise @Firaxis. Designer of boardgames Here I Stand, Virgin Queen, and Border Reivers @GMT Games.
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
Jess Hara Campbell @jharacampbell.bsky.social Design Director at Telltale: Wolf Among Us 2
Previously: BioWare (DAV, MEA & DAI), ZOS, Respawn (JFO), Motive (SWBFII), Big Huge Games (KoA:R). D&D addict.
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|🇹🇹🇺🇸|💌 AFNarratives@gmail.com
😺 Cat Mom 😺
afnarratives.carrd.co
David Giltinan 👾🗣️🎙️ @davidsaysthat.com Voiceover Artist (http://davidsaysthat.com)
Jones/Rexxer in Fortnite (@genesisstudios.bsky.social)
Human Being (Pro-🍉, Anti-🤖)
Follow me at http://instagram.com/dagiltyman
Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art Pixel artist | illustrator | Creator of Owlboy and Vikings on Trampolines | CO-CEO of: http://dpadstudio.com
MY NEXT GAME: https://www.vikingsontrampolines.com/
My links: https://linktr.ee/snakepixel
My artwork: https://www.snakepixel.art/
Kristin C @kristin-c.bsky.social Bull City
RyNo @yellowapple.us Henry George did nothing wrong
Programmer
Tinkerer
Occasional musician
Wannabe polymath
A.k.a. YellowApple, northrupthebandgeek
he/him/his
https://yellowapple.us
https://github.com/YellowApple
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=yellowapple
noelle 🪩 @noelleingway.bsky.social game production and narrative. previously firaxis. she/her, opinions are my own 🎤💃
VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social Making #pixelart game assets. Occasionally making open source games and tools.
🎁 Assets: V3X3D.itch.io
🧡 Support: patreon.com/V3X3D
🔥 Code: gitlab.com/V3X3D
Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com The worlds largest online #GameJam, established in 2002. Join us every April & October. #LDJam
Mike Kasprzak 🍁 @distraction.engineer Former professional GameDev (1999+); IGF Finalist (2009); Retro, DIY, Repair, C64 nerd; AKA PoV, PoVRAZOR, VA3POV 📻; They/them; 🍁
Caretake and co-creator of the @ludumdare.com online game jam
Empathy is punk! Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Hawthorn @playhawthorn.bsky.social A fairytale world with woodland animals in a cozy crafting co-op sandbox RPG sim in development by NEARstudios.
Wishlist us on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3078150/Hawthorn/
Join our Discord: www.discord.gg/Hawthorn
Joe Weinhoffer @jweinhoffer.bsky.social Game Director @ Firaxis Games
Larian Studios @larianstudios.com The independent award-winning studio behind Baldur's Gate 3 and games in the Divinity universe. Learn more about our upcoming RPG @divinity.com
Spook-E 🎃🕸️ @soundslikeeli.bsky.social
[⚠️PROFILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION⚠️]
Game Dev | Sound Design| Programming
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I thoroughly enjoy Magic the Gathering and partake in D&D on occasion.
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Outer Wilds | Golden Sun | Halo | Glitch Prod | Indie Games
Giuseppe "Juice" Modarelli 🏹 Tides of Revival RPG @gmodarelli.com Senior Tech Artist. Graphics Programmer on the Open Source RPG Tides of Revival
He/Him
Valencia, Spain
https://gmodarelli.com
Andrew Lee @candrewlee.com I post about tech, software engineering, and gaming (among many other things). Love to learn & build.
Opinions are my own.
https://candrewlee.com
Andre Weissflog @flohofwoe.bsky.social Sokol, Chips, Oryol, Nebula Device, Drakensang (1+2+Online), Project Nomads, Urban Assault, and more (https://www.mobygames.com/person/117426/andre-wei%C3%9Fflog/credits/)
https://github.com/floooh/
@floooh@mastodon.gamedev.place
Anders Elfgren 🏹 Tides of Revival RPG @srekel.net Hi! 18 years pro game dev, second-time indie studio founder, 20+ hobby games, TTRPGs, Swedish, father of three.
⚔️ DiscoGarage Games
📅 JC2/APB/GTA5/Vermintide/Hammerting/Helldivers2
🏹 Tides of Revival: Grand RPG
🌍 Open World Gamedev
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it VP of Community @ Zig Software Foundation • Zig Livecoding http://twitch.tv/kristoff_it • Curator of http://softwareyoucan.love • Creator of https://zine-ssg.io • Blogging http://kristoff.it
Zig @ziglang.bsky.social Not official account. Not related with any zig foundation or community. Just zig fan!
https://ziglang.org/
https://github.com/ziglang/zig
Micke B 🇸🇪 @mickeb.bsky.social I live in Sweden
Deepak Mantena @deepak.chat There is no guest list tonight. I make iOS apps, music, and take photos.
🔗 https://deepak.website • 🌎 Portland, OR
Sarah “Business with a Smile” Lynn @sbar713.bsky.social 👶 Toddler Mom
🎮 Sr. Game Producer
📃 Writer
🏳️🌈 LGBT+ | She/Her
Chase Crawford @toatawlee.bsky.social Development and Publishing at Noodlecake Games 🇨🇦
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.
Oskar Stålberg @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Game dev. Made Bad North and Townscaper.
blender bitch | making a karate-kid like beat 'em up 💢 @luluuland.bsky.social Luiza Diniz
Senior game artist and co-founder at @ragdollfrog.bsky.social |
IGDA F Next Gen Leader | prev: senior 3D artist at Timberline Studio
https://linktr.ee/luluu_land
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Myriame・.🦂 @mllepilgrim.bsky.social Event Producer at @iii-initiative.bsky.social ・ Excecutive Producer gamedev.world ・ Production Consultant・Photographer
Worked on POSSESSOR(S), Beast Breaker, & a lot of other stuffs~
she/her・🏳️🌈 🍉
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Tom Happ @axiomverge.bsky.social Indie gamedev who made Axiom Verge. Special needs dad. Curious about everything. Likes too much stuff and tries to do it all.
axiomverge.com
axiomverge2.com
thomashapp.com
Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social Senior Character Artist ✨
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
GameFromScratch @gamefromscratch.bsky.social
Тsфdiиg @tsoding.bsky.social Recreational Programming
- https://www.youtube.com/@Tsoding
- https://www.youtube.com/@TsodingDaily
- http://twitch.tv/tsoding
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Under The Island @slimekinggames.bsky.social Under the Island is a 2D Action RPG. You explore a vast world full of terrible monsters, tricky puzzles and a lot of secrets... oh and many lovely people.
wishlist on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583520/Under_The_Island/
drew 🔜 GeekGirl Con @imodrew.bsky.social Drew | your favorite AAA/Oscar award winning texture artist (Looking for Work!) | Gamergate alumn |pfp 📸 sterlinganalog
poly/ENM | she/her |📍Seattle
Jen @jentroidvania.bsky.social Pixel Artist * Videogame Enthusiast * She/Her * Bi 🌈
https://www.artstation.com/jentroidvania
https://x.com/jentroidvania
Emma Kidwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games 💀| 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/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Jan Kaluza @jankaluza.bsky.social Lead Technical Artist @ Epic Games.
Formerly @ Yager & Fishlabs.
Modular Synthesizer guy.
Making music as “Janky Jams” - https://jankyjams.com
Wearer of many hats. Metaphorical ones only, I unfortunately don't have a hat face.
Based in Berlin.
Bryan @btwomey.bsky.social Videogame animator.
Skyler @sklorp.bsky.social I make video games and I have a cat. he/him
Kim Hu @kim-hu.com Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator || Once in games, now everywhere ||🥤💀
portfolio: https://kim-hu.com
📩 hello@kim-hu.com
patreon blog: https://patreon.com/kimhu
art/work-only account: @elbowrocket.bsky.social
Hip @hippieman.bsky.social Exovoid Carnage - Wishlist Today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3102800/Exovoid_Carnage/
Sandwich Anarchist, Donut Purist. CCO & Co-Founder, Man Up Time Studios. He/Him
Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room/Riot.
mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@TomF
J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com He/him. Game Designer. Co-Founder at Minor Key Games, Senior Programmer at Gearbox. Married to @spiffysteph.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/piratehearts
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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 🍄
Hinokodo @hinokodo.com "high-no-koh-doh" | Fermentation Wizard | Creator of MIRU | Cofounder of Mimic Publishing: mimicpublishing.com | Link in bio: Hinokodo.com
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social Art Director making games ✦ Making Bad Magpie ✦ Art for The Mermaid Mask ✦ BAFTA Breakthrough ✦ She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/Catherineunger
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
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
Xavier @xavierck.com character artist and going to therapy about it
💬 he/him
🗺 Los Angeles
🎨 https://xavierck.com
📧 XavierCK.3D@gmail.com
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.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
Josh Drescher @joshdrescher.bsky.social Video game producer/occasional human.
RAP SHEET
Wolfjaw, Hypixel/Riot, Bethesda Softworks, PLAYStudios, EA, BioWare, Mythic Entertainment, Rocket City Studios
Views expressed here are my own.
Polycount @polycount.bsky.social Since 1998 Polycount has been a community & resource for professional, hobbyist, and aspiring video game artists. www.polycount.com
Support Us! https://patreon.com/polycount
Sukrit "Act" Tan @actsukrit.bsky.social Technical Artist @ Firaxis | Game Dev Who Mods Too Much | History & Linguistics nerd | Tea and Board Games Fan | 🏳️🌈🇹🇭
https://www.sukrittan.com/
@actsukrit@mastodon.gamedev.place
Tags: #civ6
Game Dev List @gamedevlist.bsky.social This account acts as a list of game developers. Just click on the 'following' link to get a list of developers to follow. Follow this account for updates on future additions. And @ this account to be added.
Maintained by @zenofdesign
nell @nellraban.com a woman with no common sense
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
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
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Greg V. @exceptionalpotato.bsky.social UE graphics engineer at Firaxis, occasional photographer, sometimes cosplayer. Previously at Schell Games. He/him. Born in the USSR, now in west PA. Made a WonderSwan demo once. 🌈❔
♥ @smolcano.bsky.social
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
Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social Artist, writer, director, & show runner.
I draw body horror. Not online much.
🪐Knights of Guinevere
🔮The Owl House
🕯️Skin & Bones
Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social Anthropologist at Stockholm University. Senior historian, Firaxis. Water, ghosts, ruins, games. สนใจเรื่องไทย แม่น้ำโขง
https://andrewalanjohnson.com
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mekong-dreaming
Ben Jones @bagelbeard.bsky.social Head of Games at Range Media Partners
Formerly: Zenimax, Sony, EA/DICE, Valve, others…
These are my personal ramblings 🤪
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness