Limit Break Mentorship @limitbreak.co.uk The largest mentorship program for marginalised people working in the UK games industry.
Applications for 2026 will open on March 30th!
Visit our website to apply: www.limitbreak.co.uk
Blumhouse Games @blumhousegames.com The Home of Horror Games
Wishlist Grave Seasons: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255110/Grave_Seasons/
Raw Fury @rawfury.bsky.social Indie Game (un)Publisher | Kingdom๐ Esoteric Ebb ๐ฒ Moonstone Island๐ Blue Prince ๐ Blake Manor ๐ Monsters are Coming ๐พ Last Man Sitting ๐ช
Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com A person you meet in the forest, who just puts their finger to your lips to shoosh you, and then gives you the budget for your game.
Fictions @fictions.com ๐ฎ
Lyrical Games @lyricalgames.bsky.social Lyrical Games is a new publisher for exceptional games and talent. We are a home for ambitious studios with holistic vision. Transparency and collaboration guide everything we do.
KoW Production @kowproduction.bsky.social Level Designer born in 1995.
Logan Plant @loganjplant.bsky.social Senior Editor, Playlist and DB at IGN. Host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Big F-Zero fan. Bigger Seattle Mariners fan. WSU alum. Email: lplant@ign.com.
Derek Wilks (Deremix) @deremix.bsky.social Cinematic Designer | @motivestudio (Iron Man)
Cinematic Designer | @BioWare @dragonage prev: Design Coordinator | @Activision @PlayCODMobile SFM Animator | Check out my stuff: http://bit.ly/3idsPWI
Lexie Rooks ๐ด @khalexie.bsky.social Narrative Realization Designer @ That's No Moon | Past: Night School Studio/Netflix, Jam City, Pixelberry, Big Huge Games, Bethesda | RPDR | AMC A-Lister | Best Bi๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Samantha Bรฉart is cookingโฆ @samanthabeart.bsky.social BAFTA nomined actor | Karlach in BG3 | Darth Nul in Star Wars: The Old Republic | Keleti in Marathon | One in Fading Echo | Cider in Absolum | Thomasina in Hob's Barrow | Host of It Takes a Village on YouTube ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ฒ they/she
JF Major @jfmajor.bsky.social Co-founder at Tribute Games
Ed Gorinstein @edgorinstein.bsky.social Game Designer @ Supergiant Games - Hades & Hades II๐ฅ Level, Enemy & Boss Design
tragic @tragic.bsky.social Senior Principal Designer at Gunfire Games
Previously: Remnant, Remnant 2, Darksiders Franchise
Founder and Owner of Dustloop.com.
twitter.com/verytragic
twitter.com/fightelement
twitch.tv/tragicben
Enrique Colinet 'Baxayaun' @enriquecoli.net Lead Level Designer at @TheGameKitchen.com . Former Yager & PyroStudios dev. Ex-berliner. Worked on #SpecOpsTheLine, #DeadIsland2 (Cancelled), #Blasphemous I & II and #TheStoneOfMadness!
BLOG: http://enriquecoli.net
PORTFOLIO: http://www.sdk-project.com
DreStation @drestation.bsky.social โก BAFTA winning Game Designer (Rollerdrome, OlliOlli2)
๐ Unearthing the hidden stories behind interactive entertainment
๐ https://linktr.ee/DreStationXX
Maciej - Mackerski @farplane.bsky.social Lead Game Designer @blooberteam
Combat and Game Designer of #silenthill2remake #silenthill
previously Designer of #terminatorresistance @TeyonGames
I love video games from late 90's and early 2000's
๐ซ NO Gen-AI ๐ซ
Isaiah Everin @signalsandlight.bsky.social Senior Combat Designer @ Notable Game Studio ๐ฎ
Video essays on game design and media
Opinions are mine | He/Him ๐พ | Gay ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | Seattle
http://youtube.com/@signalsandlight
https://linktr.ee/SignalsAndLight
https://www.isaiaheverin.com
Hervรฉ Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social Creative Director & Co-Founder of Alvera Studios
20+ years of Game Design experience. Passionate about systems and RPGs.
Worked on Fable (Xbox), The Crew 1&2 (Ubisoft), Wakfu (Ankama), etc.
Views are my own. ๐ง๐ช #GameDev #GameDesign
www.alverastudios.com
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
AdHoc Studio @adhocstudio.com An independent game studio focused on interactive storytelling.
Eric Jensen @lorderk.bsky.social Sr. Staff Game Designer at Sucker Punch Prod. on Ghost of Yลtei
20 years at @PlayStation.com | He/Him
SightlessKombat Not at #Gamescom this year @sightlesskombat.com UK-based, award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and content creator. Certified audio describer, voice actor and BAFTA member. All with no sight whatsoever.
Always happy to talk and share my personal perspective!
Rob Davis @itsrobdavis.bsky.social Campaign Director #GhostofYotei.
Prev: Gow 2018, Ragnarok, Apple Vision Pro, The Saboteur.
I love all the arts but I love video games the most because they combine so many of them
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
Dan Trachtenberg @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social PREY, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, THE BOYS (pilot), BLACK MIRROR โPLAYTESTโ
Script Lock @scriptlock.bsky.social A podcast about storytelling in video games, and everything in between. Hosted by @maxfolkman.bsky.social & @nickfolkman.bsky.social
https://scriptlock.simplecast.com/
Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social โ Writing Warren Spectorโs next game
โ๏ธ BAFTA & Nebula-nominated writer & narrative designer of Pacific Drive
๐ BAFTA Breakthrough 2024
โญ Marketing: SCMedia
๐ค Host: IGF 2026, League of Legends Season One
โ shao.karrie@gmail.com
๐ง karries.carrd.co
Adam McDonald @adammcdlt.bsky.social Game dev from the Vancouver area. Senior Game Designer at Studio MDHR. Views are my own.
Making Chronoblazer, a 2D shmup with progression and light exploration, in my spare time.
https://adammcdonald.itch.io/
https://adammcd.com
Ryan McCaffrey @dmc-ryan.bsky.social Senior Executive Editor at IGN. Car guy. Friend to dogs everywhere. The "DMC" is because I used to own a DeLorean. Yes, really.
Lee Petty @leepetty.bsky.social Artist, Art Director, and Project Lead working in video games. At Double Fine Productions, leading Keeper! Past: Art Director of Brรผtal Legend & Broken Age, Project Lead of Stacking, Headlander, and RAD. Worked on Psychonauts 2!
https://leepetty.com/
Shuhei Yoshida @yosp-jp.bsky.social
Blocktober @blocktober.bsky.social Blocktober celebrates the creativity of video game designers and encourages the sharing of "blockmesh" layouts.
Patrick Haslow @patrickhaslow.bsky.social Lead Level Designer and #gamedev #leveldesign educator.
https://www.youtube.com/@LDLearning
#UnrealEngine Gotham Knights, For Honor, BioShock Infinite, Homefront, etc.
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!
Elizabeth Wright @wrightdesign.bsky.social Senior Level Designer on #Marvel 1943 at Skydance New Media. Previously #GodofWarRagnarok at Santa Monica Studio, Respawn, EA Vancouver.
Opinions are my own.
Callum Roberts @sircalalot.bsky.social Creative Director @MoonRuneGames. Prevโ at FuturLab and TtGames.
Check out Curse of Cards on Steam! s.team/a/4207000
Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/K255nAfmGe
Be merry!
๐๐๐๐๐ช ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ โ โ โ
โฅ @kcmyoung.bsky.social Sound Idiot #AstroBot #KnightsAndBikes #LittleBigPlanet #Tearaway #AdobeSubstance3DModeler #Tethered #WonderWorlds et. al
Harvey Newman @harveynewman.com Animation Director, Founder at Proxima.studio. Previous Game Dev exp: DICE, Build A Rocket Boy, Creative Assembly, Crytek, Axis Animation.
Satish Shewhorak @asianastroboy.bsky.social ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง Dr. of Performance Capture. POC in Play. DVRS Games Festival Director
Fally @shifally.bsky.social Senior Character Artist @ Infinity Ward
Gabrielle Kent @gabriellekent.bsky.social Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Achingโs Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer.
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Helen Kaur @helenkaur.bsky.social ๐ฎ UI Art Director @ HundredStar Games | Prev. Rocksteady, Ubisoft | she/her |
โ๏ธ๐พ๐๏ธ๐ธ๐ฌ
www.helenkaur.net
www.artstation.com/helenkaur
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. โThe shiny Pokรฉmon of games writersโ -Aidan Moher
Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social Making quirky little games with a lot of heart.
๐ Senior Game Writer / Narrative Designer @ Frontier
๐ Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
๐ https://rebeccam.carrd.co
๐ Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
โข Fen โข @fensartden.bsky.social โง Art Director & 3D Generalist โง
โง they/them ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โง
Prev: Monument Valley 2 & 3, Assemble with Care, Alba a Wildlife Adventure
Contact: fensartden@gmail.com
Portfolio: https://fensartden.com/social-links
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/fensartden
Alejo Silos @alejosilos.bsky.social Quest Designer on The Witcher 4 @cdprojektred.com | Working on Starlight Saga (Space Opera TTRPG) | All into Game, Level & Quest Design
https://linktr.ee/AlejoSilos
https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
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
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
SON M. @bogboogie.bsky.social Award winning court jester๐ chicago
founder, game designer, writer of many fictions
co-founder & creative director @ perfect garbage | senior narrative @ elsewhere | prev: counterplay, surgent, viewfinder, demonschool
theboglands.com
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Jeppe Carlsen @carlsengames.bsky.social Game Designer/Director on COCOON. Also created 140 and THOTH! Former lead gameplay designer at Playdead (LIMBO and Inside!)
carlsengames.com
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.
Amy Hennig @amyhennig.bsky.social Co-President, New Media, Skydance Media โ MARVEL 1943: RISE OF HYDRA and STAR WARS. Formerly Director / Writer, UNCHARTED franchise, and LEGACY OF KAIN / SOUL REAVER series.
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz โก PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
โก Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
โก Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
โก Glaswegian
๐ Yorkshire, UK
๐ www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social I have friends everywhere ๐ Lead Writer on Crossfire. Before: Gotham Knights, Star Wars: Squadrons + Battlefront II. Probably playing JRPGs or painting Space Marines. ๐ธ by Luke Fontana
Robert Kirkman @robertkirkman.bsky.social Comics, TV shows & movie. Invincible, The Walking Dead, Fire Power, Void Rivals, Renfield, Oblivion Song and a ton of others. I mostly post about movies I liked. I dunno. Man, they sure do let you type a whole lot of words here. How long does it let you g
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Lucy OโBrien @luceobrien.bsky.social Kiwi in Kalifornia
Half Mermaid Productions @halfmermaid.co ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY ๐ฅ "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ http://tinyurl.com/IMMORTALITY2022 ๐ฅ Play the Interactive Movie Trilogy on: Steam | GOG | Xbox X|S | PS5 | Mobile via Netflix
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
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
Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor.
Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
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
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Asif Siddiky @asifsiddiky.bsky.social Senior Level Designer @ Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts 2 & Keeper) โข Co-Founder @ 2 Player Productions
Miles Tost @tostspender.bsky.social Level Design Lead on The Witcher IV at CD PROJEKT RED.
Previously Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077. Talks about video game development on twitch.
Emilia Schatz @thegreatbluebit.bsky.social Principal Game Designer at Naughty Dog. Tools dev, Accessibility! Level design hotshot and mom. Mandolinist. she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโ๐ป
Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social Lead Level Designer on a psychological horror thing at @halfmermaid.co, also working on my own first-person dystopian sci-fi thing
Previously on Dishonored 2, Tactical Breach Wizards, etc: doublefunction.co.uk
Dana Nightingale ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @danaenight.northsky.social Director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Author of queer speculative fiction.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her fae/faer ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist ๐ต๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ BLM
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL๐ฅWILL๐ฅRISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics ๐+๐น liberation
Dennis ๐นโ๏ธ ใใใน @denniszopfi.bsky.social Gameplay & Combat Director @CDPROJEKTRED on #TheWitcherIV Previous: Guerrilla Games | Kojima Productions | Born in the Arcade ๐น๏ธ Horizon ZD/FW - Killzone - MGR
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
Neil Druckmann @druckmann.bsky.social Studio Head & Head of Creative at Naughty Dog, creators of Crash, Jak & Daxter, Uncharted, The Last of Us, and soon Intergalactic!
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