Game Dev Local
Game Dev Local is a thriving community for indie game developers in the UK, boasting over 4,000 members.
It is renowned for hosting the largest Game Jam site in the UK (4yrs running) and the second largest globally!!
@workwithindies.com
A kind job board and inclusive community supporting careers in #indiegames. banner and php by @patattiemurray.bsky.social
@danthat.bsky.social
Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage www.sizefivegames.com
@gilespink.bsky.social
Lead Game Designer / Writer @ @cyan.com. Tall Bermudian. Tiki-drink enjoyer. Prev: Blizzard (Diablo IV), Telltale (TWD, TFTBL), 2K (Mafia III)
@daniellepartis.bsky.social
Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former games biz newshound. Chattin' about riffs, robots, RPGs, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
@burgerbecky.bsky.social
First video game champion (1980). Created Bard's Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars. Former board member of GLAAD. All views and opinions are my own.
@konstantinosd.bsky.social
Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
@ninfadp.bsky.social
Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer ❀ Game Director at @btfgames ❀ Game Designer Adv. Take Us North prev: Lead Game Designer Dordogne ❀ @official_gdc Advisor ❀ Consultant ❀ @Forbesunder30 2021 ❀ 🌈 she/they
@rystorm.com
Product & UX Designer for Tools, Freelance @ https://rystorm.com/ Previously Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC. Gets really excited about workflows.
@axiomverge.bsky.social
Solo dev who made Axiom Verge. Likes too many things and tries to do them all. axiomverge.com axiomverge2.com thomashapp.com
@tanatb.housefuckinggame.com
the freak who came up with 🏩 Building Relationships 🏘️ indie dev - GDC Speaker - He/Him 🏳️🌈 making 'bingo bongo' games that are secretly 'daddy did not love me' games pls wishlist 👇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships
@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)
@austinkelmore.com
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder and active member of @gameworkers.co.uk and @gameworkersolidarity.com. Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland. https://www.austinkelmore.com
@baroness.bsky.social
Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool. 🕵 Indie Dev 🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer 🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more ✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF 🕸 www.lostagain.nl ... she/zij
@igda.org
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
@adriaan.games
Game designer of Hidden Folks & many others: https://adriaan.games Now making Rift Riff: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=profile_link
@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
@yellowafterlife.bsky.social
I write tools and code for videogames! Links and newsletter: https://yal.cc/links
@rtparty.bsky.social
💚 Community / Content Games Person 👾 Game enthusiast 🧶 Crochet Hobbyist 🎤 Podcast host 🌎 Patron @ Safe In Our World 🔬 Advisory Board Member at iGGi 🧠 Mental Health Advocate 💛 GIBiz Game Changer ‘23 🌿 Plant based linktr.ee/rtparty3
@purecelain.bsky.social
🎮 Design Lead at Improbable 💖 Pro-social design 🍊 VLC Spanish in UK 👗 Sewist 🏆 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror, etc ✌🏼 she/her
@squidly.newgrounds.com
Squid-shaped dev on Renaine I stream #gamedev weekdays ➡️ twitch.tv/squuuidly @streamnotifs.bsky.social for stream notifications
@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.
@cliftonb.bsky.social
Designs games with time mechanics || Organizes Demospree || Throws One Drop yo-yos || He/they || Prefers humans to robots || Trying to read more Get Seasonspree on Switch! https://bit.ly/seasonspreeswitch Or on Steam! https://bit.ly/seasonspreesteam
@shamsjorjani.bsky.social
CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Former Chief Chaos Pilot at Paradox Interactive. Still not a vampire.
@hplemke.bsky.social
knyght full of thought and slepy • musician (harrison lemke, brother android, dragon warrior) • game dev (boots quest dx) • he/him
@tomsennettgames.com
Award-winning indie game designer, web developer, and artist from Philadelphia (he/him). Creator of RunMan and more. One Million Stars launched March 31st on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361700/One_Million_Stars/
@jasondeheras.bsky.social
Game Director on the Star Wars Jedi team at Respawn/EA. Was 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
@kerissakti.bsky.social
Founder of Toge Productions #gamedev #indiedev from Indonesia. Made: CoffeeTalk, Infectonator.
@eigenbom.bsky.social
Game developer. UI Engineering Lead on Call of Duty. I made MoonQuest and other things. On the web at https://bp.io. Change my profile pic: https://bp.io/app/avatar Historically: https://twitter.com/eigenbom
@erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social
Games for computers. Just finished ☄️Go Mecha Ball☄️: https://t.co/DzRqWvFIVR Current thing: Ozymandias
@rikukat.bsky.social
Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games. Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
@thewaether.bsky.social
"Her Generation's Greatest Wordsmith" / I'm the b!tch!! I'm bisexual and I WILL bring it up!! I make games at https://thewaether.itch.io/ https://www.patreon.com/amyrot https://ko-fi.com/thewaether main blog at: https://katebnormal.tumblr.com/
@lolashiraishi.com
@borysbt.bsky.social
🗺️ Senior Games Business Strategist @ https://rcp.family 📀 Product Manager @ https://songs-of-silence.com ✨ 🔱 Support Ukraine 🧠 ADHD 🟨🟦 in ⬛🟥🟨
@layn75.bsky.social
I make games and stuff! 🔸 she/her 🔸 Tech Artist @MassiveMiniteam 🔸 co-organizer @FemDevsMeetup🔸 Cosplayer 🔸 🏳️⚧️♠️🏳️🌈 🔸 layn75.carrd.co
@ziraeliss.bsky.social
Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmö, Sweden 🏳️🌈🇵🇹
@emelie.bsky.social
Game Designer @RareLtd on Everwild 👾 Designer @Kinoko_TheGame 👾 | Funny and depressing |
@positronplays.bsky.social
🛠️ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games 📺 Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays
@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.
@paulogy.com
Lover of games, music, movies & staying thoughtful among the chaos. Watch me sprout more awesome / awful / clever / crazy ideas than I know what to do with :-) [ http://www.paulogy.com ]
@trudicastle.bsky.social
Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
@hannahnicklin.bsky.social
Writing, game & narrative design. Used to be a performance maker. Race bikes on occasion. Currently contract: story person at Night School. Previously Creative Director at gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti capitalist practice.
@nazihfares.com
🎮 He/They | Spanish Lebanese born in France. 💼 17+yr Game Dev veteran #LookingForWork 📇 Board of Director at @IGDA.org & Vice Chair Game Credits SIG 📷 Olympus EM-1 and Pixel 7 Pro 🌐 Speaks 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇱🇧🇬🇧 / Manage in 🇩🇪🇹🇷 📌 Views are mine and you can't have them.
@jackgutmann.bsky.social
Hey, i’m Jack. i’m a freelance VFX Artist. Born in Syria, ended up in Austria. I make content about my learning: 50% art, 50% tech, 100% stubbornness. https://linktr.ee/jack.the.generalist
@ianboudreau.com
Former games journo, now in games PR. 3MA panelist at large, occasional consultant, aspiring oldey-time sailor Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away 📍The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware 👾 www.twitch.tv/eenbou ianboudreau.com
@mllepilgrim.bsky.social
Producer at Heart Machine on POSSESSOR(S) ・ gamedev.world ・Production Consultant・Photographer・she/her・🏳️🌈 🍉