Tommy Thompson
That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
GDC Game AI Summit advisor
BAFTA Connect
He-Him
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YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Weekly newsletter: aiandgames.com
Starter Packs
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The AI and Games Starter Pack
The lasagne of game AI: programmers, designers, and researchers with experience in AI for game development. NPC design and architectures, behavioural systems, navigation, director AI, procedural content generation, narrative systems, animation systems, player analytics, and more.
@kataasgaard.bsky.social
3D artist working in video games, ttrpg enthusiast and hobby katamari. (they/them) Principal artist @spiltmilkstudios.bsky.social
@aphraella.bsky.social
@jbsiraudin.bsky.social
Game design at Ubisoft (Sabacc on SWO) Video guy on Youtube (Scinema)
@briechindeyerle.bsky.social
Game dev, Chrono Trigger enthusiast, theatre kid. 🌈 On sabbatical (next steps tbd!). GDC Advisory Board member. Previously Gameplay Engineering Manager @ Riot Games R&D; Halo Infinite Multiplayer Bots Lead @ 343 Industries. www.briechindeyerle.com
@ianholstead.bsky.social
Designer of Alter! Gameplay Programmer on Apex Legends at Respawn. Past: Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Comp Eng at uWaterloo. Views mine. They/them
@jegood.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer at Lost Boys Interactive | Mod and Raleigh Chapter Leader for Game Dev DrinkUp. Ex: Software Engineer at ImangiStudios. Gameplay and AI programming, Industry mentoring, and Jewish developers advocate. All opinions are my own.
@baldsavant.bsky.social
Actions Speak Louder Than Words ✍️ Systemic Narrative Designer 🧭 Quest designer and world builder 🧠 Psychology and Sociology in #GameDesign 🧙♂️ Wizard in need of a pointy hat Currently @ Monolith He/Him
@nordicgamejam.bsky.social
The biggest volunteer-run game jam in the Nordics! 🤗 📆3-6 April, 2025 📍Aalborg University Copenhagen https://nordicgamejam.com/ See you there! :)
@conference.aiandgames.com
Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry. http://www.aiandgamesconference.com AI and Games Conference is organised by Game AI Events CIC: a UK-based non-profit that hosts events for game AI developers in Europe.
@aiandgames.com
Hype-free analysis and deep-dives into AI for game development. Read the newsletter: http://www.aiandgames.com Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames Attend @conference.aiandgames.com: http://www.aiandgamesconference.com
@jefforkin.bsky.social
Cofounder @ Bitpart.ai. Ex: Drift, Giant Otter, Monolith, Sierra. AI Lead for FEAR and NOLF2. MIT Media Lab alum
@shraddhagupta.bsky.social
My meandering thoughts about being a mom, working in tech and games industry and managing all the drama life throws at you! Also being a cancer survivor, my humour is dark, you have been warned.
@niels-ntg.bsky.social
Senior Developer at Learnbeat.nl + Researcher of Game AI & Computational Creativity. Passion for art, technology, games and science. Personal website: nielspoldervaart.nl
@tdcpresents.bsky.social
Making stories at ArenaNet! Writer for Armello, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Salt & Sanctuary/Sacrifice, and more Co-Creator & Writer of comic series "Beyond the Western Deep" and making the hand-animated adventure “War of the Western Deep”
@hammyhavoc.com
Composer for interactive game scores, TV and film —such as All Walls Must Fall (Steam, Nintendo Switch) and Manta. Dev. Dolby Atmos ninja. Music as The Orion Correlation. CEO of @splitanatom.com, @previousmagazine.com. AuDHD soul. 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇫🇮🇸🇩🇬🇷🏳️🌈✡️ hammyhavoc.com
@joeyprink.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Science | Director GameLabGraz GameDevDays | #GameDev Research Science Tech VR AI | @TUGraz | past LMU ETH MIT EA | Forbes 30u30 Science | mountains ⛰️ twitch.tv/JoeyPrink youtube.com/@JoeyPrink jpirker.com
@writingongames.bsky.social
Videos about games, mostly. http://youtube.com/writingongames http://patreon.com/writingongames
@mattfiler.co.uk
Lead Developer at Feral Interactive 🎮 Previously Senior XR Engineer at Ultraleap 🖖 Creator of OpenCAGE for Alien: Isolation 👽 www.mattfiler.co.uk
@asobitech.com
Indie Video Game Studio (est. 2007) ☯ D*Fuzed 💣🤖 for GameBoy🎮 Retrogaming love ❤️ Run by @quangdx.com
@christophsalge.bsky.social
Maker of Artificial Intelligence, Player of Games, Citizen of the World, Student of Philosophy, Writer of Pretentious Lists. Reader in AI in Games at the University of Hertfordshire.
@jurie.bsky.social
Game developer since 1991. Into interactive storytelling, procedural content generation, game AI. Dutch immigrant in Toronto. Ex-demo scene.
@cheesetalk.bsky.social
Yuqian (Uchan) Sun | AI research artist (PhDing) | Artistic AI chatbot dev since 2018 Working on story-crafting #indiegame “1001 Nights” Steam demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782660/1001_Nights_Demo/ Personal website: https://fakecheese.me
@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. Follow @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to opt out of direct block notifications. Created by @dom96.picheta.me
@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.
@creativeendvs.bsky.social
💻Computer Scientist🖼Art Historian👨🏫Prof in Creative Tech @Aalto University (Finland). Bridging AI/HCI/CogSci/Creative Practice to research creative AI.
@deannacarter.bsky.social
Games & AI | Researcher | Data Scientist | Game Developer Blogger @ medium.com/game-science Formerly of Unity and SEGA she/her 🏳️🌈 Interested in art, people, queer theory, mutual aid, social justice, and competitive AI programming and AI demoscene
@decodoku.bsky.social
Misusing quantum computers for fun and/or science. Spock at Moth Quantum. Two Ts and no Es. All nonsense here is my own doing
@annamoss.bsky.social
09:00-17:30 — Ethical recruitment in games and AI 🎮🫂 17:30-09:00 — Games 🎮, laissez-faire cosplays 🦸🏼♀️, breast cancer support art 🎨, industry events 🎉, waterfalls and beaches 🌊
@bitmapbureau.com
2D game development and pixel art veterans based in Southampton, UK! We love porting our work to retro consoles such as the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Dreamcast, Neo Geo, and many more! http://shop.bitmapbureau.com
@mike-treanor.bsky.social
Games / Computational Media, Music. American University. Chair of the Department of Computer Science.
@gamemakerstoolkit.com
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK 🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io 🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
@valentinachrys.bsky.social
🎮 Senior Designer @RareLtd 🎃 ex-Game Director @WeAreVillainous 🕹 Making games for 11 years on AAA & indie 🎙️ Co-host @leveldesignfm 💛 Mentor @LBmentorship 🔗 Links https://linktr.ee/valentinaChrys 🏳️🌈🇨🇾🏴
@katjahofmann.bsky.social
At Microsoft Research. Lead of https://aka.ms/game-intelligence - we drive innovation in machine learning with applications in games. https://iclr.cc Board.
@deftjams.bsky.social
SING Lab at University of California, Davis. Faculty in Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media.
@danhind.bsky.social
Experienced Programmer at Rebellion / Working on AI stuff / Evil mastermind / Karl Fairburne's worst nightmare🕵️♂️🎯 The other place: @OnlyDanH
@lugossian.bsky.social
Game dev & miscellaneous creative PhD: Seriously casual games https://lugossian.com/
@laurissat.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer. Fusing technology and play through location-based gaming, extended reality (XR), AI in games, and the transformative power of AI and XR in education. Beyond the Classroom: Avid gamer, dedicated swimmer, walker and knitter.
@recardona.bsky.social
🇵🇷 Asst. Prof. of AI, CogSci, Interactive Narrative, Game Design, & VR in the Division of Games at the University of Utah. He/They.
@saharmirhadi.bsky.social
PhD student researching video games, coping and wellbeing at University of York (iGGi CDT). Magic: The Gathering eternal format enthusiast and UK rep for European Legacy Masters. Can be heard before being seen. 🔗 linktr.ee/saharmirhadi
@drlauralevy.bsky.social
🔬 Games User Researcher, Amazon Games 🎓 PhD human factors psych 🐝 Previous Georgia Tech Research Scientist 👾 #GUR #HCI 🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list" 💬 my own thoughts/opinions 🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
@noclipvideo.bsky.social
We Make Crowdfunded Video Game Documentaries. Support us on http://Patreon.com/Noclip Watch our docs at http://YouTube.com/noclipvideo.
@dongruoping.bsky.social