Essential Follows of mine
this is a list of people I think have cool things worth saying, usually around art or video games, but not always these are people I follow; requesting to be added to the list if I do not follow you means I won't add you, sorry
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@docseuss.bsky.social
@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.
@englishscribe.bsky.social
Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and beyond. Techland - Horizon Forbidden West - HorizonCalloftheMountain - Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own. He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
@b0tster.yeag.gay
Everyones favorite yeag girl 😈 Gay af game dev 🔗 Nomura belt goth ☠ 32 🏎Coded Nightmare Kart: http://b0tster.itch.io/NMKart 🩸Coded BBPSX: 🙈 🏹Coded Arcus: https://b0tster.itch.io/arcus minors dni
@patrickklepek.bsky.social
editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
@sarenstone.com
artist • robot and monster enthusiast • they/them/X也 site ✦ http://sarenstone.com store ✦ https://sarahdotexe.com support ✦ https://ko-fi.com/sarenstone
@selaco.bsky.social
Lead developer behind Noisy Shooter 'Selaco' Netherlands ✉ contact@alteredorbitstudios.com 🎮 http://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280
@pataloon.bsky.social
Maker of games. Made THRESHOLD. ✨ https://s.team/a/2580020 Worked on DISHONORED 2 & DOTO, BLADE, DEATHLOOP, HUNT: SHOWDOWN & CRYSIS 4. He/Him
@dracogen.com
Internet pioneer. Award-winning producer. Guinness World Record setting aviator. Created some popular things with amazing people. Making an all-new video game. 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇪🇺 https://Dracogen.com/
@jedediahberry.com
Author of The Naming Song, The Family Arcana, and The Manual of Detection. Co-creator of the Ennie Award-winning Valley of Flowers adventure game setting. Publisher, Ninepin Press / Phantom Mill Games. linktr.ee/jedediahberry
@seandick.net
Rogue gameplay programmer Puppy Truck, Tonight We Riot, ReBop Blasters https://dean-sick.itch.io
@mizdoomcookie.bsky.social
Writer of video games, books, etc. Mom, aerialist, neurodiverse, Pagan, bi, she/they A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART coming fall 2025 from PRH Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more http://www.lockhartwrites.com
@gcbaccaris.itch.io
👁 http://gcbaccaris.com 》Game Developer, Writer, & Narrative Designer 》🪄 Twine Grimoire ✦ 🔮 Harmony (DON'T NOD) ✦ 🪞 Resurrection Gate ✦ TGA Future Class ✦ IF Tech Foundation Volunteer ✦ Looking for work‼️ 🪩 patreon.com/gcbaccaris 🦷 http://ko-fi.com/grimdev
@dachsjaeger.bsky.social
Ray Tracing Radical, Turok Technophile, Crysis Cultist, Motion Blur Menace and PC Police Officer for @Digitalfoundry. Wird auch Hermann genannt.
@kalpasoft.bsky.social
Pixel Artist, 3D Modeler, and solo game developer. Working on They Speak From The Abyss and They Speak: Zenith. They/She 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@hg101.bsky.social
He/him. HG101 Sega Console Classics Vol. 1 now available at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4eOEYOw. Icon by Rusty Shackles, header by Thor Thorvaldson. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
@samwinkler.bsky.social
Narrative Director, Borderlands 4 at Gearbox Software | Prev: Lead Writer, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands | BL3 | BL3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles | Non-canonical lore item | He/him.
@ppu512.bsky.social
Worker-owned cooperative. Interviewed in Variety, Jacobin, IWW. Tahitian Driftin: Anti-gravity racing in a lush, tropical environment! Tonight We Riot: A revolutionary crowd-brawler from PPU512 via Means Interactive. https://www.pixelpushersunion.com
@mediarhoades.bsky.social
3D Character Artist | mediarhoades@gmail.com | Commission info/pricing over at http://ko-fi.com/Mediarhoades | http://twitch.tv/masongoggles | mediarhoades.artstation.com
@legalminimum.bsky.social
No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Kinda retired. Have entered my super villain era. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
@calumgrace.bsky.social
Player, writer, designer, muck-abouter, lesser duke of hell. https://thysane.itch.io/ and patreon.com/calumgrace
@nateming.bsky.social
Former shonen manga character, now all grown up. He/him, your big bro online. pfp by @brobexx.bsky.social
@spnkr.bsky.social
Mediocre Photographer, excellent shitposter. I work in games, but you better be cool about it. Show me your cat
@soleigh.bsky.social
ADHD art goblin, animator, puppet builder/fabricator, mini things, server dad, craft obsessed. Open for contract work (sorry, no commissions). They/she. https://ko-fi.com/jsoleigh
@samuelbass.bsky.social
Technical designer at Epic games. Ask me about Unreal, UEFN and indie stuff! All non-work related views / statements my own.
@krormwrorm.bsky.social
EXTREMELY SELF-TAUGHT Psychedelic horror artist and also not that. No credentials, just neurotic. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Krormwrorm Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/kamonmccoy prints!: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/krormwrorm/
@straycatalyst.bsky.social
Game dev of a sort. Currently a Sr. Tech Writer for [REDACTED], working on internal developer docs. Worked QA, technical design, and lead roles previously. Slightly burnt out. Note: Personal account, comments are mine alone.
@kaizengameworks.com
⛩️ Out Now: PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー 💗 Previously: PARADISE KILLER パラダイスキラー A UK based indie game studio, born in Paradise.
@recusant.bsky.social
Each minor problem a grain of sand, and we’ve come to inherit the desert. I’m a gay dude who writes. He/him/his
@estroclysm.neocities.org
a poisonous girl on the internet 🏔️ worlds #1 cute little button 🐇💙🦈 @nessiopeia.neocities.org
@imsarahnow.bsky.social
Former Bookseller, Mini Enthusiast, Coffee Master, Comedian, Certified “Very Huggable,” Amateur Human, 42, she/her, occasional NSFW content, 18+ plz
@roryblank.bsky.social
Bone Jail I draw comics i think that’s a nice way to spend my time instagram.com/roryblank patreon.com/roryblank for my monthly print zine roryblank.bigcartel.com for cool shirts https://rawpaw.ink/collections/rory-blank (reprints of a few shirts)
@abki.bsky.social
Art Director & 3D Environment Artist @kaizengameworks.com: 💗 PARADISE KILLER - 2020 『パラダイスキラー』 🛻 PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY - 2025 『プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー』 Previously worked on Battlefield, Fable, Somerville and more. 📌 Guildford, UK https://linktr.ee/rachelnoy
@didisatzinger.bsky.social
Art director + visdev at Frictional Games. Stonelifter. Union strong. Former GWU Chair for Germany. Any pronouns. My views are my own.
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social
game designer for hire, and also for love indiegameclinic.com
@calliopeanim.bsky.social
@jason.maltzen.org
Working in game dev professionally since 1999. Will post about many things - video games, cats, hockey. Too many previous games to list. Started making games professionally with Ultima IX. I will post about and reply about the bullshit in game dev. he/him
@elskwhite.bsky.social
I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ♿️ he/him
@maximelebled.com
👋 3D animator for games (and occasionally 🇫🇷 localization) 💼 Worked for: Facepunch, Valve, Nightdive, Wishes Unlimited... 🎞️ Animation reel at https://www.maximelebled.com/ 🐠 Avatar drawn by @botjira.bsky.social 🌍 Bretagne, France
@ragnarrox.bsky.social
Video essays on old games, horror games & indie games, or combinations thereof. he/they https://patreon.com/RagnarRoxShow https://tumblr.com/ragnarrox
@tabbyrose.bsky.social
UX Director, Mighty Yell Studios. Accessibility Advocate. Making All Systems Dance. she/her #tabbymakesart #tabbyjournals
@pjcarlson.bsky.social
Living the atomic half-life | Design Lead and Writer on @thelongdark.bsky.social |@hinterland.bsky.social | Game systems | The end of the world | My opinions only | More horror than you think
@terriv.bsky.social
making videogames! sludge life, guncho, disc room, high hell, dustbiters, heavy bullets, mundo lixo etc -> http://terriv.games 🇧🇷
@malkyne.com
Fairy codemother. Free-range veteran game programmer and underground programming teacher. Co-owner of indie game studio Hidden Achievement.
@unrealalexander.bsky.social
Mechanic, Small Engine Repair. Weird adventures. Former Senior Unreal Engine/UEFN Instructor at Epic Games. He/him.
@michigrim.bsky.social
I work on TV, Movies, Commercials, and games! Currently writing at Mischief.
@abbydenton.bsky.social
Abby Denton thinks about Digimon whenever she is sad and you should too. Writer of the comic GAMER MOM and the audio sitcom CYBER CAFE. Matthew 25:40, but lately feeling Luke 23:29 too
@samuni.bsky.social
Harness the power of Samurai Unicorn and fight to save Sydney3 from the Dream Eaters. https://linktr.ee/samuraiunicorn Business Inquires: samuraiunicornps1@gmail.com
@stuffedwomb.at
Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/
@xibanya.bsky.social
graphics programmer & tech artist. shaded pixels on among us vr, i expect you to die 3, darkest dungeon ii, sunshine shuffle, dungeon golf, and more i write unity shader tutorials for beginners! https://github.com/Xibanya/ShaderTutorials
@hauntedps1.bsky.social
Welcome to The Haunted PS1, a community for low rez game devs and enthusiasts! Discord: https://discord.gg/YpBQZdeXxP
@syamamishra.bsky.social
Gam Dev, Music Composer, Photographer, 3D Pipeline TD, CTO. Creator of @todayonsteam.com https://twitter.com/SyamaMishra mastodon.gamedev.place/@SyamaMishra
@st1ka.bsky.social
Youtuber dedicated to retrogaming. Loves Sega and Dos gaming. Briefly worked in the gaming industry. Channel: http://youtube.com/user/st1ka
@cheerfulgoth.bsky.social
Gamedev, cat lover, scholar, shitposter, content designer @ Paradox | http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://bricabrac.itch.io/
@xemu.bsky.social
He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, and lots of others. MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games. Latest project: Millennia https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268590/Millennia/
@digitaltchotchkes.bsky.social
Gamedev as an elevated form of void screaming. working on Elation For The Wonder Box 6000: http://store.steampowered.com/app/2154780
@stirpicus.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly video games. Currently working on the Max Payne 1+2 Remakes at Remedy Entertainment. Formerly Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others. Just a kid from Rhode Island on a strange adventure in Finland. He/Him. www.ericstirpe.com
@charibdys.bsky.social
dark specfic writer ☆ insectigoth ☆ illustrative printmaker ☆ eisner-nominated print director & technician ☆ relatably morbid ☆ icon by MulchMouth ☆ opinions my own
@garyalexander.bsky.social
Recovering graduate student. M.A. in history. Another end of the world is possible.
@merlinogames.bsky.social
Making: As Time Surrenders Made: No Sun To Worship / It Comes In Waves / Under A Star Long Cold / The Chameleon / Undetected / Luckily, My Arm Is A Shotgun - hi@merlinogames.com https://linktr.ee/merlinogames
@jmrivera.bsky.social
writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, The Atlantic, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
@jaytholen.net
lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Klik & Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
@dashwallkick.bsky.social
I'm a slut for books, pretty girls, and Ryu tech videos | he him, Julian | be kind, not nice | #FGC #writer | next you're going to say, "your user name is great" I write sometimes and other times I review books: https://juliancwilliams.substack.com/
@alexblechman.bsky.social
Writer, game designer Former Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole. Words for Netflix, Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Saints Row, Kraft Heinz, Darkhorse, Team Coco, other places alexanderblechman.com
@kathryntewson.bsky.social
Good in a crisis and at no other time First initial last name at gmail dot com Signal:@KathrynTewson.06
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
47, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
@marykgames.com
“The shiny Pokémon of games writers” according to Aidan Moher. Senior Writer at CD PROJEKT RED, prev. a director and lead writer at Insomniac + Telltale. Author - Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Games Industry. She/her🏳️🌈
@jwaaaap.com
Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of Vlambeer. www.jwaaaap.com
@alariko.bsky.social
a failed art account 22 A dude. I do sell prints, please DO NOT contact me about nft stuff thanks. alariko771@gmail.com
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@willsmith.fun
(he/him) I make podcasts and help people build and launch their indie games. https://techpod.content.town I've never slapped anyone / not the actor Signal:willsmith.01
@cromsferatu.bsky.social
Crom | 🇲🇽 | illustrator | comic author | SFW/NSFW | COMMISSIONS MAY OPEN ON SHORT NOTICE
@dril.bsky.social
Never Bullshit I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate . https://www.patreon.com/dril https://www.instagram.com/dril_real https://linktr.ee/drilreal
@elmore.zone
visual (+ui/ux) designer & composer of video games he/him — Seattle, WA current: sr. brand designer @ (redacted) prev: bungie portfolio: elmore.design music: satellitesound.net reel: https://youtu.be/SzeH4I37UVs Video Essays: youtube.com/@mythicresonance
@pabastien.bsky.social
Formerly Animation, Now Game Dev Drew Cartoon Dogs Writes at Mischief
@rossignol.bsky.social
Writer. Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. More: https://linktr.ee/jimrossignol In this feed I often repost art, comics, video games, politics, and tabletop links.
@aaroncurry.itch.io
Your Forklift Certified TO/commentator/game dev | Lead Organizer for @tmnneo.bsky.social | i love my girlfriend she's so cool | he/him
@jantonsson.bsky.social
Founded Raw Fury. Introvert. Will leave the party if we aren’t talking about philosophy or the cold heat death of the universe
@stiniuk.bsky.social
A gamer, a dad and an ageing geek. Chief Commercia Officer at GSC Game World. @stiniuk on all SM
@cosmoddd.bsky.social
Moves Of The Diamond Hand demo out now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/ Made Betrayal At Club Low, Tales from Off-Peak City, The Norwood Suite, Off-Peak.
@thelxr.bsky.social
Game Developer. UX/UI, game design, code. Ice-Pick Lodge (Pathologic 1/2, The Void, Cargo), Rainbow Six Siege, Planet of Heroes, owner at Moon-Over-Alabama
@chiltonm.bsky.social
Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev
@bustedkeyboards.bsky.social
Narrative knucklehead @Obsidian Entertainment (Outer Worlds 2). Also worked on A Place, Forbidden and There Swings a Skull. Expect limited rhyme or reason as to what is posted here.
@binarypartitioned.space
— hitscanner apologist ⚡ — tired trans woman ⚧️☣ — level/environment designer 🔨 — Current work: Skin Deep (at Blendo Games) 🐈 — 💜 @maddievivrose.bsky.social 📍 Adelaide, Australia
@dana444.bsky.social
20 years of design experience compressed in a mortal shell. Consulting Game Director Helldivers 2. Darkest Dungeon 1/2, Skate It/3, some NGage game and 4 years unaccounted for. IG: Dana.444 He/him
@connorsherlock.bsky.social
electronic games and music // TRIHAYWBFRFYH and Walking Simulator A Month Club // new stuff eventually
@germfood.bsky.social
horror gamedev Wishlist NIGHT OF THE CONSUMERS: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1815150/NIGHT_OF_THE_CONSUMERS/
@shpeshalnick.xboxera.com
Co-Founder of http://XboxEra.com and co-host of the XboxEra Podcast http://youtube.com/c/xboxera. Also follow us on BlueSky @xboxera.com #GoPies
@natescape.bsky.social
toronto designer + game dev + Appalachian folk musician. ui+ux. they/them/any. Posting mandolin at https://www.youtube.com/@natescape
@amossorri.sauna2000.com
Amos Sorri Finnish #indiegamedev in Japan Making a wacky retro Sauna heating sim. Also organizes a lot of HauntedPS1 stuff. On some days is a pink skeleton. wishlist.sauna2000.com
@triplizard.bsky.social
I run marketing for the ID@Xbox program for independent game developers on Xbox. Fan of indie games and vintage synthesizers. I have a Buchla system, a Synthi AKS, Moogs, Korg MS series, Waldorf Quantum, etc. I mostly talk about indie games.