Games Industry Gathering - Part 1 ✨
The first of two starter packs with members of the Games Industry Gathering (#theGIG) industry group that have an account in Bluesky. Please mind this pack is maintained by me and not affiliated with the GIG hosts! 🙌 Please check my profile for the other pack!
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@jorgegamedev.com
@timcullings.bsky.social
Executive Director of Seattle Indies seattleindies.org. CTO @ RevereXR. Former GGJ, Oculus & Airtight Games. He/Him
@zwbuckley.com
🖐️ Composer, music producer, educator 🎵 My music: Keyword 2, Barbie VR, opera, and more 📝 Posts on music production, Ableton Live, and my music career ✅ Follows via lists. ➡️ www.zwbuckley.com
@amely.bsky.social
Creator, ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE; writer, Netflix's CANNON BUSTERS, WGA winner HORIZON ZERO DAWN, & Emmy-winner LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. Former IGDA Board.
@lawrencebrenner.bsky.social
Pop Culture Historian, Journalist, Voice Actor/Engineer Worked on IPs for Marvel, DC, Bandai, Toei, Abrams & more. Rook/Altair in Dragonheir | Kaptain/Rabbi in Broken Promise, & more lawrence.brenner@gmail.com They/them https://www.lawrencebrenner.com
@slide20xx.bsky.social
fashionable enby composer ✨🎶 ~ #StevenUniverse, Bloodstained, Calico, Rec Room, Nova Island & more ~ I make colorful music for colorful games. contact: slide20xx.com
@amandalkirk.bsky.social
Producer at Epic Games 🍓 formerly Pixelberry/Mohawk Games/1st Playable ⚔Love plants and nature🌿 videogames and boardgames 🎮 Opinions are mine 💚 she/they
@subliminalman.bsky.social
made a game about a fox and an arcade and now he's playing soccer. Button City (https://www.buttoncitygame.com) Subliminal Gaming (https://www.subliminalgaming.com) Ⓥ still masking
@designermonicat.bsky.social
Game Designer by day, k-pop and cat lover by night Current: @Pipeworks @SavePointGathering Cofounder: IGDA Neurodivergent in Game Dev SIG, @HimboHunter Bubble Tea is my religion. My opinions are my own.
@smirky.live
💜Twitch Ambassador + Pride Guild Mentor | twitch.tv/Smirky 🎮Toontown Extraordinaire | Charity Streamer 📦Jackbox Games Ambassador 🤝ADVANCEDgg & Crowd Control Partner 💻Prev Marketing Intern @ Elgato/CORSAIR 📧smirkon16@gmail.com | pillar.io/Smirky
@gabrpulcinelli.bsky.social
🌺Guitarist. Ponpoko In The Distance🌼Media Composer and Audio Engineer 🌼Style: Electronic/Anime/J-Rock 💮DM for commissions ✉️pulcinelli.gabriel@gmail.com She/They💙 Madrid, ES📍🇪🇸 🌐🔗: https://ponpokointhedistance.com #gameaudio #composer #anime #guitar
@roseraven.bsky.social
She/Her Game Dev, Technical Artist, Banjo and Guitar Player, TTRPG Enthusiast, Sword Lesbian. https://ngl.link/danikaroseraven
@jrawry.bsky.social
Founder of Coquito Games Lead Narrative Designer at Lunacy Studios, Programmer, Musician, Writer, Anthropologist, Activist, Polymath, Adventurer, Dreamer. Opinions are my own.
@ruairirodinson.bsky.social
Genderfluid He/They, 🏳️🌈 Bi & Northern Irish. May Contain: GameDev, Furries and Plastic Models. Business & Press Contact: rr @ marsvice .de
@bondhunterbond.bsky.social
Director of DreadXP, and Narrative/Design on [REDACTED]. Also: Writer on Infernax for Berzerk Studio. Incredibly specific grognard. #1 Highlander fan. Jerk Wizard.
@tarjapk.bsky.social
(♡°◡°) Kindness is free spread that s♡*t like confetti! 🌱 Producer 🌱 Award-Winning Games Industry Consultant, Bizdev 🌱 Games Accessibility Professional 🦕 Disabled, Actually Autistic linktr.ee/tarja_pk
@jadedsynic.bsky.social
Narrative Design/QA, game development. Ex-MMA Fighter & Brewer. Biker. She/Her. 🖤💛❤️ 🩵🤍🩷 Creds: Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Hard Wired Island, Victoria 3, AdventureSong, et al.
@damphyr.com
💜 @chaoticwholeso.me Co-Founder 🎮 Video Game Community & Marketing 🎲 TTRPG Performer, DM, Producer & Charity Streamer 🗯️ GIG Host 🖤 Asexual ✦ She/They 📋 Formerly DeviantArt, Red Bull, Avalanche Studios 💭 Opinions are my own
@richiedewit.bsky.social
Founder, bizdev, consultant, and all-around indie hype man at Bear Knuckle. Professional relationship builder & sales guy at Raw Fury. Diehard Ajax fan. Neurodivergent. Current hyper fixation: sneakers.
@willovergard.bsky.social
Broadcasting as Viking Blonde by day and the games industry's moss covered shaman by night 🔥 [He/Him] BAFTA Games member and indie game fanatic 🔥 DM's Open for business, bisdev and tepigs Best found at https://www.twitch.tv/Viking_Blonde
@willmcneese.bsky.social
Game designer. QA. Believer in the power of video games. (He/Him) willmcneese.carrd.co
@developerdamien.bsky.social
Indie dev, witch; fae/faer. I've made a 99 character RPG, a game about retired adventurers, a fake MMO, and other things. Games at cannibalinteractive.itch.io contact: cannibalinteractive@gmail.com
@grahamoflegend.com
🇯🇲 Your friendly neighborhood Jamaican game dev 🗽 Currently based in NY 🌴 Making a cozy game called Ourlands 🚀 Previously made Super Space Club • 🔴 https://youtube.com/grahamoflegend 🎮 https://cutt.ly/ourlands-steam
@alykkat.bsky.social
She/her — Hobby Dev @ideationforge.bsky.social | Marketing & BD in Games @uberstrategist.com | blog alykkat.com
@tenaciouschi.bsky.social
Stroke Survivor. Game industry sweetheart. Former Humble Bundle. Product Marketing Manager for The New Blank on the Epic Game Store. Honorably mentioned in a Chuck Tingle novel. Yes I gave out donuts from a bathtub at a conference.
@neurotic.bsky.social
Staff Developer Advocate for Games at @Discord.com. Founder on Agones and Quilkin OSS projects for multiplayer games. Was at Google Cloud for a long time. Occasional YT & Twitch. he/him.
@nessathewriter.bsky.social
freelance game writer/narrative designer (OnlyCans, Endoparasitic/Endoparasitic 2, Star Trucker, Borderlands 4, a bunch of other stuff) open to new work!! ✨ #1 Ratatouille Fan ✨ she/her my website has pictures of my dog: https://www.nessacannon.com/
@mdashow.bsky.social
Illustrator, character designer, kidLit artist & gameDev art director. Available for work and seeking representation. Tetris-level ability to pack refrigerator & expert recollection of 80's new-wave song lyrics. He/him. https://linktr.ee/mdashow
@will.pushdustin.com
🕹️ Marketing and Production (VR and non-VR titles) 👾 Opinions are my own 🟡 Sometimes I wear yellow pants. (日本語OK)
@spritewrench.com
🏝 Founder/ Project Director Spritewrench Studios 🔮Member The GameAwards Future Class '21 Cohort 🔊Loudest of Jamaica Game Developer Society (JGDS) 🎓IGDA - Foundation Velocity Cohort Coordinator ✌ (he/him) 🔗 https://linktr.ee/spritewrench
@thegig.bsky.social
Welcome to #TheGIG - an exclusive and inclusive networking community for games industry professionals with over 8000 global members. http://games.industrygathering.com
@yug.bsky.social
Games Industry / Magic Tricks / Karaoke I run DreamHack Dallas & Atlanta AUS born | NYC based
@jakejameslugo.bsky.social
Gaming Journalist at XDA | Content Creator | Media Personality Email: jakejameslugo@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jakejameslugo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jakejameslugo MuckRack: http://www.muckrack.com/jakejames-lugo
@ryan.makesvideogames.com
Senior Game Designer who worked on Doomsday Clicker, ClusterDuck, Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, and looking for work! Check out http://www.makesvideogames.com Check my linktree and follow all my GIF blogs! https://linktr.ee/ryanlangley
@reeseofcake.bsky.social
Senior Producer @ Devolver Digital 🌈 Co-Founder @savepoint.bsky.social 🌈 Payer of cat tax 🌈 They/Them 🌈 Based in Glasgow, Scotland
@jigu.com.br
🎮🎥📺🗯 screenwriter & narrative designer @ BrandNewWhatever.com 🍁 Vancouver Film School alum 🇧🇷 your Brazilian friend from the internet 🌎 intergalactic friendship ambassador 🐈 dad of lions & crazy cat lord ☠ all fascists must die 🏖️ exiled Carioca
@megamasao.bsky.social
Japanese games producer based in Montreal. Working in games since 2006. (Any pronouns) Join our producer discord! https://forms.gle/i1pJ4eSthKVDpcPb6
@callum.uwu.biz
Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive💃 Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social
I help people make games (HomeTeamGameDev). GameDev since 97. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor. Formerly IGDA LA, IndieCade, Extra Credits. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 170k podcast DL. Vegan 23yr. Mask😷 he/him
@bryantfrancis.me
Writer: Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com) Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com) Otherwise: There’s a better world out there. Still looking for it. Portfolio: www.bryantfrancis.me
@esdin.net
Game programmer, designer, and consultant. Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention.
@sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com
party game designer/shitpost historian/writer/gaming himbo/MBMBaM heely guy/your maybe future 78th favorite pro wrestler. He/Him SamGreszes@mstdn.social @samgreszes on hive and twitter discord: robotsfightingdinosaurs
@carlivelocci.com
Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | Digital Trends, IGN, Polygon, etc | just some aliens in a suit | Follow @qtlibrary.org 💜 | They/she Links: https://linktr.ee/velocciraptor
@osamadorias.bsky.social
Independent Design Director. Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
@ramiismail.com
I help good people make good games in good ways. Want to work with me? https://ramiismail.com/
@victoriatran.bsky.social
✨ Communications Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us ✨ Wholesome Games organizer ✨ Community Dev newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
@duckvalentine.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning senior reporter at IGN, proudly @ignunion.bsky.social. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. rvalentine@ign.com, Signal: duckvalentine.25
@writnelson.bsky.social
Running @StrangeScaffold. Writing for Stranger Things VR, Hypnospace Outlaw, and more. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him.
@jorgegamedev.com
Portuguese Game Developer 🐔 Co-Founder and Lead Developer at @whalesandgames.com 🐳 28 He/Him ✨ Working on #Townseek, a relaxing exploration-trading game! Wishlist on Steam at s.team/a/1659360! 🧭