New Arcade Developers
People building games, alt.ctrl projects, and communities in the indie arcade scene
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@kleeb.bsky.social
@dxtr.se
NYC-based software engineer, musician, esports broadcaster, and indie game dev. I made ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2772890/Speglar/. Currently working on ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ and ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ. dxtr.se
@jameskor.in
๐ bathroom map of nyc - https://privy.nyc ๐ฎ my most recent game - https://trappedinherewith.me ๐จโ๐ป my other work - https://jameskor.in
@grilli.ad
making Trellis | Gumbo Collective Board of Directors wishlist Trellis on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3140710/Trellis/
@jacktionman.bsky.social
Making games @ SUPERHYPERMEGA: Noun Town! Project AEROES! Wet! PhD in Virtual Reality .๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
@marrashq.bsky.social
A solo developer from Finland. I am currently making a modern arcade-style shooter called Marras. https://oksi.games
@meanderingleaf.bsky.social
Game dev professor @ Ball State University | IGDA Indianapolis chair | opinions my own | and so on.
@astroarena.bsky.social
We're a Ukrainian GameDev studio creating a crazy multiplayer action-packed... Rock-Paper-Scissors game!!! Using Godot! Visit the game's website: https://astroarena.space Play on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997190/Astro_Arena
@wraith.games
The award-winning interactive media artistsโ collective (read: worker-owned indie game studio) behind the block-crunching puzzle game #Collapsus and more since 2005! #gamedev #indiedev #nindies #accessibility Our Linktree: linktr.ee/wraithgames
@marygeorgescu.com
Designing digital and physical games that delight, inspire, and make you feel seen. โจ Founder & Game Designer @ Haiduc Studio in NYC Pro Wrestler in Training @ The Fallout Shelter ๐งโโ๏ธ Ambassador for Women in Games Portfolio| MaryGeorgescu.com
@chatgptcruiser.bsky.social
DJ, visual artist, sound guy, game enthusiast, hi-power homie and pro-goofer. ๐ค๐ฉ๐ค E30 driver and fixer ๐๏ธ He/him Thanks for visiting my internet website- Rody
@koonce.itch.io
โจinternational game designer party girlโจ my games: https://koonce.itch.io/
@eggplantshow.bsky.social
Candid conversations with creators that dive deep into the art, craft and process of making games. eggplant.show Hosts: @nsuttner.bsky.social @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @stfj.net @selmaleh.bsky.social @lauraehall.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social
@mut.media
@smashriot.bsky.social
smashriot.com - Focusing on Interactive Media and Unique Experiences
@nowplaythis.bsky.social
A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
@itseieio.bsky.social
the internet can still be fun! https://onemillioncheckboxes.com โข http://eieio.games โข https://everyuuid.com โข https://onemillionchessboards.com
@marioprime.bsky.social
Senior Gaming Editor // Digital Trends i am never doing โdiscourseโ i do not know what random post you are talking about
@doougle.net
๐ฎ Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust ๐ Senior Lecturer (in Games) at RMIT University ๐๏ธ Co-host @ https://eggplant.show/ ๐ Naarm/Melbourne he/him
@amazefest.bsky.social
Games and Playful Media. Our next festival is on May 14-17, 2025 in Berlin. https://amaze-berlin.de #arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia
@allenriley.bsky.social
Mostly commenting on songs overheard in the coffee shop http://allen-riley.com
@omnikrll.bsky.social
equipment hoarder at nyu game center. guitar in theophobia. rudolf schenker in a nerv t-shirt.
@mtylpg.bsky.social
A11Y design stuff, alt ctrl game stuff, other stuff
@nathanmattingly.bsky.social
@mag-indiearcade.bsky.social
Skeeting about DIY cabinets, alt-control games, and all the other weird stuff we got at the MAGFest Indie Arcade
@perfecthatgames.com
๐๐ต๐น๐จ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ฒ๐งฉ๐ https://linktr.ee/perfect_hat
@jcorace.bsky.social
Game designer, mistake maker & Associate Professor at Pratt Game Arts www.goldengrave.com
@echoinglaughter.bsky.social
tabletop gamesmith, now making Heroscape formerly of M:CP ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@augustluhrs.bsky.social
@bombylls.com
they/she writing and making games https://store.steampowered.com/app/3526440/Annota_Line/
@organzola.games
he/him game dev/thing maker brooklyn pratt 2025 game design bfa Wishlist MUTAGEN๐งฌ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/MUTAGEN/
@kamohh.bsky.social
* SWFA author / gamedev / web weirdo / * writing a book about Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver hotpizzacalendar.com necksaver.xyz
@playfulsystems.bsky.social
Game design prof. โฅ๏ธs weird games and interactions. https://playfulsystems.com Full Body Games, Pangolin, Word After Word, Sloppy Forgeries, and Choppy Copies. Wishlist Sloppy Forgeries โข https://bit.ly/sloppy-bs
@hireddivas.bsky.social
What's up fellow Pepsi drinkers! (he/him - actually a scientist - queens)
@r25th.bsky.social
- alt game developer (ctrl & otherwise) - radio DJ on WRFL (sundays 10pm to midnight) - big challenges advocate - a perpetual mess - generally ok person - she/it - warning: bad words -
@maxiborga.bsky.social
1/2 of @Videogamo, makers of #NAVEArcade, the traveling arcade cabinet, and #DOBOTONE, our Party Game Console. https://chaos.social/@maxiborga
@tigerthelion.bsky.social
Tetris enthusiast, NYU Game Center tech ops fella, enjoyer of heavy and slow music
@spacemicroscope.bsky.social
Tech Artist & Graphics Programmer working on SWORDCAR โ out on Steam! Always open to collabs and contracts! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517770/SWORDCAR/
@phillygamemechs.bsky.social
A meetup of game developers, hobbyists and players in the city of Philadelphia. Game Jams! Tournaments! Show & Tell! All are welcome! #PhillyMakesGames https://linktr.ee/phillygamemechanics
@boshis.place
boshiโs place is a space in brooklyn, ny that celebrates game making as a craft and *something related to play/experience* website --> https://boshis.place <--
@bigflan.bsky.social
experience enjoyer made titanic II and museum of the saved image my games: flan.itch.io
@indiecade.bsky.social
Game Submissions are now open for IndieCade Festival 2025! https://www.indiecade.com/submissions/
@mommysbestgames.bsky.social
#GameDev since 1994. I do action mechanics with a twist! Making "ChainStaff" https://tinyurl.com/chainstaff Made Shoot 1UP, Serious Sam DD, Pig Eat Ball, Bumpy Grumpy. Worked on POSTAL, Resistance Fall of Man, Ratchet n Clank. http://www.mommysbestgames.co
@socksmagocs.bsky.social
| arcade games, woodwork, cosplay, and other bullshit | dept head for @MAGIndieArcade | he/him | farts |
@igdanyc.bsky.social
Our chapter of the International Game Dev Assoc. aims to grow and connect the NYC area community and industry! Have ideas? Contact us: [email protected] News? Use #NYMakesGames when sharing!
@wonderville.nyc
An indie arcade and event space in Brooklyn NY [email protected] for inquiries
@sssyed.bsky.social
art, software, games. working on a 3d design tool, formerly Babycastles co-founder
@mitukhandaker.com
Brit in NYC โข Game Designer & Engineer โข Prof NYU Game Center โข Former co-founder/CEO, Glow Up Games โข Dr of VR โข #blacktranslivesmatter โข if you tolerate this, then your children will be next.
@wethrowswitches.bsky.social
videogame-adjacent production // curation // design studio ~ special projects, alt. hardware + fantastic, raucous, beautiful things ๐ wethrowswitches.com
@construct.goblinmo.de
Production/Curation/Design @arcadecommons.org Games and fiction writing @ criticalconstruct.com criticalconstruct.substack.com
@muditaheart.bsky.social
Working on "Memoir Games", & my memoir "The Games That Saved Me" ๐ฅ Humanistic Game Design ๐คซ Unparty at GDC ๐ชดFriendship Garden ๐ฒ NYU๐ Scholastic https://linktr.ee/muditaheart
@jwhop.bsky.social
formerly parsons mfadt, currently thinking about boshiโs place, animals playing sports, weird controllers, and plunderludics
@agaitcheson.bsky.social
Video game programmer making alternative controllers, hacked emulators and interactive clown shows โจ http://alistair.games http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
@ivansafrin.bsky.social
master of none http://ivansafrin.com currently working on: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2886700/Star_Scum/ .. and another secret thing.
@jackiev.bsky.social
Holy Wow Studios dev - creators of BAFTA-Nominated Trombone Champ and other stupid games ๐บ Brooklyn, NYC - She/Her - A Nut Scented Alien linktr.ee/JackieVecchitto
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social
We celebrate games as a creative practice & offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form. https://linktr.ee/nyugamecenter
@essaygames.bsky.social
Making "Bundle of Joy" a minigame romp about becoming a parent: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/ Founder of Essay Games (he/him) https://essay-games.com/ https://essaygames.itch.io
@phoenixperry.bsky.social
researching play, experience design, machine learning, cognition, making, and games. I hold hands with strangers. ๐๐น Typos promised.๐ผโค๏ธ
@dustmop.bsky.social
dumb hacks, pun lover, ideals. Past/Future: chiptune fan, Indie Arcades, nesdev, retro homebrew, low-level, NY/NJ xHCx @arcadecommons.org
@arcadecommons.org
DIY arcade cabinets for local multiplayer indie games based in Brooklyn, New York. https://arcadecommons.org/whatsup https://linktr.ee/dbaarcade
@holywowstudios.bsky.social
Creators of Trombone Champ ๐บ and other stupid and/or funny games. linktr.ee/holywowstudios
@apthomson.bsky.social
~games. Working on playconsume.me with @qdork.bsky.social and @frogfungus.bsky.social. Previously: Fortune-499, Beglitched, Swap Sword.
@runningjump.games
shaped like a friend. making indie arcade games as "running jump". engineer at blizzard but this is a personal account. play dyebreaker https://dyebreaker.com
@hotcakesdeluxe.online
God-Level Libra โฒ Philly Indie Arcade โฒ Kaiju Big Battel jabroni โฒ beloved stepwife โฒ rigger/tech animator (Metroid Prime 4, justice league cosmic chaos) โฒ she/they
@kokode.io
Video wizard - NYC ๐ชฉ LCD - Digital Experiences for Leading Brands โก๏ธ Flux - Rapidly build interactive sites ๐ฉ MUN - Fabrication and hardware incubator
@robdubbin.bsky.social
utility clown writer & game developer & he/they games @brainfruit.bsky.social proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com cohost @eggplantshow.bsky.social tools @ https://scripto.live previously @ colbert av by @garrett.bsky.social banner by john hwang
@lexaloffle.bsky.social
Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron ๐ฆฃ mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
@tigershungry.co.uk
Creative director and playful curator. Rethinking exhibitions & experiential design. Studio lead at http://goodafternoon.uk you might also recognise me from W/Mild Rumpus, the V&A, a party in a shared google doc & the grannies
@robinwobbles.bsky.social
Experimental Playful Hardware Designer. I made Line Wobbler, which won some awards. Now working on Quantum Jungle โจ๐ฑ๐จ
@mathewolson.com
blogging at virtualvector.xyz โข writer and creative technologist at large โข hire me โข ITP โ24 โข totally sincere hater โข he/him โข
@carolmertz.itch.io
Game designer. HELLCOUCH, With You, Exploding Kittens: Good vs Evil, & so many more. ๐ Board games: bit.ly/carolsBGG ๐ฎ Indie videogames: carolmertz.itch.io ๐ฑ Sustainable games: PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
@messhof.bsky.social
We changed the name of our game, here's the trailer, please check out Wheel World at https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/wheel-world
@molleindustria.org
Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. he/him
@evakhoury.bsky.social
artist rolling down a big hill getting very dizzy (games, painting, theory, puppets) member of @boshis.place ops @ recurse center previously/sometimes: Bread + Puppet, teaching @ NYU Game Center, Babycastles, Wonderville NYC they ๐๏ธ๐ต๐ธ
@nicole.pizza
game developer ๐ญ director of The Crush House (out on Steam!) ๐ฌ systems designer at Wildflower Interactive ๐ซ BAFTA Breakthrough '24 ๐ฟ she/her https://nicole.pizza
@catt.design
Designer with too many hobbies in Brooklyn. I run @gdocexpo.com in my spare time. People go "ooh" when I say I make video games.
@ohtazer.goblinmo.de
avowed dipshit, inveterate sweetie ops for @arcadecommons.org former admin for ๐๐ & hit podcast @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
@chipzel.bsky.social
chipzel is one of the musicians of all time their music has been heard ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ธ ๐ https://linktr.ee/chipzel
@marlowedobbe.com
She/Her | Art Director at Mega Crit | PIGSquad Organizer | Prev Dicey Dungeons + Floppy Knights | Black Lives Matter! Trans rights are human rights! โเผบ๐ฉโ ๏ธ๏ธ๐ชเผปโ https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/ https://marlowedobbe.com/ https://marlowedobbe.com/newsletter
@moaw.art
Garlic Guy(they)๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ธ dip dots & shame dev| [email protected] |http://ko-fi.com/moawling |
@radiatoryang.bsky.social
artist, game dev // https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand (nz) making Tryhard, a tactics RPG about an underdog rugby club; "wishlist on steam now" https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
@b0tster.yeag.gay
Everyones favorite yeag girl ๐ Gay af game dev ๐ Nomura belt goth โ 32 ๐Coded Nightmare Kart: http://b0tster.itch.io/NMKart ๐ฉธCoded BBPSX: ๐ ๐นCoded Arcus: https://b0tster.itch.io/arcus she/her minors dni
@kleeb.bsky.social
Head janitor at @wonderville.nyc Adjunct faculty at NYU I build arcade cabinets