Games Industry "Background Radiation" Starter Pack
This pack is not a "focused" Starter Pack, but instead adds to your feeds all sorts of great people from all corners of the world from all aspects from the games industry and its surrounding fields.
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@ramiismail.com
@redigit.bsky.social
Creator of Terraria, dad, Air Force veteran Married to @cenx.bsky.social
@marijamdid.com
Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ My book "Everything To Play For" out NOW worldwide with Verso Books. Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc│ Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴 marijamdid.com
@aceottorney.bsky.social
Video Game Attorney & Founder @ Deviant Legal (http://www.deviantlegal.com) | Women in Games’ Ambassador | Secretary at Breda Game City | Business & Legal Mentor at Dutch Games Association
@austinwalker.bsky.social
Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
@grlpants.bsky.social
IP/Partnerships Producer at Epic | #gamedev D&D #DM & #TTRPG Player| Red Mage & Spoony Bard| AfroLatina & #Bronx as fug | 🇩🇴 She/ Her | #Dragonage is Life | #TheGameAwards: #FutureClass | Reformed Theater Nerd| Still Fighting. https://solo.to/grlpants
@lainenooney.bsky.social
💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU 🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org 🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal https://linktr.ee/lainenooney they/them
@alannamode.bsky.social
🧬 Co-Founder @ dnacreative.ca 📜 Lore + Wiki Manager, building Notion knowledge bases & Fandom wikis ✨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon) 📺 Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct ⚔️ Semi-retired #cosplay lady 🖤🤍💜
@tybawai.bsky.social
Lead dev at Toadhouse Games. Rowan's mama. 🎶 You can't stop my happiness cause I like the way I am ❤️
@brandon.insertcredit.com
Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, GDC advisor, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
@localthunk.com
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com ) Business and Media Inquiries: balatro@playstack.com Blog: localthunk.com Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com 🇨🇦
@annabrandberg.bsky.social
UX Lead @ The Outsiders (Funcom, Stockholm) working on Dune: Awakening ⏳ Prev: EA, King • IGDA Next Gen Leader • 🌍 TCK • 🤓 LoL dork • 🧠 ADHD • 🩻 hEDS • 🌈 bi • 🤘 metalhead • 🔪 Feminazgûl • Eyeroller in Chief • Views are mine & you can't have them. she/her
@trezy.codes
Game dev. Oxford comma enthusiast. He/him/his. I run the Game Dev feed and the Games Industry Labeler. I also run @birb.house where we make cool games, and I’m the Director of DX @ Loophole Labs.
@mikebithell.bsky.social
Director of video games. Currently TRON: Catalyst, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
@halfrobot.com
Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others) Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ ) Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, Brooklyn Queer Country drummer, strap-on.org etc. https://metasynthie.itch.io/
@hollynielsen.bsky.social
Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit she/her
@danielleri.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief at GameDeveloper.com, Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork, volunteer EMT. She/her.
@drewscanlon.bsky.social
Producer. Co-host, Shift+F1. Formerly: Digital Eclipse, Cloth Map, Giant Bomb. https://drewscanlon.com
@v21.bsky.social
hello again made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use also i have a website: v21.io
@lauraehall.bsky.social
Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games & escape rooms, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books) ✨ lauraehall.com 🔎 cfia.org 🎙️ eggplant.show
@oneofmoo.bsky.social
Making Mythmatch - Play the Demo on Steam! Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, Subsurface Circular, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank. Wishlist Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
@ashtaf130.bsky.social
Duck lover and game developer. I make games, write stories, and run communities. He/him
@remysiu.com
founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST www.remysiu.com
@calixjumio.me
https://calixjumio.me César (He/Him) Code + Art + Design 🧩 Dev'd at Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon 🪲 Made SUPER CRANE http://bit.ly/42ea9NN 🇲🇽 Admin at INDI-ES http://discord.gg/Z9eyP8A Check out: @lagshowcase.bsky.social
@osamadorias.bsky.social
Independent Design Director. Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
@fawzi.zone
Creative Director on BGE2 @Ubisoft Award winning game designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @thehabibis.show opinions are my own. he/him. 日本語OK🙆♂️
@thoughtrise.bsky.social
:: lead dev @ darkwebSTREAMER @darkwebSTREAMER.bsky.social ::: anthropologist englishslit🌱 🕹️ darkwebSTREAMER: tinyurl.com/darkwebstreamer 👂 podcast: Directional.show ✉️ chantal @ whalitfdotcom
@derek-lieu.com
🎬 Game trailer editor who made trailers for: Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more! He/him https://dereklieu.carrd.com
@insertdisc5.com
she/they ✨ creator of timeloop rpg IN STARS AND TIME ✨ i make things that make you feel things website ✨ https://www.insertdisc5.com/ In Stars and Time ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677310 🎨 #art 📝 #reference ✨ #instarsandtime 📚 #projectTS
@chellaramanan.bsky.social
I make games. Sr Narrative Designer at Massive Entertainment #AvatarFrontiersofPandora Co-director @ 3-Fold Games on Before I Forget, WindrushTales. BAFTA member. Former games journo. Brit Caribbean living in Sweden who loves books and films.
@nehapolitan.bsky.social
Composer/SFX Venba🍛 (sfx) Eternights ⚔ (sfx) Six Ages 2 🌤 Playdate/Sweet Baby 🎈 Game OST Marketing Speaker Speaker du Franglais She/Her https://www.nehapatelaudio.com/ nehapatelaudio@gmail.com She/Her
@zette16.bsky.social
Fiercely protecting my right to be unbothered. CEO Cornerstone Studios @cstoneintstudio Past: Art Director #Psychonauts2 Advisor: @gameheadsoakland Nominations/Awards: @BAFTAGames & @TheGameAwards https://linktr.ee/LisetteTitre?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMT
@pokachee.bsky.social
culture writer formerly at Polygon (R.I.P.) and occasional “feral” MinnMax contributor 😈🏳️🌈 - open to work
@six6jiang.bsky.social
they/them/他 former hoyoverse scriptwriter, ex-kotaku reporter. 3x award nominated game developer. forbes 30u30. midautumn game is my baby
@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
@writnelson.bsky.social
Running @StrangeScaffold. Writing for Stranger Things VR, Hypnospace Outlaw, and more. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him.
@fourbitfriday.bsky.social
Irredeemable Game Dev : Co-founder @oddobject.zone : : Catacomb Kids in Early Access - ckgame.net : : UFO 50 out now! - www.50games.fun : : Streams - twitch.tv/fourbitfriday : : Music - frror.bandcamp.com : : he/hɪm : ♠ ace : fourbitfriday.com :
@dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social
☀️Ops Manager @ivyroadgames.bsky.social 🌙Creative Director @softnotweak.bsky.social on Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to✨ 📧: contact@softnotweak.com 🇱🇧 • Arab✨ • 18+ only pls•
@shawnpierre.com
Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
@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.
@danilalonders.bsky.social
narrative designer, producer & food blogger (she/they) | made @validategame.com
@meowstations.bsky.social
I handle comms in games | Safe In Our World & Pioneers of Game Dev Austria Ambassador 💜🎮 | 🗣️ 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇨🇳 She/Her (they/them ok) | Views mine & kinda fruity 🌈 🔗 linktr.ee/meowstations
@indrani.bsky.social
🕹️ Game designer @durontogames.bsky.social 👻 Jr Influencer Strategist @devolverdigital.com 🎲 Community gal @desisndragons.bsky.social 🌍 Find me @ indrani.me/hello 🏳️🌈 She/they 📍Mumbai, India 😴 Probably tired
@luluuland.bsky.social
Luiza Diniz 🏳️🌈🇧🇷 | game artist and open source aficionado | 3D Character Artist at @timberlinestudio.bsky.social | IGDA F Next Gen Leader | https://linktr.ee/luluu_land
@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
@ebeinke.bsky.social
Principal Level Designer @Respawn 🌿 she/her ☘️ #ADHD 🌿 🎮 #IronMan #StarWarsHunters, #BioshockInfinite, #DOOM, #Mafia3, #PerfectDark🎮 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻 🏳️🌈 You Matter 🏳️🌈 🦋 No Human is Illegal 🦋 👩💼 A Woman's Place is in the Resistance
@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🏳️🌈
@kinmoku.bsky.social
Independent Game Developer – Made One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE | IGF | Indie Cup | Previous EA Chillingo | Brit residing in Germany | Invisibly disabled | She/They 🖤🩶🤍💜 www.kinmoku.games
@victoriatran.bsky.social
✨ Communications Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us ✨ Wholesome Games organizer ✨ Community Dev newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter
@lukeplunkett.com
Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite www.aftermath.site https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
@patrickklepek.bsky.social
editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
@alienmelon.bsky.social
Slovenian gamedev, i make experimental games and software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker… http://tetrageddon.com ✨ http://unicornycopia.com 🌈 nonbinary bi they/them 🏳️🌈
@moonana.bsky.social
Anti Capitalistic Rethroric through games narrative. Director, Narrative Designer, Artist. ⭐Virgo Versus The Zodiac 🎸Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action 💀Osteoblasts 💜 Support me: https://www.patreon.com/c/moonana 📧 nana@moonanagames.com
@dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com
Community, Creators, Marketing, Accessibility in games and TV. Owlchemy Labs Senior Community Manager 🦉 Recent CM ⬇️ ✨Fallout TV ✨Vox Machina S3 ✨Secret Level TV Prev ➡️ Multi-award winning D2 CM/Accessibility Co-Lead at @Bungie, Game Informer, CBS, BBC,+
@zenofdesign.com
Creative Director at Boss Fight Entertainment and experienced #GameDev who runs a rarely updated blog at http://www.zenofdesign.com I'm a white cis straight male (he/him), an ally albeit an occasionally imperfect one.
@shawndoublea.bsky.social
Director @nuchallenger.com Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers Writing, design, production, occasional art Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB Organizing the future of games #blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them beatdowncity.com
@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
@gibiz.bsky.social
The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
@julieelven.bsky.social
Soundtrack vocalist • #GRAMMY voter, #BAFTA jury • #JamesNewtonHoward, #LorneBalfe, #HorizonForbiddenWest, #HorizonZeroDawn, #Netflix, #BAFTA, #CriticalRole, #BBC, #TheGameAwards, #WorldofWarcraft, #LeagueofLegends & more ❤️ she/her • 🌈
@mllepilgrim.bsky.social
Producer at Heart Machine on POSSESSOR(S) ・ gamedev.world ・Production Consultant・Photographer・she/her・🏳️🌈 🍉
@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
@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
@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.
@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.
@trudicastle.bsky.social
Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
@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 ]
@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.
@positronplays.bsky.social
🛠️ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games 📺 Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays
@emelie.bsky.social
Game Designer @RareLtd on Everwild 👾 Designer @Kinoko_TheGame 👾 | Funny and depressing |
@ziraeliss.bsky.social
Solo dev and founder of Negative Sun Studios. Narrative and Game Designer. Portuguese currently in Malmö, Sweden 🏳️🌈🇵🇹
@layn75.bsky.social
I make games and stuff! 🔸 she/her 🔸 Tech Artist @MassiveMiniteam 🔸 co-organizer @FemDevsMeetup🔸 Cosplayer 🔸 🏳️⚧️♠️🏳️🌈 🔸 layn75.carrd.co
@borysbt.bsky.social
🗺️ Senior Games Business Strategist @ https://rcp.family 📀 Product Manager @ https://songs-of-silence.com ✨ 🔱 Support Ukraine 🧠 ADHD 🟨🟦 in ⬛🟥🟨
@lolashiraishi.com
@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/
@rikukat.bsky.social
Plays video games. Makes video games. Helps others make video games. Developer of "Potions: A Curious Tale"
@erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social
Games for computers. Just finished ☄️Go Mecha Ball☄️: https://t.co/DzRqWvFIVR Current thing: Ozymandias
@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
@kerissakti.bsky.social
Founder of Toge Productions #gamedev #indiedev from Indonesia. Made: CoffeeTalk, Infectonator.
@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
@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/
@hplemke.bsky.social
knyght full of thought and slepy • musician (harrison lemke, brother android, dragon warrior) • game dev (boots quest dx) • he/him
@shamsjorjani.bsky.social
CEO Arrowhead Game Studios and video game "enthusiast". Former Chief Chaos Pilot at Paradox Interactive. Still not a vampire.
@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
@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.
@squidly.newgrounds.com
Squid-shaped dev on Renaine I stream #gamedev weekdays ➡️ twitch.tv/squuuidly @streamnotifs.bsky.social for stream notifications
@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
@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
@yellowafterlife.bsky.social
I write tools and code for videogames! Links and newsletter: https://yal.cc/links
@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
@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
@igda.org
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
@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
@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
@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)
@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