AYE! (These are dev homies)
A list of people who are part of the games making process, who do an excellent job and should be on any of these game industry starter packs. These are programmers, designers, artists, composers, voice actors, team leads, producers, and more. They're also Black.
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@shawndoublea.bsky.social
@yourkyotowife.bsky.social
Games writer, narrative designer. Now: Please give work Then: Wax Heads🎵😍Mythwrecked🏖, Oddsparks🌟, Mars Vice🌌 Used to write about games before. Mad for pro cycling, narrative games, Kyoto
@ethanredd.bsky.social
head honcho of @virtuoso-neomedia.bsky.social - creative lead, game designer + generalist, 3D artist [ #gamedev #indiegames #lowpoly #3Dart]
@maximumcrash.com
Game Dev Battlemage, Web Slayer, UI/UX Villain, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Sound Designer, Best to ever do it 1/4 of @softnotweak.bsky.social Currently working on: - State of Decay 3 - 2 Mixtapes - Myself
@evnarc.bsky.social
🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. @Kotaku, @io9. #RiseOfTheBlackPanther @DCComics @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. evannarcisse.substack.com
@delwalker.bsky.social
// Lead Character Artist - BAFTA Committee // Previously NaughtyDog / Respawn / Rocksteady / SEGA
@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
@itnoetic.bsky.social
毎日、日本語を勉強しています。 (novice) Piano practicer, board gamer, Gunpla builder, hip-hop beat snob, simracer, stick shifter, righteous Tarnished, FGC he/him
@studiozevere.bsky.social
A surreal adventure RPG about dreams, nightmares and finding a way to make it through it all. 💙 Coming soon! http://linktr.ee/studiozevere
@canard.bsky.social
@retroninja.bsky.social
Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award winner | 40 yr game veteran | designer | artist | musician | video editor | owner/founder RetroNinja game dev studio
@lateefmartin.bsky.social
Founder/Creative Director of Miscellaneum Studios-Where everyone can be a hero. Creator of the Lethelium Bike Harp, Advocate for the Underrepresented, Beat addict, supporter of bake sales he/him miscellaneumstudios.com
@jonnyjgamedev.bsky.social
I'm a Software Engineer and game designer of over 12 years, I love game devs and am currently living the dream working at Owlchemy Labs ! Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/Jonathanj?locale=en_US&
@wadarass.bsky.social
CTO Cornerstone Interactive Studios / gamedev / graphics, engine programmer / foodie #wearegameheads
@dynavolta.bsky.social
The guy when your friend "knows a guy". Designer. Illustrator. Writer. Composer. Plays games kinda good sometimes.
@timstatis.bsky.social
Cultural Tech Game Designer. Currently at Brasslion Entertainment. Games for da culture w/ @mgamekitchen.bsky.social Creative Work: beacons.ai/timstatis Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/httsfT Work: God Of War, Avengers, Halo Infinite #HU #CMU
@videokojimbo.bsky.social
Concept Artist and Illustrator. The Video word made flesh. I killed the Radio Star. Email: Christopher.anka@gmail.com Portfolio -https://www.artstation.com/hyper-combo He/him
@alwaysjmb.bsky.social
Artist and game dev! Proud BGGC member! ❣️ Fan of indie games and the heartpulse emoji💗 Personal acct. Other accts to follow ✨
@jabaricreates.bsky.social
I develop video games, compose music, and write short stories. I also teach game development and work with youth.
@love.kaizencreed.com
Director and Producer @Kaizencreed.com God / Igbo🇳🇬 /26/ Anime Making #5ForceFighters
@mythallica.bsky.social
@kwamebabb.bsky.social
He / Him Principal VFX Artist @ Brass Lion Entertainment Pixel Spellcaster - Black game dev - videogame TTRPG, and Celtics fan ☘, - Vampire the Masquerade Storyteller🌹 https://linktr.ee/akimbab
@dintheabary.bsky.social
CEO Ninja - #Abryt | @abryt.bsky.social Project Lead - #DeadlyMetropolis | @deadlymetropolis.bsky.social Final Boss - Brawlers Avenue | @brawlersavenue.bsky.social Credits: #SoR4 #MayhemBrawler #FinalVendetta #FallenCityBrawl #SoR2NewEra #VengeanceHunters
@okumuramusicgroup.bsky.social
@thestoryteller.bsky.social
he/him Black. Act the Fool. Director of NIXIE. Game Developer. Multimedia Designer. The Boondocks Bunker. Foodbanks. Freedom. Free Huey. For Love, Comfort Life.
@mpts33.bsky.social
🏀Hooper, Character Rigger/Tech Artist. Board member with @igdanyc.bsky.social Previously Player Support for mobile games. Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/890967060
@tallgamer.bsky.social
On a mission to increase #diversity in the #games industry. Creator of ATX Game Makers & Sol Rivals passion projects! Executive Producer @Farbridgeco www.donald-harris.com
@dalliencerng.bsky.social
Creative Director • 3D Character Artist • Voice Actor • Animator • @StudioDallience Developing → #YASUKEALostDescendant business: willgwasera16@gmail.com
@phrantastic22.bsky.social
video game storyteller // curve fashion model // occasional catwalker // GIVE ME ALL THE MOVIE RECS!! 📽 VO Website https://tinyurl.com/7eyrs5rv
@adventneon.bsky.social
A solo-dev'd hyperactive 2D action platformer by https://bsky.app/profile/cryogx.bsky.social | ✊🏾 | WISHLIST: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1528260
@mrhassansan.bsky.social
Narrative Designer, Writer, and Composer for games Current: Narrative Designer/Writer at Outerloop Games
@gxgrainson.bsky.social
29 🤟🏿🇸🇷 | Developer of ArcusChroma & HyperHitBoxing Solo Developer | Game-Designer | Artist | Animator | Programmer | Musician
@theferfactor.bsky.social
Want to see me make a game about a courier with the worst luck? Hit Follow! Wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/Tossdown/ https://tossdowngame.wstd.io/
@laurenscott.bsky.social
My old header didn't fit. Green is my favorite color. I'm a game designer. Cats, reading, and food are great.
@kaizencreed.com
A game studio, built by two brothers @love.kaizencreed.com + @liight.kaizencreed.com ; Focusing on the creating games for the next generation of gamers🕹️ Currently working on @5FF.kaizencreed.com 📧 - kzn.crd@kaizencreed.com
@epistellar.bsky.social
current: narrative @ compulsion games | former: narrative @ sad owl studios + counterplay games | indie studio projects galore | email: dee @ epistellar . net | Anti-AI
@funkefly.bsky.social
writer + game designer 🧚🏾♀️ works on community, marketing, and video @larianstudios.com 🏰⚔️funkbug.ca ⚔️ making my own games too :o)
@inazumasosa.bsky.social
🖌️Digi-Artist | 🎵Music Prod. |🕹️Game Dev | 📽Streamer |🔥Grime Music | Out here trying, innit. Commissions: https://imgur.com/a/5zv1xCd Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/pyrokidsosa All sites: pyrokidsosa.carrd.co
@sterlingmcgarvey.com
Head of Consulting at Hit Detection LLC. Perpetual user of the Alonzo Mourning GIF. I like fresh cranberries, Tajín on fruit, sports, Pizza Margherita, & music made w/ drum machines. Light-skinneded. The Bay will always be Home.
@gensuta.itch.io
They/Them | 25 | Yuri Enthusiast Black gaymedev, artist, and educator in NYC 💖 Working on: Skate & Date and ValiDate Prev at: GlowUp Games and NuChallenger We're not free until we're all free 🇵🇸 gensuta.itch.io | westeria.carrd.co
@cryogx.bsky.social
Character art, gamedev, memelord | Solo-dev: Advent NEON ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/1528260/Advent_NEON/) | ✊🏾 | Gallery: http://cryogx.newgrounds.com/art | Donate: http://ko-fi.com/cryogx | Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryoGX
@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.
@dbakaba.bsky.social
Studio/Co-Creative Director @ Arkane Lyon | Blade, DEATHLOOP, Dishonored, Gray Matter | Capoeira teacher, supernatural dad, into building operas made of bridges
@akabaka.bsky.social
Award-winning indie game dev // Sucker for Love // Chromatose // chronic shitposter @ChromatoseDev on the bird app Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003900/CHROMATOSE/?utm_source=BS www.akabaka.dev Discord: https://discord.gg/ky4KuT5adR
@chasebethea.bsky.social
Multi-Award Winning Video Game Composer | 25+ games shipped | Global Game Jam 22’ Keynote Speaker | Commissions are Closed Business Inquiries (composer work, guest speaker, podcast guest, audio consultant) contact: chasebethea@gmail.com
@mushroomqueendom.bsky.social
executive producer, games. mooostly indie VR these days. also comics/ books. ex-Capcom/Xbox/Midway. game nerd. 👾 art nerd. 🎨 creator: @terribleallies
@logancunningham.bsky.social
Actor. VO at Supergiant Games (Hades, Pyre, Transistor, Bastion)
@wakingoni.com
🚀👹 Space Demon #vtuber transmuting cosmic dust into personal preferences | Created by Derrick Fields | Exploring game development and creative entrepreneurship | Founder, Creative Director @ Waking Oni Studio | 少し日本語OK https://linktr.ee/daerhyk
@shawnpierre.com
Doing some things - http://jimjastajay.itch.io - PhillyGameMechs - NYUGameCenter - IGF Chairperson (he/him) https://cohost.org/shawnpierre
@sammusmusic.net
#BOMAYE / beats + raps / Assistant Prof in Music at Brown / PhD STS from Cornell / Interests: Gamer-rap, AI + Hip-Hop, Black feminist sound studies, Afrofuturism, trashy dating shows 💪🏿🦾 www.enongo.net instagram.com/sammusmusic
@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
@slide20xx.bsky.social
fashionable enby composer ✨🎶 ~ #StevenUniverse, Bloodstained, Calico, Rec Room, Nova Island & more ~ I make colorful music for colorful games. contact: slide20xx.com
@ebonix.bsky.social
🇧🇧🇳🇬 • Multi-Award Winning Games Consultant & Creative • Founder @weareevolotu • @BlackTwitchUK Cofounder • @Twitch Ambassador 📧 info@ebonix.com 🔗 https://beacons.ai/ebonix
@nodowdy.bsky.social
I art, yes | he/him | 27 | black |freelance previously work Lucasfilms, Warner Bros/ Oni press cartoonist/illustrator : 💌 devaundo@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/nodowdyabouty
@salmanshh.bsky.social
Somali • (he/him) • Game Designer / Programmer Previously Hibernian Workshop & Madbox • Currently @ Gesinimo Games & ??? • sometimes award-winning.
@heycalamityyy.bsky.social
Writer / Narrative Designer ✨ Performer, Dramaturg, & Vocalist ✨ TTRPG, Theatre, & Video Games ✨ Founder & Creative Producer @taletellhearts.bsky.social✨ ♾️🥄🌈 Prev: Marvel Midnight Suns, Bitter Silver, Emerald Templars, EldritchA 📧heycalamityyy@gmail.
@kiddesimo.bsky.social
Producer & creator of entertainment stuff. I'm the deputy chair of the BAFTA Games committee and a founding member of the diversity and inclusion movement POC in Play. I'm also part of the customer success team at Unity.
@drnmcy.bsky.social
artist/game designer/uiux/educator ✌🏾🏳️🌈 30’s / He/Him / Richmond, VA 🚫anti-ai, crypto, web3, tech-bros https://darionmccoy.com
@sassy-composer.bsky.social
Audio engineer for podcasts, film, and video games. Founder of audio post studio Hemlock Creek Productions. Creator of horror audio drama "Liars & Leeches." Former dialogue @ Naughty Dog. She/they www.hemlockcreekprod.com www.liarsandleeches.com
@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
@strangescaffold.bsky.social
A new kind of game studio. Creators of El Paso, Elsewhere / I Am Your Beast / and more.
@alizapearl.bsky.social
🌟Actor,writer,improv,Trekkie,GM/DM 🎮Game Writer @ Vesper, StoryLoom 🎬SAG-AFTRA Strong🎭 Pre-WGA✍🏾 ⏪Formerly Geek & Sundry, Nerdist ✨Late Dx #AuDHD + Fibromyalgia ✨Reps: Sovereign & Five Points ✨TTRPGs, GameDev ✨Empathy & Music ✊🏾Black & Boricua ✨Space👩🏾🚀Scifi
@madpierrot.design
💫 Wrestling, ttrpgs, esports, cats. 💫 Scriptwriter @ Rocksteady 💫 Opinions are always my own. 💫 allie@madpierrot.design 💫 she/they. 💫
@aerialknight.com
Indie Game developer & Dr pepper addict https://linktr.ee/aerial_knight Maker of games taker of naps
@impossible.bsky.social
Game developer at @unity.com. Prev: Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena , Call of Duty, ShadowPhysics He/Him
@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.
@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
@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 :
@dpandaheart.bsky.social
Art Director at Self Hunter Studio 3D Enviro Artist @HeartMachineHQ Co-Owner/Manager of @gamedevperkup.bsky.social⚔️ Scholarship Manager @gdocexpo.com 🫒 Creator of thepeepsdiscord.bsky.social 🌱 || Opinions my own♡ 📨 daniellewallacearts@outlook.com
@alamodegames.bsky.social
you know, like, with ice cream? Indie game dev team of two. Our game Sorry We're Closed is out now!!!
@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
@cbedford.bsky.social
Artist, one half of à la mode games. Working on the indie title Sorry We're Closed : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1796580/Sorry_Were_Closed/
@danilalonders.bsky.social
narrative designer, producer & food blogger (she/they) | made @validategame.com
@srbilyon.stormynights.games
A Goofy Game Developer that cooks sometimes! - Lead Dev of Breeze in the Clouds (@BreezeGame) - TGA Future Class 2021 - Photography Main - Stuck in Texas - Doesn't Proofreading? - Feel free to marry my ocs srbilyon@gmail.com www.breezethegame.com
@pleasantlytwstd.bsky.social
She/they. Community Coordinator @ CrystalDynamics. Black events @ GamesDoneQuick. Everywhere tbh. Professional shitposter. C-PTSD. Sonic fangirl. Indies enjoyer. Sleepy. Talks about games unprompted. Hair color varies.
@saredd99.bsky.social
25 | Lead concept artist @virtuoso-neomedia.bsky.social | Comic artist & Writer with WEBTOON Read my comic Love Sickubus here! https://shorturl.at/sU2aG Main site: SethRedd.art My Ko-fi account: https://ko-fi.com/saredd994185
@chriskindred.com
illustrator, narrative designer, author, thing doer, stuff liker they/them chris@chriskindred.com
@writnelson.bsky.social
Running @StrangeScaffold. Writing for Stranger Things VR, Hypnospace Outlaw, and more. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him.
@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