Game Devs over 50
Older than Pong! A starterpack of game developers over 50 years of age.
Created by
@steventerheide.bsky.social
@pauliehughes.bsky.social
43 years of programming games; from Vic-20 to PS5! The LEGO game guy, The Ocean Loader Guy. 56 shipped titles, 240M sales. Retro Game Code archiver/documenter. Happy Chappy. Occasional Magician. Typography snob. BAFTA member.
@projectorstudios.bsky.social
Developer of small video games: https://projectorstudios.net From the tester of War Gods!!
@vicdeleon.bsky.social
he/him. artist. activist. dino lover. elder-goth. fan of sharks. Doing arty things for games & shows. Former Halo guy at Bungie & 343. HTC VIVE, ILM/Disney. Embrace the strange and unusual, and be kind to each other dammit.
@chrismarlow666.bsky.social
Principal Gameplay Engineer at Rare, on Sea of Thieves. Opera singer. Voice of 'The Great Mighty Poo'. 💩🎶 First mate of @daggersmctimbers.bsky.social. Twitch affiliate. www.twitch.tv/DaggersMcTimbers
@spacecaptsteve.bsky.social
Krome Studios co-founder Award-winning Australian video game designer & drawing guy. Blade Kitten, TY the Tasmanian Tiger series, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Crinoline Crime Club, and the upcoming Gunwale. https://linktr.ee/spacecaptsteve
@ranja72.bsky.social
Video game writer. Wrote for Guerrilla and PUBG games. Author of PAC-MAN: Birth of an Icon and Sonic Art and Design books. See ranja72.com for details, projects, contact.
@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
@dylancuthbert.bsky.social
Ultra veteran game dev, I have made a /lot/ of games, some of them are hits! Some of them aren’t! But I love every one of them.
@chetsucks.com
I make games - co-op games - Left 4 Dead, portal, etc - now The Anacrusis.
@jkooza.bsky.social
Long-time game developer and CEO/Creative-Director/Art Director @17_BIT. Living in a Ghibli film in deep Kyoto. I love classic video games with modern polish.
@christinacoffin.bsky.social
Ex-AAA Rendering+Optimisation Programmer TechArtist, Designer. #indiedev #solodev #gamedev 🏳️⚧️🇸🇪 Shader Illusionist ✨ AssassinsCreed2 / FC2 / BF3 / MidnightClub 2+3 GDC Advisory Board Emeritus She/Her mastodon.gamedev.place/@ChristinaCoffin
@owdoo.com
#gamedev #indiegames #cats #sheffield #socialism 50-something making games for a hobby since 2020 play my crappy games at http://owdoo.com
@taser8.bsky.social
Lead Content Producer for Civilization at Firaxis Games; 34 years in game dev; cigar-box guitar builder; mega Tolkien nerd. Opinions my own. I seen some shit, y'all. #deprogramthetrumpcult
@markripley.com
Making games since 1981, 150+ published titles. Solo Dev, working on 'MMM' & 'GREEN'. https://markripley.com https://wearedinosaurs.uk LinkedIn: https://markripley.net
@tdmoss.bsky.social
Game Dev Dinosaur - Oculus Studios / Meta, Stadia / Google, Riot Games & Sony Santa Monica. Don’t be an asshole, don’t obey in advance, grow old disgracefully. Has a Porsche problem. UK / California. Making games since '89. 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@harvey1966.bsky.social
Game director, designer, writer. Deus Ex, Dishonored, others. 🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
@richardgarriott.bsky.social
Creator: Ultima, “avatar”, MMO genre Explorer: Pole to Pole, Orbital Space to Deepest point of Oceans
@grumpygamer.com
Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
@sora-sakurai.bsky.social
ソラ(Sora)代表 ゲームデザイナー/ゲームディレクター 『星のカービィ』『大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ』など｡ とりあえずアカウント作ってみました!
@brendaromero.bsky.social
Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
@timoflegend.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Tim Schafer! Founder, Double Fine Productions Official DF account: @doublefine.com Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com Press: pr@doublefine.com
@samlakewrites.bsky.social
Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor. Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
@jmechner.bsky.social
I make video games (Prince of Persia) and graphic novels (Replay, Monte Cristo) and fill up sketchbooks. American in France. https://jordanmechner.com
@geogrify.bsky.social
🎮32+ year Game Industry Veteran & Award-Winning Advocate 🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify 🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters 🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam ✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
@laralyn.bsky.social
Game designer and leader since 1994: Free Realms, Full Spectrum Warrior. Many awards including Lifetime Achievement. Also speaks about game dev wellness.
@raphkoster.bsky.social
Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
@drdoak.bsky.social
Irishman, Scientist, Designer, Teacher. GoldenEye007, Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters, Second Sight, Haze! https://linktr.ee/drdoak
@davidmullich.bsky.social
Game producer for Disney, Cyberdreams, 3DO, Activision, Spin Master and others. Game design professor at Art Center College of Design. Game history lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design.
@johnromero.bsky.social
Working on a new FPS with a great team. Game designer, programmer, Indigenerd. We're hiring! He/Him. Discord: http://discord.gg/romero
@mattfatmarrow.bsky.social
Game dev (UI/mission design/c++/cool stuff/dogsbody for indie tactical shooter Ground Branch). Resting patent attorney. Shot quite a few gigs and weddings (camera not rifle). Own opinions, yada yada. Give coffee pls.
@bulkpaint.bsky.social
Industry veteran from the late 1900s. Solo Indie Dev. Design Consultant. Game Dev Dinosaur. Lord of Bullfrog anecdotes. Playability, pitching and prototypes a speciality. Got a project that needs poking with a stick? Let me know.
@steventerheide.bsky.social
Creative Director at Wild Sheep Studio. Previously: Game Director at Guerrilla Killzone | Rigs | Horizon Zero Dawn | Maestro