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@bitbashchicago.com

itch.io

@itch.io

Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host Account support? Email support@itch.io ❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky

Indie City Games

@indiecitygames.org

Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more! Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/indiecitygames Itch: https://indiecitygames.itch.io/ https://www.indiecitygames.org 🚫🤖🚫

Becky Frass

@pointlessinsanity.bsky.social

Graphic designer, video & new media artist www.beckyfrass.art www.pointlessinsanity.com Chicago, IL 🏠

daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧

@daff.space

eats plants does stunts made STREET UNi X @street-uni-x.bsky.social working on it's solitaire support me on patreon: https://patreon.com/dafffodil liberation for everyone fascists collapse and rot

Dave Jorgenson

@davejorgenson.bsky.social

Host of Local News International Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/ Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo Support us: http://LNI.media/membership

Autumn Rose Taylor

@lusterly.bsky.social

✨Brand Manager, Marketing & Publishing ✨ 🏙️ Chicago-based prev: 🔳 Bethesda Softworks 🧪 Owlchemy Labs 🚀 Phaser Lock Interactive 🥽 VR Austin 🎮 Fantastic Arcade 🌈she/they

Robert Groves

@robertgroves.com

robertgroves.com | ✶✶✶✶ | Chicago, IL Teaches machines irony; they reply with stack traces. Survived Leet Heat, still tastes colors. Deploys personal code at 2:42 a.m. because chaos needs company. So it goes.

amy 🐟

@amysgamezone.com

🎮 senior video game producer, gameplay/audio/narrative ▶️ ? @ pipeworks ⏪ PERFECT DARK @ the initiative | THE DIVISION HEARTLAND @ ubisoft | RUMBLEVERSE @ iron galaxy ✨️ voice actor | queer | 💖 tuna melts 🌿 she/they 🌍 chicago 🔗 https://amysgamezone.com

Eric Kozlowsky

@vonkoz.bsky.social

Creative Director, Sculptor, Veteran of the games industry for 20+ years. Total nerd. Literal Zombie. Opinions are mine, and mine alone. 🫀 Former: FuzzyBot, Naughty Dog, Retro Studios, Double Fine www.landofkoz.com www.secondbreath.net

Nick Suttner

@nsuttner.bsky.social

He/him Brewing new videogame(s) Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc. linktr.ee/nsuttner

Derek

@astralcitymini.com

Senior Editor at MARVELOUS USA. Chicagoan. 📖✍🏻🏃🏼‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️👨🏼‍🍳🎮🎧💿☕️🐈🪴🏳️‍🌈 FFXIV: Serph Embryon (Hyperion) Read my gaming blog: astralcitymini.com

HBO MaXXXinoparsnip

@dekkoparsnip2.bsky.social

Chicago-area based queer dad who likes foisting weird movie crap on people, Virgo, he/him, mildly surly but harmless 🏳️‍🌈

Draknek & Friends

@draknek.bsky.social

Developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games. 🔗 www.draknek.org

Dowager Allison Salmon

@codecrafty.bsky.social

I've made a bunch of games and a couple kids. Programming Design Patterns Wonk. Chaotic bi 🩷💜💙🏳️‍🌈 I would rather be outside My opinions are my own. She/Her.

Tanya X. Short

@tanyaxshort.bsky.social

Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.

✨chipzel

@chipzel.bsky.social

Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・ Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸 🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel

Liz England

@lizardengland.bsky.social

Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.

Robert Yang

@radiatoryang.bsky.social

gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/

Catt Small

@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.

Prof

@wertle.bsky.social

I've been a Game Designer for 18 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel, write MHA fanfiction, cosplay, and make bat plushies! https://wertle.carrd.co/

Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor

@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

Brandon Sheffield

@brandon.insertcredit.com

Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.

Steve Bowler

@gameism.bsky.social

25+ year Animation and Game Dev veteran Done putting where I work in my bio Sometimes makes cool stuff. AuDHD AF. “The Greatest Unreal Developer In The World™️” He/HISM

Cailín Walsh 🍀

@cailin.dev

I convert coffee into videogames over at Celsius Game Studios / Fabulously tall / Maybe a little bit into road cycling / A delightful hobgoblin of chaos and joy ❤️ (it's pronounced ca-leen) she/her

Victoria Tran ✨

@victoriatran.bsky.social

✨ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us ✨ Wholesome Games organizer ✨ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100 ✨ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book ✨ My newsletter: https://www.victoriatran.com/newsletter

Margaret Dax

@margaretdax.com

• she/they 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 • Berlin • ex Maschinen-Mensch, Iron Galaxy, Gearbox Software • EN/DE • mass follow = block •

Ben Crossbones

@bencrossbones.bsky.social

Audio expert, burrito connoisseur, anti-Christ, metalhead, cat dad. Current: Halo Studios! +🔥🍕🔥+ Dumpster 🧃 Prev: #Concord #Redfall #Prey #WilsonsHeart #OrganTrail #THPSAlumni and 40 others! bencrossbones.com

Devon

@devonsoft.bsky.social

he @younghorses.com octodad bugsnax game programmer

Jerry Belich

@jerrytron.com

he/him - senior narrative/content designer @ Squanch Games | creative tech making award-winning escape rooms & alt ctrl games, Choosatron, MFA in experience design, ping me for design/hacker/maker stuff - https://jerrytron.com/projects

Joshua Tsui 🍥

@joshuatsui.bsky.social

Producer/Director of games and documentaries