Honored with the invitation to panel at the inaugural BAFTA Games Summit, and witness the power of @bafta.org and @elfcosmetics.bsky.social firsthand. These teams did real work to put people in the room together, support the next generation, and use their power for a more welcoming future. 💖

This is leadership ✊

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo ago

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

IGF APPRECIATION POST PT2 My greatest delight in being entrusted with the IGFs was choosing presenters who represent the best of their craft. People I am genuinely fans of, all superstars who immediately signed up for the show, and in doing so elevated it and the winners and nominees.

alright so I know everyone wants to be bitching about con attendance going down, but having manageable coffee & food lines and places to sit? I’ll go to MORE events like this than super crowded ones tbh

flying to PAX East with a suitcase full of the uniqlo airism clothes I bought in Japan during the summer ....it's 40 degrees in Boston right now... i'm going to die

IGF APPRECIATION POST PT 1 The reason the IGFs killed with so much humor and heart, and was so ambitiously creative and reflective of the indie community was in great part thanks to my co-director @teddydief.com and co-writer @robdubbin.bsky.social.

i need to recover from this gdc covid (and survive pax east) so i can make the 100000 games that GDC has inspired me to make

Finally caught up on this ep, what a fun convo and so cool to learn about @caraellison.bsky.social’s really unique journey in the medium! @karriebear.bsky.social you should do more interviews, you’re great at it!

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This week on the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @karriebear.bsky.social chats with @caraellison.bsky.social about her path from television to games, the global dev scene, her desire to bring local culture to the global stage, and her work on @fireproofgames.com's #DICEAwards winning game, Ghost Town!

How to begin talking about one of the biggest moments in your life? The IGFs are THE show I looked up to for my entire career. A stage dedicated to indies, juried on true craft, honoring my absolute gamedev idols. Being nominated for one last year was a career milestone for me.

thank you for watchingggg 🥹🙏

Jackie 🍱🥮 ➡️ PAX West@geekyfriedrice.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I will say this until the end of my days, @karriebear.bsky.social is one of the best hosts I've ever seen and I want to see her on more stages. Absolutely fantastic presence and energy at the @officialgdc.bsky.social stage last night. And that dress???

*song exploder voice* and now, in its entirety, the 2026 Independent Games Festival Awards. run and hosted by @karriebear.bsky.social, co-directed by @teddydief.com, co-written by me. gotta be one of the strongest fields i've seen, congrats to all the devs and juries! www.youtube.com/live/rLbzERI...

Quick @doublefine.com visit w @karriebear.bsky.social! Had a great time! Ambushed & killed by @timoflegend.bsky.social!

💕✨Gabe Cuzzillo Fan Cam✨💕 @gcuzzillo.bsky.social’s level design talk was my favorite of GDC!!!!! Baby Steps was robbed at the awards and I will never shut up about this

I asked GDC if I could kill someone on stage and they didn’t even blink

Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Did we just witness a murder at the IGFs?!?

THEY SPOTTED MY STAGE DIRECTION 🫣

Carli Velocci 👽@carlivelocci.com · 5mo ago

Best script parenthetical goes to

here's the moment from IGF rehearsals yesterday when @karriebear.bsky.social stabbed Andy Schatz onstage for the first time with the full confetti blood effect, and i knew it was gonna be a special night

the IGF awards mean a lot to me! i've participated in them over the years as a judge, juror, dev, and above all a fan. what an honor to work on the ceremony itself with @teddydief.com and @karriebear.bsky.social, who are both absolute powerhouses, to celebrate these games and the folks who make them

hey gdc: come to the picnic tables in the park in the next ~hour if you want an ass-kicking* *free STARFRIENDS deck with bonus disc

My entire goal was to make it a love letter to the IGFs and ALL indies best community on earth bar none

Renaud Bédard@renaudbedard.bsky.social · 5mo ago

That was a reallllllly enjoyable IGF awards ceremony, @karriebear.bsky.social knocked it out of the park. So many interesting games, so many good folks. Warms my heart and rekindles my love for games.

CRYING thank youuuu 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

Jackie 🍱🥮 ➡️ PAX West@geekyfriedrice.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I will say this until the end of my days, @karriebear.bsky.social is one of the best hosts I've ever seen and I want to see her on more stages. Absolutely fantastic presence and energy at the @officialgdc.bsky.social stage last night. And that dress???

TONIGHT I HOST THE IGFS DO NOT MISS OUR OPENING VIDEO THAT IS 10X THE INSANITY OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO Witness the brilliance of @teddydief.com & @robdubbin.bsky.social’s show writing!!!!! 6:30 PM, #GDC North Hall, and LIVE on Twitch: twitch.tv/gdcfestivalo...

IGF AWARD REHEARSAL @karriebear.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social

HI #GDC Find me Monday reviewing portfolios, Wednesday ON STAGE AT THE IGFS, eating pastries, or in line for boba. LETS DO THIS

our tire lost the fight against a loose bolt but we made it to GDC!

Teddy Dief@teddydief.com · 5mo ago

SEE U TONIGHT GDC SEE U WED @ OUR IGF SHOW @karriebear.bsky.social

That’s a wrap on final pickups for IGF Awards! Huge thanks to Strangely Compelling for lending us stellar equipment. It will be an IGF show to remember with @karriebear.bsky.social at the helm. Been an honor co-directing this show, and writing with Karrie & @robdubbin.bsky.social SEE YOU AT GDC

🔥 GDC AWARD SHOW HOSTING DREAM TEAM 🔥 IGFs and GDCAs are gonna be so unhinged, just you wait come through if you’re at #GDC or watch LIVE on Twitch to watch me and @sammaggs.bsky.social throw down on Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30pm!!

this is the moment that gamedevs everywhere crumble under the weight of their own GDC ambitions godspeed everyone 🫡 rest assured that no one is ready lol

The stuff we are doing for the IGF Awards is 100x dumber than this video we made to promote it. Really proud to be directing this chaos with Karrie 😌 See you at GDC!!!

Karrie Shao@karriebear.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lots more to say about it when I'm not buried under production deadlines! But here to share this silly little announcement video that my friends put up with me to film.

I'm delighted to join Game Makers Notebook to chat with @caraellison.bsky.social! Cara is SO prolific, from Rockstar to The Guardian to a novel to Ghost Town. Such a thoughtful career retrospective and I'm still thinking about the lifechanging power of people saying "who don't you just do it??"

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This week on the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @karriebear.bsky.social chats with @caraellison.bsky.social about her path from television to games, the global dev scene, her desire to bring local culture to the global stage, and her work on @fireproofgames.com's #DICEAwards winning game, Ghost Town!

okay for the first time this year i'm legit bummed to miss gdc

Karrie Shao@karriebear.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lots more to say about it when I'm not buried under production deadlines! But here to share this silly little announcement video that my friends put up with me to film.