The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
🗓️ December 2026
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writer; procgen druid, artificer and simulationist; cyberdruid, technohippie; autistic, median.
...worrier...
https://journal.gureito.info/
Always listen to me, sometimes. NUFC, videogames and black metal.
Want to join my Discord? Find my Instagram? See all the stuff I've created? The link below will help you.
https://andihamilton.carrd.co
I'm Boss & This Is My Indie Corner!
(Unaffiliated With Any Devs Unless Stated Otherwise!)
Follow me to learn about new & obscure indie titles!
And be reminded of nostalgic games!
Where To Find Me:
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Power To The Indies!
Desenvolvendo/Developing: Steam Garden.
https://discord.gg/cuG6dPdVf8
https://x.com/CalangosCube
https://www.instagram.com/calangocube/
Stale incense, old sweat and lies
Entusiasta de desgraca, co-host do Não Apague a Luz e crítico de gosto duvidoso
@napaguealuz.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/arthureloi
Firma especializada em fomento e investimento na indústria de games
Pixel Art Goblin
Green Memories artist
(He/Him) / 32 / PTBR / EN
Minors DNI!
Ig: foxxdrive.art
Cara: foxxdrive
Twitter: foxxdrive
#pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev
Host do Mundo Freak e Magickando; Entrópico e Paratópico nas horas vagas.
Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
a real human bean. graphic designer & artist in games and comics.
𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖋𝖋 𝖆𝖙 : Image, Naughty Dog, 3W3M, Perfect Garbage, Draknek, Manifold Garden, a coffee shop in Boston, ♪ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵃⁿʸ ᵐᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒʳᵉ ♪
𝖘𝖍𝖊/𝖍𝖊𝖗
● World's biggest Elincia Ridell Crimea fan
● Independent Game Designer
prev. ???, Jedi: Survivor, Marvel's Avengers, Jedi: Fallen Order
● SRPGs, Socialism, Game Dev
● she/her
I make videogames and talk about them. Currently with Epic Games. Giant Elder Scrolls nerd. Opinions don't represent employers.
🏴🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Scottish chaos-giant living in Canada.
🐙 Game Dev, Design Lead/Principal
🫶 Award Winning Inclusive Design and Accessibility Champion
Portfolio: blairthorburn.carrd.co
Battlefield, Dragon Age, and other things
Writer of TV, games, and Oxford commas. Astrid & Lilly, Gotham Knights, the Beaverton. Views are my own. She/Her. 🏳️🌈
https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/alix-markman/
Quality Engineer at Mojang Studios • BAFTA Connect • TGA Future Class • #SpaceGirls art by @maxbeech.bsky.social • https://linktr.ee/n7memo
Narrative Director & Writer • Formerly State of Decay, Marvel’s Avengers, and NDAAAAs • Currently reverting to my base form ✍🏼• exploring dreams, making memes ✨ • 🎙️ 1/2 of Furidashi Podcast • she/her
Senior Character Artist ✨
critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ・ award nominated ・ ハーフ ・ queer, he/him, FTM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ・ bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ・ CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ・ posts don't reflect employer, etc. etc.
character and tech artist in gamedev and going to therapy about it
prev: Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Dragon Prince: Xadia
💬 he/him
🗺 Los Angeles
🎨 https://xavierck.com
💌 XavierCK.3D@gmail.com
Narrative Director - iwot Games
She/They
Formerly: Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Aniplex, Carbine, Riot, BioWare
Co-author: The Definitive Game Narrative Guide
Opinions = my own
“I am the very model of a modern major general”
Cinematic Director at Bungie. Formerly - Jedi: Fallen Order, AC: Odyssey, 3 Mass Effects and 3 Dragon Ages, etc.
Game designer. Writer. World of Warcraft Classic developer. Original Fallout dev. Classic World of Darkness developer. Former Star Trek Online developer. He/Him. Account represents personal views.
Award-Nominated Senior Writer @ Respawn - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Formerly Creative Assembly | Your FFXIV Friend | Views Mine | He/Him 🏳️🌈
I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor. Formerly IGDA LA, IndieCade, Extra Credits. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 170k podcast DL. Vegan 24 years. Mask😷 he/him
he/him
Game designer, prev. Riot, Magnopus, Respawn. Loves dogs, pretzels, absurd humor, and magnesium. Shader truther. Reads too many TTRPGs, starts too many creative projects, never finishes anyt
Senior UI/UX Lead | UI/UX Manager at Insomniac • Previously Obsidian, Harmonix • (they/them) • http://maryyovina.com
|| Absolutely no A``I or N``F``T ||
Associate Art Director in R&D @ Riot Games.
Previously: animating on League of Legends & Heroes of the Storm | RAT stream leader, Tea Time Animation co-founder, and yoyo aficionado. #DLCbookclub #gamedev
Personal Account.
Makin’ UI and Accessibility stuff in games | 🇺🇸🇬🇧
♥️s: 🐕, 🧶, 🎶
Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Montrealer writing a book about my grandmother's Nova Scotia Tartan. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Studio Narrative Director at ArenaNet. Dad, husband, musician, mentor, foodie, retro gaming enjoyer, and a few other things. I post about the games I'm playing, the food I'm eating, and occasionally the games we're making. Follows =/= endorsements.
Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and beyond. Techland - Horizon Forbidden West - HorizonCalloftheMountain - Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Personal account chockablock full of dumb takes. Mamawizard, urgency wrangler + horrible goose. Jira/Yargle/HA enthusiast. Former: Blizzard, Simutronics. Write as Shaver // Work as Paddock on @mtgarena.com (she/her/Braids)
More at: http://sdshaver.com
Senior UI/UX Designer at Respawn - Star Wars Jedi Team • Accessibility Advocate • Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com • Scottish • My Opinions • He/Him
https://linktr.ee/nerdy4tw
Co-founder & President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. Previously 1 of 30 under 30 years old who do video games, according to Forbes. (he/him) https://younghorsesgames.com/
The Midwest, USA
He/him. Character Art Director at Ubisoft Massive in Malmö. The Division franchise. Union Member. Artist. Traveler. Nuisance. 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇨🇦🇬🇱
I love comics professionally. [Marketing @ Mad Cave. Prev at boom/oni/humanoids/top shelf. I represent no one but me online.] 🏳️🌈🗡️Feral Queer. I like the cars that go zoom. 🏁 LA Zip, Chicago Heart - Forever a Lake Effect Kid. They/She. Icon by Katie Longua!
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
Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Gamedev, cat lover, shitposter, content designer @ Paradox (Stellaris, Cool Unannounced Game) |
http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://cheerfulgoth.itch.io/ | https://cheerfulgoth.bearblog.dev/
Award-winning video game wordslinger | not-so-award-winning author | Oxford comma enthusiast | baseball nut | son of Detroit | DMs [regrettably] Open
Lead Producer, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, Dir of Ops and Publishing, Causeway Studios. Founder of F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks
Mike@fsquared.biz
michaelfutter.com
lead encounter designer @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
ceramics, cooking, gaming, magdalena bay
Narrative Realization Director - Santa Monica Studio
Past: Uncharted 4, Infinite Warfare, Modern Warfare ‘19, Destiny 2, Marathon
Games, film, food, music, bikes! Director. Writer. Editor. Opinions mine. he/him
Senior Director of Creative at PlayStation Studios for Bungie. Previously Riot (Art Director of Legends of Runeterra), Blizzard, and Pokemon.
Husband to @othesharon.bsky.social. Dad. Christian. Engineer. Currently at Magic Soup Games, Previously at Blizzard. Owner of expressed opinions. He/him. Black lives matter. pfp by Eric Browning
Senior Technical designer at Epic games. UEFN stuff, sample projects, templates, tech talks, StackOBot 2.0, Project Parrot, Project Titan, Lyra and more! Ask me about Unreal, UEFN and indie stuff!
All non-work related views / statements my own.
creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Retired Educator / Learning Scientist
Solo Game Developer
Pixel Artist
Worked on a bunch of JRPGs back in the day
Male presenting NB
Pronouns: Any if you must
Avatar alt: Pixel art of a male presenting Black person with pink hair in Kente Kufi and Robes
https://www.feelinstrangelyfine.com/
Design Director @ Toca Boca | Founder http://startmakinggames.com | Once of Azeroth, Rubi-Ka, Hyboria, & other battlefields | Enthusiastic Optimist | Globetrotter | BAFTA Member | Painter of plastic things
Studio Art Director @EA DICE
• making games since 2003 •
✨Thoughts on game dev, leadership & the pastries of Sweden✨
🗣️ fr/en/lätt sv
Opinions mine (especially the smart ones) & don't represent the views of my employer
Senior Software Engineer on World of Warcraft
✊ Member of WoWGG-CWA
🇺🇸 🇩🇪, 37, He/they, ADHD-C
Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current)
linktr.ee/joeyondopamine | #AllViewsMyOwn
Name's Mel 🖤 Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The Sims✨FaeFarm, Stonefly🪲Star Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda 💫 TGA Future Class ‘21 🏆
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Senior Designer @ Blizzard on Overwatch || Prev: Arkane / Gunfire Games / NetherRealm / Robomodo
Novelist. "What is going on in Pixar's Cars" Conspiracy Theorist. Writer of video games & TTRPGs | NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | NIRVANA NOIR | DARK SOULS: EYES OF DEATH | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
gregbuchananwriter.com
🇳🇱✨️Creative Director & Founder @veelpoot.com | Senior Game & Narrative Design: Marvel's Avengers, Lordbound. | Prev: Nixxes
LEGACY OF ORSINIUM IS OUT NOW: http://www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Writer & Narrative Designer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out from Choice of Games || 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
🇨🇦 Sr Concept designer on ??? No NFT/AI/Repost
📧jessielamworkshop@proton.me
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Projects: Gears5, Long Dark ep4, Invincible s1 | Brass Lion Ent/Skybound/TheCoalition/BandaiNamco/EA | http://linktr.ee/axl99 | #art #fashion #arcane #fanart #startvsfinish
Sr Character Artist on Overwatch ✦ He/Him ✦ Tarnished ✦ Personal account, my views are MINE!
Chaotic good concept artist for video games
possessed by two black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛
https://hexcats.carrd.co/
Multi-award-winning senior reporter at IGN, proudly @ignunion.bsky.social. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. rvalentine@ign.com, Signal: duckvalentine.47
Senior II Quest Designer @Blizzard. Maker of things, consumer of memes. Views are my own.
senior ux game designer @ Fortnite✨| prev. @ Dead by Daylight🔪 | medieval studies ⚔️ | she/they | opinions are my own | 🇮🇷🇨🇦🏳️🌈
https://m.twitch.tv/spac3gh0s7
World Design Director on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Naughty Dog fae Dundee, Scotland.
linktr.ee/michaelbarclay
Ex-Raid and Dungeon Test Analyst at
Bungie (RiF) | Warrior, Guardian, and Planeswalker. Thoughts are my own He/Him 🏳️🌈
Live Talent, Voice Actor, USAF Vet | TGA Future Class 2021 | Twitch & ExtraLife Ambassador | He/Him | Biz: dj@deejayknight.tv
🌍: https://www.beacons.ai/deejayknight
⏰: https://www.tiktok.com/@deejayknight
🎮: https://www.twitch.tv/deejayknight
🏳️🌈 Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
Steam / PlayStation / Xbox Live: fiddlecub
Signal: fiddlecub.85
freelance production & marketing artist @ sony
prev. Bungie, Minecraft, & Microsoft
currently looking for full-time work in marketing, production, or consumer products!
she/her
https://niiftyy.artstation.com/
❤️ @poundcake.bsky.social
Creative Director, TPCi. #PokemonEmployee. Author, Design Beyond Devices & Game Development Strategy Guide. Adjunct @ Carnegie Mellon. Ex-Riot Games, Scopely, MSFT, AMZN, EA, Disney. EDS 🥄. Owner of @ideaplatz.com. Ideas my own. 🏠 https://Cherylplatz.com
she/her :: Susan aka Evangeline ::
Online Safety @ PlayStation & Bungie ::
You're loved. ✝
Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, one half of Secret Dinosaur and also the other half (previously Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me! https://linktr.ee/djdesign.dev
#GameDev
he/him
Award-winning narrative designer & writer🎮
Future Class 2020, IndieCade (twice!), Top 100 Women in Games
Speculative fiction Author👽🦄😱
Viable Paradise 24, SFWA, Codex
https://brightwhitney.com
Philly native now living in PNW. Gay AF. Weightlifter, Combatants Producer on Marathon, Pitbull Dad & Pokemon master. BLM. Trans Rights! Chinga La Migra! Kindness is an action. IG & Discord: Princezexu
He/They, #GameDev Senior Systems Designer at Respawn. Prev work: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Destiny 2 THPS 1+2 at Vicarious Visions, Diablo IV at Blizzard. Views are my own
Cinematic Narrative Director for World of Warcraft. All views expressed are my own.
UI/UX Director on Star Wars Jedi at Respawn, award-nominated, GDC/GAConf speaker, LEGO designer/hyperfixater, black cat guardian, singular they/them
Exceedingly personal account. 🇹🇼/🇨🇦/🇺🇲 living near Washington, DC
https://www.jordandevries.com
Producer.
@yxerollerderby #65 "California Screamin'", Mom, CA Native,
🩷💜💙. She/Her.
Previously Worlds Untold, Blizzard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast
Director, Brand Development at CATAN Studio
game dev / comics editor / author
probably worked on that thing you like
lapsed hockey reporter / aotearoa based
represented by ed wilson @ J&A
these views represent my employers so hard that my boss is actually holding a gun to my head as I type this
Looking for work - Riot R&D - Horizon Forbidden West - The Secret World - Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade - RollerCoaster Tycoon World
game designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. current: senior systems designer 2, world of warcraft. previous: magic: the gathering (+online)
american. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her.
🏳️🌈😷🐈🐈🏃♀️🎮
Level & Encounters Lead @riotgames (R&D) | Disintegration, Hob, Shadow of Mordor & Blacklight: Retribution | Photog & Bouldering | He/Him #gamedev
Senior Narrative Designer on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. All chatter and opinions are my own! Internet Dragon Expert.
He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, Millennia, and lots of others.
MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games.
Next project: TBD!
⏪ PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
▶️ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
🗣️ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/joshscherr
❤️ fix your hearts or die
Writer, game designer
Former Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole.
Words for Netflix, Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Saints Row, Darkhorse, other places
alexanderblechman.com
Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Narrative Director for Destiny 2. Writer, person.
alisonluhrs.com
disrespectful comedy imp, mid-tier necromancer, senior writer @ fortnite and contributor @ the beaverton
She/Her. Tech director / lead programmer type person @softrains.bsky.social - Helped make VALORANT and League. Cofounder of Trans Game Dev. AMBROSIA SKY available on Steam and EGS now!
Writer. ZA/UM.
Other: weird fiction, narrative design, Neurocracy, gamedev, game studies, OSINT. (They/them)
“A goth Slut!” - Trixie Mattel
Dachshund Maven. Bearded Lady. Retired Cowgirl.
she/her
UX, UI, IA, && Accessibility for the games you like. Enforcer at PAX.
Seattle — Duwamish Territory
bento.me/cortanav
Dad. Writer for Games + Animation. Currently at Remedy. Prev @ Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others. Nominated for an Emmy once. He/Him.
Mgmt: Gotham Group (TV/Film/Comics)
www.ericstirpe.com
Video game writer and and narrative designer.
Personal blog: https://azhdarchid.com/
Fediverse profile: https://azhdarchid.online/@bruno
Full bio: https://brunodias.dev/bio/
THESE POSTS ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
Creator of @observableradio.com
Freelance Writer and Narrative Designer
fmr: Avengers, Tomb Raiders, Star Warses
pod: observableradio.com
biz: cameronsuey.com
fic: thejosefkstories.com
(he/him)
