Chicago, zoning, transportation, maps
volunteer for Drake: https://www.mobilize.us/drakefor10/
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
cofounder of @chi.streetsblog.org
made Path of Achra, currently developing Lands of Achra, dark fantasy and pixel art, contemplating the vanished earth
https://pathofachra.com/
NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
3D game artist 🕹️🎨 | Based in Chicago 🏙️🌭🍺 From Austin, TX 🤠 | https://sofiaee.artstation.com/
she/her | Game Maker / Designer / Programmer | currently: Disbelief (NDA) 🤫
prev: Ruckus Games (The Holdouts), The Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day)
I don't suffer bigots.
A better world is possible or else 😘
alinachristenbury.com
Working on RRRATGAME in #godot
Creator of Creature Keeper
Solo self-taught indie game developer working on a parody/anti-cozy game! Imagine Stardew Valley if it were self aware and poking fun at itself.
https://youtube.com/@lumen-game-dev?si=vK4OR6M6jwDpINyi
🦝 I’m a cartoonist who likes to draw animals with swords! | Pixel Artist and Animator for the future indie game, Blackmask⚔️
Website: mastafran.com
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mastafran
Blackmask: https://blackmaskgame.com/
He/him
Brewing a new videogame
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Arranger is out everywhere!
Steam/EGS/Itch/Mac App Store
Switch/PS5
iOS/Android
https://arranger.quest
A award-winning game by @cabezotta.bsky.social, @davidhellman.bsky.social, @nsuttner.bsky.social, and friends!
Artist! Won a Hugo once! Black! I like everyday fantasy! Made a graphic novel! Drew some kids books! Estoy aprendiendo español!
Rep'd by @grahamophones.bsky.social
https://gdbee.carrd.co / https://gdbee.store
We advocate for housing abundance and sustainable, inclusive cities in Illinois.
🏙️ https://abundanthousingillinois.org
Coraroc is Coraroc! Run by @metroixer.bsky.social
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
I draw Penny Arcade, founded the PAX gaming expo and the Child’s Play charity.
In the Wild West, it's always you against the odds. Take control of a gun-slingin' hero with special bullet powers that come with a catch: they're cards that you can collect!
Check out our linktree!: https://linktr.ee/docsshufflinshootout
Elemera is an open-world monster tamer game with a persistent simulated ecosystem and a focus on connection rather than collection.
Go to elemera.com for more details
Chicago art music programming etc
emotional intelligence of a walnut, charisma of a fire alarm
🎹 and ✍️ and whatever emoji game development is
https://metroixer.itch.io/
Follow @coraroc.bsky.social for game updates!
Wishlist Coraroc: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963120/Coraroc/
indie dev | sound and music for Fretless the GuitaRPG. Get it here ~ https://bit.ly/Fretless-Game ~
from Chicago
my music/contact: http://linktr.ee/dovetailmusic
I write code to help people (and computers) connect! 🎮 | they/any | chicagoooo
backend engineer at Gardens 🌳 previously Singularity 6, Jackbox Games | IGDA-F Next Gen Leader
"Leading" "engineering" at Messhof. Made Wheel World. Making a new thing!
Songwriter & Video Game Composer
Mini Metro, Usagi Shima, Project Timi 🎵🎶
and many more :)
Chicago 🌃
https://linktr.ee/Maxdugganmusic
🐝| queer | game art & hijinks @ Young Horses | ex-Philadelphian in Chicago | hiking buddy | coffee lich | plant hoarder |
She/They | 3D artist and GamDev in Chicago.
Play my games @ http://captainripley.itch.io
🏳️🌈🇳🇮
I'm a software engineer who develops games and XR using technologies like C#/Unity and JavaScript/WebGL (while increasingly Godot-curious). I wrote the book Unity in Action!
website: www.newarteest.com
Hi! We're Swarmforge, a miniscule indie #gamedev studio in Chicago.
Wishlist SOLARFLARE here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/SOLARFLARE/
Official profile for Fellowship, the world's first-ever Multiplayer Online Dungeon Adventure (MODA) game! http://playfellowship.com
Ex-Xbox, ex-Nintendo. Now @Animal_Well, @AxiomVerge, @Chasmgame, @Mystralia, #SaviorGame
Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
We're Lost Gator Collective! We're a tiny indie game studio based out of Chicago, currently working on: That Time I Got Trapped In An Office Dungeon
Follow our devs!
@bradstar879.bsky.social
@skizznugget.bsky.social
@neee.bsky.social
@lezl.bsky.social
Bite-sized reviews of demos on Steam and itch.io, with a focus on indie and DIY games.
Indie Game Dev / Artist - working on, Mecha multiplayer game, Drift Shell
Black 27 He/Him
Beware🔞, I post my nsfw art sometimes. Minors Begone!
My Patreon🔞: https://www.patreon.com/c/SlapSoft
My itch io: http://s1aps.itch.io
Game designer, writer, editor | #2 bubble wizard in all the land (disputed) | occasional translation | memes, music, hyphen slander
Hapa (Hawaiian, Korean, Haole, etc), 🏳️🌈, He/him
He/him. Game designer and Pathfinder Lead Designer. Seattle.
A self-hosted, modern, and developer-friendly roleplaying platform.
Game Designer and Writer! Illimat, Gloom, and Eberron. Co-owner of @TwogetherStudios.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Twogetherstudios
Check out my Patreon! (http://patreon.com/keithbaker)
Founder & Director @ Webthruster Games 👩🏻💻
- | Gamedev🕹️
- | Writer ✍️
- | Composer 🎻
- | 3D Artist 👾
- | Creature Designer 🧌
- | Actress 🎭
Co-Producer @ KONSOLL 🕹️
2D/3D Artist Game Artist in Chicago ▫️Working on Wylde Society @studiodrydock▫️ Previously at Gold Creek, Shiny Shoe, Gamefam▫️Frog 🐸 and Fish Enthusiast 🐟
inatomecek.com
POCKET MYSTERY EP DX is available now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3300480/POCKET_MYSTERY_EP_DX/
HYPER GROOVE AX coming 2026.
indie game dev. browse my fine softwares!
made Tall Trails, Fossil Corner, & Plant Daddy
overfull.games
Creative Director at Young Horses 🐎 (Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Bugsnax) I play all of the games.
They/Them
Indie team creating an 8-bit style, retro shmup/STG. I (lead designer) attempt to keep our online presence relevant.
WISHLIST Cranky Chibi Cthulhu! rb.gy/8g1gcl
All opinions and typos are my own! #indiegamedev
I paint with pixels!
Also, occasional music, and game dev!
Chicago based.
Stream my debut release, Lunar Psychosis!! out everywhere ✨ https://daniorizaba.hearnow.com
Project manager by day, director of @indiecitygames.org also by day | Chicago
HatsProductions.com
🎩 Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! MaxGentlemen.biz
💀 Organ Trail https://hatsproductions.com/organtraildc/
Working on: Max Gentlemen Mystery Mansion
Programmer/Producer at Young Horses, creators of Bugsnax & Octodad.
Hobbyist Photographer. Perpetually on FFXIV.
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
Composer for 🎬 and 🎮 and everything else: Shouting Down Midnight, This Is Desmondo Ray!, Noclip, _starweaver_, and a lot more
Music Implementer: The Lamplighters League
Music-focused game dev making Divinuet
Chicagoan, she/they
megancarnesmusic.com
Creator of turn-based tactics games and SRPGs; now making Together in Battle! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267210/Together_in_Battle/
📧: sinisterdesign@gmail.com
An anime-inspired, card-battling, narrative-focused RPG from the makers of Battle Chef Brigade. Play now!
Steam: https://t.co/KEwMsjZDhS
PS5: https://tinyurl.com/3afpp5mh
Switch: https://tinyurl.com/7amc5fef
Discord: http://discord.gg/trinketstudios
🎮 programmer @ Evening Star
talk to me about volleyball, language learning, one piece tcg, or cycling. if you don't then i'll probably start talking to you about one of them lol
📍chicago
I make games at SomaSim. I help run the Chicago Game Lab. I live in Chicago. Go Sox.
3D Artist | BA Game Art Columbia College Chicago
Previously at SomaSim, Trixel Creative
Games, VFX, Animation, Entertainment
Hard to pronounce videogames.
direction + writing + trailers + voice direction + "running comms" for UNBEATABLE at @dcellgames.com
also OST + SFX + for I AM YOUR BEAST, EL PASO ELSEWHERE, TMNT, SPACE WARLORD ORGAN TRADING SIMULATOR, way more
https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/
Chicago's Alternative Game Festival.
Keep up to date by signing up for our mailing list at https://www.bitbashchicago.com/
See you in 2025!
Chicago-based Artist & GameDev
Made Melissa❤️, No Robots Allowed & MORE!
WISHLIST:
CatTrigger Horror Collection:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3572050/
Date Time:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313010/
Links: https://cattrigger.com/links/
🪐BOOKINGS: zvrra@proton.me
🪐Producer/DJ
🪐Zvrra Music https://zvrra.bandcamp.com
🪐Support me on patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/zvrra
🪐Live @ https://www.twitch.tv/zvrra
🪐She/They
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
3D environment artist @YoungHorses.com on Bugsnax and something else 👁️👁️
I have approximate knowledge of many things
she/her
📍Chicago
💍 @hatsproductions.bsky.social
pfp by @tgi.bsky.social
horror author, narrative designer, weird doll collector, goth club haunter (she/her) kathrynhealy.com
game dev | narrative designer | writing lead for The Elder Scrolls Renewal: Skywind @skywind.bsky.social | fictional old man enjoyer
here for the girls, gays, & theys.
📍Chicago
Senior Product Manager on MTG Arena at Wizards of the Coast | Cooking, Games, Travel | He/him
Video Game Lawyer, Lord High Executioner at Sam Castree Law. All opinions are *your* own. How do you like that? (You like it very much.)
She/Her | ✨Chicago-based✨
˗ˏˋ Senior 3D Artist @owlchemylabs.com ˎˊ˗
˗ˏˋ 3D Contract Artist @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social ˎˊ˗
˗ˏˋ Art Director @lostgatorco.bsky.social ˎˊ˗
Prev: HakJak Studios, Funomena
neelamjani.com
✨ Opinions are my own ✨
Indie Game Dev | Software Engineer | Rubik’s Cube Artist
Co-founder of @lostgatorco.bsky.social
Working on That Time I Got Trapped in an Office Dungeon -> store.steampowered.com/app/3424620
Also made Murder At Midnight-> store.steampowered.com/app/1578890
Gamedev
I cant stop making music and art and stuff it makes me so happy
28 🇲🇽| Fashion Designer & Illustrator
also game dev and makes silly doodles ✨
Project Manager / Artist @lostgatorco.bsky.social
My website/socials: https://linktr.ee/HeyLezl
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
Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com
Video Game Profesh. PR & Marketing // Renaissance PR
You'll get a lot of food pics here, friends. Cooking, movies, video & board games and SO much yacht rock, jazz and R&B.
🌸 Global Content Creator Lead - Starsand Island, Everwind, etc. 🌸
Making games for longer than seems advisable.
AI lead at Take-Two; earlier at SomaSim, Zynga, EA etc.
Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs.
Author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/
Hello from Chicago!
Award-winning Educational-Games Designer, Toy Inventor, Alt.Ctrl Maker. Chicagoan. Former Bit Bash person. Apologetically Me. https://bobbylox.com
COPPER ODYSSEY & OTHER ARTWORKS
Creator of joy games, appreciator of art, living creature under the sun
My games: https://juice-baby.itch.io/
Join my server to get updates whenever I post a new game!
https://discord.com/invite/TZBCZz9GE9
I principally wear a programmer hat at Trinket Studios. Arguably I wear other hats there too, but they're tinier and sillier. Battle Suit Aces, Battle Chef Brigade, and a handful of other Unity tinkerings. he/him.
Battle Suit Aces coming Oct 7!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/
President/Programmer of Trinket Studios. Battle Chef Brigade,
Battle Suit Aces; Previously Wideload/Disney; Tall; He/him; tom@trinketstudios.com
Freelance game developer in Chicago, IL
In a state of perpetual rumination
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Currently playing: Scrolling through my Steam library until I get bored
fighting game player and developer
buy Traintracks Combat! only $2.50!
www.traintrackscombat.rocks
Developer of HyperTyper 2000 with @vaaasm.com. Musician.
Occasional pixel artist. Jack of all trades. They/them
Wishlist HyperTyper 2000 on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3125430/HyperTyper_2000/
🇵🇭🏳️🌈 chicago game, film, & stage composer
✨ wishlist the afterlife cafe on steam ✨
📱 @aapiingaming.bsky.social
👾 fortune 500 gaming company marketer
🎵 https://linktr.ee/kimikimi_more
Chicago based artist, primarily games
Cat enjoyer
Check out my latest projects:
https://skeeeth.itch.io/degausser
https://knaughts.itch.io/anathema
Business inquiries: bungunart@gmail.com
#art #gamedev
they/them | 32 | TTRPG designer
https://faefatale.itch.io
Current Project: SWALLOW RPG, a 1-2 player splatterpunk game about consent and cannibalism
Digital artist - things will mostly be SFW here but be aware things might get risque.
AD Profile: https://bsky.app/profile/mistakenpotatoesad.bsky.social
Creators of Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.
· Merchandise: https://supergiant.games/merch
· Discord: http://discord.gg/supergiant
Head gardener, @graceful.dev. Code cleric, software coach and consultant, author, Ruby Hero, recovering podcaster, and very tired dad of many kids. He/him.
Home: http://avdi.codes
programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from
@marthawells.com The Murderbot Diaries. Has no gender. Character's pronouns are It/its. Managed by @writerphoebe
Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
Battlezoo Director of Game Design, former Design Manager for Paizo, and one of the four leads in the creation of Pathfinder 2nd Edition. | http://patreon.com/arcanemark http://twitch.tv/arcanemark
Award winning tabletop game designer and overall giant nerd! Director of Games at Paizo, Creator of Pathfinder, Publisher at Minotaur gamers. All opinions are my own. He/Him.
Writer of leadership things. Keynote enthusiast. I don’t tweet about my current gig. https://randsinrepose.com
writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @followthecrypto.org • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
Official Bluesky for Paizo Inc. The creators of the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs. Union Made. Replies Monday-Friday, 8-5 Pacific. customer.service@paizo.com.
Any pronouns | Game dev that dreamt they were a software engineer | big fan of critters and cratures both real and imagined | love spooks and spirits | jackalope
Solo dev in Chicago!!
Grove: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3307710/Grove/
Ewe Shall Not Pass: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2480210/Ewe_Shall_Not_Pass/
Also a director of Indie City Games
Jonah (he/him)