We are the special interest group representing game writers, narrative designers, immersive theater and entertainment creatives and more.
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Screenwriter, mostly. Also Highland and Scriptnotes.
Hey everybody, this is Russ from Retro Game Corps.
๐ฅ Retro handheld YouTube videos
๐นEmulation setup guides
https://allmylinks.com/retrogamecorps
British one off of Retronauts. Games writer, etc. Comics are my true love.
All Games Are Good: limitedrungames.com/products/all-games-are-good-hardcover
Merry Hell: merryhellcomic.com
Buy stuff: stuartgipp.itch.io
Contact: stuartgipp@gmail.com
๐ฌ 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
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.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ : Image, Naughty Dog, 3W3M, Perfect Garbage, Draknek, Manifold Garden, a coffee shop in Boston, โช แตโฟแต แตแตโฟสธ แตแตแตแตแตแตสณแต โช
๐๐๐/๐๐๐
principal software engineer @ ?? \ skill-based games \ dark fantasy enjoyer
past:
+ riot games - matchmaking & skill
2XKO, league of legends, R&D, wild rift
+ activision
call of duty
wife guy that loves his wife
@yewfy.bsky.social ๐ค
linktr.ee/timjung
โ World's biggest Elincia Ridell Crimea fan
โ Independent Game Designer
prev. ???, Jedi: Survivor, Marvel's Avengers, Jedi: Fallen Order
โ SRPGs, Socialism, Game Dev
โ she/her
I make videogames and talk about them. Currently with Epic Games. Giant Elder Scrolls nerd. Opinions don't represent employers.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Scottish chaos-giant living in Canada.
๐ Game Dev, Design Lead/Principal
๐ซถ 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. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/alix-markman/
Associate Art Director @ System Era Softworks working on the next thing after Astroneer
Father of 2 and Husband to 1
Aliens Fireteam Elite, Star Trek Online, Rise of the Triad; He/Him
https://www.artstation.com/quack
http://linkedin.com/in/nickquackenbush
Lead Quest Designer for World of Warcraft. I make quests, manage designers, and have thoughts about things. All views expressed are my own. She/her. @Rachel_ByDesign elsewhere.
Quality Engineer at Mojang Studios โข BAFTA Connect โข TGA Future Class โข #SpaceGirls art by @maxbeech.bsky.social โข https://linktr.ee/n7memo
Senior Gameplay Designer at Epic Games ๐ฎ Previously Respawn Entertainment, Microsoft, BioWare, Disney, lots of indie studios. She/Her.
Narrative Director & Writer โข Formerly State of Decay, Marvelโs Avengers, and NDAAAAs โข Currently reverting to my base form โ๐ผโข exploring dreams, making memes โจ โข ๐๏ธ 1/2 of Furidashi Podcast โข she/her
Senior Character Artist โจ
critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ใป award nominated ใป ใใผใ ใป queer, he/him, FTM ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ใป bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ใป CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ใป posts don't reflect employer, etc. etc.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950710/Dosa_Divas/
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production. Supporting and uplifting marginalized devs.
character and tech artist in gamedev and going to therapy about it
prev: Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Dragon Prince: Xadia
๐ฌ he/him
๐บ Los Angeles
๐จ https://xavierck.com
๐ XavierCK.3D@gmail.com
Running @StrangeScaffold. Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Narrative Director - iwot Games
She/They
Formerly: Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Aniplex, Carbine, Riot, BioWare
Co-author: The Definitive Game Narrative Guide
Opinions = my own
โI am the very model of a modern major generalโ
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.
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. Mask๐ท he/him
Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
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 โข Previously Obsidian, Harmonix โข (they/them) โข 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.
Makinโ UI and Accessibility stuff in games | ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง
โฅ๏ธs: ๐, ๐งถ, ๐ถ
Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Montrealer writing a book about the Nova Scotia Tartan & another book about awkward sports. She/They www.jillmurray.com
A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, SPG100, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. She/they. I hope you like ferrets.
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 โข Accessibility Advocate โข Co-Founder @wecanfixitinui.com โข Scottish โข My Opinions โข 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 Malmรถ. The Division franchise. Union Member. Artist. Traveler. Nuisance. ๐ธ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฑ
I love comics professionally. [Marketing @ Mad Cave. Prev at boom/oni/humanoids/top shelf. I represent no one but me online.] ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ก๏ธFeral Queer. I like the cars that go zoom. ๐ 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
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 โ19, 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 โ Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants๐น๐น
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
โข making games since 2003 โข
โจThoughts on game dev, leadership & the pastries of Swedenโจ
๐ฃ๏ธ fr/en/lรคtt sv
Opinions mine (especially the smart ones) & don't represent the views of my employer
Senior Software Engineer on World of Warcraft
โ Member of WoWGG-CWA
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช, 37, He/they, ADHD-C
Ann Arbor โก๏ธ SoCal โก๏ธ Chicago (current)
linktr.ee/joeyondopamine | #AllViewsMyOwn
Name's Mel ๐ค Systems Designer II on Valorant. Prev. The SimsโจFaeFarm, Stonefly๐ชฒStar Wars Squadrons, SW Battlefront II and Mass Effect Andromeda ๐ซ TGA Future Class โ21 ๐
Opinions are my own.
PFP by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
Senior Designer @ Blizzard on Overwatch || Prev: Arkane / Gunfire Games / NetherRealm / Robomodo
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 2020๐|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
๐จ๐ฆ Sr Concept designer on ??? No NFT/AI/Repost
๐งjessielamworkshop@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 โฆ He/Him โฆ Tarnished โฆ Personal account, my views are MINE!
Chaotic good concept artist for video games
possessed by two black cats ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ
https://hexcats.carrd.co/
Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. ๐ procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
Queer nerd who makes stuff for video games (they/them). Current: Wizards of the Coast. Formerly: Crop Circle Games, Playable Worlds, Blizzard.
Opinions posted here do not reflect the opinions of my employers either present or past.
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 @ Fortniteโจ| prev. @ Dead by Daylight๐ช | medieval studies โ๏ธ | she/they | opinions are my own | ๐ฎ๐ท๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://m.twitch.tv/spac3gh0s7
Senior Combat Designer at Santa Monica Studio. Frmr Wonderstorm, Blizzard. All thoughts posted are my own. She/her. Cymraeg, Gaeilge, agus Gร idhlig. Hyena facts. PFP by
@CiderBunArt #GameDev
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 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Live Talent, Voice Actor, USAF Vet | TGA Future Class 2021 | Twitch & ExtraLife Ambassador | He/Him | Biz: dj@deejayknight.tv
๐: https://www.beacons.ai/deejayknight
โฐ: https://www.tiktok.com/@deejayknight
๐ฎ: https://www.twitch.tv/deejayknight
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ 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/
โค๏ธ @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 ๐ฅ. Owner of @ideaplatz.comโฌ. Ideas my own. ๐ https://Cherylplatz.com
she/her :: Susan aka Evangeline ::
Online Safety @ PlayStation & Bungie ::
You're loved. โ
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 & writer๐ฎ
Future Class 2020, IndieCade (twice!), Top 100 Women in Games
Speculative fiction Author๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฑ
Viable Paradise 24, SFWA, Codex
https://brightwhitney.com
Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
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. ๐น๐ผ/๐จ๐ฆ/๐บ๐ฒ living near Washington, DC
https://www.jordandevries.com
Producer.
@yxerollerderby #65 "California Screamin'", Mom, CA Native,
๐ฉท๐๐. 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
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.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ท๐๐๐โโ๏ธ๐ฎ
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.
Taking a break ๐ด | Prev: Blizzard x2, EA x2, Industrial Toys, Pipeworks | She/Her | Kinda gay | Still masking/still COVIDing | Opinions are my own | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธโ๐ป
Louisiana โก๏ธ Oregon โก๏ธ SoCal
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!
โช PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
โถ๏ธ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
๐ฃ๏ธ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
๐๐ณ linktr.ee/joshscherr
โค๏ธ fix your hearts or die
Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. ๐Deloitte Fast 500 ๐Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
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. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
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)
โA goth Slut!โ - Trixie Mattel
Dachshund Maven. Bearded Lady. Retired Cowgirl.
she/her
UX, UI, IA, && Accessibility for the games you like. Enforcer at PAX.
Seattle โ Duwamish Territory
bento.me/cortanav
