Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th edition - May 13-16.
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - open on Wed-Thu 15:00-18:00, Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
Maker of games and things, namely Cadence www.thefuntastic.com
Animation, games, speculative fiction. UCLA Design Media Arts '26. He/they 🏳️⚧️
www.saganyee.com
Games journalist, content creator & Cultural consultant.
host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Video game trailer maker. Saturdaymorningcereal.co
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPX_naMI2uypGTPFx3R-SiXADoMpD14k2&si=vUx907UdmzIXxRM2
Producer for @nyamakop.co.za
Here for game dev stuff 🎮
Zambian in South Africa 🇿🇲🇿🇦
Collecting myself here: sithe.me
Writer. Game Dev. Weird Sister. Annoying Friend. Bruno's Mom.
freelance culture reporter | previously wired, axios, the verge | nyc | signal meganfarokhmanesh.76 | face god and walk backwards into hell
Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy my games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
Professor at UPenn, author of GRIT, co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions, co-founder of Character Lab
Indie narrative games publisher. Host of #LudoNarraCon. On a journey to discover innovative story-driven games.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/fellowtravellergames
PREORDER The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: http://bit.ly/49gyZmp
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Contributing writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
I play with sound and make things
http://www.yannseznec.com
Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo
making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games
founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
Ozark game dev duo, making The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler.
Previously: Burly Men at Sea, Doggins, Wooden Nickel. brainandbrain.co
💧 raincastergame.com/wishlist
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
Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica / The guy who LITERALLY wrote the book on Minesweeper -- https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland
Signal: kyleorl.31
Writer and director of video games you probably haven’t heard of, including Dustborn, Draugen and Dreamfall. (Also, in a previous life, The Longest Journey and The Secret World, etc.) Creative person at @redthreadgames.bsky.social Making hellosunshine.app
Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3868010/Media_Circus/
Edit your own weekly newspaper for fun and profit!
By Papercoda Games: https://papercoda.carrd.co/
Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/
I dont actually check this site much!
🌱 ughhhhgh i make content for game devs
🦀 Community and Marketing @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social
💌 paige@aggrocrab.com
@popagendaco co-founder / aggro aries / game dev business mom / she/her
Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction writer/essayist.
Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com.
Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life.
Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Restart +
✦— Freelance Writer |📝: @techraptor.net ✦ GINX TV ✦ Weekend Argus ✦ IOL News ✦ Primedia Broadcasting (KFM/CapeTalk) ✦ GLAMOUR 🇿🇦 | she/her | ☕ drinker, nap taker —✦
📥: DM for email address
📁: https://muckrack.com/ashleigh-klein-22
Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Game and Network coder for @StageFrightGame.bsky.social by Ghost Town Games. Director of Joggernauts by @spacemacegames.com. Minneapolis creative dev (he/him). Not okay.
Cat selfie enthusiast.
Visit: zachstronaut.com
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
Writer at Restart.run. Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, and Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@restart.run. He/him.
Editor at GameSpot who covers a lot of games where you roll dice or play cards. BLM ✊🏾 They/Them
Email: jordan@gamespot.com // My work: gamespot.com/profile/jordanramee/
EIC & Co-Owner @butwhytho.net
Freelance: MMORPG, MtGSalvation, IGN
9-5: BizOps @ Owlchemy Labs
5-9: Film/TV/Video Game Critic
Chingona all the time
🫰🏾🏈🎮🤘🏾
Freelance games consulting (mock reviews, sensitivity reading, etc)
📍Austin, TX
💌 kate@butwhytho.net
Community Developer @ Raw Power Games
Used to be a Twitch partner and active on the socials, now I'm just old.
Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
🕵 Indie Dev
🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer
🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
🕸 www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij 🇳🇱🇪🇺
President Pad & Pixel video game consulting
https://linktr.ee/crecente
BAFTA member
Kotaku founder
Polygon co-founder
Former video game editor Rolling Stone, Variety
over-explainer for fame & fortune, 9-5 academic, 24/7 analog enthusiast.
PhD of computer/networking/net histories, LGBTQ+ activism, STS, critical HIV/AIDS studies. you might know me from video games
once: uc irvine
now: u of michigan
💾🌿💽 kb.place 💽🌿💾
Lawyer, video game critic, horror obsessive, Kader Asmal Fellow, Master's in International Law (Trinity College Dublin). He/him. Repped by Marilia Savvides / The Plot Agency. Cape Town, ZA
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Haitian | award-winning journalist | formerly Gamesindustry.biz | 📝 freelancer | Art | Music | Health | diversity advocate | Fashionista | Creator |Product of Miami, FL. lvl 40 he/him 🌻
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.
editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
I could be *Your* Video Game Reporter
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: aparrish0821@gmail.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
producer / games journalist at NPR
readfanservice.substack.com
Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Late night TV Writer/Producer. Horror-comedy coming 2026: The Big Kill
Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
Content Creator | Indie Games & Cat Lover
TikTok (143K) | ✉️ justkaalin@gmail.com
✨️Influencer Relations for @mooncat.games
✉️ kaalin@mooncat.games
📌Brighton & Hove, UK
Probably at the movies! Follow me on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/PF9V
Previously Head of Comms @ Mooncat Games
Previously 📽️ @ Southampton FC
We create premium tangible things. | More: https://linktr.ee/iam8bit | For customer service inquiries, please visit support.iam8bit.com.
Founded by Double Fine and iam8bit. indie games are good.
Code, Games, Dad
Tech Lead @nyamakop.bsky.social
CEO + co-founder of FinjiCo.
Freelance journalist & consultant. BAFTA member. Editor of the NES-ential Celebration book. Words in The Guardian, The Verge, GQ, Metal Hammer, Fandom, Shortlist, NME, Gamesradar, Kotaku, IGN, Inverse, VGC, EDGE, etc http://www.tomreganwrites.com
Video Editor @ Game Informer | 1/4 of Axe of the Blood God, 1/2 of Normandy FM | he/him | leading Devil Survivor aficionado | eric@gameinformer.com
Staff Writer, Slate. It's all gonna work out this time.
13-year game journalist. Senior writer at GamesRadar+. Previously: PC Gamer, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer. Email: austin(dot)wood(at)futurenet(dot)com
Game Developer, humanist, musician and baker from Oakland. Grim Optimist. Made Black Future '88, working on NECTARMANCER at The Beauty Cult. Does music as SKYMELT, currently playing synths in FRTRSS, current MLIS student.
VP of Commercial and Portfolio Development @ Annapurna // Enjoys games, horror, and loud noises //Former Epic Games, Saber Interactive, Harmonix.
Agent, Games @ United Talent Agency
🏳️🌈🪩
president - @annapurna.com interactive + new media // we help artists create games and tv and films and animation and theater
game developer 🍭 director of The Crush House (out on Steam!) 🍫 BAFTA Breakthrough '24 🍿 she/her
https://nicole.pizza
A person you meet in the forest, who just puts their finger to your lips to shoosh you, and then gives you the budget for your game.
We bless the rains down in Africa... but in UE5
We’re making Relooted: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/
🗓️ Releases 10 February 2026
https://linktr.ee/Nyamakop
music and sounds for games. 🌺🗡️ #RiftoftheNecrodancer #BlossomTales #Meatpunks #Mixolumia #FreshlyFrosted #TheTartarusKey and more. Fuck AI art. philly.
josiebrechner.com (she/they)
Game designer. HELLCOUCH, With You, Exploding Kittens: Good vs Evil, & lots more.
🃏 Board games: bit.ly/carolsBGG
🎮 Indie videogames: carolmertz.itch.io
🌱 Sustainable games: PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer ❀ Game Director at Blue Backpack ❀ The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne ❀ Consultant ❀ @Forbesunder30 2021 ❀ 🌈 she/her
Event Producer at @iii-initiative.bsky.social ・ Excecutive Producer gamedev.world ・ Production Consultant・Photographer
Worked on POSSESSOR(S), Beast Breaker, & a lot of other stuffs~
she/her・🏳️🌈 🍉
Godot developer and studio lead at Volcano Bean. Chaos queer #AuDHD she/they
🎮 Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
⚔️ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
🎖️ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
🏆 BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
🇲🇾🇬🇧🇪🇺 Malaysian based in the UK
Tanzanian Gamedev
PC Update - Hyper Light Drifter
Cultural Consultant - Temtem
Other secret stuff :)
Former Sr. Features Editor of IGN, now doing something different. 교포. COYS. https://www.mattkimwrites.com/
very professional indie game studio
💥CRASHOUT CREW COMING THIS YEAR
🦀made PEAK, Another Crab's Treasure + Going Under
✨https://bit.ly/CrashoutCrew
Senior 3D game artist from France - he/they
formerly @onemoveawaygame @dreamfeel
adrielxyz@outlook.com
https://adriel.xyz
queer, trans, adoptee, & a bunch of other things
don't repost my art thx
Next: http://thecooplab.com
Past: Humble Bundle, Prismatika, Humble Games
Indie Game developer ゲーム開発者 & Dr pepper addict
https://linktr.ee/aerial_knight
Maker of games, taker of naps
Cofounder @ Uwu.biz
Prev: Modern Wolf, Caffeine, Robot Teddy, Iko Iko,
Writer of games, film & fiction.
IGF nominated Narrative Excellence.
Father of Coco.
The Unwoven Warrior out now in South Africa. (Seeking reps in N America)
Open for consulting & commissions
💸 Biz Dev @fellowtraveller.games
👀 Senior Business & Event Manager @iii-initiative.bsky.social
📚 Festival Manager #LudoNarraCon
📈 BD Stuff @ Monster Prom
He/Him - I love F1 🏎️
🎮 WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
✨ Production-for-hire!
💜 Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
🔄 Prev CULT Games, Kepler Interactive / Kowloon Nights, LoG
🌺 She/Her
🦘 MELB | Korean-Australian
South African indie developer at Free Lives. (He / Him).
Designer of Dustbiters, Anger Foot, and Genital Jousting.
designer and engineer.
weird and experimental.
https://neondelice.xyz/
https://neonminuit.xyz/
https://cookie.paris/all/
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.
Sound Designer, Music Composer, Voice Actor, Game Designer.
Nuclear Throne, Downwell, Cult of the Lamb, Noita, ScourgeBringer, Atomicrops, Tormentor X Punisher, Badland 1/2/Brawl, Bleak Sword, Carrion, Broforce, Go Mecha Ball, PAPERHEAD, Invincible VS etc
co-founder & director Future Friends Games
futurefriends.lol
publishing & self pub support for cool indie games // this is what dreams are made of // he/him // 6 x GDC speaker // latest GDC talk https://youtu.be/-341jEXj-iI
I'm an artist with experience in the video games, animation and TTRPG industries. contact: jeanrouxart@gmail.com
Game designer/coder, lecturer at times, full-time meme.
In the past: coherence, Unity (making Gigaya, Open Projects, Unity Playground). Also been making games (UFHO2, Slybots: Frantic Zone... ?) and Unity tools.
He/him/lui/'iss 🇮🇹
🚪 An observatory in the middle of nowhere 🚪
📧 warpdoor@gmail.com
A friendly software gardener
Rhys Dekle, Partner, Strategic Alternatives. 20 years + in games. I advise game dev Founders & CEOs on strategy and do deals for a living
working on curiosmos and other stuff •
previously: hidden folks ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇs • ᴀʀᴛ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴏғ the merlies
☞☞☞ celineveltman.com
wishlist curiosmos: s.team/a/2585710/
✶ ✶ ✶ curiosmos.space
experimental game designer, independent curator
he/him. views are my own.
https://mr-chad.com
Berlin-based event producer & curator. I organise #TalkAndPlay @berlingamescene.bsky.social + run @saftladen.bsky.social co-working space for indie devs + board member @gamestormberlin.bsky.social. Prev: A MAZE. / Berlin, Maschinen-Mensch. He/Him
@WeThrowSwitches | @GLUMland | @altctrlparty | @RushdownEdinburgh (long ago)
videogame-adjacent production // curation // hardware studio ✨ special projects + fantastic, raucous, beautiful things 💜 wethrowswitches.com
Experimental Playful Hardware Designer. I made Line Wobbler, which won some awards. Now working on Quantum Jungle ✨🌱🔨