Lyrical Games is a new publisher for exceptional games and talent. We are a home for ambitious studios with holistic vision. Transparency and collaboration guide everything we do.
Publisher of Manor Lords, Against the Storm, Norland, Workers & Resources, 9 Kings, and other great strategic and tactical games.
Our store page: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/HoodedHorse
Founder & CEO, The Narrative Department
Founder of Coquito Games, Board President at Global Game Jam, Verso apologist, Programmer, Musician, Writer, Anthropologist, Activist, Polymath, Adventurer, Dreamer. Opinions are my own.
Hosts of The Next Stage Immersive Summit & Co-Creators of The Immersive Invitationals.
Bringing together the performing arts, gaming, and XR immersive communities since 2020.
Japanese art, design & culture
Freelance writer, producer, and consultant -- as seen on IGN, Game Developer, Kotaku, CNET, Engadget, GameSpot, Ars Technica, ScreenHub, PCGamesN, and MMORPG.com. He/Him. Bay Area Millennial. Go read my words.
Trickster disciple. 🦊 Game developer. 🎲️✂ Emeritus data generalist. 📊 Delightfully imperfect. ☁️ Not that kind of doctor. 🎓 [E] Itsatrap 🎮 He/Him
Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Narrative Writer on League of Legends (Hwei, Jax VO, Varus VO) • Cal c/o '22 • she/they, opinions mine
🎭 Let's get creative together, on a stage!
✨ Drag clown and videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Games, play, & language @ Meiji University | Editor of Ludic Language Pedagogy | Founder - York Game Lab | #和太鼓 | #PETSCII | #日本語 (N1合格) | #スマブラ | #chiptune | DMs open
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Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
Releasing in 2026 (announced): Wednesday Friend or Woe 🕷️, Banana Carts 🍌, Dino Racer 🦖, Minnie and Mickey’s World Tour ✈️
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
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
Celebrating and supporting international independent game development. Become a member or volunteer with us! https://www.indiecade.com/
gcbaccaris.com 📜 Writer & Game Developer 🪄 Twine Grimoire | 🔮Harmony | 🪞Resurrection Gate | TGA FC '23 | Volunteer @IFtechfoundation.org | narrative design, localization, CSS, & more
🪩 patreon.com/gcbaccaris
🕯 http://ko-fi.com/grimdev
🦷 gcbaccaris.itch.io
Mapping and documenting collective movements by game workers striving to improve their working conditions.
https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/
Jesteśmy Komisją OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza, działającą na rzecz pracowników branży gier wideo.
We are a trade union fighting for the gamedev workers in Poland, and a part of OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza.
https://gamedevunion.pl
GWUI is a trade union established to represent game workers in Ireland. If you are a game worker join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
See more links in our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gwuireland
Representing the Northern Ireland regional group of IWGB Game Workers Union
Join our union here: http://iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-worker
Organisation de travailleu·ses·rs de l'industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal. Building community and organizing workers.
https://gwumtl.com/
Mastodon: @gwumtl@union.place
At ZeniMax, unions belong here. Organizing with @cwaunion.bsky.social and @codecwa.bsky.social
Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego 🕹✊ Parte de CGT
📧: videojuegos(at)cgt(dot)org(dot)es
40+ workers, working to #UnionizePaizo. Find out how to support us at http://unitedpaizoworkers.org. Don't split the party!
The workers of ZeniMax, unionizing for better jobs and a better video game industry.
The employees of Activision Blizzard King, working together for change. These posts are our opinions and do NOT reflect theirs. #ABetterABK #EndAbuseInGaming
It's dangerous to go alone, so we're taking our union. And the @newsguild.org 👀
Syndicat de lutte indépendant pour la défense des salarié·es, freelances, intermittent·es, étudiant·es, etc. du #jeuvideo en France
The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames
Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
We are the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees in the tech 👩💻, games 🕹️, and digital industries 🖱️ with CWA. https://code-cwa.org/organize
Building power as tech workers! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻
Proud members of @cwacanada1.bsky.social and @codecwa.bsky.social
Inspired to join us in organizing the game industry in Canada? DM us!
https://ubisoftworkerscanada.com/
Perfil oficial do Sindjogos-SP
Movimento pela criação de um Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Indústria de Jogos do Estado de São Paulo
Award winning Director of Marketing & Communications for video game stuff, IGDA, BAFTA, Canadian Game Awards Judge, Speaker, DEI Advocate, Snacker & Flâneur!
Reach out if you want to work together or need help with stuff.
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
Writer on STAR WARS ZERO COMPANY // TV before
Lead Visual Development Artist on TMNT2
visdev on TMNT Mutant Mayhem, Across the Spiderverse, and Mitchell’s vs the Machines
Prev Where the Water Tastes like Wine, other games
Curating shows at Giant Robot Gallery
We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
Senior Writer @ AdHoc Studio
writing, video games, trying not to starve. the kind of human wreckage that you love.
narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
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/
Gaming freelance writer, indie streamer & content creator. Open to work ✍️
Host of @littlevictoriesap.bsky.social
Join the Little Victories Discord: https://discord.gg/CRjqRjvFpH
Twitch, email & more: linktr.ee/andresplays93
Indie Game developer ゲーム開発者 & Dr pepper addict
https://linktr.ee/aerial_knight
Maker of games, taker of naps
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
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
Designer, coder, musician, founder of @superfuturegames.com
Currently making Verses: Hyper-Kinetic Aerial Joust
Play it on Patreon: https://patreon.com/superfuturegames
Representing @EquityUK members across the audio industry in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/EquityAudio
Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | Ex-Mortician | They/Them | English + 中文 (简体字)
Game designer. Game dev organiser. BAFTA member. 18 years in AAA game dev.
One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com
Composer • Orchestrator • Bit Parade podcast co-host • Game music • Broadway musician • John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch • Documentary Now! (Co-op)• Murder at the Birch Tree Theater dev • he/him
📚 Research Academic and PhD Candidate at UQ, Speech Pathology
🗣️ Special interest in vocal health and professional voice users
Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
Writer, academic, dungeon master. EN/TR. Lecturer in Digital Economy @kingsdh.bsky.social. King's College London.
http://paoloruffino.com
Senior Lecturer at Dept. Digital Humanities - King's College London / Artist at IOCOSE / Current project: Videogames for the Post-Anthropocene
AKA Igy
Lead Character Artist @Screen Burn Interactive
Working on "Silent Hill: Townfall"
Committee @gameworkers.co.uk / Member & Judge @baftagames.bsky.social
Traditional clay sculptor
Very much an Italian in UK / She/Her
Actor. Announcer. A little bit Alexis.
#DeadHot #Heartstopper #AIDSTheUnheardTapes
Voice Of #SkyTV
#Equity
Reps: Revolution Talent & SueTerryVoices
CV & Showreel at
https://app.spotlight.com/6053-7839-5790
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1372296/
He/Him
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💜 Branch Organiser for game workers at IWGB 💜 Ex-Program Manager at Unity 💜 Ex-Tech Producer for Now Play This 💜
Board member: Global Game Jam and Games Anglia 💜 Rep and organiser at UTAW.tech 💜 Drummer in Extinction Rebellion 💜 Volunteer at cowley.club 💜
Writer, narrative designer and UI artist. Tea-Powered Games (Elemental Flow - demo on Steam!, Dialogue: A Writer's Story) | Freelance | WGGB Games Co-Chair | Interactive Fiction meetup host (She/her)
Portfolio: https://teawithflo.com/portfolio/
Your best friend
Front end developer, chair of @gameworkers.co.uk
Freelance QA Analyst and union organiser | A lovely QA person that loves QA | Join your union @gameworkersau.bsky.social | They/Them
Composer: Re:Awaken, Phosfi, Protodroid DeLTA, A Token War | Professor of Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music | Boston Game Dev board of directors
noabeazley.com/portfolio
An LLC remote co-op style studio based out of Alaska, developing indie titles to make the world more fun to play in.
https://constellationcreative.co/
🎮 i make video games and stuff
🐦 created http://ashorthike.com
(he / him)
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
We’re a group of non partisan gamers, cosplayers, and pop culture fans that VOTE! 🗳️
Co-founders: @courtenaytaylorla @jpkarliak
https://www.nerdsvote.com
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
AI, creativity and procedural generation researcher. No, not that kind of AI. I write and make games and take photographs of cities. Senior Lecturer at King's College London.
A prototype for a much larger system
http://www.possibilityspace.org | he/they
Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
The largest union for game devs in the UK.
Work in game dev or TTRPG? Join the union: https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/
A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. 🏆Deloitte Fast 500 🏆Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Crafts game trailers at Devolver. Runs a Game Dev Club for tweens.
shaped like a friend. making indie arcade games as "running jump". engineer at blizzard but this is a personal account. https://runningjump.games
A new kind of game studio. Creators of I Am Your Beast / El Paso, Elsewhere / and more.
🐶 Come hang with us in the Discord!
https://discord.com/invite/dog-airport-game
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends, making thinky puzzle games. He/him.
https://www.draknek.org/
Our latest game: Spooky Express https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/
Holy Wow Studios dev - creators of BAFTA-Nominated Trombone Champ and other stupid games 🎺
Brooklyn, NYC - She/Her
linktr.ee/JackieVecchitto
Backward-looking, forward-thinking.
www.metanetsoftware.com
N, N+, N++
We are @maresheppard.bsky.social and @raiganburns.bsky.social
Vr Games designer ,Software Developer, Movies, Progressive islam
Currently: Creative Director & CEO at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social .
Scholar is residence at NYU, running immersive Design Residency at the Fallingwater Institute.
Former: Robot Teddy, Chatham University + more
Creator, ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE; writer, Netflix's CANNON BUSTERS, WGA winner HORIZON ZERO DAWN, & Emmy-winner LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. Former IGDA Board.
narrative designer & general menace @ko-op.com
they/them 🇱🇧🇺🇸
https://jannouna.dev/ | https://jannouna.itch.io
Editorial Project Manager | Formerly Verge and Polygon
Sound purveyor for games!
Done work on: Sable, GoNNER, Dome Keeper, neverway , Tiny Glade, Townscaper, Manifold Garden
Biker Goth Game Dev, GEG Research Coordinator at Interpret LLC. Indiecade and GDC Award Winner. Ex-Game Journalist at Game Informer, IGN, Paste Magazine, and more. kevinslackie.com
Kiwi, Dad, Human Factors Psychology PhD, & Games User Experience Research.
Formerly Epic Games, Player Research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Te Manatū Waka, & Hamilton Zoo.
Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
A podcast about storytelling in video games, and everything in between. Hosted by @maxfolkman.bsky.social & @nickfolkman.bsky.social
https://scriptlock.simplecast.com/
Extremely good at bicycling a medium distance at a medium speed. Was writer on Possessors recently. Narrative on Skin Deep.
I mostly don't post here. You can see my blog, where I post every day, at blog.lauramichet.com
Senior Writer and Editor at Failbetter Games. Art creature. Half-asleep. I don't hate you, my face just looks like that. 'barse' online. They/Them.
Into creative ML/AI, NLP, data science and digital humanities, narrative, infovis, games, sf & f. Consultant, ds in Residence at Google Arts & Culture. (Lyon, FR) Newsletter arnicas.substack.com.
Narrative Designer & Writer. Sometimes Teacher. Massive nerd. Warhammer & Podcast enthusiast. I post in English & French!
⌛ EverSiege: Untold Ages
🤖 UFO Robot Grendizer
👽 Aliens: Dark Descent
📚 Métal Hurlant, Third Editions
news @ game developer. words @ new york times, vulture, rolling stone, the verge, wapo, npr, pitchfork, edge, gamespot, av club, game informer, polygon, paste, fanbyte, & more
founder @ into the spine • diego6arguello6@gmail.com • he/him
Building games, listening to records, eating cheese 🧀
Currently: Curiosmos 🪐Gameplainer 💾
Previously: Starship Home 🚀, Shredders 🏂 and Space Pirate Trainer 👾
・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
・京都・
Game dev, composer, writer
Editor for @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Planning next steps ✨
Principal Narrative Designer @Housemarque. CONTROL, Returnal, SAROS.
I like weird things. Bigots need not follow.
She/her
