Electronica musician and professional game developer.
Fediverse address:
@ice@merveilles.town
Tagged: Game Development
Longplay Games
Tiny independent video game studio which creates fun little sci-fi games.
Fediverse address:
@Longplay_Games@mstdn.games
Kelvin Shadewing
Developer on FOSS gaming projects such as SuperTux Advance, Kyrodian Legends and the Brux game engine.
Fediverse address:
@KelvinShadewing@mastodon.social
FrankenGFX
Creates new Nintendo NES games and pixel graphics, using clever tricks to make them look much better than you’d expect for the hardware.
Fediverse address:
@FrankenGraphics@mastodon.art
RPG in a Box
Role-playing game creation system with 3D voxel graphics, which lets you make your own 3D RPGs and release them yourself as you see fit, with no royalties or licensing fees required. Available for Linux, Mac and Windows through Itch and Steam.
Fediverse address:
@rpginabox@mastodon.social
GDevelop
Free open source cross-platform game engine designed to be easy to learn. The engine’s code is FOSS, with optional paid-for cloud services on the official website.
Fediverse address:
@gdevelop@mastodon.gamedev.place
Exilian
Democratically-run online community for creative projects in variety of fields such as role playing games, world-building, storytelling, songs, crafts and more. Self-described as “creative geekery”, based around a forum and website.
Fediverse address: @Exilian@indiepocalypse.social
Game Programming Resources
Human-curated account posting and boosting useful links for game developers.
Fediverse address:
@game_programming@mastodon.social
Stride
Free open source cross-platform game engine (previously known as Xenko).
Fediverse address:
@xenko@mastodon.gamedev.place
Jeighto
Professional 3D environment artist who creates wonderful virtual models of places and things. You may have seen Jeighto’s work in Ubisoft games.
Fediverse address:
@jeighto@mastodon.gamedev.place
Burn
Indie game developer and creator of the colourful retro neon title Spectrum Break for Android, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@JHein@mastodon.social
GDQuest
Organisation that promotes the use of free open source software in game development, and posts videos all about this.
Fediverse address:
@gdquest@tilvids.com
David “the Talking Skull” Fox
Veteran game developer who was lead dev on legendary titles for Lucasfilm Games such as “Zak McKracken” and “Rescue on Fractalus”. Most recently has worked with Ron Gilbert on “Thimbleweed Park” and “Return To Monkey Island” 🏴☠️ 🐒
Fediverse address:
@DavidBFox@mastodon.gamedev.place
Minetest
Free open source 3D game engine, for creating Minecraft-style games and worlds. There’s a large range of game modes and mods available, including online multiplayer. It’s available for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android.
Fediverse address:
@Minetest@fosstodon.org
Sloanysoft
Father and son development team creating new games for 8-bit computers such as the ZX Spectrum. They also run a gaming livestream.
Fediverse address:
@Sloanysoft@oldbytes.space
Alan Zucconi
Game developer and educator, Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, leads MA Computer Games: Art & Design and MSc Computer Games Programming.
Fediverse address:
@AlanZucconi@mastodon.gamedev.place
Cyningstan
Game developer creating 1980s-style retro PC games for MS-DOS, featuring CGA graphics. Also interested in the ZX Spectrum and Psion handhelds.
Fediverse address:
@cyningstan@mastodon.social
Brad P. Taylor
Veteran programmer and game developer who has worked on many famous projects including the legendary SCUMM game engine at Lucasfilm/LucasArts.
Fediverse address:
@lardratboy@corteximplant.com
LadyIcePaw
Artist, web comic/visual novel writer and game creator, usually featuring fantasy characters drawn in a classic cartoony style and a lot of anthropomorphic creatures.
Fediverse address:
@LadyIcepaw@mastodon.art
Hadrosaurus Software
Small indie game company currently working on new games for MS-DOS featuring classic 1980s and 1990s style graphics.
Fediverse address:
@HadroSoft@mastodon.gamedev.place
Louis Durrant
Artist, illustrator and game designer, currently working on an indie title called “The Garden Path” featuring relaxing, pastoral graphics themed around plants and vegetables. Also hosts regular live streams showing the creation of the game’s artwork.
Fediverse address:
@ldurrant@mastodon.art
Solarus
Free open source 2D game engine designed mainly for RPGs. Solarus games run on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@solarus@mastodon.gamedev.place
Michael Coorlim
Author of the Galvanic Century and Shadow Decade book series, indie game developer, also makes videos about retro games and comic books.
Fediverse address (main):
@mcoorlim@mastodon.gamedev.place
Fediverse address (videos):
@mcoorlim@spectra.video
Vessoaran
Creates cute bright pixel art, illustrations and video game assets.
Fediverse address:
@Vessoaran@mastodon.art
Kyle Szklenski
Game developer and enthusiastic user of the Godot game engine. Posts lots of tips and tricks for using Godot, and is creator of the Godot Firebase plugin.
Fediverse address:
@BackAt50Ft@mastodon.gamedev.place
GamesIndustry.biz
Official Fediverse account of the largest news site about the video game business.
Fediverse address:
@GIbiz@mastodon.social
Godot Engine
Popular free open source multiplatform game engine for 3D and 2D games.
Fediverse address:
@godotengine@mastodon.gamedev.place
Holy Pangolin Studio
Studio making small indie games, animations, illustrations and handmade art.
Fediverse address:
@holypangolin@mastodon.social
Santeri Soininen
Environment artist who creates wonderfully atmospheric CGI buildings, gardens and cities.
Fediverse address: @Voidie3D@mastodon.art
Wuzzy
Libre game developer, co-developer of the comedy turn-based strategy Hedgewars, and creator of games and mods for Minetest.
Fediverse address:
@Wuzzy@fosstodon.org
Squirrelsquid
Pixel artist, game designer and chip tune maker.
Fediverse address:
@risu_ika@mastodon.art
Aender Lara
3D artist, environment artist and dev who does lovely designs, animations and 3D renderings. They use Blender to create the 3D images.
Fediverse address:
@aenderlara@mastodon.social
Andrew J. Young
Tabletop Role-Playing Game designer and enthusiast, posts about TTRPGs and runs games on livestreams.
Fediverse address:
@thatonegm@mastodon.social
Raul Volpato
Tabletop game designer, illustrator and pixel artist.
Fediverse address: @raul_volp@dice.camp
Nick!
Tabletop role playing game designer, cartographer and developer. Often posts about topics related to role playing and Dungeons & Dragons.
Fediverse address:
@hiscursedness@mastodon.art
benui
Game developer who writes tutorials about using Unreal Engine
Fediverse address:
@_benui@mastodon.gamedev.place
Erik Sheader-Smith
Creator of the surreal computer RPGs “The Endless Empty” and “A Chamber of Stars”, including their art and music too.
Fediverse address:
@ErikSheader@weirder.earth
8bitworkshop
Web-based IDE which lets you write code for classic 8-bit computers and consoles within your browser, and see it run as you do so. Also publishes a range of books on programming for classic 8-bit systems.
Fediverse address:
@8bitworkshop@oldbytes.space