Here are some friends, acquaintances, and other folks I’d recommend visiting. Most of them also stream on Twitch, and many of them are game developers and artists. All of them are talented people working on wonderful things that are worth your time.
Nina Freeman
Nina is a game developer, currently working on Size Zero, her own department store horror game, and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a narrative adventure from DON’T NOD. She also streams a variety of games with insightful commentary.
Julia Minamata
Julia is an artist and game developer. She’s currently working on The Crimson Diamond, an EGA, text-parser adventure game inspired by The Colonel’s Bequest. On Tuesdays she streams spoiler-free pixel art work for the game, followed by an EGA adventure game.
mausimus
mausimus is a game developer working on Escape From Castle Matsumoto, a duel heist game reminiscent of Spy vs. Spy. They previous released Enclosure 3-D, an arctic horror adventure. Both games have a charming and unique 3D look.
Kini Games
Kini Games is a game developer and former journalist, currently working on Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing, a point-and-click mystery with unique text parser mechanics.
pixel_turkey
pixel is a an artist and game developer currently working on two upcoming adventure games with gamedevjeff. They recently released The Zen of Kayaking, a text adventure game inspired by Infocom classics. She streams retro adventure and puzzle games with chill vibes and impressive determination.
gamedevjeff
gamedevjeff is a game developer working on two upcoming adventure games with pixel_turkey. He also recently released an English patch for Father World, a Korean cinematic platformer for DOS.
Deivore
Deivore is an artist and game developer who streams pixel art and speed runs. Recent games include Perilous Night and Perilous Wilde.
Sonneveld
Sonneveld is a game developer that reverse engineers games. He recently translated The Secret of Donkey Island with Emmxyzzy, patched some crashes in Father World with gamedevjeff, and translated 20th Century Frog to English. He also streams a variety of adventure games and has many good dogs.
Cosmic Void
Cosmic Void is an artist and game developer. They create delightful adventure games with beautiful pixel art graphics. Some of their recent games include Twilight Oracle and Blood Nova.
OK Retro
Retro is an artist and game developer. They often stream work on their game The Skeleton King.
Michael Klamerus
Michael is a game developer and founder of the Michigan indie games collective Locally Sourced. They also write about retro and indie games, with a focus on local game developers from Michigan.