SAG-AFTRA game actors could strike over AI concerns and wage demands (www.gamedeveloper.com)
IATSE survey: Developers feel their jobs are unsustainable (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Game Developer Podcast 34: Indie marketing advice from Chris Zukowski (www.gamedeveloper.com)
SAG-AFTRA Calls Interactive Media Strike Authorization Vote (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"SAG-AFTRA is standing up to tyranny on behalf of its members,” stated president Fran Drescher.
Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)
More concerning than Bethesda’s decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.
Ultima-like RPG creator Eldiron seeks feedback on v1.0 criteria (github.com)
Eldiron is currently under active development and a v1 is planned for 2023. Eldiron is open source and licensed under the MIT....
What are some actually decent marketing strategies for an indie game?
Discoverability is probably the second biggest hurdle when it comes to developing a game (the first is actually having something to publish)...
Game Bytes: August '23 (github.blog)
Epic Games Launch Epic First Run Program - 100% revenue for 6 months of exclusivity (gamefromscratch.com)
Wicked Engine in 2023 – GameFromScratch (gamefromscratch.com)
How to create diverse and inclusive games (gameanalytics.com)
Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials Humble Bundle (gamefromscratch.com)
Apple’s Vision Pro: what will it do for the gaming industry? (gameanalytics.com)
Underrated Game Engines Round-up – GameFromScratch (gamefromscratch.com)
Adapting to the changing games market: a Zynga spotlight (gameanalytics.com)
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Game Coding 2023 by Apress (gamefromscratch.com)
Experiment Results: Seeing if people can guess what game engine was used to make a 2D game (www.youtube.com)
Fantasy and Sci Fi Essentials Unity Humble Bundle (gamefromscratch.com)
Recent experience getting into gamedev
Hey all, something’s been bothering me recently....
Just Boids | Useless Game Dev (www.youtube.com)
Where can I find side gigs for QA?
I’ve been working for over three 3 years in the game industry as a QA, but previously only for two huge names and now for a medium sized one. I’ve never done indie. I tried hitting up indie devs when I saw issues offering free help, but they were never interested. I was wondering if there was a more organized form where I...
The Brackeys 2023.2 game jam has started! (itch.io)
Theme is diving deeper, running for a week
Godot on laptop using external GPU? Good idea? Bad idea?
So I’m looking for advice on external GPUs. I want to try out Godot, but I don’t have a GPU. I don’t think I’ve ever had a GPU in fact. I’m a software developer actually, python mostly, but I’ve never done GPU stuff in my work, and my PC gaming days were mostly prior to the existence of GPUs. So I’m way out of...
2D Game Engines...Can YOU Tell The Difference? (www.youtube.com)
Greetings! Introducing myself (and my prototype 🎮) (discuss.tchncs.de)
Hey there! I’m a free-time gamedev (and full time software engineer) escaping the clutches of reddit and wanted to introduce myself over here. I’m coming back to game development after a longer break due to lack of energy. One job change later and I’m at it again :) I’m currently prototyping a minimalistic action rpg,...
