Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by coulomb » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 8:09 PM UTC

Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers
gamedevs.com

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by girasquid » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 8:14 PM UTC

I've been using http://gdne.ws for this, but it's cool to see another service cropping up. I'll keep an eye on it.

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by jwatte » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:05 PM UTC

What's wrong with gamedev.net and gamasutra.com?

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by krapp » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:10 PM UTC

jwatte wrote: post #3

What's wrong with gamedev.net and gamasutra.com?

Luckily the web isn't a zero-sum game and people can create sites even if similar sites already exist.

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by krapp » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:11 PM UTC

I'm guessing you didn't actually build the site because it looks like you're using a service (Postaverse.) Which is fine but I guess there's no point in asking what it's implemented in and if there's a repo...

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by kn0thing » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:23 PM UTC

FWIW there's also a great community of gamedevs at http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev

That said, the more of these, the better!

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by jwatte » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:24 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #4

jwatte wrote: post #3

What's wrong with gamedev.net and gamasutra.com?

Luckily the web isn't a zero-sum game and people can create sites even if similar sites already exist.

That makes sense of there is an actual difference, or if the creating is for learning only. Given that the post said nothing about goals, I'd like to know.

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by forrestthewoods » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:26 PM UTC

jwatte wrote: post #3

What's wrong with gamedev.net and gamasutra.com?

Neither are very good or useful for professional devs?

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by watwut » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:29 PM UTC

jwatte wrote: post #3

What's wrong with gamedev.net and gamasutra.com?

gamasutra.com is more like industry journal with its own content. It is not a news/blog posts agregator. gamedev.net and gamedevs.com seem to be closer to each other.

Re: Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

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Post by jschuur » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 9:42 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #5

I'm guessing you didn't actually build the site because it looks like you're using a service (Postaverse.) Which is fine but I guess there's no point in asking what it's implemented in and if there's a repo...

Would have loved to see this using lobste.rs, which looks a little nicer: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters