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Ask HN: Is there a video game dev alternative to HN?

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Post by eezurr »

That mirrors the collective expertise and lower noise ratio that exists here. Subreddits like /r/gamedev are mostly novice posts and people venting. gamedev.net mostly exists for posting questions. VFX/game art subreddits are really cool, though mostly exist to show off. It's good all of these places exist, and I'm not complaining about them. It's just that it splits the community into individual secs and there's little crossover (that I can tell).

There are many disciplines that coalesce together to create a video game, and there are around 300,000 people working in the field. Where is the central meeting point?

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Post by eezurr »

avignome wrote: post #2

I’m guessing you’d have more success connecting with working engineers on Discord over any website… Try https://discord.me/unreal

Thanks, I've tried a handful of game dev. discords. They are not designed to collect and organize information though, and keeping up with chats is a huge chore.

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Post by teucris »

eezurr wrote: post #3
avignome wrote: post #2

I’m guessing you’d have more success connecting with working engineers on Discord over any website… Try https://discord.me/unreal

Thanks, I've tried a handful of game dev. discords. They are not designed to collect and organize information though, and keeping up with chats is a huge chore.

I think the game dev community would value this. Could be as simple as an HN clone with images…

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Post by swalls »

Retro forums that focus on specific systems (eg, C64 development, NES development, DOS development...) tend to be pretty good as they draw people who are interested in developing for more limited hardware and as such don't mind going deep on technical topics. For more up to date discourse I'm not too sure. Maybe TIGSource forums?

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Post by binarynate »

I hang out a lot on /r/Unity3D, but you're right, it's mostly novices (actually, one of my reasons for hanging out there is to help newcomers). I think it would be great if someone created a subreddit specifically for experienced / advanced game developers. Moderating for quality would be a challenge, so there would need to be clear rules and a handful of people willing to moderate.

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Post by DougMellon »

teucris wrote: post #4
eezurr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I've tried a handful of game dev. discords. They are not designed to collect and organize information though, and keeping up with chats is a huge chore.

I think the game dev community would value this. Could be as simple as an HN clone with images…

https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
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