﻿Are you looking for even more GameDev communities? We've got you covered. In
one of our past videos, we covered the best gamedev communities and featured subreddits,
several forums, and popular game dev-related websites. There was one category though that
we felt deserved its own video… - we’re talking about Discord. Discord is so big
that we decided to dedicate a full episode to the best game development communities
that we've seen out there. We would also love to hear from you and learn about any
game dev community that we missed by the end of this video - as there are
probably hundreds of Discord servers that we could have mentioned.
Please note that this is not a sponsored video - We have our own Discord server and want to spread
the word about all the other communities you can find there. So without further ado...
We are Ask Gamedev and these are 11 Awesome Gamedev Communities on Discord!
Welcome back! We make videos on how to elevate your game development and inspire others.
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First up, we've got Brackeys. Brackeys is originally a game dev Youtube channel founded by
Asbjørn Thirslund. We talked about their channel in our video about our favourite gamedev YouTube
channels. The first video uploaded by Brackeys dates back to December 2012. It's the first of a
long-running series of Unity video tutorials with millions of accumulated views. During the span of
eight years, Asbjørn's vision grew from a homemade tutorial channel, to a full-fledged company with
an incredibly passionate team. Some of the most popular videos created by Brackeys include:
* How to make a Video Game in Unity * First Person Movement in Unity,
2D Movement in Unity * How to Program
* Making a Game in 10 Minutes * and Pixel Art in Photoshop.
Unfortunately for all the YouTube fans, Brackey's uploaded a video with a definitive goodbye in
2020. This was their last YouTube video. Though they halted their video content creation,
their Discord server is far from dead. You can currently find an amazing community with around
10 to 20 thousand members online. In the Brackeys Discord, members can talk all about game dev,
games, share amazing tutorials, showcase their own work, and more. That's not all,
the original Brackeys' team is actively participating on Discord organizing events
such as the Brackeys Game Jam - which usually happens twice a year, as of this
writing. We'll also leave a link to the Brackeys Discord server in the description.
Next on our list, we've got Game Dev League on Discord.
This community has been around for more than 7 years now. With around 20,000 active members
and a net base of over 70,,000 people, Game Dev League is one of the biggest game dev
communities out there. Additionally, it is one of the most complete, offering a place where
developers can explore a vast array of topics related to their interests and careers.
For starters, you'll find specific sections designated for conversations around engines like
Unity, Unreal, Godot, Gamemaker, and Opensource tools like Monogame and LibGDX. You'll also find
an extra section for other development disciplines like web, VR, ux-ui, shaders, Roblox, and more.
Further down, you'll find the Jams & Events section. There you'll find info about countless
game jams, art jams, and events. Some of those Jams and events happen within the same Game
Dev League community, like the GDL art jam. This art jam changes themes every week and users earn
points for their contributions, and also receive great comments from other community members. Past
themes for the art jam include Tea Time, Wheels, and Explosive. Next, you'll find a sections like:
* brainstorming game dev concepts, * Sharing and browsing through creative artwork
* showcasing your creations, * Connecting professionally
and other devs or companies * and finally, a section dedicated
exclusively to Legal & Marketing conversations. In order to join Game Dev League, you'll have to
follow an invite link to their Discord server. Once you accept the invite,
you'll have to agree to the community rules and after that, you're set to go.
Our next entry is Game Dev Network, a booming game dev Discord filled with friendly devs.
It was founded in 2017 by indie dev Liam Sorta, in parallel to his day
job at Unity Technologies and his part-time indie studio now known as Acureus. Liam Sorta
also just released his third Steam game: Cave Guessers which launched in October 2022.
His community Game Dev Network has more than 35,000 members as of this writing. It's a great
place to ask questions, seek advice, look for tech support, share projects, show off creations,
and connect professionally with other devs and companies. In the Game Dev Network,
you'll find the following sections: * A general section where members can
get to know each other, host and participate in events, and showcase their creations.
* An Engines section to talk all about several main engines, ranging from tips
and tricks to specific tech conversations. * A development section that features threads
for each aspect of game development. Among these we can find code, art, ui-ux, 3D modeling, sound,
writing, shaders, game design, legal support, marketing, quality assurance, and production.
* A couple of sections for companies, studios, and devs to connect for
different types of business opportunities. * And finally, a section for indie devs to
delve into the wonders of collaboration. You can join Game Dev Network at any moment
following the link we'll copy in the description of this video.
Alternatively, you can look up Game Dev Network on Twitter to find the link there.
If you've watched a few Ask Gamedev videos, there's a great chance you’ve heard of Godot: The
free and open-source game engine that is winning the hearts of more and more devs each day. Of
course, a big community-driven project like Godot needs a place to host such a community. The Godot
Discord is an active and thriving server with more than 50 thousand subscribed members and countless
ongoing conversations and interactions. You can start by meeting the community in the
discussions section, where several topics like art, design, surviving gamedev,
and business are always up and running. If you want to start down the path with Godot, you'll
find great tutorials and inspiring creations in the Godot section. Now is a great time to join
this community as the new iteration of the engine, Godot 4, has entered its open Beta phase.
Some great YouTube videos about Godot 4 you can watch right now include:
Godot 4 - Vulkan Uprising! by GameDev Journey Godot 4 Gets Blender Support! | Lets Look
At Godot 4.0 by FinePointCGI How's My Port from Godot 3 to
Godot 4 Doing? / 'Penitent' Devlog 17 by devmar and Godot 4 Beta Is Here! by Gamesfromscratch
To join the Godot Discord Community you can head to godotengine.org and click on
the Community tab. There, you'll also find links to Godot's Reddit and Facebook Communities.
Next up, we've got the Discord community for Gamefromscratch. Gamefromscratch is
a game development informational and educational website, renowned for its
excellent YouTube channel content. We at Ask Gamedev have even featured the channel
in a video about our favorite YouTube game dev channels. This website was created by developer
Mike Fleischauer nearly a decade ago. Fast forward to April 2020, and as a celebration
of its 100 thousand follower milestone on YouTube, Gamefromscratch launched a Discord Server to
redirect those fans, followers, and fellow devs to a space where they could act as a community.
Two years after its launch, this Discord server has become a welcoming community of more than six
thousand members. Sections in the gamefromscratch Discord are less specific than our past entries,
ensuring every topic has always fresh conversations going on. Aside from the game
dev tab, where members discuss various aspects of game development, there's a very useful section
dedicated to development resources. Here, all members can post and browse through amazing tips,
tutorials, and assets. There's also a section for gamedev Discord servers that will connect
you with even more communities out there. To see everything Gamefromscratch has to offer,
and join their Discord community, you can head to gamefromscratch.com. Also, check out their twitter
to keep tabs on the latest news about game engines and innovative game development tools.
Last but not least, we’ve got the Discord server for the gamedev subreddit. r/gamedev is
the largest game development subreddit on Reddit. We covered this community in one of our previous
videos, where we talked about our favorite game development communities. What we didn't mention
in that video was that, aside from hosting this enormous community on Reddit, r/gamedev is also
home to a welcoming community on Discord. This Discord server has around 20 thousand members
and an impressively active community. In the r/gamedev Discord you'll find a very
active section to chat freely about several technologies such as Unity, Unreal, Godot,
html5, programming languages, Open GL, Vulkan, gamemaker, retro tech, and others.
Additionally, you'll also find the CRAFTS section, where members share all types of creations.
This is a great place to get inspiration and maybe drop some feedback along the way to make someone's
work even better. You can join this community by clicking on the "/r/gamedev Discord" link in the
upper section of the r/gamedev subreddit. And finally, there are some communities we
mentioned in our past videos that also host Discord servers of their own.
So, if you liked one of these communities, you should definitely up your experience by joining
their real-time conversations on Discord. Here are 5 more Discord servers to check out:
Indie Games - The discord server for the subreddit r/IndieGames.
Indie Games is a much smaller, but yet impactful community. You can join this community by heading
to the subreddit and finding the pinned Discord Invite link at the start of its feed.
THE HUT, by Snoman Gaming - Snoman Gaming is another of our fellow Youtube gamedev-related
channels mostly dedicated to analyzing the good and the bad of game design. Snoman currently
hosts a Discord server called THE HUT, where members can talk games and gamedev overall,
and where devs can share their own creations. THE HUT is open to anyone
that accesses it through the invite link posted on the Snoman Gaming site.
The Official TIGSCord, TIGForums Discord Server - The TIGForums, from TIGSource,
gather a very professional community that focuses on helping each other and also sharing fun
conversations about their careers and passions. Their new and growing Discord community serves as
a great extension for TIGSource. You can access it directly from the TIGForums main site.
GameDev.net - This classic game dev website has also joined the Discord era. Check out
its new Discord server and become part of a community that has been around the internet
since the last millennium. You can join by going to GameDev.net and clicking on the Discord link
in the left panel of the website. SoloDevelopment - a small yet active
community focused on everything related to solo game development. It was created as a community
of solo developers who want to help each other. SoloDevelopment also hosts a subreddit called
r/SoloDevelopment. The main function of this subreddit is for solo devs (and those interested
in becoming one) to share their interests and questions. This sub has gained more than ten
thousand followers as of this writing. Over on Discord, the SoloDevelopment community is
a place where devs hang out, share, and learn together, while on their solo game
dev journeys. The SoloDevelopment Discord and subreddit can be accessed from their
official website solodevelopment.org. Well that’s it for now - but before we go
we at Ask Gamedev also hope to see you join our ever-growing community on the Ask Gamedev Discord
Server. We love to periodically showcase games made and submitted by our community members,
so be sure to check the announcements channel every now and then for information on how to
submit your creations. Can't wait to see what you have to share with us!
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