A selection of useful links for game developers #2

100 new links for all specialties from gamedev for your bookmarks. Books, articles, useful services, materials and Telegram channels for everyone who makes games.

Collection information

This is a selection from the site. gooo.games, which contains more than 1000 useful materials and more than 200 books for game developers. I am constantly collecting new useful links and sharing them through similar publications. In the collection you will find:

• 7 new and 4 selections for book lovers

• 21 Telegram channel for game developers

• 68 additional links on various topics

You can find past collections and other materials on game development, monetization and game design in my profile or in my Telegram channel.

New from the Gamedev library section

game design

Uncategorised

Narrative Design

Development

3D/FVX/Effects

Book selections

Useful services and materials by category

My content for the month

game design

gamedev

• 1000+ AI tools and colabs – Huge and handy selection of AI tools and services

• Extinct Dinosaur Library – a site with a convenient and beautiful calendar of future game releases

• Belongplay – indie edition with game reviews and free giveaway announcements. Also, the guys in the team have a tester with cerebral palsy and they offer testing services for people with disabilities

• Polaris – Team of game designers on call

• Gamedev in first person – interviews with iconic, famous or unknown, but very important for the book game developers of the post-Soviet space

• Updated list of gamedev chats in all specialties

Level Design

Monetization

sound design

analysis

• Google Reports- https://games.withgoogle.com/reports/allreports/

• This data is for games from Steam will help you better understand the current situation on the platform, you will be able to trace some of the popular and unpopular trends in the market and maybe even decide which genre to choose for your future game!

• Optimizely – ready-made solutions for ab-testing, which can change the proportions of the distribution of users into groups during the test

3D

• Alan Zucconi’s Blog – https://www.alanzucconi.com/ – Articles, lessons, books.

• Convenient free web applicationcreated by designer and former Weta Workshop senior Jorge Valle, allows you to create your own test cards and download them for free in resolutions up to 8K.

• Library free animations for 3D characters

design

Narrative Design

Publishing

Development

game balance

Marketing

conferences

HR & Career

Telegram channels for game developers

A new section in the service of useful links, articles and materials for the game developer gooo.games.

game design

Localization

• gamelocalization – telegram channel about localization and translations. A rarity in the game development industry

• Game localization – channel of the itieurope.com agency, which has been engaged in localization since 1992

• Do not do it this way – reflections on localization issues

Marketing

• Indie Support – Support for likes and upvotes on platforms: Reddit, Imgur, DTF, etc.

Level Design

Narrative Design

• Scenario – A channel for Padawans and screenwriters. Articles, reviews, useful staff, industry insiders

• Screenwriter’s tutorial – Denis Danilov’s author’s channel

Art

UI/UX Design

• UI/UX designer – Design tasks for UI/UX designers

• Product Design Digest – Yuri @jvetrau Vetrov has been collecting fresh articles, tools, patterns and trends since 2009

• UX Horn – Regular selection of the best posts about UX research and related fields

conferences

• DevGAMM – chat of the main conference of the gaming industry

• Start the game – Official channel of the competition, conference and accelerator

HR & Career

Conclusion

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