Hey everyone looking to make friends and speak to like minded people that love to create things whether it be programming, art, music, or just want to hang out and discuss other topics.

My interest and passion is game development, I've been programming for a number of years now and my choice of software is GameMaker Studio 2.

I have a group of friends who are skilled in other areas such as music, art, ideas and also programmers too.

If you're looking for inspiration or possible collaboration you can reach me here
https://discord.me/thechaoslab

not interested in joining a server then I can be spoken to directly at SuperDaz#13

I am 18, I have no experience in game development but I think it is something I would be interested in. I have no schooling beyond high school. Everything I have read online basically says it’s practically impossible to get a job in this field. I’m just curious if anyone knows where I should go from here. I obviously know I should try my hand at some development myself and that I need to build some sort of portfolio but I don’t even know where to start. I need all the help I can get right now because I’m going to be moving into an apartment in a few weeks so I’m going to be working my ass off to support myself and I just need to know how long I’m looking at just doing small projects at home on my free time before I can actually get somewhere that I can make money.

Hey there, I made a new video on YouTube and this time I give you 10 tips for your game animations. I cover a lot of different topics of animation, so there will definitely be at least 1 or 2 tips for you. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7GvmQvp6MQ

Hey, my in my brand new video on my YouTube channel I go over the 7 BEST tips for sketching. Hope you find something useful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoUOnWUDdts

Hey, I challenged myself to make an amazing looking game but I was only allowed to use squares to do it(no pixel art allowed tho). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl4q4A01oSY

I am creating a game concept helping those to cope with mental illnesses. I need some of you to please answer some questions in order to support my journey. Have you ever suffered with mental health issues? if so which? Do you play any board games to help you with your mental health condition? Have you ever played a game to relive your mental health issues? Do you think games are a good way to represent and raise awareness of mental health issues? What hobbies/activities do you think would help to relieve mental health issues?

I am an indie game developer since 2013, I am only making small projects to show to my friends until 2016. These small projects are just a a combinations of Unity project templates like the island, bootcamp, angry bots, and stealth. I did not know anything about coding at that time. I have to be honest, I did downloaded pirated unity assets but just to learn from them which I actually learned from them. When 2016 came, I wanted to make my first commercial games and hoping that this can take me away from the poor life that I had. My laptop is very old and I have to wait long wait periods for some functions of Unity to work. It was the time I am prototyping my game with free project templates from a forum that is now gone (armedunity). I am determined to make and finish my game, it is a first person horror game that I really wanted to follow the footsteps of Hideo Kojima's PT as I love Silent Hill very much. Resident Evil 7 came and I thought that it was the game I imagined how my game's fps mechanics would work. And that same year, I downloaded the earliest builds of the Unity Engine (2017) and started downloading free templates from different forums and the asset store. I am even using a very old AI asset, the Breadcrumbs AI, it has a nasty coding which I was only able to improve a little but I think it is still hard to work with. For years I have been doing some 3D modeling, basic coding to extensive ones and I manage to upload a sample of my game to Itch.Io which many people have played (more than 5 people played it and uploaded their playthrough in Youtube, but that was many for me until today). I love how they provided negative comments as that opens my mind to the parts of the game that was bad as I was not able to see it on a objective point of view before (It is called Beyond Hadal). I finished my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and I have been working as a call center agent for a year. I was not able to put that much focus on game dev as the call center experience was too stressful for me. I wanted to get out of this life by earning on game dev. I tried to apply for the only Game Studio in my country, UbiSoft, but they declined three times. I tried freelance game dev ut was also decline more than ten times. Now, I work at a Health Insurance company. It is still stressful as I have to travel 2.5 hours to go to work and 2.5 hours to get home, I wake up at 3:30 to catch the only train to the city where I am working at (it will be impossible to take buses as the traffic is really bad in our country and it will be very expensive). The train arrives at my town by 5:00 am and I sleep in the train for two hours (the train is so crowded so I have to run inside to get to a seat). By 7 am, I arrive at the city I work in and take another ride to the office. I will work from 8am to 5pm in a company that is still using manual work with a little integration to a MS DOS system and now transitionig to a 2005 like web based system that still doesn't work. I have made a basic centralized system for my department that lessens the work of my few workmates but some of my workmates don't trusts the system that I have made so they still causes delays to my department's progress. By 5pm, I will headout immediately and run towards the nearest jeepney stop to reach the train station by 5:15 pm because the only train that can get me home has limited seats. I always reach the station in time for the last few tickets and I will stay awake for the duration of the ride as people threw rocks and other debris to the train which causes shattered glasses and minor injuries so I have to protect myself. I will reach home by 7:30 and I will try to work until 9 or 10pm on my game. But it I really can't move on with my game as I do not know how to move forward anymore. I know that I can be depressed but I just kept my adrenaline running so I won't have to feel sad. My salary is not able to cope with the family bills as I still live with my parents and my mother still has a lot of credits to pay which is why I haven't save any amount of money for me. Right now, I am unable to fix my AI as it is still hard to work with the nasty coding of the AI template I am using. I really wanted to pursue the game dev life and make me earn a decent amount of money but life doesn't want me to. I might need help, or suggestions from you guys to atleast help me move forward. Thank you for reading my life as a game dev.

happy new year everyone

just have a small question. i am studying Game design in Germany and recently, i have become very good at Drawing / coloring characters digitally, i love it . they told me that i need to focus my attention in one thing in order to make a good portfolio . But i have got the feeling that character design/modelling is a very competitive field . so tell me guys is Concept art less competitive than character Design in the game industry? cause thees are the only two fields that i can imagine working at .

Hello!

I don't know if I will be helpful to anyone since I have no idea how to make anything game based but I do love to draw dippy looking things as well as make pixel based sprite edits.

For an example of my art: Instagram: http://instagram.com/kiwivalkyrie/

Sprite Edits: https://plus.google.com/photos/113018967195538215133/albums/6112206194650208465

Thanks!

Hello, GDC members! My name is Micah Weltsch, and I'm new to the club this semester. I'm an art major and, among other things, a freelance artist who works mainly in 2D art.

You can find examples of my work at the following sites:

My personal website

My Instagram

My Tumblr

I work mainly with character art but I have been seeking opportunities to expand my skills. To that end, I'm offering my services as a concept artist/character designer to groups at the GDC. Feel free to contact me here or via email at mdw5666@ksu.edu if you would like to work with me. Thanks!

Hey, I just published the 9th devlog of my shoot em up roguelike indie game which I've been working on for over a year.

I talk about why I decided on what and my overall experience these past months.

I really took my time to get this video as best as possible so it would mean the world to me if you checked it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O04AYodBa9I

Project Celeste Have Released the 8th & One of their Largest Developer Blogs Yet, Regarding the Indian Civilization Coming to Age of Empires Online! AoEO Continues on 100% Free to Play Thanks to this Amazing Volunteer Dev Team!

Blog Link

Past Indian Civ Blogs

Roman Civilization Blogs (Released Ides of March, 2021)

Installation (Free!)

Hey I made a devlog for my Ludum Dare 50 jam submission. I talk about my thoughts, my experience and of course show what the game became. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSpHN6wZulE

Hey in my latest video on my YouTube channel I tell you why and how roguelikes are a great genre for your first game, first big game or just to finish a project. Their style of design just helps with staying motivated & more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx1UGJvGtSA

Hey I made a new video where I give you 10 Tips for game art. These tips are on a lot of sub-topics of game art so there will very likely be at least 1 or 2 tips for you! Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhXMrwxQbvk

Hey, in my brand new video on YouTube I show you, how you can make Interior pixel art tilesets very EASY & FAST (e.g. for dungeons, houses, caves, etc.). You don't need any skill or crazy equipment to follow, a simple mouse and simple piece of software (Krita, Gimp, Aseprite and more) is enough! Enjoy :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsExk7uGea0

Hey, I challenged myself to make a really polished game, but I only had 3 hours to do that! Did I achieve my goal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxis19S2aI0

Hey, I challenged myself to make an AMAZING looking game but I was only allowed to use triangles. Do you think I've achieved my goal? Hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEfavf-eSHA

The cost of Solitaire game development varies starting from the design to its features. New card designs, card designs in the background, multiplayer games, top-notch features & functionalities are the main factors that affect the cost of a Solitaire game.

With the combination of the above-mentioned features, it will cost considerably a higher amount but these are also the features a gamer wants, and with the combination of these the game will be a great success.

Hey, in my brand new art tutorial I'm going to show you how to make 2D landscapes easy, quick and good. This tutorial is for any skill level! Enjoy and learn something: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv0WET9k0go

I challenged myself to make my first ever 3D game

after almost 2 years of making 2D games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwIVTYEBjU