Since Lemmy is a terrible influence, I’ve been convinced to give RSS another go as a means to get at the news that interests me interesting stuff that I’d otherwise miss. It’s actually working surprisingly well, so I thought I’d share some gamedev-specific resources that I’ve subscribed to so far.

My current approach for the feed is to subscribe to basically anything that looks interesting, then prune it later if it turns out to be no good or be too spammy. So I’d very much appreciate suggestions of blogs, magazines, video channels, podcasts, whatever is RSS-able!


READING MATERIAL

Magazines

  • MCV / Develop Magazine - News, interviews etc from around the UK gaming industry
  • Game Developer (née Gamasutra) - Lots of interesting news and articles among the nonsense here but I can’t find a way to sub to only certain categories, so may be too spammy. We’ll see.

Blogs

  • LOSTGARDEN - Self-described as “a rare treasure trove of readable, thoughtful essays on game design theory, art and the business of design” and it’s not wrong
  • Keith Burgun Games - Basically a personal blog that includes devlog updates, general musings on gamedev, and a podcast
  • Blobs in Games - Technical articles that mostly go over my head but are interesting to read through anyway to see what sort of thing actual smart people get up to
  • Brandon Cole - Game reviews and other articles from the perspective of a blind gamer who works as an accessibility consultant. Really interesting read, and audio versions of posts are included.

WATCHING & LISTENING

Podcasts

I don’t really do podcasts but would like to get into them more, so any recommendations for this section very welcome!

Videos

Did you know you can still subscribe to YouTube channels via RSS? This should help with the problem of YT trying to decide what we actually want to see, versus what we’ve literally told it we want to see. So far I’ve RSS-followed:

  • GDC - An excellent resource that you all no doubt already know about
  • Going Indie - Video essay type content on the business side of games, from a guy who started his own indie studio
  • Ask Gamedev - Despite the name this is more of a showcase channel for indie / solo games, but it’s fun for a bit of occasional inspiration
  • Grant Abbitt - Actually a 3d modelling channel focusing on Blender but the way he explains things has been invaluable for me and my game

Plus a couple of devlog channels by members of this community that I’d like to make sure I don’t miss:

If any of you reading this have your own devlog channel, please share, I’d love to check it out too!

For anyone thinking of joining the RSS revolution, I’m trying out Inoreader which I’d seen recommended a fair bit around Lemmy. Not too sold on it yet, but the free plan is a decent enough start.

interesting stuff that I’d otherwise miss

  • localhost001@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for sharing!

    I’m a big fan of Game Maker’s Toolkit channel on YouTube by Mark Brown. It’s not so much game “news” though. But high quality video essays on games and how they are made.

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      1 year ago

      I’m only really familiar with them through the game jam name, never thought to look up what it is they actually do, cheers for that!

      And yeah “news” is probably not the best term, maybe just “interesting stuff that I’d otherwise miss” 😄

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    1 year ago

    Woah didn’t expect to see my stuff mentioned, thanks for the shoutout! I’ve also set up an rss reader but haven’t added too much, there’s some good stuff in the collection though so I’ll probably add a few.

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      1 year ago

      The people await an update! 🍿

      (no but really, no pressure, that’s why I’ve added your RSS feed so I don’t miss you just because YouTube is bad at showing channels with irregular uploads)

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately I’ve been busy with life stuff so I haven’t made too much progress - some visual and sound improvements here and there but it’s not much to make a devlog out of. I will finish it someday…

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          Yeah that is sadly how it often goes. But little improvements here and there when you have time all add up in the end!

          I kinda want to start making devlogs too but have no idea how to fit in the time so you’re not alone.

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    1 year ago

    As part of the whole “return to 2010 internet” thing the world is doing, I’ve been convinced to give #RSS feeds another go and picked up #inoreader

    So! I’m starting from scratch but have made a big list of #GameDev feeds that I’ve found so far and posted it on Lemmy 'cos it’s way too long for here (see first post in thread).

    Any suggestions for things to add to my reading list would be very welcome! Blog, video, podcast, we’re in the “throw feeds at the wall and see what sticks” stage here 😄

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    1 year ago

    An alt idea to RSS is to have a private Discord server and “follow” all the official #news from other Discords you wanna follow. Then find an existing RSS bot to fill in the blanks :) You can even categorize the feeds per-channel.

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      1 year ago

      Good point! Personally I can’t think of much worse than having a load of news notifications in my chat app, but everyone’s different and this could be a great solution for people who prefer everything in one place. Thanks for the tip!