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* '''[https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/ Glorious Trainwrecks]'''<br>The forums are pretty quiet, but the people are lovely and talk a bunch via comments on the games.
* '''[https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/ Glorious Trainwrecks]'''<br>The forums are pretty quiet, but the people are lovely and talk a bunch via comments on the games.
* '''[https://discord.gg/sSSF2E8 ALT G's]'''<br>A Discord channel with a lot of Glorious Trainwrecks overlap.
* '''ALT G's'''<br>A Discord channel with a lot of Glorious Trainwrecks overlap.
* '''[https://gamemaking.social/ gamemaking.social]'''<br>An offshoot of ❇this place❇. There used to be a forum too, but now it's just a Mastodon instance.<br>If you're interested in joining, and/or you're new to Mastodon, see: [[Guide:gamemaking.social]]
* '''[https://gamemaking.social/ gamemaking.social]'''<br>An offshoot of ❇this place❇. It's a [[Wikipedia:Mastodon_(software)|Mastodon instance]], so it's a microblogging thing like Twitter.<br>If you're interested in joining, and/or you're new to Mastodon, see: [[Guide:gamemaking.social]]
* '''[https://www.gamemaking.tools/forum/ Game Making Tools Forum]'''<br>Another offshoot of here. A new forum, which is also open to hosting subforums for any tools you're making.
* '''[https://timetheft.social/ timetheft.social]'''<br>Invite-only Mastodon server, mostly the [https://dominoclub.itch.io/ DOMINO CLUB] crew?


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* '''[https://elekk.xyz/ Elekk]'''<br>Mastodon instance. More game-player focused, but it's well moderated.
* '''[https://elekk.xyz/ Elekk]'''<br>Mastodon instance. More game-player focused, but it's well moderated.
* '''<del>[http://gamedev.place/ Gamedev Place]</del>'''<br>Currently a Mastodon instance, but maybe more in the future? Seems more professionally focused then here?<br>''Actually I would not recommend this community, see: https://social.libre.fi/notice/9lc3iadTT8NFZhhkbQ, where the admin (and Unity developer) refuses to remove the account of a prominent anti-trans dickwad'' — [[User:Rjt|rjt]] ([[User talk:Rjt|talk]])
* '''[https://gamedevgalaxy.info/ Game Dev Galaxy]'''<br>'Discord group for gender-/sex-marginalized game devs making digital, analog, or experimental games. Different professions, skill levels, and styles welcome!'
* '''[https://social.freegamedev.net/ FreeGameDev.net Social]'''<br>A [https://project.hubzilla.org/ Hubzilla] instance tied to the [https://forum.freegamedev.net/ FreeGameDev Forum]. Focused on {{jargon|Open-Source|open-source}} game making.
* '''<del>[http://gamedev.place/ Gamedev Place]</del>'''<br><del>Currently a Mastodon instance, but maybe more in the future? Seems more professionally focused then here?</del><br>''Actually I would not recommend this community. See: https://social.libre.fi/notice/9lc3iadTT8NFZhhkbQ and https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aras/102426826928659547 where the admin (and Unity developer) refuses to remove the account of a prominent anti-trans dickwad'' — [[User:Rjt|rjt]] ([[User talk:Rjt|talk]])
* '''[https://peoplemaking.games/ PeopleMaking.Games]'''<br>Another Mastodon instance. It's pretty new, but seems well moderated.
* '''[https://freegamedev.net/ FreeGameDev.net]'''<br>Forum focused on {{jargon|Open-Source|open-source}} game making.
* '''[https://intfiction.org/ intfiction.org]'''<br>[[:Category:Text Adventure|Interactive Fiction]]-focused forum.
* '''[https://intfiction.org/ intfiction.org]'''<br>[[:Category:Text Adventure|Interactive Fiction]]-focused forum.
* '''[https://onehourgamejam.com/ One Hour Game Jam]'''<br>Make a game in an hour. Runs every Saturday. There's a [[Discord]].
* '''[https://onehourgamejam.com/ One Hour Game Jam]'''<br>Make a game in an hour. Runs every Saturday. There's a [[Discord]].
* '''[https://mastodon.indiegames.online/ Indiegames Online]'''<br>Anther new Mastodon instance, haven't seen much of them.
* '''[https://indiepocalypse.social/ indiepocalypse.social]'''<br>One of a few 'indiegame' focused instances, but <del>the only one</del> one of two (see next entry too) that seems deliberately LGBTQ+ friendly. Not actually related to the [https://pizzapranks.itch.io/ Indiepocalypse] game collections.
* '''[https://gamedev.lgbt/ gamedev.lgbt]'''<br>Another new Mastodon game-making instance especially for queer people.

Revision as of 05:04, 6 December 2022

A little list of encouraging, supporting, jerk-intolerant Internet spaces.

Maybe?

I haven't joined any of these, but maybe they're good?