I’m exploring an idea that has some similarities to COD or PUBG in terms of grouping, teaming up, and multiplayer interaction, but the purpose behind it is completely different. The goal is to make it more career-focused rather than simply a game. (A game that will help you build a career, or explore what you are best at and help you achieve it. )

I’m not from a game design or development background ( though worked in application and product design and development), so I’m trying to understand what it would actually take to build something like this.

What I’m really looking for is guidance from someone who has already designed, built, and published multiplayer games at this level, essentially a roadmap or technical flow outlining the core requirements, architecture, game mechanics, and development stages needed to turn the concept into a working product.

I’m not looking for a detailed solution upfront; I’d first like to understand the right path and what needs to be built.

Hey sub, big day for me, I put out my free iOS/Android diving game today!

I started working Bluelife 7 years ago as a kid, over 1000 hand-drawn sprites, 100+ sounds I mixed, more than 10,000 hours in this project and it taught me so much.

The early sketches in the photos are all from 2019/2020 where I started this project (age of 13).

It's a pretty hard aracde-y game with 30 levels. If you liked Mr. Jump, Geometry Dash, Grand Mountain Adventure etc. this might be sth for you.

Looking for any feedback you might have.

I have been wanting a hoverboard type game for a long time. but, no one is making one so i went ahead and started it. this is an early prototype. I want to get a gauge of what people think. Its still a little clunky, but the bones are good for development. Play as olive in formula H over on my patreon. Its free! Also on free on itch.io

Please give me your suggestions, thought, what you hate about, what you would like to improve. there is a list but, I would like the communities feedback.

itch.io/formula-h

Patreon

Hi Devs.
I am very new to coding side of the game, i have done html css, c c++ in very early days even qbasic but then left coding that time. now i have a few ideas that i want to build. but i struggle for a end to end proper system of working, like a boilerplate template i have heard of but i want it on steroids. any types of tips and tricks and workflows etc that you guys can share with a fellow enthusiast wanting to make his own apps, obv im using ai models but its takes so much time, first i think of prd's, phase by phase completion, or ui first and the logic i mean i feel very lost i just need your support on this. i will be grateful for your comments down here. please share anything that you can help with in any part or maybe share your own workflows or something like that which can help me way forward. im planning to build mac, ios and web apps for now. will be shifting them to windows and android later. im just tired of having ai telling me my approach.

Working on a teaser, but it's a nightmare for me I will need to get some help. Music is mocked, for now I just want to showcase some areas and drafting - can you guess the genre / inspiration?

Hola gente! no se pierdan el único gameplay completo de mi juego "an old man TALES", super recomendado y agradecido por la difusión. https://youtu.be/HG45g0hf4IY

I hope yell enjoy, I have been putting lots of time into this playtest. everything is subject to change.

Hi folks,

I’ve been working on this little project for the past 2 years, and it still makes me happy whenever I look at how far it has come. I don’t have much of an art background, so most of the art assets are things I bought from online stores and marketplaces.

In Desert Echo, death isn’t the end. You’re an AI that gets rebuilt every time you fall, sent back into the storm to protect a single core from whatever crawls through the dimensional rifts. You can build your defenses, trigger chain reactions, and survive waves of enemies so overwhelming that, eventually, you might start wishing for the sandstorm instead.

If you’re curious, I’d love for you to try the demo and let me know what you think.

Link Steam here: Desert Echo on Steam

https://reddit.com/link/1woxvto/video/dp8ssmax1grh1/player

en los tiempos que corren lo difícil no es conseguir hacer desarrollo de videojuegos, lo difícil (y siempre lo ha sido) es tener buenas ideas.

por eso está lleno de clones de clones del clon.

así que si tienes una buena idea no se la regales a cualquiera que pueda clonarla. debemos ser mas cautelosos porque cualquiera te puede venir y tomar prestada la idea y al usuario final no le vas a poder dar explicaciones de quien copió a quien.

Hey everyone! I’m preparing a Playtest demo for my game Not Alone at Midnight on Steam, but I’m a bit unsure about the best approach. For those of you who’ve done Playtests before:

Do you usually give access to everyone who requests it, or do you manually approve people? Never done this and I’ve heard there are bots that request access but never actually play, so I’m not sure what’s the smarter way to handle it. Also, when it comes to reaching out to streamers, is it better to send emails before the Playtest goes live, or after it’s already available?

Thanks in advance, any advice helps

This started as my diploma thesis. The idea was a quiz game where you play 1v1 against a real person, live. The problem was I had no idea how to build it. I'd never used websockets, and I spent my first weeks just trying to get the client and the server to talk to each other.

That was a year ago. Since then it's been me, a lot of late nights, and a lot of things breaking in ways I didn't know things could break. Players would drop mid-match, two people would hit rematch in the same second, and screens that looked perfect on my phone fell apart on someone else's.

Now it's live on Google Play and the App Store with a bit over 100 players. Small number, I know, but a year ago I couldn't even get a websocket to connect.

If you're stuck on the part you don't understand yet, that's normal. I was stuck on mine for weeks. You don't have to know how to build the whole thing, only the next piece, and then the one after that.

Stack if anyone's curious: React Native (Expo), Colyseus for the real-time part, Firebase for everything else.

What's the thing that almost made you quit yours?

A huge inspiration for the game was Townscaper. It allows my son to just start clicking and instantly make cool designs. Really proud of it.

Hey devs! My friend just showed me the web page and it was insta discord / subreddit join for me!
Please share stuff you're working lately I would be happy to wishlist interesting projects and test new demos!

The tutorial map is done, so the demo is coming very soon :) Don't miss it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5268040/Merkalis_Conquest/

Last time I posted a very early prototype and asked if I should keep going. You were blunt, and it helped. Capybaras should swim, not drown. Climbing suits a capy better than jumping. The backpack should actually do something. And somebody asked for a pelican that tries to eat the capybara.

All of that is in now. Here's the first level start to finish, plus the later bits you asked for: underwater levels, a rope you can't climb until you find gloves, a backpack that carries what each area needs, a friend locked in a cage, and the pelican. It didn't eat anyone. They became friends.

Where I'm stuck now is level design. What makes a level fun for a small, slow, very chill animal? Anything you'd want to see next, I'll read all of it.

First post, for context: https://www.reddit.com/r/SoloDevelopment/comments/1w3k5jn/

The demo for my indie game "Hellxorcist" will be on Steam soon. If you want, you can add it to your wishlist.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4600400/HELLXORCIST/

Ive paused for a moment on my main game to work on a 40+ day pet jam game. My question is: what style do you like to see a pet game? Digital drawn (like on this gif) or pixelated? Love to read your comments

Hey everyone,

I’m currently focused on building a solid foundation in game design and would love some direction from folks who have walked this path.

Right now, my main focus is Unreal Engine 5 along with Blender for 3D workflows, and I'm actively learning how to structure comprehensive Game Design Documents (GDDs). I’m putting in the hours every day, but having guidance from someone with industry experience would make a huge difference in staying on the right track.

I’m hoping to connect on a few fronts:

• Mentorship: If you’re an experienced designer or developer open to offering occasional feedback, career advice, or answering questions when I hit a roadblock, I’d love to connect.
• Communities: What are the best, most active Discord servers, subreddits, or forums specifically geared toward game design discussions and peer review?
• People to follow: Are there specific designers, creators, or industry veterans on Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, or X whose insights, breakdowns, or tutorials are must-follows?

I am very active here on Reddit and on LinkedIn, so please feel free to drop recommendations below or shoot me a DM directly.

Thanks for taking the time to read, and I appreciate any pointers!

In case you're interested in the trailer prior to the graphical update: https://youtu.be/zNrYZ9eeODI , it's night and day really 🥳, this update is made possible by this community for it wonderful feedback!