Most people who buy games on Steam never play them(howtomarketagame.com)

151 points by 3Samourai 1 year ago | 148 comments

John Romero on his book “Doom Guy” and developing games at a small scale(howtomarketagame.com)

186 points by riidom 3 years ago | 113 comments

The missing middle in game development(howtomarketagame.com)

137 points by wrelsien 3 years ago | 81 comments

The point of a game is not to win(makopool.com)

32 points by cyb0rg0 3 years ago | 29 comments

Figgie: Simulate stock trading with a deck of cards(figgie.com)

94 points by Kortaggio 2 years ago | 22 comments

Looking Back at a Pandemic Simulator(raphkoster.com)

11 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 1 comments

Making video games (without an engine) in 2025(noelberry.ca)

482 points by selvan 1 year ago | 210 comments

Blog post by indie developer Noel Berry describing how he makes video games in 2025 without using a commercial game engine.

Fuck it, make it anyway(joelotter.com)

504 points by JayOtter 1 month ago | 495 comments

A personal blog essay by indie game developer Joel Auterson encouraging people to make their creative projects anyway despite doubts.

VVVVVV Source Code(github.com)

385 points by radeeyate 1 year ago | 72 comments

GitHub repository by Terry Cavanagh hosting the source code of the indie platformer game VVVVVV, with desktop and mobile versions.

Domain expertise has always been the real moat(brethorsting.com)

774 points by aaronbrethorst 4 months ago | 484 comments

Blog post arguing that agentic AI shifts software's binding constraint from building code to judging correctness, making domain expertise the real moat.

Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)(noelberry.ca)

411 points by alvivar 8 months ago | 193 comments

Blog post by indie developer Noel Berry describing how he makes video games in 2025 without a commercial engine, covering his tools and libraries.

It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership(popcar.bearblog.dev)

594 points by popcar2 3 months ago | 452 comments

A blog post arguing that the debate over physical versus digital games is really about ownership, prompted by PlayStation ending disc production for new games.