Here's a Chance to "Virtually Hang Out" with some of the Best in the Video Game Industry... Video Game Designers... Indie Game Developers and Studio .... Programmers... Graphic Artists... Bet Testers... Forums... and Find Out What's Happening...
If you are an aspiring video game designer... or graphic design artist... or programmer... here's an assemblage of resources designed to help you make connections and be noticed in this rewarding yet highly competitive industry... and to further in some small way the 'building of community' among an amazing group of creative geniuses. This page is an ongoing 'work in progress'. Please email us with any and all suggestions!
Indie Games Showcases
IndieGames.com "... a guide to the independent game movement and the very best indie video games...."
Indie and Flash Game Developers
Here are just some of the many indie (mostly flash) game developers. Some are relative newbies, while others are 10+ year veterans. Some sites showcase the owner's work, while others are huge almagams of the work of a whole community of developers, and openly invite you to join in the fun. If you are an aspiring game designer, be inspired by their stories and achievements... and know that anyone who has the drive, determination and a few basic tools can do the same. Follow your passion!
Afro-Ninja Productions
Edmund McMillen "Artistically Independent" 17+ games on CD... 15 comics... one dead baby plushy. Also see "The Independent Artistic Endeavors of Edmund McMillen" blog.
Ezone.com was founded in 1996 in San Francisco by the Edis Brothers Jamie and Simon. We are still a two man company and over the years have created more than 200 web games and animations... Ezone.com is now based in Perth, Western Australia..." They generously share the tools and information that helped them design the Shockware games so that others can do likewise.
FlipLineStudios "... Founded by Matt Neff and Tony Solary in 2004, Flipline Studios is a
game development studio focused on delivering original, entertaining
games for both the online and download markets...."
GameInaBottle.com Developers of 100's of free-to-play Flash games
HeroInteractive.com Follow their blog to keep up with new games, contests, etc.
IrregularGames.com Offers some free flash games for your site.
MiniClip "... the largest online games site where you can play free games, sports games,
massive multiplayer games, action games, puzzle games,
flash games and more. ... over 57 million unique users per month... a new online brand of digital interactive entertainment... focuses on providing high quality online entertainment experiences. The games are fun, intuitive to play, and quick to load. Miniclip games are browser based allowing users to play online easily without downloading or installing additional software. Miniclip games are cross platform compatible and versatile. They can be played anytime, anywhere, via the Internet across multiple devices and future hardware devices....currently over 450 games on Miniclip.com with two new games released every week ensuring fresh content. Miniclip encourages the sharing of its games through email, instant messaging and blogs. In 2001 Miniclip pioneered the mass syndication of online games. Today, Miniclip games are syndicated across more than 500,000 affiliate websites..."
NewGrounds.com ".... I eventually started using Flash in 1998 and the site turned into a
huge showcase of my Flash work. I was getting a lot of traffic, so
on-line buddies started sending me their work to showcase in front of
the existing audience. This snowballed out of control and eventually
the first-ever automated Flash Portal was launched on April 6, 2000. This system allows anyone anywhere to submit Flash and have it appear on the site instantly! We receive hundreds of submissions on a daily basis, with a daily top five selected by visitors like yourself!... For more than ten years, I ran Newgrounds from basements and bedrooms.
Now we have an office, which rocks, but we're still 100% independent
and love what we do. The database and back-end programming are handled
by Ross (college friend) and James (long-time NG fan from England). My
brother Wade helps manage the endless issues that arise from the
on-line community. My friend Tim manages the servers, which we own and
maintain in a hosting facility here in Philadelphia. Stamper, one of
the first contributors to the automated Portal system, now does web
design for the site.... "
PlayerForever.com "Small enthusiastic team who loves good games and game development". Download 100's of free games for your website.
WinterWolves.com "...small independent developers like us can help. As you can see , you can find quite unique games in our site, ideas that are too niche or just particular to get attention from the big publisher. We always try to keep our games very original and most importantly, we listen to customers feedback. Indeed, we try to update our games often, just check the readme RTF file included in each game demo to see the update history for each game. We really care about our customers, and when possible we try to offer free content updates like the expansion packs for our game..."
Some of the Major Game Development Studios
DreamCatcher Interactive
Electronic Arts: Black Box "... EA Black Box studio culture is one that promotes curiousity and innovation, and is based on values of creativity, ownership, respect and excellence – and that shines through in our work environment and the games we produce. At EA Black Box, our creative and dedicated community of 350+ artists, engineers, designers and producers are all working toward a common goal: making games we’re proud of – and that we want to play..."
Video Game Development Forums
ArmorGames.com Forum
Eutechnyx Forum
GameDev.net Forums DOZENS of topics covering virtually every aspect of game development.
GarageGames.com Forums
IndieGamer.com Forum Indie Gamer Development Discussion Boards "... Discuss business-related topics, including sales, marketing, publishing, serving customers, legal issues, search engines, download sites, and web hosting....Discuss game development and technical topics, including programming, art, design, music, sound fx, web development, porting, localization, and hardware.... Discuss topics related to high level game design concepts and how they affect the player.... feedback and opinions on work in progress,..."
Infinity Ward Forum 235,000+ members
MiniClip.com Forum Share game ideas. Post bugs. Discuss games. Talk about your biggest wins. General chat about almost anything. Almost a million posts and over 80,000 members.
PopCap Developer Program Forum Deals with their open source Popcap Games Framework.
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