#notGDC 2026

🦀 notGDC this year will be for the whole of march! notgdc.io

There's still one week to submit stuff to notGDC 2026!

Developing Games for Devices with Batteries by @haukethiessen.bsky.social haukethiessen.com/developing-g...

Nous avons notre premier article en français ! Post-mortem - Narrative design de Sandwalkers Léonard Bertos sites.google.com/view/leontro...

Developing Games for Devices with Batteries by @haukethiessen.bsky.social haukethiessen.com/developing-g...

Nous avons notre premier article en français ! Post-mortem - Narrative design de Sandwalkers Léonard Bertos sites.google.com/view/leontro...

It's St Patrick's Day you know what THAT means GET SOME IRISH VIDEO GAMES INTO YOUR BRAIN this isn't a paid post, I just think you should go check out a TON of class games

#notGDC 2026 submission: Design of a Chess End Game puzzle in Two Weeks by Max clubclue.mataroa.blog/blog/chess-e...

#notGDC 2026 submission: Becoming a Video Game Programmer in the Age of LLMs by Anonymous pastebin.com/Dq1xNba9

#notGDC 2026 submission: Do you dream of working in gaming anymore? The state of hobbyist game making by Liz Alfos medium.com/p/08d3ff3855b4

#notGDC 2026 submission: Manipulating and Transferring Surface Normals for Toon Characters in Unreal by @protowlf.bsky.social protowlf.com/unreal/unrea...

#notGDC 2026 submission: Year -1 Game Design Exersize Book by jank mischief janksmith.itch.io/year-1-game-...

#notGDC 2026 submission: Design of a Chess End Game puzzle in Two Weeks by Max clubclue.mataroa.blog/blog/chess-e...

#notGDC 2026 submission: Becoming a Video Game Programmer in the Age of LLMs by Anonymous pastebin.com/Dq1xNba9

#notGDC 2026 submission: Do you dream of working in gaming anymore? The state of hobbyist game making by Liz Alfos medium.com/p/08d3ff3855b4

#notGDC 2026 submission: Manipulating and Transferring Surface Normals for Toon Characters in Unreal by @protowlf.bsky.social protowlf.com/unreal/unrea...

#notGDC 2026 submission: Year -1 Game Design Exersize Book by jank mischief janksmith.itch.io/year-1-game-...

that other event may be over but we still have the rest of the month💃🎺

Unions band together to launch new game industry conference 'by workers, for workers'

people pay thousands in conference fees, hotels and flights, to see a talk on something that doesn't work, that is also being used to justify firing them.

Not sure what to write about? Here are some ideas for #notGDC Did you see/hear something cool in a game you played, that others may have missed? Do you have a favourite technique in your discipline? Is there a tool that you wish existed? What do you do to work around it right now?

#notGDC was pretty late notice this year. To give people more time to make stuff, we could make it longer? We created a vote on the Discord, A) Keep notGDC just during next week. B) Make notGDC all of the month of March. What does everyone think?

Now more than ever we need somewhere to share knowledge. A place free from AI zealots, and late-stage rapacious capitalism. A place that is safe to travel to without the threat of detention and state violence. *music swells*

Not sure what to write about? Here are some ideas for #notGDC Did you see/hear something cool in a game you played, that others may have missed? Do you have a favourite technique in your discipline? Is there a tool that you wish existed? What do you do to work around it right now?

#notGDC 2026 is a free, online game dev non-conference for everyone! This year it runs from March 9–13, the same time as that other conf. Have some gamedev knowledge you want to share with the world? Slides, articles, videos are welcome, and submissions are now open! For more info: notgdc.io

#notGDC 2026 is a free, online game dev non-conference for everyone! This year it runs from March 9–13, the same time as that other conf. Have some gamedev knowledge you want to share with the world? Slides, articles, videos are welcome, and submissions are now open! For more info: notgdc.io

new year who dis

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Liminal Space Mechanics: Breaking the Fourth Wall" by Steven Harmon https://youtu.be/7pooYgu8A0k

#notGDC submission from 2023: "GameCube-Style Stencil Lights in Unreal" by PROTO https://protowlf.com/unreal/unreal-stencil-lights/

#notGDC submission from 2023: "A Practical Guide to Being Less Awful at Programming" by Alex Darby https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Ho2aBrUvVlAPx89P0QYFdOktfF2uIGq/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112790899828379417347&rtpof=true&sd=true

#notGDC submission from 2023: "An article about common mistakes made by beginner game designers and developers and how to avoid them." by Artyom "Tricky Fat Cat" Volkov https://medium.com/@tricky_fat_cat/game-design-sins-ad20dd65e643

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Life After Grad: Unhinged Talks" by Steven Harmon https://youtu.be/yRmYNZq5-lU

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Hunkering Down for the Long Haul: From Jam to Final Development" by Doug Terhune, Jamie Whitmarsh, Christina Terhune, Colin Henry, Yina Wang https://juzek.itch.io/elowens-light/devlog/496904/hunkering-down-for-the-long-haul-from-jam-to-final-development

#notGDC submission from 2023: "The Effects of Perceived Scarcity on Video Gamers' Purchase Behaviours: A Proposed Gamer-Narcissism Scarcity Matrix" by Patrick Day-Childs https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQwK3h7lh9wNZarRpACXSLEwLSnKBAKV/view?usp=sharing

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Less Calls, Less Materials, More Unreal" by Dramatic Iceberg, Leonardo Assom https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/e96E/unreal-engine-material-draw-calls-optimization-system-uv-matrix-atlas-id

#notGDC submission from 2023: "The Ultimate Unity Developer's Toolkit: 10 Unity Tools/Libraries to Save You Time and Money" by Antonio Miceli, Mega Power Games https://youtu.be/U4uDknX0KdA

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Know, Do, Feel: A framework for thinking about UI" by ben🌱ui https://benui.ca/ux/know-do-feel/?utm_medium=site&utm_source=notgdc

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Teaching the Game Loop: A Teaching Tip for High School Game Design Educators" by Matt Arnold https://readwritecode.blog/teaching-the-game-loop-4c264398384

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Tiny Game Engines: Intro to Fantasy Consoles" by Matt Arnold https://readwritecode.blog/tiny-game-engines-561e3396a599

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Social VR & Gender Exploration: An open survey of VR users who have explored gender identity and expression in social VR" by Zach Deocadiz https://medium.com/@zkdeocadiz/social-vr-gender-exploration-7be09b62b1ad?source=friends_link&sk=7c841f37e0b01c2e70e83abe1117f2ab

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Applying post-import settings to assets with in unreal, with python, c++ or blueprints!" by Ryan DowlingSoka https://ryandowlingsoka.com/unreal/post-asset-import-rules/

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Game Jams: A Pretty Excellent Gateway To The Games Industry" by Shaun Wall https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m7Wd7_b4_aZVTLbbDCls2-y2E5xfDcrQmybjRjMyDqQ/edit

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Basic Async/Await in Unity C#!" by EstebanGameDev https://estebangamedev.hashnode.dev/basic-asyncawait-in-unity-c

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Customer Aversion to the Metaverse" by Patrick Day-Childs (Custard Trout) https://youtu.be/ImOagUwRIWo

#notGDC submission from 2023: "Organic Marketing Proven Practices for Indie Games" by Rafael Smeers Moraes https://rsmeers.medium.com/organic-marketing-proven-practices-indie-games-6823c03d09d2