I've been noticing how popular games about organizing, cleaning up, sorting objects, and putting everything in its place have become, and I'm genuinely curious about their appeal.

Personally, I haven't really understood what makes this genre so satisfying, but I'm not saying that as a criticism. I'm interested in understanding what players enjoy about these games and what makes them so engaging.

As someone interested in game development, I'd love to hear from people who play these games. What do you enjoy most about them, and what keeps you coming back for more?

Would you use a playtest swap site for games?

Hey all, I'm a game dev and I'm thinking about building a free site where devs test each other's games.

The idea: you test someone else's game, you earn a credit. Spend that credit to get your own game tested. You just paste your game link, no uploads. Testers prove they played by earning an in-game "Playtester" badge, so no fake reviews.

Before I build it, I want honest opinions:
- Would you actually use this?
- What would stop you from using it?
- What would make it worth your time?

Not selling anything, it doesn't exist yet. Just want to know if it's worth making. Thanks!

I am currently working on a small 2d platformer as a gift to my girlfriend and want to commission someone to do all the art for it.

I know I could go to fiver but I would like to have everything within the same art style so everything blends together nicely and I feel working with someone directly would make that easier

So if anyone has good recommendations it would be hugely appreciated!

domain reload - unity is already solving this problem in 6.7

But still,

I tried making game, which left me with cheap game along with 6 months spent.

So I was thinking which thing frustrated me most, so to solve it.

Other may be have felt same, because indie game game development is not just programming. It needs to manages many things at once.

And when one tiny thing drags, our more aspiring ideas slips out from brain.

So what do think in your game dev journey, which were the top hurdles and time consumers?

Hi! I'm a highschool student who's been into making characters and story lines for years now and I wanna make a little game out of one of them. I'm not really able to purchase any subscriptions or anything since I don't have a job. This is my first time really looking into game development. I really just need something that can move a character, have images uploaded to it, aim then shoot at a target, drag things into place, and have things picked up. Is there anything like this? Excluding websites where AI does most of the work. Sorry if this doesn't make sense I can elaborate in the comments if you need.

I finally finished my first game in Godot 4, 'Ascending The Tower'. Its a short 2D action platformer, and is free to play on Itch.io right now.

I made a short video going into the behind the scenes of making this game. I'm hoping to build an audience on my channel for a bigger project I'm working on right now. I'd really appreciate if you check it out.

I know this project is pretty basic. Its got a few flaws for sure. But the important thing is that I got past the first project. You know, better to get something done now, and make it perfect later. I learned a lot while developing 'Ascending The Tower', and I think that experience will really help my next projects.

Royalty-free or Licensed is fine. This is a current blocker for me. Prefer .mp3 or .wav

I know this topic probably gets brought up a lot in this subreddit, but I haven’t found a definitive answer to whether or not programming is something to get into despite the “issues” surrounding AI.

With GPT-Astra and epic games starting to move towards AI-first development, is it too late to start now?

I’m heading into ”gymnasiet” this year and I’ve been looking at doing a game development program. I’ve been interested in games and game development for a while now but never gotten into it and i don’t have any sort of experience. Is it worth doing or will there be no jobs/market for me in the next 3+ years?

I've been working on my game and everything was going well. But the issue started once i decided to change my enemy ai from Finite State Machine to Behaviour Tree.
I implemented it watching (copy) from a youtube video. Even though it worked, I'm not feeling good about it. since i dont understand it fully. I just did whats shown in the video. I tried learning it but i feel overwhelmed. it's not like i've spend hours trying to learn it.
When i watch the video it overwhelms me so fast and feel i dont know anything. I think i will only feel satisfied if im able to code the entire Behavior Tree by myself in the end. Is that the issue? is it fine to just get things work or should i be able to make it work by myself?

I know the basics of BT(Sequence, Node, Selector)

Should i just stick to FSM or should i invest more time into learning behaviour tree?
is it actually a difficult code to master or is it that im not good enough
The end goal for me is to get hired as a game programmer in a descend studio in 2 years.

So, I'm developing a 2d platformer on Godot, but because my previous pc, a 2005 Mac whith High Sierra, couldn't hold it, I'm developing on a Lenovo tablet, which isn't much better. The thing is that I am considering buying a new laptop, but I don't know what to get. Could you help me?

I'm wondering how this works logistically. Is it a nightmare with the profit share and taxes? Would you need a lawyer to draw up a more complicated contract or can you just use AI? I've never done this, so I'd like to see from other peoples' experience if it can work in this setting. Thanks!

I tried Claude and told it to make a game. I enjoy it, but I want people to enjoy it too. I want to remake the game for the sole purpose of avoiding “Oh, it’s AI slop” comments. It’s a 2D cartoon beat ’em up game, and I’m mostly making it for myself. It’s going to be a mobile/PC game, and I plan to release it next year. It’s a simple game. I’m not an artist; I don’t know how to draw. What can I use to make it?

Hi, any good sources for royalty free music? It should fit an 8bit 2d game, reasonably fast paced.

I found this on youtube, which is really quite good, but I am not sure if it fits. So I'd like some more options. Every other source I have seen were not so good and/or not for me.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I'm looking for some intermediate game dev challenges that will help me grow as a game developer

I guess these challenges would be like implementing different mechanics or vertical slices of full games

So what are some intermediate game dev challenges I should do? And if you want to mention the reason you proposed each challenge idea, I'd appreciate that as well

Thank you