Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Pricing	Tags	Description
Cave Bear Games	Professional Community	Free	Discord	Cave Bear Games is a new indie studio formed by – and focused on – junior designers entering the games industry. Join the community Discord!
Funsmith Club	Professional Community	Free	Discord	Funsmith Club is a community of game devs of all skills levels focused on improving their game design skills and level up their careers.
Amir Satvat's Games Community	Professional Community	Free	Discord	At Amir Satvat’s Games Community, we are committed to empowering gamers at every stage of their career with comprehensive support, resources, and a thriving community environment. Get Social! Join the Discord!
Game Industry Coffee Chat	Professional Community	Free	Discord	Game Industry Coffee Chat is now live. If you're a #GameDev, join me, @thatkennguy.bsky.social, @cdemint.bsky.social and a host of talented developers as we chit chat, drink coffee, and enjoy each others' company.
Games Industry Gathering	Professional Community	Free		Welcome to #theGIG. An exclusive and inclusive networking community for gaming professionals.
Meetup Groups	Local Networking	Free		Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.
Itchio	Game Hosting, Community, Team Building	Free		itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you covered.
GameJolt	Game Hosting, Community, Team Building	Free		Discover, play, buy, and follow 100,000+ games!
IndieDB	Game Hosting, Community, Team Building	Free		Indie DB the independent games site. News, downloads and media direct from the developers. Powered by ramen noodles.
Newgrounds	Game Hosting, Community, Team Building	Free		Newgrounds is an online entertainment website and company. It hosts user-generated content such as gaming, filming, audio and artwork composition in four respective website categories. Newgrounds provides visitor-driven voting and ranking of user-generated submissions.
Gamedev.net	Community, Team Building	Free		GameDev.net is your resource for game development with forums, tutorials, blogs, projects, portfolios, news, and more.
Devel Team	Community, Team Building	Free		A Community for Creating Games. Share your game developer portfolio, collaboration forums, chat rooms, game dev team up, indie team up. Start Making Games!
NeoGAF	Forum	Free		It's a video game message board on the internet
TIGSource	Forum	Free		TIGSource is a community of independent game players and creators.
Make Games SA	Forum	Free		South African Association of Game Makers
VG Resources	Forum	Free		A community of users that rip, collect, and archive assets from popular video games for use in personal and non-commercial projects.
Game Development Stack Exchange	FAQ	Free		Q&A for professional and independent game developers
GDBay Network	Professional Community	Free	B2B	Explore game companies, hire game developers, find jobs in gaming & game developer conferences. GDBAY is a complete game dev industry portal.
Deviant Art	Art	Free		DeviantArt is the world's largest online social community for artists and art enthusiasts, allowing people to connect through the creation and sharing of art.
Art Station	Art	Free		ArtStation is the leading showcase platform for games, film, media & entertainment artists.
Cara	Art	Free		Cara is a social and portfolio platform for the entertainment art industry.
Pinterest	Art	Free		Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. Share art work and also build reference boards for art you want to make
The Rookies	Art	Free		Find out everything you need to know about The Rookies from rules, important dates, sponsors, prizes, internships, judging panel, and the team.
Polycount	Art	Free		Polycount is a videogame artist community where hobbyists and professionals alike hone their craft. Notoriously honest in critique, our community of artists have been posting, collaborating, and helping each other since 1997. If you’re looking to improve your skillset, learn new tricks or techniques, or just share an opinion on videogame art, come visit us.
CG Society	Art	Free		The CGSociety supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate and promote digital artists worldwide.
3dtotal	Art	Free		Discover the latest in the world of digital art – learn from fellow artists, create your own masterpieces, and share them with the art community.
p3d	Art	Free		We believe that sharing your 3D models online should be an enjoyable experience. p3d.in is simple, real-time and just works.
Shadertoy	Art	Free	Shader	Platform to build and share shader art
Xbox Insider Program	Playtesting	Free		The Xbox Insider Program allows passionate Xbox fans the opportunity to give us feedback on the latest Xbox system updates, as well as features and games still in development on both Xbox consoles and Windows 10 devices.
Lionbridge Game Tester	Playtesting	Free		Game Tester is a game testing, user research and game collaboration platform that connects you with real-life gamers who give you real-world insights into your PC, Android or iOS game.
Alpha Beta Gamer	Playtesting	Free		Free Video Game Alpha & Beta Tests. The Worlds Biggest Beta Testing Site.
Antidote	Playtesting	Free		Playtest videogames before their launch and help game developers to create the best gameplay experience. Everything from your home and earning rewards for it.
G.Round	Playtesting	Free		Play our selection of curated games every week from 2D platformers to Souls-like incredible titles. We scout the Earth to find talented game studios tobring you new experiences every week.
Maximum Entertainment Playtesters	Playtesting	Free		At Maximum Entertainment, we value the expertise and opinions of our gaming community. By joining our playtester program you’ll gain the power to influence the way our titles develop. Testers get a first-hand look at some of the biggest games we have cooking (many of which are unannounced). We even give out exclusive rewards like free games and merchandise, just for giving out your opinions.
Games2Gether	Playtesting	Free		AMPLITUDE Studios Games2Gether is an established video game co-creation platform that brings the gaming community into game studios. Let's create Games2Gether!
Fandom Wikia	Games Community Wikis	Free		FANDOM is a global entertainment media brand powered by fan passion. The fan-trusted source in entertainment, we provide a home to explore, contribute to, and celebrate the world of pop culture. Whether looking for in-depth information on favorite fandoms or what’s buzzing in entertainment, FANDOM has your pop culture curiosities covered through fan-expert knowledge and carefully curated and fun, original multi-platform content.
Fextralife Wikis	Games Community Wikis	Free		Fextralife is a video game news resource and gaming hub fueled by a team of dedicated gamers with a focus on the RPG genre as well as innovative games. We are here to share detailed game mechanics and information via our Video Game Wiki Hub, and news, previews, reviews, articles and guides from our contributors on the blog as well as lively discussion and debate on our forums.
Games User Research	Professional Community	Free		GUR fosters a vibrant community for research professionals. Our mission is to assist research professionals and aspiring researchers in achieving their goals.
Games Industry Job Hunt Slack	Professional Community	Free		The GIJH is a community focusing on providing job hunting resources to those impacted by a layoff / reduction-in-workforce (RIF) within the games industry. If this describes you, please feel free to fill out this form and request an invite to our Slack.

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