Game Development Behind-the-Scenes

Comments primarily recommend resources like the r/TheMakingOfGames subreddit, Jonathan Blow talks, and articles on the technical processes and making-of stories for video games.

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corysama Oct 13, 2018 View on HN

You might appreciate https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOfGames/

corysama Mar 27, 2020 View on HN

You might like https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOfGames/

mjshashank May 29, 2020 View on HN

A relevant talk by Jonathan Blow: https://youtu.be/ZSRHeXYDLko

corysama Jun 23, 2016 View on HN

Shameless plug: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOfGames/

corysama May 16, 2021 View on HN

If you are interested in material like this, check out https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOfGames/

jrh206 Aug 7, 2022 View on HN

You might find Jonathan Blow’s talks interesting. This one springs to mind: https://youtu.be/C5FUtrmO7gIAlso this breakdown by Game Maker’s Toolkit: https://youtu.be/2zK8ItePe3Y

corysama Aug 22, 2016 View on HN

I'll add a shameless plug for https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOfGames/

empath75 Jul 5, 2017 View on HN

Jonathan Blow has given a bunch of talks on that topic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU

oakesm9 Dec 20, 2021 View on HN

See also this brilliant series written by Andy Gavin which goes into a lot more detail https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/video-games/making-crash/

lodi Jan 18, 2020 View on HN

Jonathan Blow gave a great talk on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-SOdj4Kkk