Top 45 Game Development Forums, Discussions, and Message Boards

1. GameDev Forums

GameDev.net is your resource for game development with forums, tutorials and more with a goal to provide a platform for professionals, hobbyists, and ...students in the games industry to learn, share, and connect.more
gamedev.net/forums
16.7K 18 posts / month View Recent Threads

2. Idle Thumbs » Game Development

Seattle, Washington, US
Idle Thumbs forum is the home of video game podcasts, if you're making a game, or trying to learn to make games, this is for you. Discuss indie ma...rketing, find a list of computer game graphic designers and composers for your next project, post your creation, and get feedback.more
idlethumbs.net/for..
2.3K 55K 14 posts / quarter Feb 2014 View Recent Threads

3. Indie Gamer » Game Development

Connecticut, US
Indie Gamer is a community dedicated to indie game developers, artists and composers. This category is for discussing the technical aspects of game de...velopment including programming, web development, porting, localization, and technical issues.more
forums.indiegamer...
4K 3 posts / month View Recent Threads

4. HTML5 Game Devs Forum

This forum is a place to get all HTML5 game development talks. Read the latest HTML5 Game Dev news, explore articles, talk about game releases, framew...orks, & demos, and find related videos, tutorials, and more.more
html5gamedevs.com
15.5K 2 posts / day View Recent Threads

5. TIGForums

TIGSource is a community of independent game developers and players. The TIGForum is a community for independent gaming discussions like playtesting, ...DevLogs, audio, design, technical, business, and more.more
forums.tigsource.c..
4.3K 15.1K 16 posts / day View Recent Threads

6. Indie DB » Development Banter

Smack talk other indie / mod / commercial game developers. Shall your secrets, talk about the industry at large in this category. IndieDB is a communi...ty for game developers with an aim to support independent developers and their games, by providing them with a place to showcase their hard workmore
indiedb.com/forum/..
41.3K 72.7K 1 post / week View Recent Threads

7. Unity Forum

San Francisco, California, US
Unity is the ultimate game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles ...or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.more
forum.unity.com
20.4K 290.4K 30 posts / day View Recent Threads

8. Epic Developer Community Forums

Cary, North Carolina, US
A place to discuss, share, and learn all things Unreal. Talk about asset creation, animation, world creation, modding and more. Unreal Engine is the w...orld's most open and advanced real-time 3D tool.more
forums.unrealengin..
Threads 476K Posts 3M Members 7M 575.5K 30 posts / day View Recent Threads

9. Reddit » Game Development

San Francisco, California, US
Game Development is a subreddit for serious discussion about anything related to game development. Talk about game programming, math, art, music, busi...ness, and marketing, share about your favorite games or just cool images & GIFs, and more.more
reddit.com/r/gamedev
1.7M 1.2M 30 posts / day May 2008 View Recent Threads

10. Game Development Stack Exchange

New York City, New York, US
Game Development Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professional and independent game developers. Ask questions, clear your doubts, and ...share your opinions & suggestions on game development.more
gamedev.stackexcha..
517.5K 242.3K 9 posts / day View Recent Threads

11. Developer Forums » Games

Developer Forums is a place to connect with fellow developers and Apple experts as you give and receive help on games. This forum section focusses on ...asking questions, sharing opinions, suggestions and more.more
developer.apple.co..
2 posts / week View Recent Threads

12. FreeGameDev Forums

FreeGameDev Forums is an open source game community & development. This is mainly for discussions on general game, developer, featured projects, proje...ct showcase, collaborations and more.more
forum.freegamedev.net
14 posts / week View Recent Threads

13. Devtalk » Game Development

Devtalk community is a place to come chat about what's trending in the developer space. The following category focusses on discussions related to ...general dev, code editor, memory leaks, frontend development, backend development, content creators and more.more
forum.devtalk.com/..
986 1 post / month View Recent Threads

14. Brackeys » Programming

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Brackeys is a community for game developers. This section of the forum focusses on asking programming related questions, getting guides, tutorials, im...ages, error and more.more
forum.brackeys.com..
26.1K 51.9K 2 posts / week View Recent Threads

15. Wildfire Games » Game Development & Technical Discussion

Wildfire Games is an independent free software video game developer and is an international community consisting of dozens of game developers and game...rs. This category is for technical discussion about the development of the game 0 A.D. Feel free to ask questions of the developers and among yourselves.more
wildfiregames.com/..
3 posts / day View Recent Threads

16. Hive Workshop » Game Development

The Hive Workshop is the largest Warcraft III community centered around modding, custom games, programming, and art. This section is a place for game ...designers to show off their work, get help in their game-creation venture and discuss their ideas.more
hiveworkshop.com/f..
3.4K 1.3K 1 post / month View Recent Threads

17. Thrive Development Forum

Thrive Development Forum is for discussing the game's future releases, programming, game performance, process panel, gameplay, graphics, process s...ystem design, save / load menu functions, sounds, game mechanics, and more.more
forum.revolutionar..
1.9K 1.8K 3 posts / month View Recent Threads

18. Choice of Games » Game Development

Choice of Games Forum is for discussing choice of games, for writing your own game in ChoiceScript, and for having choice-based interactive fiction. ...This section of the forum is a place to discuss game development related tutorials, coding issues, questions, queries, doubts and more.more
forum.choiceofgame..
12.2K 9.8K 643 5 posts / day View Recent Threads

19. Indie Game Dev Forums

Australia
A forum dedicated to providing information and help for solo and hobby game developers for discussing game design, development, architecture, audio, f...eedback and more.more
indiegamedev.net/f..
204 4 posts / week View Recent Threads

20. Python-Forum » Game Development

Python-Forum is a place to post questions regarding Pygame, Pyglet or general game logic. This category of the forum is for asking game development re...lated questions, tutorials, applications, and more.more
python-forum.io/fo..
4 posts / month View Recent Threads

21. RPGMaker Central » Programming

RPGMaker Central is a place to get resources & advice on game production and game development. This category is for those who need help with scripts/p...lugins and is a place for all your coding needs. Ask questions, get your queries resolved, and post your completed codes here.more
rpgmakercentral.co..
1 post / week View Recent Threads

22. Buildbox Forum

Los Angeles, California, US
Buildbox is a truly drag and drop game builder that anyone can use to create beautiful games for a myriad of platforms. Their forum community holds ge...neral discussions, questions, technical discussions, gameplay, level designing, game marketing, and more.more
buildbox.com/forum..
6.7K 1 post / day View Recent Threads

23. Cocos Forums

Cocos Creator is a unified package of game development tools. Their forum holds discussions on extensions, developer interviews, documentations, game ...demos, editor tools, collaborations and other generic announcements.more
discuss.cocos2d-x.org
2 1 post / day View Recent Threads

24. Open Game Art

Open Game Art Forums offers space for discussing anything that relates to art and free/open source game development like programming, art, game projec...ts, and also to answer questions.more
opengameart.org/fo..
850 1.1K 5 posts / week View Recent Threads

25. Reddit » IndieDev

San Francisco, California, US
This is the place for indie devs and gamers to share anything, be it game development, their favorite games or just cool images, GIFs and music from a...n indie game in a casual community-run environment.more
reddit.com/r/IndieDev
1.7M 1.2M 30 posts / day View Recent Threads

26. Reddit » Learn Game Development

San Francisco, California, US
Here you can ask other game developers how to do something, what languages to use, what libraries are good, or anything else related to game developme...nt.more
reddit.com/r/learn..
1.2M 1 post / week View Recent Threads

27. Reddit » Game Development

San Francisco, California, US
This subreddit is a game development community for serious discussions about anything related to game development. Share videos, tutorials, technical ...and ask questions.more
reddit.com/r/GameD..
1.2M 16 posts / day View Recent Threads

28. GameDev.tv Community

GameDev.tv Community is for students and instructors to help you on your GameDev journey. Ask questions and get advice regarding different aspects of ...game development here.more
community.gamedev.tv
10.2K 16.5K 25 posts / day View Recent Threads

29. Develteam Forums

Develteam is a Collaboration-based Social Network for Indie Game Developers. Find Artists, Programmers, Designers, Writers, and Musicians to work on g...ame projects with. Catch up with different Indie game devs in the forum community and talk about different aspects of game development.more
develteam.com/Foru..
195 293 1 post / month View Recent Threads

30. MakeWebGames Forum

The MakeWebGames forum is a place to discuss about web game development. Ask questions, talk about game engines, game building technics, and engage wi...th an active community.more
makewebgames.io/fo..
1 post / month View Recent Threads

31. Greenheart Games Forum

A place to discuss all things surrounding Greenheart games, game dev tycoon, or gaming in general. Exchange information and knowledge about app develo...pment, keyboard issues, device info, update versions, multiplayer servers, mod and more.more
forum.greenheartga..
6.7K 9.2K 30 posts / year View Recent Threads

32. Code Forum » Game Development

Ontario, Canada
Code Forum's mission is to help each other learn, build and share code by providing a community that supports each other through discussion & ques...tion-based threads and providing resources that will give developers the upper hand on creating their project. This category is for discussing all content for game development including Roblox development, Lua, and more.more
codeforum.org/foru..
49 89 185 3 posts / month View Recent Threads

33. Lumberyard Community

Amazon Lumberyard Game Dev community is to grab knowledge, help, and connect with others in the community. Browse through technical guidance about Gam...e Tech to learn more or showcase your expertise. Discuss issues and problems while editing, & character animation, share video tutorials & images, and more.more
forums.awsgametech..
572.3K View Recent Threads

34. Game Development Forum

Forumming is one of the best place for Game Development developers where you can discuss anything about Game Development. Chat about rendering, lighti...ng, textures, gaming graphics, shadow mapping and much more. Talk about the problems you face while developing your game and get relevant advice on the forum.more
gamedevelopment.fo..
10 posts / year View Recent Threads

35. JVM Gaming

New to Java game development? Post your questions here and get them answered. JVM Gaming is a place to talk about game play and design, debugging, sho...wcasing your game demos to other, talking about your game progress and much more.more
jvm-gaming.org
2 posts / month View Recent Threads

36. rpgmaker.net » Game Design & Development

The goal of RPGMaker.net is to be the definitive source for the creation of RPGs, its history, its future; to provide a platform for amateur game deve...lopers to grow and succeed no matter their skill level; and to forge an open-minded community that can share experiences, best practices, and constructive criticisms. Talk about game design and development in this category.more
rpgmaker.net/forum..
3.5K 1 post / week View Recent Threads