OMGWTF GAMES around the web

• I Tweet, Therefore I am
• OMGWTF GAMES !!1! gamplay videos on YouTube
• My posts on the Ludum Dare 48 hour from-scratch game development compo site. I go under moniker ‘pansapiens’ there (and maybe other places too).

Libraries and Tools

• Python docs
• Pygame
• Rabbyt
• Pyglet
• Inform
• Processing(.org)
• batari Basic
• Flixel
• Unity & Blender & PyOGRE – one of these days I’m gonna go all 3D on yo’ ass.

Game Developers

These are various game developers whose work I like, in no particular order:

• ABA Games (Kenta Cho) (master of the bullet-hell shooter)
• Hikoza’n-CHI X (home of Warning Forever)
• Nnooo (makers of the Pop! WiiWare game)
  
• Jinxtengu
• Mazapan.se (Kian)
• Xiotex Studios
• Tales of Games (creators of the insane Barkley ShutUp and Jam:Gaiden RPG)
• iteration games (impressive work with ZGameEditor. eg the Galaxy Wars-esque game Gyro-phyter Neo)
• Digital Eel – ???
• SpellOfPlay (indie PC games)
• Daniel Benmergui (Ludomancy – arty farty games)
• Locomalito – check out their “Philosophy” page – good stuff !

Ludum Darers: some more cool indy developers

These guys and gals are great fun. When they are not talking various amounts of drivel on IRC (AfterNET #ludumdare) they are busy making kick-ass games.

• Hamumu Software
• Keeyai
• Phil Hassey
• GBGames
• DrPetter
• X-0ut (Dark Castle Software)
• PoV (Mike Kasprzak & Sykhronics Entertainment & his tooNormal blog)
• mrfun (half of Robinson Technologies)
• BenW
• PyMike .. he also puts lots of good stuff on pygame.org
• agj (Alejandro Grilli J.) .. a game developer and talented graphic designer
• ExicteMike (Mike Meyers).
• (and many more …)

Android Game Developers

• Chickenbrick Studios
• Badlogic Games — makers of the excellent libgdx library

Some blogs of professional game designers

• Sirlin
• Applied Game Design (Brenda Brathwaite)
• Teaching Game Design (Ian Schreiber)
• there will be more …

Forums, communities, hubs, competitions, blogs

• TIGSource
• Indie Gamer Developer forums
• Ludum Dare
• Gamasutra
• Game Programming Wiki
• Gametunnel – independent game hub
• Sloperama’s Game Biz Advice page – advice from someone with experience

Australian Game Development Resources

• Sumea Launchpad – sadly, appears to now be defunct
• Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA)
• Good Game on ABC TV (not strictly a developer resource, but they do highlight the local industry, and make a great entertainment for Australian gamers and developers alike)