r/fun_gamedev is a subreddit with 3k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses video, game, youtube, music, and game development.
A community for sharing fun, interesting gamedev related things that inspire you to make games.
Anything else will get you banned; this isn't the place to bitch about how your game didn't sell.
discord: https://discord.gg/JXA74uG
Popular Themes in r/fun_gamedev
#1
Self-Promotion
: "I made a chat controlled racing game to play with my Twitch audience :)"
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I am currently making an rage game where the player has to jump (something like jump king). What is your opinion based on the gameplay showed and what do you think I can improve or add to the game?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/fun_gamedev
#1
Video
33 posts
#2
Game
: "Hey guys! We’re testing different sound effects for fighting in our Game BUS: Bro U Survived. What do you think about this one?"
26 posts
#3
Youtube
8 posts
#4
Music
6 posts
#5
Game Development
6 posts
#6
Unity
: "I made a free Unity Extension for Script Templates & setting up Folder Structures. I hope it can save you time."
4 posts
#7
Games
: "I made a chat controlled racing game to play with my Twitch audience :)"
3 posts
#8
Development
: "I made a chat controlled racing game to play with my Twitch audience :)"
3 posts
#9
Sound
: "Hey guys! We’re testing different Sound effects for fighting in our game BUS: Bro U Survived. What do you think about this one?"
3 posts
#10
Mobile Game
3 posts
Flair Used in r/fun_gamedev
#1
Design
: "Tommy Norberg (@the_Norberg) giving great level design tips"
48 posts
#2
Programming
: "Video showing experiments and iterations with creating realistic atmosphere shaders for planets while explaining how the shader algorithms work"
41 posts
#3
Art
: "Tutorial on making N64 Graphics"
16 posts
#4
History
: "Interview with Crash Bandicoot Dev, discusses interesting techniques they used to get really high quality animations on the PS1"
3 posts
#5
Math
: "Simple inverse kinematics tutorial"
2 posts
#6
Sound
: "Short, concise video where someone attempts to recreate Animal Crossing's text to speech"
1 post
#7
Writing
: "Lifesim prototype: my AI-NPCs talk with each other"
1 post
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+270 members(11.6%)
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Last updated: June 21, 2026