Game designers: communities and participation rules
They design rules, mechanics, levels and player experiences for video games, tabletop games or role-playing games.
Related communities · 106
Places with a sampled week come first, followed by recorded membership. Membership is neither activity nor a recommendation score.
- r/gamedev1.85M members · 2025-01
- Language
- English
- Introducing a product
- Restriction recorded
Recorded rule excerptRegardless of its development stage, this subreddit isn’t the place to showcase your project or artwork.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/GameDevelopment362k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Excerpt recorded; check its scope
Recorded rule excerptPromoting your game without providing any value to other game developers is not allowed.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/gamedesign251k members · 2025-01
- Language
- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
Recorded rule excerptShow-off posts are only allowed as game design case studies
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/IndieDev249k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
No original wording is recorded for this action, so permission cannot be established here.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
View source · record organized October 15, 2026 - r/indiegames227k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
Recorded rule excerptGame promotion must include an image/gif/video showing game footage
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/FortniteCreative178k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
Recorded rule excerptAdvertised maps must include at least 4 photos of your submission or a trailer/fly thru.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/robloxgamedev119k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
Recorded rule excerptplease make sure to directly assist with their problem
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/gameDevClassifieds115k members · 2025-01
- Language
- English
- Introducing a product
- Restriction recorded
Recorded rule excerptThis is not the place to sell your asset(s) / promote your game.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/proceduralgeneration106k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Not established
No original wording is recorded for this action, so permission cannot be established here.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Which groups each place is for, judged by a model on the place's own description in the list; no posts read.
View source · record organized October 14, 2026 - r/playmygame103k members · 2025-01
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- Introducing a product
- Excerpt recorded; check its scope
Recorded rule excerptYou must wait at least 1 month between submissions.
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/RPGdesign82k members · 2025-01
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- English
- Introducing a product
- Excerpt recorded; check its scope
Recorded rule excerptCrowdfunding posts are limited to projects listed in the
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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- r/tabletopgamedesign81k members · 2025-01
- Language
- English
- Introducing a product
- Restriction recorded
Recorded rule excerptDo not market your game here
Rules and sources →Discussion sample availableWhy this appears
Listed through a recorded audience relationship. Demand for your product has not been verified here.
Every post of 2026-09 in Reddit's public archive (Arctic Shift's monthly file); up to 60 posts a place, fixed by the hash of the post's id, judged one by one by Jev: written by one of these people, and showing one's own work; still up as the archive's second look a day and a half later found it.
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After finding a community, find the conversations worth joining.
Hmm uses your product’s context to find relevant discussions, prepare replies and follow responses after you send. ahahmm has not launched yet; Mac comes first, with Windows in development.