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Thank you!

Could you please share those Discord servers? I've been trying to find them

This page has a pretty in-depth compilation of suggested books for game designers, even segmented by specialization: 

https://indiegameacademy.notion.site/Game-Design-Careers-4a1a7a6bc3c74e60ae228369b5dd5eb0

Here are a couple of YT shorts videos that might be useful:
Video 1
Video 2

Personally, one of the best platforms right now to self-promote your game is Tiktok, but it is **very** time consuming, because the algorithm requires you to post basically at least once every day. For general purposes, Youtube and Reddit are usually a very safe bet. Try to find which platforms your players use the most, and focus on that. Don't invest in a random Ads campaign without researching first if you can reach your audience that way. 

We are beyond excited to finally announce another 48-hour game jam! We encourage developers of all experience levels to join and submit! This is a non-ranked jam, but we do want to see the theme show up in each submission.

 Are you wizard enough for this?

Rules

• Your game must be original, not featured in a previous game jam, and created within the allotted time period!
• Teams are welcome and encouraged! Our Discord will have a channel designed for finding teams to join. 
• Please be kind and joyful, NSFW and hateful content will not be tolerated and may be grounds for removal from the Jam.
• You may use what assets you have at your disposal but content MUST be original, please no copyright infringement. You can make your game in whatever engine, programming language, or software you like. 

Code of Conduct

• Treat each other with respect  
•  Be mindful of your speech and behavior towards others, especially when disagreeing  
•  Harassment or abuse of any form will not be tolerated  
•  Use appropriate profile images and names Do not send unsolicited private messages to anyone  
•  Do not share sexually explicit, racist, sexist, or otherwise disturbing content  
•  Do not disclose personal information about anyone other than yourself 
•  Do not advertise services, software, or other prods

Timeline 

Kickoff and Theme Announcement: Friday January 20th  at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

 Jam Closes: Monday January 23rd at 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Closing Ceremony: Tuesday January 24th at 8:00pm ET / 5pm PT

Closing Ceremonies

In celebration of all the hard work accomplished, a celebratory party will take place in our Gather! Here's a sneak preview of our playtest room where you can showcase your games and try the creations of fellow participants! 

- Community - 

Come join the Wizards of Joy! Indie Game Academy is a Video Game Accelerator, and a pretty kickass community. We take engineers, artists, sound designers, and vampires and put them into groups of 3-5. These groups create, publish and monetize a game together in just three months! Get sorted into your House, get guidance from 7 industry professionals, and compete for the coveted House Cup. Learn more about Indie Game Academy and your fellow Wizards of Joy at the link below. https://indiegameacademy.com/

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow we'll be doing a 2 hours class building a version of Cookie Clicker, which will work as well as an intro to Game Economies & Unity Game Dev. We're also giving a 75% discount to the first 10 people to sign up for it (The code is "ClickTheCookie), so for those people the class would be just $5 instead of $20.

If you know of anyone that's interested in breaking into the industry or just learning the basics of game development and game economics, share this with them!

Have a great day.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-nothing-to-cookie-clicker-intro-to-game-econom...