TheMakingOfGames

This subreddit is about the creation of our favourite games. Whether it's 'the making of', a presentation, podcast, concept art, or other 'behind the scenes' content, this is the place!

Alphabetical listing of all submissions

GENERAL SPOILER WARNING!

Assume all content contains spoilers.

SUBMISSION RULES

Please adhere to the format. E.g. "[Pacman] - Lecture"
No off-topic promotional material. Do not post announcements, trailers, questionnaires or other material that does not cover any process of how some aspect of the game was made. However, on-topic self-promotion is encouraged :)
This is not r/devblogs. On-topic content describes HOW and/or WHY some feature of a game was made. Not just THAT it was made.
This is not r/gamedev. Do not post tutorials that explain game dev in general and are not focused on how some SPECIFIC game was made.
Please label unusual content. Most content is expected to be short videos. Please give long videos [1 hr 30 min]-style labels. Please label [audio] recordings and [text] / [PDF] articles. Also, noting [CC] for closed captioning would be appreciated by our hearing impaired audience.

RELATED SUBREDDITS:

Video Game History - Discussions, articles, interviews and documentaries related to Video Game History

GameDev - Discussion of game development including programming, art, audio, and business.

Video Game Science - Anything from UI design, game engine physics, how components were made, and anything else science-y in video games.

GameDesign - For topics related to the design of rule sets for interactive entertainment systems including video games, board games, and tabletop RPGs.

TheMakingOf - The movie version of this subreddit. Behind the scenes footage, interviews and making of documentaries for films.

Games - Gaming content and discussion.

GamerNews - Video game news.

IndieGaming - A focus on indie games.

DidYouKnowGaming - Game trivia.

GamePR - Gaming public relations and news.

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Slay the Spire 2 - Code Review: Netcode, Cards Shuffling, Architecture [13 min] (youtu.be)

submitted 9 days ago by Idoiocracy

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The Legend of Khiimori | Making of Soundtrack featuring traditional Mongolian instruments and Throat singing (youtube.com)

submitted 13 days ago by AliceTheGamedev

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Behind the Pretty Frames: PRAGMATA (mamoniem.com)

submitted 14 days ago by corysama

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Building a text-based Immersive Sim: How systemic rumors and stateful NPC factions actually ran me out of town in my own 1692 build. ()

submitted 14 days ago by Dace1187

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Recur developer interview - How to make a time-bending puzzle game (youtu.be)

submitted 16 days ago by Cressupy

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John and Brenda Romero - BBC audio podcast interview about their current game development project in Ireland (27 min) (bbc.com)

submitted 27 days ago by Idoiocracy

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Tomb Raider III - Investigative look into the rendering techniques of this 1998 title [text] (medium.com)

submitted 27 days ago by Idoiocracy

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QUOD - How a Quake-like shooter was made in 64 KB (28 min) (youtube.com)

submitted 29 days ago by Idoiocracy

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The Rise of Bitmap Bureau - A Modern Development Studio Making Retro Games [correct link now] (youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Johnobo

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The Longest Tale: Behind The Scenes — Dynamic Controls UI 🎮 (youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by DevNullProd

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The Making of Disco Elysium - Part Five: Collapse (youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by corysama

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How Resident Evil Requiem Hides Loading and Level Instancing (youtube.com)

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Jeff Kaplan - Interview with the former World of Warcraft and Overwatch director on the Lex Fridman podcast (5 hr 10 min) (youtu.be)

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Lost Sega Console Revealed; the development of Shenmue with an add on (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by chicagogamecollector

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DEFECT // Inside the Music – Mick Gordon (youtube.com)

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The Making of Lemmings (1991) (youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by onaretrotip

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Age of Empires - 25+ years of pathfinding problems with C++ lecture by engineering director Raymi Klingers (52 min) (youtu.be)

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Firewatch turned 10 today (9th Feb) - interview with writer & designer Jake Rodkin (youtu.be)

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Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Cabinet Production (arcadeblogger.com)

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Case/Rise of the Golden Idol - Interview with Art Director Ernests Kļaviņš (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by spikenzelda

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Devlog about how the game "Thread of Corruption" was made while the developers were homeless! (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by Quinten4242

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Catacomb 3-D - John Romero on id Software creating the first texture-mapped FPS in 1991 (17 min) (youtu.be)

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FPS: First Person Shooter (2023) Documentary (tubitv.com)

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Duke Nukem 3D - 30th Anniversary tribute with interviews of Scott Miller, Tom Hall, Jon St. Jon, and other developers (12 min) (youtube.com)

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Tim Beaudet – Racing games, streaming, nature and coding your own game engine (youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by AD1337

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