Decent dev forums

Posted by AndrewB on April 2, 2011, 12:29 p.m.

So, I'm quickly growing tired of the GMC. After using GM for near 6 years and finally joining the GMC in January, I'm already sick of it.

First off, I want to say, I mean no disrespect to people who like the GMC, but it's just not what works for me.

So, the main thing I don't like is the amount of, dare I say it, noobs. I know everyone is a noob at some point, but it's the constant repetition by certain members, constant trail of stupid, non informative posts, etc, etc.

That really grinds my gears!

I've looked around, hopping from forum to forum, and here's a few I found…

GameJolt

GMG

TIGSource

I like these, but, apart from TIGSource, the forum community isn't very active, or not active at all… so I'm thinking of migrating from the GMC to TIGSource, but, I'm still not sure. Argh!

Anyone else know of any better Developer forums? I do love 64D though! >.<

Comments

blackhole 13 years, 5 months ago

FYI Gamedev's IRC channel is full of trolls. I do not know about its forums.

Cesque 13 years, 5 months ago

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FYI Gamedev's IRC channel is full of trolls. I do not know about its forums.

Yeah, but… you probably think 64digits IRC channel is full of trolls, too :P

Astryl 13 years, 5 months ago

Bah. GameJolt is a bunch of kids messing around. Nice looking site, at first, but I can't stand half the people on it.

Also, TigSource seems kinda… empty? I dunno. Kinda like a Darker 64digits?

Personally, I've found my dev-forums; here. Even though I can't seek help with C++ (I never did anyway), I wouldn't want to leave here for any other forum.

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Yeah, but… you probably think 64digits IRC channel is full of trolls, too :P
Let's see… 10 trolls, a few orcs, we get a furry or two on there and I'm the resident dragon.

F1ak3r 13 years, 5 months ago

XD @the idea of people liking the GMC.

I used to go on there a fair bit back in 2007 (I didn't post much, just lurked). Kinda stopped once I arrived here. Went back a while later - couldn't see why I'd ever wasted my time there.

I've heard that it was a decent place back in 2005 and before that. Probably still better than the YYG forums, though.

I decided long ago that I prefer 64Digits to any kind of forum. There's no pressure to "stay on topic", we've got an impenetrable noob barrier (members who know what kind of people they DON'T like), and it's just generally way more awesome and informal and close-knit than a forum can ever be.