RoundUp № 12
Welcome to the latest and greatest St Louis Game Developer RoundUp! We have made a lot of improvements and changes since the last issue! I have tried to scrape all the latest Game Dev news relevant to our community from the web, and the goal is to always try to help raise the voices of the people out there that are struggling to be heard, but sometimes a few of the more well-known voices tend to drown out some of the others (through no fault of theirs!), so I worry about missing things… You can help by contributing anything that meets our Contribution Guidelines - no matter how small or seemingly unimportant! We want to know about it!
The St Louis Game Developer RoundUp is the official monthly digest of the St Louis Game Developer community. Curated by STLGameDev and built through community contributions, it aggregates news, project updates, resources, and upcoming events from our local game development scene.
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🪩 Festivals
- Applications for Tiny Teams Festival end on June 3rd so submit your game before then!
🕹 Releases
- Hive Jump 2: Survivors by Graphite Lab is launching in Early Access on May 29th (THAT’S TODAY 😲!)
⚙ Updates
- We have updated the Contribution Guidelines for the St Louis Game Developer RoundUp to help clarify who can contribute (spoiler: just about everyone!) and what kinds of things we want in the news (spoiler: a lot of things) and how to contribute (spoiler: it’s easy!). Please take a look and share any feedback with us! OR just start contributin'!
💡 Interesting
- Here is a fascinating thread by LocalThunk - creator of the fantastic “Joker-roguelike”, Balatro - on the early prototypes of what was originally called Joker Poker!
🎮 Demos
- The Crashlands 2 Demo by Butterscotch Shenanigans is available now!
📅 Events
- The STL Game Dev Monthly Drinkup returns on Thursday June 13th from 7 - 10pm @ Dirty 20 Bar in Ballwin, MO! Join fellow game developers for food, drinks, and camaraderie (food and drink optional)! This is a 21+ event. RSVP here