RoundUp № 21
☘️ Spring has been blooming full of creative endeavors in St. Louis this month! Not only are there multiple events on the horizon, the community has been buzzing with updates! The Roundups will now be going out as monthly newsletters, so click to sign up! If you would like to see your work featured on the next Roundup, make sure to post a link to your hard work on the Discord or use the tag #StLGameDev on any social media!
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🎮 Releases
- Butterscotch Shenanigan’s Crashlands 2 is coming out on April 10th! Wishlist it today!
- Aayush Gauba released Whale Bubble Catch
- Isabelle made a flashcard app in Godot to learn Polish
- Toaster Games’ Noah made character customization for an RPG
- After 5+ years of development, Michael Hick’s next game Dissent on Mars will be out on Steam on April 7th!
- James C. Kane released In Tirol for browser, mobile, desktop and VR - play it for free now at intirol.game!
📅 Events
- STLGameDev’s monthly Gamedev Social is on April 10th at 7pm at Dirty20 Bar. Hang out with fellow creators. Chat about making, playing, and admiring games, share game ideas, and get inspired! Make friends and find collaborators.
- 🎶 Game Audio Club: Link’s Awakening, Saturday, 3/29, 4PM-7PM - Join us for a special Listening Party as we explore the soundtrack of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, both in its original Game Boy version and the Switch remake. We’ll listen, compare, and discuss how the music brings this unique Zelda adventure to life.
- 🎮 Game Club: Juice Galaxy Monday, 3/31, 6:30PM-9:30PM - Game Club is like a book club except we pick a game to play each month and then meet up to discuss it with a focus on game design! This month’s game is Juice Galaxy!
- 🏃 Dev Night Out @ Activate Games, Saturday, 4/5, 6PM-8:30PM
- Senior Show for Game Design Students at Maryville University, Friday, 4/11, 6:30PM-8:30PM
- Interactive Media: The Gamification of the World will be presented at STLTechWeek, Tuesday, 4/01, 9AM-4PM
🎼 Releases
- radvillainy made a new song called power button
- Kris Truitt is making a zeldalike, with themed non-diegetic minigames
- Colorgrave released a brilliant Company Update, highlighting Claire a la Mode - help them out by wishlisting it on Steam!
📚 Resources
📰 News
- United Videogame Workers was unveiled at GDC
- Godot 4.4 was released
🕹️ Updates
- DribbleGame has been working on a Jacu-sea level
- miniscule has been working on The Road Jess Traveled, a platforming collection game
📺 Streams
- XainRussell has been streaming Deltarune on twitch!
🏆 Awards
- Balatro wins GOTY at GDC