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September brought in a gust of developer updates! STLGameDev represented St. Louis with our arcade launcher at the Chicago Indie Games Showcase! This upcoming month, we are hosting the 2026 Spooky Jam from October 1st through October 18th, and it’s not too late to join! Check out the rules at the provided link.
Have a creative October, everyone!
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Dev Updates
- James C. Kane has been developing a bunch this month, with researching DIY dynamic gaussian splats and testing 1-to-4 camera capture methods like 4DAnyone and SharpML, played back with World Labs’ SparkJS in real-time in the browser, announced that The Nanauts will be featured at Meta Connect, and is experimenting with Slime sims running on zero-dependency WebGPU + WebXR!
- LargerThanAverageGames made a fun video to help promote Guild Legends’ multiplayer!
- Mike Breault has been demo-ing Rubber Ducky Rampage! at game cons starting with GenCon in early August, then MoonCityCon (Springfield, MO) in mid-August, Who’s Yer Con in Indy on 9/4-6/2026, TableTop Central (Savoy, IL) on 9/12-13/2026, Greyhawke Con (Murfreesboro, IL) on 9/19, and Archon (Collinsville, IL) on 10/2-4/2026. Coming up is MOBot’s Best of Missouri show (St. Louis) on 10/9-11/2026, MadCon (Ft. Wayne, IN) on 10/23-25/2026, Meeple-A-Thon (Kansas City) on 11/6-8/2026, and Effing-Con (Effingham, IL) on 11/28/26!
- Midnight Launch Games’ Time To Rogue has been updated with some major new features! The graphics have seen a total overhaul, the game now has a roguelike feature where certain floors let you choose a modifier that will make the rest of the game easier, some floors are boss floors, and there are now unlockable themes!
- Bloodrite Magicka released a video on how to play their game!
- Will Slama showed off Unity realtime lights converted to vertex coloring!
- Miniscule Games is working on a 3D kart racing game called The Road Jess Karted for Maryville University’s Game Scripting class!
- Tony Wojnar is almost done with the general layout of Glitch Ditch for the upcoming game, Dribble 2!
Music Releases
- Goofy Gourd Studios released a Battle Theme track for an upcoming game!
- Austin Miller worked on a couple of tracks for the newly released Sealed Fortress game!
- Chrono Cards released their soundtrack on Youtube!
Game Releases
- Carol Mertz and game developer Mary McKenzie created Museum Memory, which is set inside a virtual museum gallery and requires a good memory and a sharp eye.
- Alice Bucknell, Joseph Pleass, Ben West, Khalid Makshoush, Omar Khouri, and Nina Keith debuted Coyote Time, a game where players take on the role of a gig worker tasked with delivering to the City Museum. Play today on-site at the City Museum or online at https://coyotetime.world/.
Visual Art
- Xain Russell is open for commissions! Support their awesome work here!
- Noah Sliney showed off their awesome Artstation filled with excellent character art!
Game Jam Releases
- TimConceivable! made art for Diggin’ Dragon for the GBJAM 14 game jam!
Upcoming Events
Participate in these events from our community!
OCT 01
07:00 PM
Spooky Jam 2026
It's Spooky Season, which means it's time for another Spooky Jam! We encourage everyone to make games but we will accept creations of all kinds for this jam! Feel free to make a video game, board game, card game, visual art, comic, zine, song, music album, visual novel, poem, short story, sculpture... anything!
OCT 08
07:00 PM
October GameDev Social!
Chat with fellow creators about making, playing, and admiring games! Talk about your game ideas and get inspired! Make friends and find collaborators. Our monthly hangout is open to EVERYONE!
OCT 19
06:30 PM
Game Club: Toree Saturn
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. Our game for this month is Toree Saturn!
OCT 24
03:00 PM
October Game Audio Club
If you’re into making video game music or sound design (or just curious) come hang out with us once a month! Doesn’t matter if you’re a pro or just starting out— everyone’s welcome. Just bring your love for game audio. Chill time where you can share your work, get feedback, or just vibe with people who love game audio.
OCT 26
05:00 PM
October Gamedev Work Night
St. Louis County Library Clark Family branch is hosting casual work time for local game developers in the Creative Lab. Bring your project to work on and talk with other devs for feedback or fun. This is open to EVERYONE ages 14 and up.
OCT 29
06:30 PM
Spooky Jam 2026 Games Showcase
We will demo all of the entries to the jam at Maryville University in the Design & Visual Art Building Rm 103.
NOV 28
12:00 PM
Share & Play: Game Playtesting!
Join us for casual game playtesting! This is an opportunity for developers to share their progress, observe playtesting, and get feedback on their projects, and for local game enthusiasts to get their hands on new games, prototypes, and give helpful feedback.
