Welcome to the New GameDev.net
Your guide to the new GameDev.net experience — faster, cleaner, and more powerful.
What's New
🎨 Modern Design
A completely redesigned interface that's cleaner, faster, and easier to navigate. Built with modern web standards for better performance on all devices.
🌙 True Dark Mode
Full dark mode support that follows your system preference or can be manually toggled. Easy on the eyes during those late-night coding sessions.
📰 Smarter News
AI-enhanced news aggregation that brings you the most relevant game development news from across the web, with smart summaries and topic clustering.
🏛️ Guilds
Join topic-focused communities like Graphics Programming, Game Design, or Indie Dev. Get curated content and connect with experts in your areas of interest.
⚡ Personalized Dashboard
Your home page is now a personalized dashboard showing content from your interests, drafts, notifications, and activity — all in one place.
Your Dashboard
When you're logged in, your home page becomes a personalized Zen Dashboard designed to be your daily utility for game development.
Welcome Bar
Quick stats showing unread notifications, drafts in progress, and a Create button for quick access to new content.
Continue Reading
Pick up where you left off with tutorials and articles you've partially read.
Activity Feed
Fresh content from your guilds, followed topics, and the broader community — ranked by quality, not just recency.
Your Content
Sidebar showing recent activity on your posts, comments, and replies from others.
Tip: Use the Manage section (/manage/) to access all your content, drafts, analytics, and account settings in one place.
GameDev News
GameDev News aggregates stories from the best game development sources across the web, enhanced with AI summaries and smart clustering.
AI Summaries
Each article includes a concise AI-generated summary so you can quickly decide if it's worth reading in full. The original source is always linked.
Story Clustering
When multiple sources cover the same story, we group them together so you can see all perspectives in one place without duplicate clutter.
For You Tab
Personalized news based on your interests, guild memberships, and reading history. The more you engage, the better it gets.
Entity Tags
Articles are automatically tagged with relevant technologies (Unity, Unreal, Godot), companies, and topics for easy filtering.
Enhanced Profiles
Your profile now showcases your expertise and contributions in a more meaningful way.
🎯 Domain Expertise
Your profile highlights your areas of expertise based on your contributions — Graphics, AI, Game Design, etc. Expertise levels range from Contributor to Authority.
🏆 Artifacts
Quality content you've created — tutorials, blog posts, portfolio pieces, and projects — counts more than simple forum replies.
⭐ Recognition
Answers marked as "High Signal" or "Canonical" by the community or staff are displayed on your profile.
🖼️ Cover Images
Add a custom banner image to personalize your profile. Great for showcasing your latest project!
Trust Tiers
GameDev.net uses a trust tier system that grants privileges based on your contributions and time in the community. This helps maintain quality while rewarding engaged members.
| Tier | Requirements | Privileges |
|---|---|---|
| New | Fresh accounts (0-7 days) | Basic posting, rate limits apply |
| Member | 7+ days, some engagement | Full posting, voting, profile customization |
| Trusted | 90+ days, rep ≥40%, quality content | Flag posts, create guilds, reduced rate limits |
| Veteran | 2+ years, rep ≥60%, artifacts | Suggest canonical answers, mentor access, no rate limits |
How to level up: Create quality content (tutorials, blog posts, helpful forum answers), engage constructively, and avoid spam or rule violations. Artifacts (substantial content) count more than simple posts.
Guilds
Guilds are topic-focused communities within GameDev.net. Join guilds that match your interests to get curated content, connect with experts, and participate in challenges.
Curated Feed
Content from forums, blogs, and tutorials tagged with your guild's topics.
Expert Network
Connect with authorities and experts in your field.
Challenges
Monthly challenges to create artifacts and learn new skills.
Dark Mode
The new GameDev.net includes full dark mode support. By default, it follows your system preference, but you can manually toggle it.
Look for the theme toggle in the header navigation or your account settings.
Beta Feedback
You're part of the beta! Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of GameDev.net.
Feedback Button
Click the purple feedback button in the bottom-right corner of any page to report issues or suggestions.
Classic Mode
Need to switch back? Add ?classic=1 to any URL to use the legacy interface.
Be Patient
This is beta software. Some features may be incomplete or have bugs. We're working hard to polish everything!
Quick Reference
Key URLs
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Dashboard
/ -
Manage Content
/manage/ -
News Feed
/news/ -
Guilds
/guilds/ -
Settings
/manage/settings/
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Search /
- Command Palette Ctrl+K
- Close Modal Esc
Questions? Check the forums or use the feedback button.
Thank you for being part of the beta!