Welcome! This is a community for discussions related to developing games that run on the Steem blockchain. The games can be anything from complex video games with digital collectibles to a simple journaling game that is played by posting, but the common factor is that playing on the Steem blockchain is an element of how the game works. Any aspect of developing a game is open for discussion: game design, questions or tips and tricks involving code, abstract discussions about incorporating a token economy into a game, post mortems, dev logs, or anything else that's mainly about the “nuts and bolts” of making a game on Steem. (In industry jargon a “developer” often means a programmer, but this community isn't restricted to just talking code, it's about all aspects of making games.) This community is also open to all levels of skill and experience, from aspiring newbie to seasoned pro.

What this community is not for

This isn't a community for announcing games or trying to attract players. Those things can be important, but communities that are focused on gaming are a better place for that, this is about discussing the process of making games. Whether you love marketing your stuff or consider it a necessary evil it can have the unfortunate tendency to take over conversations. When you're posting here you shouldn't have to worry about whether your post is “good marketing”, and you shouldn't have to worry about whether your post will get lost in a sea of press releases. Hopefully having a rule like this can make it easier for us to “talk shop” about game making.

Let's build something

The Steem blockchain has a lot of potential when it comes to games, the goal of this community is to try to move closer to realizing that potential by having a place where we can share knowledge and wisdom, make connections, or just lend each other moral support as we try to make games that work with Steem.

(Thanks to @steemcurator01 for the suggestion that a community like this could be useful in their response to my post about Day 9 of the 100 Days of Steem).