Opportunities to show your results to the world:
· Imagine Cup: Games Development Competition. Here is a sample design document (kind of brief) from this site. This is sponsored by Microsoft.
· Dream Build Play: here is the link. This is sponsored by the Microsoft XNA Team.
· Independent Games Festival: check this out, there is a whole community of people out there! J.
Miscellaneous information:
· Microsoft XNA: Check out Opportunities to sell you game for a profit (under XBOX Live Community).
· http://www.gamedev.net: Comment from Dan Macdonald: One of the most active game development communities on the internet. Be sure to check out the forums. There are a lot of resources for novice and advanced game developers alike.
· http://nehe.gamedev.net: Comment from Dan Macdonald: If you are interested in OpenGL game development, this is one of the top sites on the internet for tutorials and getting help from members of the OpenGL game development community.
· DevMaster.net: DevMaster.net is a game/graphics development website featuring articles, resources, daily news updates, and an active forum.
· IDGA
(international game developer's association): Comment from Gabriel Holmes:
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Seattle Sputnik:
This is the local chapter of IDGA
· http://www.gdconf.com:
This is the link to the Games
developer's conference (GDC).
Others
· GarageGames: Home of independent games and games maker (TorqueX engine)
· Panda3D: http://www.panda3d.org/
· Blade3D: http://www.bladegamesworld.com/
· GameMaker: http://www.yoyogames.com/
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Unity 3D: http://unity3d.com/
Obviously this list is far from complete, send me your favorite game-related site with one sentence description and I will post it here.