Here's the story of how Legend of Shadowtail came together, and different ways the experience fit into the creative, learning, or career journey of people involved It's a short documentary on just one of the 230+ free games we released on 3-6 month schedules since 2015 in our DevPods.gg community ❤️

3-Month Team GameDev Journey: Legend of Shadowtail (created in DevPods.gg)

YouTube video by Chris DeLeon of Dev Pods (was HomeTeam GameDev)

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Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's what I spent my 30s doing! It'd mean a lot to me if you'd watch People get confused since it's unlike other #gamedev events or courses. We help people make games together. Includes process training. People choose their own teams and tasks. Games are all free. People keep rights to their work

Release video for how our 21-day gamedev challenge went And here's the game: devpods.itch.io/terminus-2k28

[3-week Challenge Release!] Terminus 2k28: Sep 20, 2026

YouTube video by Chris DeLeon of Dev Pods (was HomeTeam GameDev)

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DevPods.gg - Make Games the Fun Way!@devpods.bsky.social · 4w ago

Although enrollment in the 21-day challenge is now closed, any members in our main Dev Pods program (DevPods.gg) are also welcome to participate Here's the kickoff video, if anyone's curious to see the shape of what we're doing together for this project. In 21 days the game will be released, free 😀

A mini doc about a game I worked on!

Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 7d ago

Here's the story of how Legend of Shadowtail came together, and different ways the experience fit into the creative, learning, or career journey of people involved It's a short documentary on just one of the 230+ free games we released on 3-6 month schedules since 2015 in our DevPods.gg community ❤️

Although enrollment in the 21-day challenge is now closed, any members in our main Dev Pods program (DevPods.gg) are also welcome to participate Here's the kickoff video, if anyone's curious to see the shape of what we're doing together for this project. In 21 days the game will be released, free 😀

Terminus 2k28 Kickoff (being developed with people in our 21-Day Challenge and Dev Pods members)

YouTube video by Chris DeLeon of Dev Pods (was HomeTeam GameDev)

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It feels good to make and learn things together I set up this approach to team gamedev at Carnegie Mellon in 2004 and Georgia Tech in 2010, spent my 30s doing it independently for 100s of games online This is our first time trying a 3-week version. Under 1 hour left to join ⏱️ devpods.gg/challenge/

Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · last mo.

me in 2015 yelling in the park outside GDC to a crowd about how we need to better support new people making their own games at a hobby scale for non-commercial purposes and me in 2025 yelling in the same park outside GDC to a crowd about having used the past decade of my life doing that

I've met people who are smart, talented, had training or education, but didn't make stuff. It's about making stuff. Having imperfect games you released is better than unfinished 'perfect' stuff not out there. Come do something badly! 😂 21-day challenge, 1 hour left to join ⏱️ devpods.gg/challenge/

Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · last mo.

Updated game reel 🎞️ In the time since then I led another 8 free games and contributed in credited roles on over 100 more we finished mostly among these made with my Dev Pods community: itch.io/c/188585/dev... Counted my 219 daily prototypes as 1, more info on those: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgZr...

Tutorials are a solid way to start, but original stuff is more exciting. I help people new to navigating that process Jams are also great! Though many people find it's too short for learning new things. So we host a longer timeline 2 hours left to join our 21-day challenge ⏱️ devpods.gg/challenge/

Some people feel not ready for a team until they can make entire games alone. Not true, even at pro level! Whatever part of a game you make, teammates value you doing that I help people with their first team experience bigger than a jam. Let's do one in 3 weeks 3 hours left ⏱️ devpods.gg/challenge/

Only 21 hours left to be part of our 21 day challenge, where I'll help you finish a game with a remote team in less than a month. The game will release free, you keep rights to anything you make, do as little or as much as you'd like. Learn our processes! Beginners welcome. 👉 devpods.gg/challenge

Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's what I spent my 30s doing! It'd mean a lot to me if you'd watch People get confused since it's unlike other #gamedev events or courses. We help people make games together. Includes process training. People choose their own teams and tasks. Games are all free. People keep rights to their work

One reason solo projects drag out is it only affects us. We care about other people, kinda more than ourselves 😅 When we open up creativity to teammates we raise our standards. They do, too! Try it out. You'll see how much more fun it is with a team Game starts this weekend devpods.gg/challenge/

Even if you have no interest in the game industry or selling indie games on Steam, making games can be a great way to spend time being creative with your friends who might live all over, never be available at the same time, yet still develop cool, original things together you can freely share online

Meet people and get to know people better by making things together

YouTube video by Chris DeLeon of Dev Pods (was HomeTeam GameDev)

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Many people can code or make digital art. What sets someone apart is: can they work well with others? There's no other way to prove that than doing it. It can't be done alone, and it can't be done with a video course. 3-week team project starts this weekend. Beginners welcome! DevPods.gg/challenge

The 230+ games we made in Dev Pods are learning and practice projects - free games, no skill requirement, people do what they want. Longer than jams for time to learn 3-week version starts this weekend to see if it fits better for some people than our usual several month format DevPods.gg/challenge

Chris 🧠 talk with humans@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's what I spent my 30s doing! It'd mean a lot to me if you'd watch People get confused since it's unlike other #gamedev events or courses. We help people make games together. Includes process training. People choose their own teams and tasks. Games are all free. People keep rights to their work

Gamedev excitement may fade if you feel stuck too long in the tutorial area I host practice teams to help people out of that stage: beginner-friendly, no skill bar, do anything you'd like, game released free, I ensure it releases New 3-week challenge game starts this weekend: devpods.gg/challenge/

We realized it's tough to try something only available by subscription--or few month timeline--so we're trying a 3-week condensed version of how our system works Unlike a jam I'll be teaching our production and teamwork process, how we handle ultra-specific credits, and more devpods.gg/challenge/

If you're looking to try yourself in game dev, or want to learn how to complete a project, this is for you! devpods.gg/challenge/ Come escape tutorial hell with me! ;)

Terminus 2k28 - 21-Day Game Dev Challenge | Dev Pods

Join a team of strangers (coders, pixel artists, musicians, and sound designers) and ship a full Godot twin-stick shooter in 21 days. A game design instructor leads the project. You need no prior expe...

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