/r/justgamedevthings

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Being a game dev can be a bit of a bitch sometimes, so lets at least laugh about bugs and other issues with each other

Share funny things that happen to you during game development, reaction gifs or memes.

Content should be humorous and not just promote a game.

Please Post:

  • Gamedev memes
  • Gamedev related reaction gifs
  • Screengrabs/gifs of funny bugs or other things you encounter during game development
  • Evidence of gamers not understanding the first thing about game development
  • Real life pictures/videos that remind you of gamedev stuff

Please Don't Post:

  • General gamedev tips
  • Serious discussion or questions
  • Content that is primarily promotional and/or not funny
  • Content that is not related to game development

Rules:

  1. Keep your memes and jokes relevant to game design / game development
    Programming, Art, Animation, Marketing, Narrative, Customer support and more can all be part of game design and are therefore appropriate topics to post about.

1.a) Please avoid generic programmer memes that have no connection to video games. (Clarification here)

  • Keep it humorous
    We enjoy and appreciate memes, reaction gifs, screengrabs of funny bugs, evidence of player misconceptions about what game development entails, real life things that remind you of game dev stuff and more. Posts must contain an attempt at humor.

  • Keep it kind
    Remember that you are talking to (and about) real people. This subreddit does not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or any kind of personal insult. Be kind.

  • Keep it fresh
    No reposts of anything that is currently in the top 50 of all time or in the top 25 of week, month or year.


  • Rules will be enforced at Mod discretion. If you disagree with the rules or have other feedback for the subreddit, please open a meta thread.

    But why nothing serious?

    Because this is a humorous subreddit. For serious discussions of games and game development, there are already plenty of subreddits, like:

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    "I should make it like-" No i should not.

    No brain, i don't need it to be like helldivers 2, do you have any idea how horrible that would be to figure out for mobile phones?

    8 Comments
    2025/01/30
    22:59 UTC

    275

    Everytime 💀💀

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    2025/01/29
    10:22 UTC

    204

    Huh!! Dreams turn into debugging marathons

    6 Comments
    2025/01/29
    07:33 UTC

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    narrative designer despair

    4 Comments
    2025/01/28
    07:46 UTC

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    This paper towel dispenser has flipped normals

    3 Comments
    2025/01/26
    12:26 UTC

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    💀💀💀

    6 Comments
    2025/01/26
    10:54 UTC

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    I’d rather not… 🫣

    Honestly though, anyone else getting all this spam since attending Gamescom as an exhibitor?

    5 Comments
    2025/01/25
    04:12 UTC

    78

    Me always diving into new game ideas while my unfinished projects watch in horror 💀

    5 Comments
    2025/01/24
    22:40 UTC

    145

    me juggling code, art, marketing and accidently sabotaging my own game 💀

    1 Comment
    2025/01/23
    18:17 UTC

    432

    clothing sim woes

    0 Comments
    2025/01/23
    07:51 UTC

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    Me watching players test my demo after designing the game to rely on build strategy 💀💀

    1 Comment
    2025/01/23
    00:28 UTC

    46

    Boss didn't want any cat memes in our game, jokes on him (our game is too difficult)

    1 Comment
    2025/01/22
    10:05 UTC

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    abnormal maps

    8 Comments
    2025/01/22
    07:31 UTC

    553

    solo game dev double life 💀

    12 Comments
    2025/01/22
    06:05 UTC

    258

    In case anyone was wondering what a 15M views viral post on Twitter does to your followers/wishlists

    27 Comments
    2025/01/20
    21:00 UTC

    173

    When indie devs complain about wishlist milestones... meanwhile, I'm over here like 😭

    11 Comments
    2025/01/19
    23:23 UTC

    173

    When I launch my game thinking the wishlists will convert to sales but I just get more wishlists

    24 Comments
    2025/01/19
    15:46 UTC

    599

    Dark Souls if it was about coding.

    16 Comments
    2025/01/18
    22:32 UTC

    278

    I'm a serious developer making serious games

    13 Comments
    2025/01/16
    22:46 UTC

    1,507

    Another day another abandoned project...

    9 Comments
    2025/01/12
    14:52 UTC

    3,076

    Oh trust me .. there is a lot more under that mask. What do you Gamedevs think?

    34 Comments
    2025/01/12
    12:40 UTC

    206

    Asset Flip

    2 Comments
    2025/01/08
    20:35 UTC

    64

    oh no someone was having too much fun with the rig and now our horse is twerking 😭

    1 Comment
    2025/01/06
    11:40 UTC

    109

    That feeling when you're about to ask for bug help but have an epiphany right before posting (you typed false instead of true)

    3 Comments
    2025/01/04
    17:35 UTC

    1,331

    Is this Relatable with you guys? :(

    11 Comments
    2025/01/03
    17:00 UTC

    158

    Code Failing to Compile

    1 Comment
    2025/01/02
    15:51 UTC

    222

    game dev is my passion

    6 Comments
    2025/01/02
    10:11 UTC

    2,825

    Are we the only one ?

    15 Comments
    2025/01/01
    16:27 UTC

    47

    The rapidly dwindling sanity of a solo dev as expressed through commit messages

    0 Comments
    2024/12/30
    22:26 UTC

    76

    "Yeah I am working on a project"

    2 Comments
    2024/12/28
    23:33 UTC

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