About Game Design Jar

Game Design Jar is a publication for people actually making games. Engine tutorials you can follow start to finish, marketing tactics you can apply this week, tools worth your time, and design craft explained with real examples.

The weekly rhythm

We publish one focused piece each weekday:

• Marketing Tips Monday - Practical marketing tactics indie devs can act on this week.
• Tutorial Tuesday - Hands-on engine tutorials you can follow start to finish.
• Wishlist Wednesday - Upcoming indie games worth wishlisting, and what devs can learn from them.
• Toolbox Thursday - Tools, assets, and plugins that save indie devs real time.
• Fundamentals Friday - Game design craft and theory, explained with real examples.

Who writes here

Articles are written and reviewed by a working indie game developer with hands-on experience designing and shipping games. Every post is reviewed by a human before it goes live - we would rather publish one useful article than five forgettable ones.

How we approach tutorials

We name the engine and version any tutorial targets, and we do not pass off untested approaches as verified. If something is opinion or preference, we say so. If we get something wrong, tell us and we will fix it.

How we make money

The site is free and stays that way. We run display ads, and some links to tools, assets, and books are affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. That never changes which tools we recommend - see our affiliate disclosure for the details.

Contact

Corrections, questions, or a tool we should look at? Get in touch.