TIGForums Independent Gaming and Gamedev Discussions

I spent a significant portion of my youth (2010-2015) on TIGS forums, posted devlogs and talked to many others grinding their way into some of the best indie games, and man, it was a grand time.

Practically the entire indie community was in the same place, sharing art, music, code, and games together. There's still some activity today, but it does not compare to the golden era where it was really the Mecca of indie games, big names big titles all in one. Reddit and Twitter took up a lot more traffic with their addictive nature (point systems), which is not a bad thing, but I think that BBS/forum format is absolutely necessary for community building with a large scope, and neither Reddit, nor Twitter, nor Discord does it right.

I met quiet a few of my game developer contacts there, also hot at the time was Pixel Joint (https://pixeljoint.com/) when pixel art was all the craze.

It's a great place. A lot of interesting stuff has happened here and a lot of people moved on. I kind of like it now though that all the big fish have moved on (notch, phil fish and a few others started here).

The devlogs are incredibly inspiring and amazing!

Wow I completely forgot about tigsource! I spent a lot of time as a teenager there, totally inspired by the devlogs and trying to make my own games. Looks like it hasn't changed much, which is great to see

Classic thread: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=354