Game Design Learning Resources

Books, Blogs, Articles

Game Design

• The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses: Jesse Schell
• "The Door Problem": Liz England
• I Have No Words & I Must Design by Greg Costikyan
• Design Pillars: The Core of Your Game by Max Pears
• MDA Framework

Marketing & Media

• 60 Game Marketing Mistakes: Chris Zukowski

Programming

• General
  • Game Programming Patterns: Robert Nystrom
• Python
  • Automate The Boring Stuff 2e by Al Sweigart
• Shaders
  • The Book of Shaders by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe

YouTube

Keynotes, Conventions, and Conversations

• GDC
• Full Time Game Dev Podcast
• Game Engineering Podcast

General Game Design, Marketing, & Productivity

• Edward Labarca

Godot Specific: Includes Devlogs, Tutorials, and Podcast

• Heartbeast
• Godotneers
• Aarimous
• Bacon and Games
• Bitlytic

Free Courses

GDScript

• ✔️ Learn GDScript From Zero

Game Design

• ✔️ HP Garage: A Complete Guide To Game Design

Python

• Harvard CS50P

Read The Docs

• Godot 4.3
• Python Standard Library

Other Collections

• Learn X in Y Minutes: Coding Syntax Masterlist
• Large Google Doc of Game Design Resources