GameDev.net
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GameDev.net is a website dedicated to game development, founded by Kevin Hawkins, Dave Astle, and Michael Tanczos among others, in 1999. It serves as a central trade resource and media outlet for the computer and video game industry, with particular regards to hobbyist and independent developers. The site features daily news, articles, forums, job listings, product reviews, book reviews, contests, and regular columns. The site contains many tutorials for hobbyists and professionals alike with a noticeable focus on computer programming. GameDev.net is visited by a variety of people, including both professionals and hobbyists, and has a highly active user base. Previous site wide polls indicate that the site's demographics are predominately male, with roughly 44.5% of its user base being under 21, and 44.1% of its user base in the 22-30 range. The site also has a popular forum which boasts advanced topics ranging from artificial intelligence, Direct3D programming to the off-topic lounge.
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[edit] 4 Elements contest
GameDev.net also hosts a well known annual competition known as the "4 Elements" contest, which typically starts September of each year and lasts 6 months. It is a sponsored game development competition that requires the contenders to create a game based on 4 elements (revealed before the start of the competition). The contest was originally created around the Classical elements, although the focus of the contest has since shifted to random and seemingly unrelated elements to encourage innovations in gameplay rather than graphics.
[edit] GD Showcase
GameDev.net also hosts paying subscribers games that the subscriber wishes to share with the community.
[edit] NeHe
GameDev.net has a sub area, nehe.gamedev.net which contains a comprehensive suite of OpenGL tutorials written by Jeff "NeHe" Molofee as well as numerous other contributors. These are free tutorials to the public and give vast amounts of information.
[edit] NeXe
GameDev.net hosts nexe.gamedev.net, a wiki-based website on DirectX containing various tutorials and other information.
[edit] Game Programming Wiki
GameDev.net also hosts wiki.gamedev.net, a wiki containing topics on the various aspects of game programming.
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