// Busy beginner game devs!

Turn your free time
into finished games

Dev Pods is a practice community for busy beginner game devs. We help you ship real indie games in a few hours a month, by giving you the process, support, and teammates you need to finish games, guaranteed.

See How It Works
230+ real games shipped by members. Most with full-time jobs.

WE'VE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THESE BRANDS

Extra Credits
GDC
GameDev.tv
IGDA
IndieCade

// The solo dev struggle

Why most solo devs
never finish their games :(

It's not that you don't have the drive. It's that making games alone is genuinely, structurally hard. Here's why.

Watched 12 tutorials, still lost.

Stuck in tutorial hell

No feedback, stuck on things for days.

No one to ask for help

No one to share the wins with.

Total isolation

Code. Art. Sound. All of it. Alone.

Doing everything alone

Keep starting over. Never actually finished.

Never shipped a game

// How Dev Pods is different

Yeah it's hard... but
why would I pay to make games?

There's not enough time in the day, you're missing the skills you need to finish a game, and it's been years, and you still haven't shipped.

Build with a team at your own pace

No min. time required. A few hours a month is all it takes.

Get help when you get stuck

From actual humans. With...lives and stuff.

Do the fun stuff, skip the rest

Your Pod's got people who love to do what you hate.

Every game ships, every time.

Our Pod Process ships real games, multiple times a year.

Meet epic teammates

Make progress (and friends!) by building.

Keep ownership of everything you do

Own 100% of what you make: code, art, anything.

// Member Story

Stuck in tutorial hell, then shipped 2 games in 3 months!

★★★★★
"I was stuck in tutorial hell for 5 years. I have attempted projects on countless languages, engines and frameworks, but after initial excitement I would give up... Dev Pods helped me develop the skills to tackle any project I want! Dev Pods also was a springboard for me to learn modeling, which has been very gratifying for me."
-Alex Joiner

Project Lead for Lunar Breaker and GateKeeper

// Who Dev Pods is for

Dev Pods is for busy beginners
that want to make games.

Whatever you're best at, whatever your life looks like - there's a team and a game in-progress that needs you.

Programmers
2D Artists
3D Artists
Musicians
Sound Engineers
UI/UX Designers
Busy Parents
Tech Professionals
Tired Solo Devs

// Stop struggling, start shipping

This is the part where you
stop building alone.

It's time to build things you're proud of, join teams with momentum, and finally ship games.

See How It Works
Join today, contribute tonight No minimum time commitment You own everything you create