Ship notes from indie producers.
Stories, tips, and industry insights for the teams behind the games.

How AI-Powered Tools Are Changing Game Development Education
The gaming industry has changed dramatically over the past few years. Today, students are no longer limited to building small classroom prototypes or isolated coding assignments. With AI-assisted tool...

How to Build a Game Startup in 2026 (Using Gamers Home Workspace)
How do you build a game studio in 2026? To start and build a game startup in 2026, you need more than a game idea. You need a scoped production plan, a realistic team structure, collaborators, and a b...

How to Find Volunteers and Collaborators for Your Game Project in 2026
Finding volunteers and collaborators for a game project sounds easy until you actually try it. Most indie developers post a vague idea, get a few replies, open a Discord server, and then watch the who...

5 Best Ways to Start a Game Studio in 2026
Starting a game studio in 2026 seems easier than it used to be, but actually building one that survives and make good games is hard. Most indie game studios fail because they start with the wrong mode...

7 Best Project Management Tools for Game Development in 2026 (Ranked & Reviewed)
Game development is notoriously chaotic. Unlike standard software development, building a video game requires synchronizing entirely different disciplines, game design, 3D modeling, animation, narrati...

2025/26 Steam’s record year exposes an indie crisis
In 2025, the gaming industry reached a new milestone. Steam generated over $16 billion in revenue , reinforcing its position as the dominant distribution platform for PC games. But beneath that growth...
