Game Dev Local

16/10/2026

Applications for GDLX 2027 just opened, and you’ve already shown up!
We gave our community first access a week ago and already 40 of our 100 showcase spots are already gone...

Every year we go bigger. Every year we go bolder. 2027 is shaping up to be the biggest leap we’ve built toward since day one, for the show, and for the developers on that floor.

100 spots. Indies only.
This is the one to be in.

Apply now at gamedevlocal.com

15/10/2026

Applications for GDLX 2027 are open.
100 showcase spots. 1 in 5 already claimed since we opened this up to our community.
Every year we’ve said bigger, better, 2027 is where that promise gets serious.
Indies, this is your show. Apply now: gamedevlocal.com

28/09/2026

We started before anyone said yes. We kept making games in the margins, bedrooms, spare rooms, stolen hours. Cave Story, Dwarf Fortress, Alien Hominid, Yume Nikki: pioneers who proved one person (or two) can change everything.

Read my new deep-dive on the Freeware Pioneers (2000–2007). Lessons for today: start before you’re ready. Small teams, big ambition. Community matters. Weird is a feature.

If you’re building something in the UK, bring it to GDLX27. We’ve got 100 exhibitor spots for indie devs. Applications are open now. Apply to exhibit → https://wix.to/1YNjTAK

Join our 5,000-strong Discord. Tune into the podcast. Use HQ:CMD in beta. We’re the network that helps you connect, learn and ship.

What are you working on? Tell us below.

Brilliant, strange, deeply personal games, built in bedrooms and spare rooms and stolen hours after the day job. Nobody gave them permission. Nobody gave them money. They just started. This is the first post in our five-part series on the eras of indie, and it starts where everything starts: with th...

03/09/2026

GDHQ - Co-Working. We bring the studio space. You bring the work. 🎮☕📍

Spend the day working alongside fellow indie game developers in a relaxed, creative studio space in central London. Make real progress. Stay accountable. Swap ideas. Start the side conversations that turn into features, teams or new projects.

Become a member - and book your spot: https://www.gamedevlocal.com/gdhq

What are you building right now? Tell us below.

01/09/2026

Feeling stuck? You don’t have to go it alone. We meet. We share. We ship.

Join local game dev networks to get real feedback, find collaborators, and open doors in the UK games scene. Mentors. Workshops. Job leads. Game jams. All nearby.

Want to run a meetup where you live? Become a GDL Chapter Organiser — we give you the brand, reach and support. You bring the passion. We’ll help with the rest.

Read practical tips on showing up, making connections, and hiring local devs (plus UK rate guidance) in our latest post. See you at the next meetup! 🔗👇
https://wix.to/dGyHwD6

Game development is a thrilling journey. But it can also be lonely. You have ideas, skills, and passion. Yet, without the right connections, growth stalls. That’s where local game developer networks come in. They are your launchpad. Your sounding board. Your tribe.Let’s dive into why these netwo...

29/08/2026

HQ COMMAND - the workflow fix indie teams have been missing.

We built this because ideas vanish in Discord. Task boards become graveyards. Documentation lives in five different places. Sound familiar?

Made for indie game workflows. Upload your GDD and it auto-populates the relevant areas. Quick daily chat. Create and assign (or self-assign) tasks. Log events and deadlines. Share important links. Run and log playtests. Story & Settings Studio for worldbuilding, characters, story arcs and dialogue timelines.

It’s early. It’s evolving fast. We want teams deep in development to try it and tell us what works and what doesn’t. Find bugs or suggest features on the roadmap.

Read the post and try HQ COMMAND - give us honest feedback: https://wix.to/296mC4y

Which part of your process is losing ideas right now? Tell us below.

We've been quietly building something over the last few months that’s finally at the point where we’d like to get a few more developers into it.It’s called HQ COMMAND.The whole thing came from running into the same problem repeatedly across indie projects. Important ideas disappearing into Dis...

19/08/2026

Big news: the GDL Games Storefront is officially live! A curated digital stage built by developers, for indie creators, designed to solve discovery and let unique voices shine. Check out the launch post to learn how the platform champions independent games and creators. Read more: https://wix.to/ILcgWnW

Launching August 2026STORE OPEN. INDIES REIGN.A Platform Designed for DiscoveryThe noise of the mainstream market often drowns out the most creative voices. Today, we change that. We are incredibly proud to announce the official launch of the GDL Games Storefront a manually curated digital stage ded...