The complete 52-minute tour of Dev Pods

00:00 Intro

01:10 Origins as college clubs (2004, 2010)

04:10 Education through making games together

05:55 200+ games made 2015-2025, with detailed credits https://DevPods.gg/games

07:10 You pick your team/game(s) and can change freely

09:10 You own your own work, nobody else does

11:30 Onboarding step 1: joining the discord

12:30 What is a "Dev Pod" and how that helps us

14:30 Why we don't use outside assets or GenAI

17:30 The simple way we use GitHub

19:00 Finding a task - no one is told what to do

20:40 About the kickoff presentation for a new game

21:25 Preparing a simple, flexible weekly schedule

21:55 Plain terms all team leads agree to

25:35 Releasing a Dev Pods game on itch.io

26:00 Re-pitching for a longer schedule, Steam

27:35 Minimal playtesting and preparing credits

28:20 Having fun making games sustainably year-round

29:00 Start of the Discord tour, community rules

29:45 No NDA/Non-Disclosure Agreement, share WIP

30:30 Discord community rules continued

33:30 Discord categories: All Pods vs per Dev Pod

35:25 Prototyping lab, solo pre-pitch comparing notes

37:15 Managing scope and the co-leading option

37:40 How social is the group (you can do it either way)

40:05 Weekly video updates from current game leads

40:55 Going from video update to participating on a team

42:15 Ways that Dev Pods might be helpful in your path

47:00 Dev Pods will improve based on your involvement

48:20 Meet and figure out who you can work well with

49:50 Works like people's favorite class in game degrees