When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance
or !gaming@instance
links.
EDIT: There seems to be an issue with kbin that is causing problems with my links and sending some people to the kbin.cafe search results for the community. Will probably make a new post and link to it here when the problem is solved, or copy/paste my source text on a different account.
I know about the following and will be adding to this list with links people comment with:
!destroy_my_game
!game_design
!gamedev (kbin.social)
!gamedev (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
!gamedev (lemmy.ml)
!gamedev (programming.dev)
!godot
!haxe
!inat (I Need A Team)
!pico8
!play_my_game
!roguelikedev
!unity
!unrealengine
!voxel_dev
!2007scape (lemmy.ml)
!2007scape (lemmy.world)
!aceattorney
!anothereden
!arknights
!baldurs_gate_3
!battlebit
!battlebitremastered
!celeste
!crusaderkings
!cs
!cyberpunk2077
!darksouls
!dayz (kbin.social)
!dayz (lemmy.world)
!deadspace
!deus_ex
!undertale_deltarune (lemmy.world)
!deltarune (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
!destiny
!diablo
!doom
!dota2
!drg
!dwarffortress
!factorio
!fireemblem
!ffxiv
!genshin_impact
!genshin_impact_leaks
!geometrydash
!girlsfrontline
!guildwars2 (kbin.social)
!guildwars2 (lemmy.wtf)
!guiltygear
!hellletloose
!huntshowdown
!lastepoch
!leagueoflegends (kbin.social)
!league (lemmy.ml)
!leagueoflegends (lemmy.world)
!legendofzelda
!lemmings
!likeadragon
!lolesports
!lolfanart
!masseffect
!minecraft (kbin.social)
!minecraft (lemmy.ml)
!minecraft (lemmy.world)
!moddedminecraft
!mountandblade
!neverwinternights
!nomanssky
!osu
!outerwilds
!overwatch2
!pokemedia
!pokemon (kbin.social)
!pokemon (lemmy.ml)
!pokemongo
!rocket_league (lemmy.ca)
!rocketleague (lemmy.world)
!satisfactory
!thesinkingcity
!skyrim
!skyrimmods
!splatoon (kbin.social)
!splatoon (lemmy.world)
!starcitizen (citizensgaming.com)
!starcitizen (kbin.social)
!starcitizen (lemmy.ml)
!stardewvalley
!starfield
!startrekonline
!stauf_mansion
!templeofelementalevil
!tf2
!thesims
!titanfall
!totk
!touhou
!trackmania
!warframe
!witchfire
!wow
!xcom
!xenoblade
!arpg
!automation_games
!cozygames
!crpg
!fightinggames
!incremental_games
!interactive_fiction
!jrpgs (kbin.social)
!jrpg (lemmy.zip)
!lifesimulation
!otomegames
!strategygames
!visualnovels
!currentlyplaying
!freegames
!gamedeals
!gamingcirclejerk
!girlgames
!gog
!gyrogaming
!oldgames4oldgamers
!paradoxgames
!patientgamers (kbin.social)
!patientgamers (sh.itjust.works)
!photomode
!retrogaming (kbin.social)
!retrogaming (lemmy.world)
!steam
!truegaming
!3ds
!amiga (kbin.social)
!amiga (lemmy.sdf.org)
!amiga (lemmy.world)
!amiga (sopuli.xyz)
!atari
!c64 (lemmy.world)
!c64 (sh.itjust.works)
!commodore64 (kbin.social)
!commodore64 (lemmy.world)
!commodore_64 (lemmy.ca)
!dosgaming
!fpgagaming
!iosgaming
!leagueoflinux
!linux_gaming (kbin.social)
!linux_gaming (linux.ml)
!linux_gaming (lemmy.world)
!nintendo
!nintendoswitch
!switch
!pcgaming
!plus4
!sbcgaming
!steamdeck (kbin.social)
!steamdeck (sopuli.xyz)
!xbox (kbin.social)
!xbox (lemmy.world)
!zxspectrum (kbin.social)
!zxspectrum (lemmy.world)
From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it’s gaming you can probably discuss it here!
Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.
See also Gaming’s sister community Tabletop Gaming.
This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
I don’t believe the links are formatted correctly.
It should be !communityname@home.instance
https://kbin.social/m/HellLetLoose
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We have an active jrpg community here on lemmy as well. !jrpg@lemmy.zip
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Rocket League
!rocketleague@lemmy.world
!rocket_league@lemmy.ca
Old School Runescape
!2007scape@lemmy.ml
!2007scape@lemmy.world
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!lastepoch@lemmy.world
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I think the threadiverse is still to small to have individual game communities. I’d rather see people posting things about their games in a generic game community.
I think there’s a good use for the individual communities. If everyone posted stuff about their games in a generic game community I think it would turn a lot of people off. I wouldn’t want to see a constant influx of posts where I actually like only 1/8 of the games being talked about and don’t understand or like the other 7/8. The general gaming communities tend to stick to big gaming news or topics most gamers might have some input on. You probably don’t want a community that started out with conversations you can join in on to be overrun with my favorite niche game in a genre you hate with an artstyle you hate, but that also happens to have a super active Threadiverse community. I completely get what you’re saying, the Threadiverse is pretty small and a lot of specific magazines just don’t get content at a decent rate, but I appreciate that we have separate communities.
“Big gaming news” is generally just talking about game marketing and honestly kind of boring. I want to see people talking and sharing clips and things about their games. If there is to many posts from one game dominating the feed then they could be asked to form their own community.
Its easier to post to an active community than a dead one. For example I may not have played old school runescape in a while and I wouldn’t be following the osrs community but if I saw a thread about osrs on a generic gaming community I would be drawn into the conversation. I think having lots of people in one place can encourage people to Participate in threads they wouldn’t have gone out of their way to search.
Different people will be different, I find big gaming news interesting to talk about and don’t want to see games from genres I have no interest in. I definitely see your point about active communities and how a more general community might bringing up stuff that you don’t like enough to follow but do like enough to have a casual conversation about it!
The ones for the bigger games (Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield, probably Cyberpunk soon) have been active enough to make it work.
But they won’t be in a few months.
Possibly. And if so, that’s perfectly okay.
https://kbin.social/m/anothereden - a JRPG nostalgia gacha game
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There’s also !outerwilds@lemmy.world
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In addition to the Minecraft community, there’s also !moddedminecraft@sopuli.xyz
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!strategygames@sopuli.xyz
Edit: didn’t mean to make this a comment reply instead of post reply, but it still counts
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Overwatch(2) - !overwatch2@lemmy.ml
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ok this is really niche, but The 7th Guest series (with The 11th Hour, and The 13th Doll, of course the upcoming VR game, and maybe some other related games like Clandestiny and Tender Loving Care)
!stauf_mansion@lemmy.mods4ever.com
and the Deus Ex series !deus_ex@lemmy.ml
also some communities for my mods for games (like Deus Ex Randomizer) https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/communities
Added the games, skipped the communities that are specifically about your mods for games. That feels a lot more self-promotional.
Haha yeah you got me! You added the correct ones though, thanks
When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various
!games@instance
or!gaming@instance
links.I know about the following and will be adding to this list with links people comment with:
Game Design/Development
!destroy_my_game@programming.dev
!game_design@programming.dev
!gamedev@kbin.social
!gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!gamedev@lemmy.ml
!gamedev@programming.dev
!godot@programming.dev
!haxe@programming.dev
!inat@programming.dev
!pico8@programming.dev
!play_my_game@programming.dev
!roguelikedev@programming.dev
!unity@programming.dev
!unrealengine@programming.dev
!voxel_dev@programming.dev
Games
!2007scape@lemmy.ml
!2007scape@lemmy.world
!anothereden@kbin.social
!arknights@kbin.social
!baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
!battlebit@lemmy.ca
!battlebitremastered@lemm.ee
!celeste@lemmy.ca
!crusaderkings@kbin.social
!cs@kbin.social
!cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world
!darksouls@lemmy.ml
!dayz@kbin.social
!dayz@lemmy.world
!undertale_deltarune@lemmy.world
!deltarune@lemmy.fmhy.ml
!destiny@lemmy.world
!diablo@lemmy.world
!doom@lemmy.ml
!dota2@lemmy.ml
!drg@lemmy.world
!DwarfFortress@kbin.social
!factorio@lemmy.ml
!fireemblem@lemm.ee
!ffxiv@possumpat.io
!genshin_impact@lemmy.world
!genshin_impact_leaks@lemmy.world
!geometrydash@lemmy.world
!girlsfrontline@lemmy.world
!guildwars2@kbin.social
!guildwars2@lemmy.wtf
!guiltygear@lemmy.world
!hellletloose@kbin.social
!leagueoflegends@kbin.social
!league@lemmy.ml
!leagueoflegends@lemmy.world
!legendofzelda@lemmy.world
!lemmings@lemmings.world
!lolesports@kbin.social
!lolfanart@fedia.io
!masseffect@lemmy.world
!Minecraft@kbin.social
!minecraft@lemmy.ml
!minecraft@lemmy.world
!mountandblade@lemmy.world
!neverwinternights@kbin.social
!nomanssky@lemmy.world
!osu@lemmy.ml
!pokemedia@lemmy.ml
!pokemon@kbin.social
!pokemon@lemmy.ml
!pokemongo@lemmy.world
!rocket_league@lemmy.ca
!rocketleague@lemmy.world
!satisfactory@lemmy.world
!skyrimmods@lemmy.world
!splatoon@kbin.social
!splatoon@lemmy.world
!starcitizen@citizensgaming.com
!starcitizen@kbin.social
!starcitizen@lemmy.ml
!starfield@kbin.social
!startrekonline@startrek.website
!templeofelementalevil@kbin.social
!tf2@lemmy.world
!thesims@lemmy.world
!titanfall@lemmy.world
!totk@lemmy.world
!touhou@lemmy.world
!trackmania@lemmy.world
!warframe@dormi.zone
!witchfire@kbin.social
!wow@kbin.social
!xcom@lemmy.world
!xenoblade@possumpat.io
Genres
!arpg@lemmy.ml
!automation_games@feddit.de
!cozygames@feddit.de
!incremental_games@lemmy.world
!interactive_fiction@lemmy.ml
!jrpgs@kbin.social
!jrpg@lemmy.zip
!lifesimulation@lemmy.world
!Otomegames@kbin.social
!visualnovels@lemmy.comfysnug.space
Miscellaneous
!currentlyplaying@feddit.uk
!freegames@feddit.uk
!gamedeals@lemmy.ml
!gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world
!GirlGames@kbin.social
!gog@lemmy.world
!gyrogaming@lemmy.world
!OldGames4OldGamers@kbin.social
!paradoxgames@lemmy.world
!patientgamers@kbin.social
!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
!photomode@feddit.uk
!retrogaming@kbin.social
!retrogaming@lemmy.world
!steam@lemmy.ml
!truegaming@kbin.social
Platforms
!3ds@lemmy.world
!amiga@kbin.social
!amiga@lemmy.sdf.org
!amiga@lemmy.world
!amiga@sopuli.xyz
!atari@lemmy.sdf.org
!c64@lemmy.world
!c64@sh.itjust.works
!commodore64@kbin.social
!commodore64@lemmy.world
!commodore_64@lemmy.ca
!dosgaming@retrolemmy.com
!fpgagaming@kbin.social
!iosgaming@lemmy.ml
!leagueoflinux@kbin.social
!linux_gaming@kbin.social
!linux_gaming@linux.ml
!linux_gaming@lemmy.world
!nintendo@lemmy.world
!NintendoSwitch@kbin.social
!switch@lemmy.world
!PCGaming@kbin.social
!plus4@retrolemmy.com
!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml
!steamdeck@kbin.social
!steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
!xbox@kbin.social
!xbox@lemmy.world
!zxspectrum@kbin.social
!zxspectrum@lemmy.world
The hero we need.
Not saying this resentfully, honestly curious. What need does reposting my post as a comment with the instance names that I had in parentheses removed fulfill, what benefit is gained? I put the instance names there for communities that have the same name or close to it, and/or cover the same thing, so that you can tell the various same-name links apart. If it does something useful, I’ll be happy to repost this when no more links are submitted with the instance names taken off. Is this kind of like what some people used to do on Reddit, reposting the post as a comment because otherwise mobile users would be unable to copy/paste the content?
If you look at the source between your post and the OP of this chain, you can see that they haven’t got any special link formatting, but the links will all work correctly for any lemmy user no matter their instance - not sure if kbin handles it correctly.
e.g.
[!destroy\_my\_game](https://programming.dev/c/destroy_my_game)
vs!destroy_my_game@programming.dev
I suspect it’s just a convenience thing, since a number of your links point to kbin.cafe search results.
I can’t actually see the source of the OP of this chain on kbin.
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea why this is happening. I never thought I would be the idiot who would have to have other users reformat their unusable links and I’m upset that I am apparently that idiot and I’m incredibly frustrated by it. I thought
!communityName@instanceName
and@communityName@instanceName
were supposed to work across the Fediverse so I didn’t have to resort to[text I want to display](URL)
every time I wanted to share a community, I guess not. I cannot grasp why some of these are not working for people and are sending everyone to a kbin.cafe search link, even if they’re from Lemmy. Especially since when I used@communityName@instanceName
on a different post, I was told by a Lemmy user that!communityName@instanceName
was instance-agnostic and would let you access the community through your own instance. Not through mine (kbin.cafe). And that I shouldn’t use@communityName@instanceName
because it would send everyone straight to that instance, where if it isn’t also your instance you’re probably not logged in so interacting would be inconvenient.I wanted to make a helpful resource, not something people have to spend time fixing because it doesn’t work and I’m very upset that 1) it had to be fixed for me and 2) I can’t understand how to fix it myself. Apparently
@communityName@instanceName
should be equivalent to[text I want to display](URL)
but given that listening to that Lemmy user didn’t work out for my current links I have no idea if swapping the!
for@
would actually work. Plus even if it did, interacting from your own instance would be inconvenient.Tbh it sounds more and more like it’s a kbin interaction problem rather than anything you’re doing…
Not sure if there’s any way for you to resolve it other than getting a Beehaw mod to update it for you.
I think you are right, considering there’s an issue on Codeberg directly referencing my post.
For whatever reason, your post is just showing as
!community
rather than!community@instance.tld
. When I click on your links it is taking me to a kbin search results page, while when I click on ram’s links it is taking me to the communities viewed via my instance.Edit: I’ll just add, I know it sounds like you tried to do it the right way and it didn’t work. But most people don’t even try and just copy/paste the URL as viewed from their instance so thank you for at least making an attempt!
Because the links actually work to send me to those communities
@fightinggames
^ I started that one a while ago, with the idea being that the fighting game community loves its gameplay clips, so we shouldn’t fill up other instances with gameplay clips and cause storage problems for other servers.
I haven’t promoted it (or even posted much to it yet) because I only just barely got the file storage worked out last week, but it works now so I’ll starting trying to get it active. Plenty of space for gameplay clips and pictures of your arcade sticks, what with Mortal Kombat 1 coming out soon and Tekken 8 not long after that.
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I don’t see it on the list or commented yet, and it is a bit sparse at the moment, but Dead Space is out there:
Dead Space - https://kbin.social/m/DeadSpace
I’m also going to suggest https://kbin.social/m/MadMax even though that magazine is for the Mad Max franchise in general, I’ve been posting stuff from the 2015 video game as well.
Editing for a third time because I totally forgot I mod The Sinking City mag too lol https://kbin.social/m/thesinkingcity
Added Dead Space and The Sinking City. Not adding Mad Max for the same reason I would refuse to add a generic Star Wars community but would allow a Knights of the Old Republic community: it’s not overwhelmingly likely to be majority-gaming posts. If there was a community for just the Mad Max game, I’d be happy to add it.
A couple of video game specific communities I’m subscribed to that I don’t see here already:
!destiny@lemmy.world
!diablo@lemmy.world
And then this one is a genre based one:
!arpg@lemmy.ml
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