gamedevmap

Gaurav Mathur

gamedevmap is 10 years old!

I started gamedevmap as my way to give back to a community that has given me so much. I've been making games now for nearly twenty years, and I've been fortunate to have worked with some great people on some amazing projects.

Thanks to everyone who has helped spread the word about gamedevmap -- I've never done any press for the map or any advertising. Special thanks to everyone who has written in from around the world with updates and corrections -- this is what has kept me going for all of these years.

I'm developing a roadmap for gamedevmap 2.0 and beyond. You can have a measurable impact on the success of this effort by visiting www.gamedevmap.com, following gamedevmap on Twitter, and liking the gamedevmap Facebook page. Growing the audience for the site now may make more things possible in the future.

If you know of a studio or organization that meets the guidelines for inclusion listed on gamedevmap, or if you have any updates and corrections, please write in to contact@gamedevmap.com. I try to write back to as many people as I can, but it's hard with a full-time job, a family, and my other projects.

Thanks again for your continued support!

I hope to make it to the Polycount Meetup tomorrow night at GDC 2015!

Muzzoid

Awesome! Super glad to hear a 2.0 is in the works.

It has been a great resource, so it would be great to see it put back to it's former glory.

Have you considered looking for help updating it? (i don't have time personally), It's such a useful resource that I'm certain that there are good people that would.

Torch

Gamedevmap is awesome, been checking it out for some time now. Thanks for your effort!

Kel-Shaded

Really great news, The site, as Muzz said, Is an awesome resource.
TY so much for stepping up again

MiAlx

Just wanted to echo the other guys here and say gamedevmap is great and really useful, thank you!

SimonT

Good to hear! I used it several times and it's just great to have it!

X-One

This is great. Great resource.

HitmonInfinity

Thank you! I used gamedevmap a TON when I was first getting started. It's a fantastic resource.

Ever think about making a donations link? I'd pitch in a few bucks.

Ged

thanks! really helpful!

Lee3dee

thanks for keeping the website up to date!

RitualSynergY

This is great news! Gamedevmap was key in getting my first industry job, thank's so much!

ae.

keep it up love checking in on that website

OBlastradiusO

RitualSynergY wrote: »

This is great news! Gamedevmap was key in getting my first industry job, thank's so much!

Same with me!

nyx702

I'v always wondered who made GameDev map...

Looking forward to seeing an update. There was a jobs board thread started recently that maybe could be of use. Link

Thanks so much for the resource!

Urzaz

Thanks a bunch for gamedevmap! Liked, favorited, and subscribed!

slipsius

Ya, great resource. definitely a bunch of studios on it that are no longer in business though. or the link doesnt work.

Also, might i suggest a new column as well for 2d / 3d? When looking for 3d jobs, clicking on half the links to find they are 2d only is a time sink.

Gannon

Whoa, I've been using GDM since I graduated college as a resource to find jobs. I just want to give you a massive thank you for doing what you do!

Jeff Parrott

Happy 10th! Remember when this first launched. Very rare things last that long in this industry.

sziada

looking forward to game map 2.0 would be great if you could add an available jobs section into the site, even if was based on country or category. That would be amazing and I and I think many others would love you for doing it.

Damian Nachman

That is seriously one of these things that bring a huge smile on my face.
Used it a couple of times, and had no idea where it came from. Please keep it up! and consider adding a donation section or w/e, cuz u totally deserve it.

Ruz

It's great , but regular updates on companies that have gone bust would be better

Gaurav Mathur

If you've found gamedevmap useful over the years, please take a moment to take the two question user survey at www.gamedevmap.com and spread the word.  Getting a better sense of who uses the map and what people use it for will shape what comes next.

I'm combing through the entire dataset one entry at a time to remove dead links and update company information.  I tried something new earlier this month by livestreaming a bit of this effort on YouTube.  Folks got in touch through the chat interface with questions, connections, and updates.  I'll do my second livestream tomorrow afternoon for an hour.

Thanks for your support, polycounters! 

Nuclear Angel

I took the Survey! And thank you for doing what you are doing. I have been using the map frequently recently, such a great resource. 

Alberto Rdrgz

Happy to hear that 2.0 is on it's way! i'll make sure to donate! thank you. 

nyx702

I was just wondering what the status was on this! Good to know its still being developed. 

hobodactyl

Thank you so much for making gamedevmap -- it's been invaluable to me over the years. I'm teaching game dev now, and I tell my students to use the site to find places to apply to.

Gaurav Mathur

I thought I would check in on polycount to see if anyone had any studio updates for gamedevmap.  I'm planning on doing the August 2017 data drop in the next eight hours!

My intern and I are already working on September's data drop, so if you're seeing this after August 26th, please still leave updates here or at the contact email address on the site.  Thank you!

Gaurav Mathur

@JoshuaG, thanks for your suggestion!

gamedevmap has been mostly a solo project for the last twelve years, with help from friends here and there.  I'm conscious about implementing features that I can maintain by myself as the dataset continues to grow.  I'm afraid I can't go deeper than the company level to track individual games.  Maybe it's worth exploring some kind of connection with Mobygames to get the level of detail that you're wanting... I'll look into that soon... I still have a few things ahead of that in the queue that I'm trying to implement.

garcellano

Thanks for making this! This helped a lot, not just when job hunting, but getting familiar with the studios around the area. I'm sure there's some studios not listed, as some form new ones and some shut down, but this is a good starting point to check.

Elithenia

Game Dev Map has been an amazing resource, and it is recommended to use to all of our students at the university I work at.
(only thing I can think of is that studios in England or Scotland etc should be also searchable for United Kingdom) 

Gaurav Mathur

The December 2017 data drop includes 120+ new entries and additional corrections, approaching almost 4700 total entries!  Looking forward to hitting 5000 in 2018!  Best wishes for a wonderful year to #gamedev worldwide.  Now for some fireworks and champagne!  Happy New Year!

littleclaude

Amazing website, all the best for the next ten years.

fdfxd2

woah

didn't know there were so many studios here in Egypt!

Gaurav Mathur

@fdfxd2, one of the highlights for me over the years has been seeing game development growing in parts of the world I never imagined had the infrastructure to support it.  I grew up in Saudi Arabia during a time when you'd buy a computer from a merchant in Dammam and go to the back room to pick out all the pirated software you wanted! 

To see the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region populate with developers working on their own original IP and telling their own stories is a wonderful thing.  Getting emails from these studios asking to be added to gamedevmap brings me much joy!

Thanks @littleclaude!  Hopefully 2018 will be the year that gamedevmap 2.0 launches.  I have so many features I'd like to implement, but I need full stack web developer programming help.

Olingova

gauravcm 

Hey!

I just wanted to thanks you for what you did, at the end of my studies i used GameDev map to look for internships all over the world and i know it helped many of my students mates I'm currently working in Japan and just asked if it was ok to add our studio on your map i will send you an email asap, Happy new year!!!

Gaurav Mathur

@Olingova and @JoshuaG... I'm glad that gamedevmap played a small role in your success and that of your friends!  I'd be grateful to any Polycounters who could keep an eye out for new/missing studios, wherever you are in the world.  I tend to take a week or so off after a data drop before I jump back in for the next round of work, but any time is good to email updates.  

Gaurav Mathur

Feedback wanted:  should I post the monthly news of gamedevmap data drops here?
The January 2018 #gamedevmap data drop is live with over one hundred new entries and additional corrections from #gamedev around the world!