
Exploding Topics
Glimpse
Google Trends
Trends.co
Treendly
Slack
Coolors.co
Jama Connect
Ludum Dare
Game A Week
Levels.fyi
Hedgewars
Unity
itch.io
GameMaker Studio
Scratch
Exploding Topics
Ludum DareExploding Topics is recommended for marketers, entrepreneurs, product developers, and business strategists who are looking to gain a competitive edge by identifying and leveraging upcoming trends. It's also useful for investors seeking to understand potential growth areas in various markets.
Based on our record, Exploding Topics should be more popular than Ludum Dare. It has been mentiond 30 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Check out: https://explodingtopics.com/ (not related to them in any way). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Sounds pretty similar to the situation I found myself in. I discovered a few newsletters/tools: trending insights (free), exploding topics ($39/mo), and trends.co ($300/ yr). Source: almost 3 years ago
I also recommend subscribing to newsletters like new venture weekly (free) or Exploding Topics (freemium) for business ideas. Source: almost 3 years ago
Best to start with what you're good at doing, check websites like exploding topics and answer the public to see if there is hype/market around your skillset. Get started by helping people in that niche for free, use AI tools to supercharge your work and find clients. Rinse and repeat until you start making money. Source: almost 3 years ago
There are places that can even help you find the perfect niche to go into like exploding niches, exploding topics to name a few. Source: about 3 years ago
I never tried it, I don't have a quickly accessible game programming framework. Nor the time, heh. [1]: https://ludumdare.com/#schedule. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Sign up for game jams like Ludum Dare 51 and Global Game Jam. Take part in those and learn what it's like to be a hobbyist game developer first. It's a low-risk approach to seeing if this scratches your itch. Source: almost 4 years ago
Once he feels like he knows the engine he chose, have him test his skills in game dev code jams. Code jams usually give a theme and a time limit, and everything must be created in that time limit. Ludum Dare is probably the most famous one, but there are tons happening all the time. Just pick a weekend, pick a jam, and get ready to pull an all-nighter. Source: about 4 years ago
The reason I think it was before #37 is that I think it was in the old site ludumdare.com instead of the new site ldjam.com. Source: about 5 years ago
Glimpse - Discover trends before they're trending
Game A Week - This one is informal, and doesn't have a strong community yet, but it is growing. It is promoted by Adrieal Wallick, here's her GDC talk http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/227022/Video_Lessons_learned_from_trying_to_make_a_game_a_week.php .
Google Trends - Explore Google trending search topics with Google Trends.
Levels.fyi - Compare career levels across software eng and other fields
Trends.co - We track growing startup trends and explain how to pounce
Hedgewars - Hedgewars is a Free to play, Single-player and Turn-based Strategy video game developed by Hedgewars Development Team.