I got an email recently asking about the resources we went over in our GDC 2012 panel this year. I figured it would be useful to have these in one place, so here we go!
Game development sites mentioned
- Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com)
- TIGSource (http://www.tigsource.com/)
- Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange (http://stackoverflow.com/, (http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/)
- GameDev.net (http://www.gamedev.net/page/index.html) – Not mentioned, but needs mentioning.
Blogs:
- Alt Dev Blog a Day (http://www.altdevblogaday.com/)
- Jeff On Games (you're already here!)
- Games from Within (Noel Llopis, http://gamesfromwithin.com/)
Books:
- Code by Charles Petzold
Mike also recommended (several times) that you get on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com), which is a piece of advice I whole heartedly agree with. Then you can follow all of the panelists.
When we were talking about game jams, we mentioned some longer game jams, including the Experimental Gameplay Project, Ludem Dare, and the competitions held on TIGSource.
If you have other resources for beginning game programmers, let me know and I'll add them to the list.