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List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more (kbin.cafe)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Elevator7009@kbin.cafe to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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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:

Game Design/Development

!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

Games

!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
!doom
!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
!rct
!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)
!starcraft
!stardewvalley
!starfield
!startrekonline
!stauf_mansion
!templeofelementalevil
!tf2
!thesims
!titanfall
!totk
!touhou
!trackmania
!warframe
!witchfire
!wow
!xcom
!xenoblade

Genres

!adventuregames
!arpg
!automation_games
!cozygames
!crpg
!fightinggames
!incremental_games
!interactive_fiction
!jrpgs (kbin.social)
!jrpg (lemmy.zip)
!lifesimulation
!otomegames
!strategygames
!visualnovels

Miscellaneous

!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

Platforms

!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)

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 1 year ago

I don't believe the links are formatted correctly.

It should be !communityname@home.instance

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I the only one where all the links show up as searches instead of links to the communities themselves?

[–] Untitled_Pribor@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, the correct way to link a magazine would be:
@magazine@instance - for /kbin
!community@instance - for lemmy

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is rather frustrating for me. I was corrected on a different post when I used @community@instance and told to use !community@instance. Now I'm being told I got it wrong again. Not angry at you, just angry that I got it wrong twice.

I was told to use !community@instance because it would leave people able to browse and subscribe to the community through their own instance instead of being kicked to a different URL (e.g. !community@instance lets you browse and subscribe from @instance, while @magazine kicks you to the instance.com website), so that's what I'm using here. I am currently under the impression that viewing from your own instance also means you won't see any content unless someone on your instance has subscribed to that community before, as an intentional part of how the Fediverse works; while going to the instance.com website directly will show you everything. That's probably why my links send kbin users to a search result: because on kbin, from the search result you can click and look at the instance or subscribe without ever leaving your own instance.

When you say the correct way to link a magazine is @community@instance for kbin, do you mean I should do it that way for links that point to a kbin instance, or is that how I have to format links to any instance at all (whether lemmy or kbin or even something else like Mastodon) for it to work properly for kbin users? Or is this just about wishing that I sent you to the instance's website with all the content instead of somewhere you can view through your own instance? If it's the latter, I'm really not sure what the etiquette is for what I'm supposed to send you to: your own instance or the source instance, seeing as I am getting corrected about this here to use @community@instance for you but was previously told to use !community@instance.

Once people stop commenting with new communities I can comment the list with links formatted as @community@instance.

[–] Paradoxvoid@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since you're posting to a lemmy instance (beehaw), you should probably use the lemmy style - i.e. !community@instance - I don't think there's any need to create an explicit link since I think most UIs will format it for you.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did use the Lemmy style.

I was told to use !community@instance… so that's what I'm using here

This is also what constantly pops up in Lemmy sidebars.

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !communityName@instanceName

Unless you mean that the Lemmy style is just !community, you don’t type @instanceName after it. Did you mean that?

I was under the impression the way I typed the links would work for everyone. I suppose I was taught incorrectly and I’m extremely frustrated by it. I don’t want to be the village idiot trying to help only to require everyone fix their mistakes for them but it seems that’s what I am right now.

[–] oddspinnaker@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I just want to say, I don’t think you’re the village idiot. The fediverse is honestly pretty confusing right now and I would have expected what you used to work too.

This list is so comprehensive, I’ve been looking at it for quite a while and found lots of communities I hadn’t seen before. Thanks for posting it!

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see either at symbols or exclamations above. I just see a bunch of search links.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Typing in !community@instance and submitting the comment makes it look like !community for me. I typed in !community@instance here: !community

Typing in @community@instance and submitting the comment makes it look like @community for me. I typed in @community@instance here: @community

I see you're on kbin.social, and I'm from kbin.cafe, so we should probably be seeing the same things. Not sure what's happening here.

[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Kbin does odd things with links and communities, so I think part of the problem is it has mangled or added some unexpected links when you've written the post. However, some of your links in the original post work for me on Lemmy (!freegames@feddit.uk is fine), so you might want to compare them.

I'm not sure why Lemmy uses an exclamation mark for communities when everywhere else uses an @. It would be a lot easier if it used @ then it's universal for Kbin, Mastodon, Lemmy.

The new communities group suggests to use the format I've used in my previous posts (basically /c/community@instance) - this won't work on Kbin because it uses /m/. It's better to use @ there as you said.

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[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Same here, and the only search result is this thread

[–] ram@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] raptir@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The hero we need.

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you for compiling this!

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones for the bigger games (Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, probably Cyberpunk soon) have been active enough to make it work.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they won't be in a few months.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Possibly. And if so, that's perfectly okay.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of those links will not work, because they have the order of the instance and community name swapped. It's !communityName@instanceName, not !instanceName@communityName. If you want what I've got so far in a more horizontal format like what you posted, here you go. I will not be updating this format, except maybe at the end after everyone's stopped submitting communities.

Game Design/Development

!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

Games

!2007scape (lemmy.ml) !2007scape (lemmy.world) !anothereden !arknights !baldurs_gate_3 !battlebit !battlebitremastered !celeste !crusaderkings !cs !cyberpunk2077 !darksouls !dayz (kbin.social) !dayz (lemmy.world) !deadspace !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 !leagueoflegends (kbin.social) !league (lemmy.ml) !leagueoflegends (lemmy.world) !legendofzelda !lemmings !lolesports !lolfanart !masseffect !minecraft (kbin.social) !minecraft (lemmy.ml) !minecraft (lemmy.world) !moddedminecraft !mountandblade !neverwinternights !nomanssky !osu !overwatch2 !pokemedia !pokemon (kbin.social) !pokemon (lemmy.ml) !pokemongo !rocket_league (lemmy.ca) !rocketleague (lemmy.world) !satisfactory !thesinkingcity !skyrimmods !splatoon (kbin.social) !splatoon (lemmy.world) !starcitizen (citizensgaming.com) !starcitizen (kbin.social) !starcitizen (lemmy.ml) !starfield !startrekonline !templeofelementalevil !tf2 !thesims !titanfall !totk !touhou !trackmania !warframe !witchfire !wow !xcom !xenoblade

Genres

!arpg !automation_games !cozygames !incremental_games !interactive_fiction !jrpgs (kbin.social) !jrpg (lemmy.zip) !lifesimulation !otomegames !strategygames !visualnovels

Miscellaneous

!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

Platforms

!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)

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[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I run both !currentlyplaying@feddit.uk and !photomode@feddit.uk

Currently Playing is a place to discuss what you're currently playing and Photo-Mode is a place to share in game screenshots and photographs you've taken whilst playing.

Sorry if the links are messed up. I've got no idea the right way to link at this point. The whole system seems a bit of a mess.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 3 points 1 year ago

Added

[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

!lemmings@lemmings.world

!xenoblade@possumpat.io

!fireemblem@lemm.ee

!xcom@lemmy.world

As for platforms, there are a load of retro ones which can be added, not sure if you want to include those?

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Added. I don’t mind including retro platforms. Also, Lemmings wins the best URL on the Fediverse forever (lemmings@lemmings.world)

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[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is also !baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Added

[–] tamlyn@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have an active jrpg community here on lemmy as well. !jrpg@lemmy.zip

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Added

[–] Erk@cdda.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

!dda_discussion@cdda.social - we've got a micro-instance for our ultra-nichd foss roguelike, cataclysm: dark days ahead.

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[–] neme@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Rocket League

!rocketleague@lemmy.world
!rocket_league@lemmy.ca

Old School Runescape

!2007scape@lemmy.ml
!2007scape@lemmy.world

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In addition to the Minecraft community, there's also !moddedminecraft@sopuli.xyz

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@kayb.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see you've included gacha titles as well. There's a small Girls' Frontline community - it's mostly me posting posting news at the moment so it could definitely use a spotlight.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Added. Not a fan of gacha titles myself whatsoever, but gacha titles are still games and this is a list to help others. Have you tried posting in various “new community” magazines like !newcommunities?