game design youtubers
This note last modified June 7, 2026
- General Design
- GDC — The Game Developers Conference. Their stuff is usually longer and pretty in-depth
- Game Maker’s Toolkit
- Razbuten — has a brilliant “gaming for non-gamers” series about what it’s like to play as a new player
- Extra Credits — Especially their older stuff)
- Adam Millard
- Snowman Gaming
- Programming Deep Dives
- AI and Games
- Sebastian Lague
- Acerola
- Freya Holmer
- CodeParade
- 2swap — not games specific, but algorithms that often apply to games
- Development Vloggers
- Game Industry and Documentaries
- NoClip
- People Make Games
- Ahoy
- Game Philosophy and video essays
- Jacob Geller — Brilliant video essays, maybe my favorite channel on Youtube)
- Pixel A Day
- Writing on Games
- Daryl Talks Games — Psychology and a bit of Philosophy