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Should there be a Close vote category for technical support/customer service questions?
We somewhat regularly get questions posted that we really can't answer and are best directed at the technical support or customer service desk for a commercial entity. For example, we might see ...
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MathJax (\$\LaTeX\$ in posts) has been added! Let's make some math!
MathJax has been enabled on our site! That means we can have actual fancy mathematical equations expressed as such without resorting to pseudocode, uneditable \$\LaTeX\$ screenshots, etc. MathJax is ...
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Why are there vertically stacked curly braces in question titles?
I'm seeing vertically stacked curly braces {} in question titles as shown here: On Windows 10, it shows this way using Vivaldi (Chromium based) and Microsoft Edge. ...
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How should I handle useful edits that also replace live links with archived links?
I'm not clear on the guidance for a certain type of edit that I've seen a number of times in my review queue. The general format is basically: replaces a dead link with an archived one replaces a ...
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Should we disallow accounts with less than 100 reputation from posting links?
We've been getting a lot of ads disguised as questions and answers from newly created users. These ads almost always contain a link to a service the person or company is advertising. I think a ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of ...
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Would a question like, "How can I make an Amiibo from an NFC card?" be allowed in Game Development?
I want to ask how to make an amiibo out of NFC cards, but Im not 100% sure if this kind of question is allowed here. Would this be ok in Game Development? If not, where should I go to ask this ...
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How to implement Three.js into my snippet
I have a question about Three.js, but I don't know how to implement Three.js code through a snippet. I can't do an import, but I did notice that you can add an external library. I'm new to these ...
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Corporate account posted AI generated ad as a "question"
This user just posted a "question" that was actually an AI-generated ad for their company's services. They deleted the question before I could finish reporting it but I'm wondering if action ...
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Unity will be sponsoring Game Development
UPDATE: October 29, 2024 The sponsorship will run through December 31, 2024. We're pleased to announce that Unity will be sponsoring Game Development starting the week of August 26, running through ...
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What's the difference between the [performance] and [optimization] tags?
performance × 774 optimization × 454 Do there need to be both? When should I use each?
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Is asking about game industry careers on topic?
Inspired by this question on the main site: Best courses on coursera for someone who's interested in game design and development [closed] This question was closed as off topic. I agree with the ...
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About Games and why they aren’t on the website
Why are there no games? You know what? You don’t need to call it gamedev.stackexchange.com because there is no game!
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Near-field-communication [nfc] recomendation
I want to ask a question about NFC, but I don't have enough reputation to create the tag. Can someone create it, or is there a similar tag to this?
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What site should this question go on?
Here is a link to the question (on Arqade) - link Here is a link to the question (on GameDev SE - link Here is the question: Has Riot Games ever said anything about putting VALORANT on Steam? Have ...
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Sponsorship banner causes layout shifting when loading mobile site
When the site first loads, it looks like this, without the sponsorship banner: After about a second, the banner loads and the page looks like this: This moves all the content of the page down by ...
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What is your preferred place to ask for help about Godot? [closed]
I’m currently exploring different platforms for Godot-related discussions and I’m interested in your preferences. Do you usually turn to the official Godot forums, the Godot subreddit, gamedev....
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Should we add BSP-tree as a synonym to binary space partitioning or just re-tag?
I noticed that the BSP-tree tag (3 questions) is not linked to the the binary space partitioning tag (29 questions & also synonyms with bsp). I don't have enough tag rep to propose synonyms using ...
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Do you need game testers? We can help
If you've got a game that's ready for testing (or will be within the next few weeks), we'd like to help you find some testers. We're going to try out our potential Developer/Tester matchup program in ...
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What do we do with gamemaker* tags?
Please note first that some things have been written and done in the past by some users that are still active today, and this post does not aim at all at pointing fingers if something went wrong ...
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Adjust GameMaker tags to be one word, reflect legacy switch
Our tags for Gamemaker are game-maker and game-maker-studio-2. This tool hasn't been called "Game Maker" since 2012 when its name changed. (thanks @liggiorgio!) Should we change these tags ...
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I saw a moderator active on a question that I thought was off-topic and they did not close it
I saw a moderator active on a question that I thought was off-topic and they did not close it... and it annoyed me. Mods should do the right thing, all the time, every time. Right? A moderator not ...
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Accessibility concern about GDSE vote indicator color
The vote indicator coloring on GDSE is more subtle than that of other sites: GDSE: GDSE Meta: SO: SO Meta: CGSE: CGSE Meta: I'm not sure if it was always like this or if it was something that ...
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Having trouble converting table into MathJax
I'm trying to convert this table into MathJax: And this is the MathJax code I came up with: ...
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Are identification questions on-topic here?
I am trying to develop a reboot of a very old game. Can I ask a questions here asking others to help me identify certain elements of that game? For example, can I ask to identify a font name (exact or ...
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Could the SE system realistically help preempt bad / off-topic questions?
SE already has code somewhere that links related questions in the side bar. Is it possible to have the system tally the # of related questions that have already been closed & use that metric to ...
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Stack Exchange is revisiting moderator elections
Stack Exchange is revisiting moderator elections with the community to discuss what they think needs to be improved over on this meta post. I'm not sure how closely our community members actively ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here might be ...
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WB Discovery will soon be sponsoring Game Development Stack Exchange
We're excited to announce that WB Discovery will be sponsoring Game Development Stack Exchange beginning November 29, 2023 and ending after six months. We wanted to give you a heads-up and walk you ...
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List with code renders as expected in preview, but inconsistently when posted
Originally found the problem in this post and was able to recreate it in the formatting sandbox. The post contains list mark down, the item contents of which are code blocks. The preview renders the ...
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What is the correct way to request a tag be added?
I'm looking to add a tag for a new engine/game/sandbox experience called Resonite. This platform has scripting which is done in-game using a node based language, the experience revolves around ...
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Adding external self written code link to own question?
About 8 months ago, I asked a question on gamedev: Consistent cross platform procedural generation The discussion there inspired me to write some C and C++ code myself to deal with the issues raised ...
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As you all know, advertising is an important source of revenue for Stack Overflow and it helps us support all the sites across the Stack Exchange Network and the resources that go into maintaining and ...
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Use [construct] tag instead of [construct-2]
I'm using Construct 3 a lot and I noticed that there are very few questions about Construct here, under the construct-2 tag. Most of these questions, obviously, refer to Construct 2, its previous, ...
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How should we create / adjust tags to account for Godot versioning?
Godot 4.x has numerous differences from 3.x, so it seems logical that it should have its own tag. But that would leave us with Godot & ...
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Is it off-topic to ask about developing game consoles here?
I've asked this question on Arqade and this was one of the sites I was directed to, so I'm seriously hoping I can find a place where I can ask this. Anyway, here's a bit of context: my friend and I ...
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The questions that have a historical lock are still visible in the lists
I have historical-locked a question, and it's still visible from a /question list; however, it's written here that it should not be visible: Additionally, on main (non-meta) sites, historically ...
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How should we deal with edits that 'evolved' a question?
I just ran into a proposed edit to this question in the review queue. The edit seemed reasonable on the surface - there was some dead text from an image link that had been partially removed on a ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Temporary policy: ChatGPT is banned
You may have seen a similar policy announced on StackOverflow's meta. While it's not enforced network-wide, we the moderators feel that the risk of posting plausible-sounding generated answers rather ...
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Show us your [in-development] game! - Gamedev's Winter/Summer Bash 2022 Showcase! [closed]
It's that time of year again! With 2447 questions asked and 1889 answers provided during the past year, we've been able to help a lot of folks! Likely, some of our users have been able to publish a ...
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Entity/Component/System Tag Cleanup
Alexandre Vaillancourt's answer to this recent meta question made me realize we have a bit of a mess of tags in the neighbourhood of entity component systems: entity-component-system - 11 questions (...
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Why isn't the markdown created table displaying correctly
When I addded this autoconverted table in Edit- it shows correctly but in the final post it is all messed up- how to create mark down table so it works? Stage Startup Pre-action (~1s) Action Attacker ...
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Do we want to update the link to the MathJax help in the help pages? If so, to where?
It's been recently brought to our attention that Stack Exchange staff can change the Learn more: MathJax help. link in the Markdown help section LaTeX. It currently points to an external site: An ...
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Can I post a picture of my MMO prototype here for opinions? Or is that a bad idea?
Very new to the site so please bear with me. I would love to post a picture of my MMO concept that I built and gather opinions on it. I can take constructive criticism, but I guess I'm afraid of the ...
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Where should I upload resources linked to my question/answer?
I've seen users posts and refer content on "external" sites. Where should I upload mine, and where should I not upload mine, and why? Note that this question serves more of a reminder than anything ...
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Are questions about how to use WebGL2 on topic?
I am new to the site, but not to the SE network. The reason that I signed up for Game Development is that I have a bunch of questions related to WebGL2, and how it can be used for 2D rendering for ...
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Show us your in-development game! - Gamdev's Septemberbash 2022 Showcase! [closed]
The vacation season is coming to an end, and while it has been a moment to rest and have a good time with the ones we love, it has also been a good time for some of you to work hard on your next game. ...
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Is the "How are NP-Hard problems managed in game development contexts?" question a "good subjective", should it be reopened?
This question has recently been closed as Needs more focus. Although I agree that the question is not about an exact single real-world problem that a user is currently facing during the development of ...
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Should we throttle Community bot bumps on GameDev.StackExchange?
StackExchange sites have a "Community" user bot that occasionally bumps questions under certain circumstances: The question is open and not deleted The question was not recently active The ...