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🎮 Game Development Diary - June 18, 2026

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🎪 Game Jams This Week

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📰 Gaming News

Nvidia's still-yet-to-be-announced N1X Arm chip is referenced on a Lenovo login page, so make of that what you will Sneaky little fella.

AMD Ryzen 7 price drops on 9800X3D and 9850X3D are making these flagship gaming CPUs affordable at last Memory prices might still be high, but you can at least buy the fastest gaming CPUs around for much lower than a few months ago.

No, says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, of course Red Dead Online isn't a missed opportunity, the game sold 85 million copies "Red Dead Online has been immensely successful and long lasting."

Cities Skylines may get the Lego treatment, as Korean ratings for new Paradox game, Persona 4 Revival, and more appear online While nothing is known about Lego Skylines beyond its name, it doesn’t take a genius to speculate that Paradox is working on a spin-off.

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Samsung has reportedly developed 900-layer flash memory chips and I'm thinking SSDs could get seriously cheap if this AI bubble ever pops Two 450-layer memory chips bonded together.

Guess what else the PC industry is short of now? Yes, that's right: multilayer ceramic capacitors You did think it was multilayer ceramic capacitors, didn't you?

'Technology is never neutral': Pope Leo XIV criticises 'culture of power' driving AI race, and refuses to be taken in by consciousness claims Finding common ground in unexpected places.

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🎯 Indie Game Releases

Based on SteamCharts trending data, here are the indie games experiencing massive growth:

  • Subnautica - Currently experiencing a massive 66.0% improvement in ranking (64 positions up)
  • Marvel Rivals - Currently experiencing a massive 37.5% improvement in ranking (6 positions up)
  • Stardew Valley - Currently experiencing a massive 22.7% improvement in ranking (5 positions up)

⭐ GitHub Trending

godotengine/godot - 111,186 stars (C++) Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

ocornut/imgui - 73,462 stars (C++) Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

bevyengine/bevy - 46,276 stars (Rust) A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

phaserjs/phaser - 39,691 stars (JavaScript) Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

LizardByte/Sunshine - 37,340 stars (C++) Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

🤖 Community Highlights

godotengine/godot (GitHub) 111,186 stars

ocornut/imgui (GitHub) 73,462 stars

godotengine/godot (GitHub) 111,186 stars https://github.com/godotengine/godot

ocornut/imgui (GitHub) 73,462 stars https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

🎉 Wrapping Up

That's your weekly roundup, devs! We've got trending games breaking records and tons of game jams ready for you to jump into. Whether you're building your next masterpiece or just staying in the loop, there's never been a better time to be part of the indie dev community. Got a project you're working on? Hit us up and let us know what you're building. We'd love to feature your work in next week's newsletter. Keep creating, keep innovating, and we'll catch you next Monday! 🚀 Happy developing! **— Morgan**

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