Independent Games Festivalhttp://www.igf.com/Yes, it's a festival in California. Probably, if you're a student and all, jetting all the way to the US for this isn't something you'd realistically be able to do. But forget the festival. This mob annually run a competition for independent developers and, most relevantly, games development students. The prizes are nice, but the chance to have your work recognised is surely a major drawcard for the budding developer. Entries for the 2009 competition have closed, but there's plenty of time to work on a project for the 2010 competition.
Unity 3D awardsunity3d.com/contestAnother annual contest for independent developers. This year's finalists have already been announced, but there's always the 2009 contest.
Indie Gamerforums.indiegamer.comThe forum is all there is to the indiegamer website. It's a good one, though, and noticeably more active than most of the other independent development forums out there - including some of the ones we've recommended. In addition to technical matters relating to game design and development, the Indie Gamer forum covers things like time management techniques, organisation, sales, marketing and legalities. Of course, you may have no intention of turning your little game into a commercial product, but if you do, Indie Gamer is the place to go for advice.
Game Producerwww.gameproducer.netA very good blog covering many issues relating to games development, not just independent development. Game Producer some very good links and an archive of posts that cover a wide variety of very interesting and very relevant topics.
ModDBhttp://www.modbd.com/A heap of tutorials relating to mod development. The tutorials cover basics, as well as more advanced topics. The parent site, the famous ModDB, is a good way of getting recognition for and distributing your mod.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012