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)
I don’t believe the links are formatted correctly.
It should be !communityname@home.instance
Am I the only one where all the links show up as searches instead of links to the communities themselves?
Yea, the correct way to link a magazine would be:
@magazine@instance - for /kbin
!community@instance - for lemmy
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.
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.
I don’t see either at symbols or exclamations above. I just see a bunch of search links.
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.
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
Not saying this resentfully, honestly curious. What need does reposting my post as a comment with the instance names that I had in parentheses removed fulfill, what benefit is gained? I put the instance names there for communities that have the same name or close to it, and/or cover the same thing, so that you can tell the various same-name links apart. If it does something useful, I’ll be happy to repost this when no more links are submitted with the instance names taken off. Is this kind of like what some people used to do on Reddit, reposting the post as a comment because otherwise mobile users would be unable to copy/paste the content?
For whatever reason, your post is just showing as !community rather than !community@instance.tld. When I click on your links it is taking me to a kbin search results page, while when I click on ram’s links it is taking me to the communities viewed via my instance.
Edit: I’ll just add, I know it sounds like you tried to do it the right way and it didn’t work. But most people don’t even try and just copy/paste the URL as viewed from their instance so thank you for at least making an attempt!
If you look at the source between your post and the OP of this chain, you can see that they haven’t got any special link formatting, but the links will all work correctly for any lemmy user no matter their instance - not sure if kbin handles it correctly.
e.g.
[!destroy\_my\_game](https://programming.dev/c/destroy_my_game) vs !destroy_my_game@programming.dev
I suspect it’s just a convenience thing, since a number of your links point to kbin.cafe search results.
Thank you for compiling this!
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.
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.
“Big gaming news” is generally just talking about game marketing and honestly kind of boring. I want to see people talking and sharing clips and things about their games. If there is to many posts from one game dominating the feed then they could be asked to form their own community.
Its easier to post to an active community than a dead one. For example I may not have played old school runescape in a while and I wouldn’t be following the osrs community but if I saw a thread about osrs on a generic gaming community I would be drawn into the conversation. I think having lots of people in one place can encourage people to Participate in threads they wouldn’t have gone out of their way to search.
Different people will be different, I find big gaming news interesting to talk about and don’t want to see games from genres I have no interest in. I definitely see your point about active communities and how a more general community might bringing up stuff that you don’t like enough to follow but do like enough to have a casual conversation about it!
The ones for the bigger games (Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield, probably Cyberpunk soon) have been active enough to make it work.
