Game Dev Platform Watch

Why this is recommended

A missed Next Fest deadline is six months of lost visibility; a license or store fee change is a five-figure decision. The Tab reads every engine and store changelog so the developer can keep building.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Indie and small-studio game developers, and the hobbyists about to ship a first game.

When it runs

Engine and store changes announce mid-week and festival deadlines close on weekdays

Scope

Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, GameMaker and Defold; Steam, Epic Games Store, itch.io, GOG, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Google Play, App Store games policy, Roblox, Fortnite Creative and Meta Quest; licenses, pricing and runtime fees, store fees and revenue share, refund, review and visibility rules, Next Fest, showcase and festival deadlines, certification and devkit programs, outages and payouts, open calls, indie funds and grants, AI-content, loot box and age-rating policies

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Engine license and pricing changes, store fee, policy and visibility changes, Steam Next Fest and showcase deadlines, console certification and devkit program changes, platform outages and payout changes and publisher and grant programs open to indies, with the engine or store first and the effect for a studio of one to ten.

Track Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, GameMaker, Defold, Steam, Epic Games Store, itch.io, GOG, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Google Play, App Store games policy, Roblox, Fortnite Creative and Meta Quest. Report only confirmed, source-backed changes from the last 7 days: engine license, pricing, runtime fee and terms changes; store fee, revenue share, refund, review and visibility rule changes; Steam Next Fest, showcase and festival deadlines; console certification, devkit and self-publishing program changes; platform outages and payout schedule changes; publisher open calls, indie funds and grants with deadlines; and AI-content, loot box and age-rating policy changes. Prefer engine and store announcements, developer portals and established game industry reporting; ignore rumors. Put the engine or store first in the title with the date. Use high severity for a license or fee change, a deadline within 21 days, or a policy that affects most indie titles. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.