Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-05
Can you promote on r/hobbygamedev?
Allowed, with limits Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out.
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Share your victories and struggles with a community of FRIENDLY and HELPFUL hobby devs! - Share resources freely
What its rules say about promotion
Self-promotion
Self-promotion is allowed. The only catch is we ask that your post be about the game related challenges your tackling, things your learning and your current progress. Feel free to post images or videos of your work and be prepared to discuss it.
Don't post commercial projects
Posting about a large commercial game project will be removed. There are plenty of other places to share large scale commercial games, this space is for hobbyists and small indie studio projects(1-4 people).
All 4 rules of r/hobbygamedev
- Be nice
- Self-promotion
Self-promotion is allowed. The only catch is we ask that your post be about the game related challenges your tackling, things your learning and your current progress. Feel free to post images or videos of your work and be prepared to discuss it. - Don't post commercial projects
Posting about a large commercial game project will be removed. There are plenty of other places to share large scale commercial games, this space is for hobbyists and small indie studio projects(1-4 people). - Posts need to contribute to the conversation
Bring value to the readers of Hobby Game Dev in each post you make. If you ask a question, make it thoughtfully written.
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
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