Community management is still largely learned on the fly—which is why peer recommendations matter so much.
We compiled the books, GDC talks, peer Discords, and mentorship networks that veteran game CMs actually rely on:
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Great news from our friends at @TESOnline! Greymoor and Wolfhunter are added to the base game, giving all ESO players access to Western Skyrim, new stories, dungeons and more. ⚔️
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How not to love mods? 🤯
Beavers... fighting? ⚔️ Besieging castles? 🏰 Floating down mines?! 💣
All of that - PvP included - waits in Timber Empires, one of the craziest mods we have ever seen, made by Fez Vrasta and FaZ.
Check it out on Steam Workshop! ⤵️
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Happy belated 5th anniversary to The Riftbreaker! 🎉 Congratulations to everyone at @EXORStudios!
The Riftbreaker is five years old today! Our anniversary recap is packed with stats, including how our 'at least 6-12 months' co-op estimate turned out. Thank you for five amazing years, Riftbreakers!
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Enshrouded is here! 🔥 Huge congratulations to @KeenGamesStudio!
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Have you spotted any crossovers with your favourite games (or even charities 👀) in #CoreKeeper?
Enshrouded is out of Early Access! 🎉 #6 on Steam’s Top Sellers and 65k+ concurrent players—congrats @KeenGamesStudio!
Proud to support the team’s player feedback journey. Here’s how they manage 2,000+ ideas with Feature Upvote:
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Community management is structurally exhausting:
• Gamers in other time zones don’t sleep
• You absorb anger meant for the game, not you
• Workload spirals make 24/7 availability feel "normal"
We spoke to veteran game CMs about what burnout actually looks like—and how to survive it 🧵👇
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Most new community managers try to fix everything in week one.
The veterans know better:
• Listen to players who know the game better than you
• Spend lunch with devs to understand their constraints
• Audit what exists before launching new initiatives
• Set boundaries before burnout sets in
Our guide to surviving your first week as a CM:
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Most people only see the external posts, but the real work of community management happens behind the scenes. #gaming
Translating raw feedback into actionable insights, building dev trust, and acting as both the bridge and the cushion for your team.
We put together a guide on navigating the internal half of the job:
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There’s no formal handbook for community management, so we built one from the people doing the work.
We rounded up the top resources recommended by guests on The Community Lounge podcast:
📚 Must-read books
🎤 Key GDC talks
💬 Active peer Discords
🤝 Mentorship programs
Full guide 👇
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We’re heading to @SAGABCNGameFest tomorrow! 🎮 Who else is going? @julerr and @steveofmcleod would love to meet you!
Taking player feedback to heart and adjusting your game design is exactly how you build an amazing community—and an amazing game! <3
Each of our expansion campaigns for The Riftbreaker ends with a special weapon as your reward. Early on, we learned the hard way that a reward has to work where you earned it!
The Laser Swords couldn't hurt Wingmites, the most common creature in the Metallic Valley, and the Shard Gun barely worked in the Caverns. You let us know how disappointing that felt, and you were right.
So for Heart of the Swamp, we swapped the Root Gun we'd planned for the Flame Blades, which burn through everything in the swamp. Lesson learned!
Love the community initiative, but we love the "Love, Your Beaver" sign-off even more <3 🦫
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Our Reddit AMA is LIVE NOW for the next 2hrs! 📣
We love answering your questions, so head on over to r/NintendoSwitch to ask the #CoreKeeper dev team about the game, the world of indie game dev, or even their hobbies (#Warhammer ❤)
Jon here: reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/
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We're taking part in the #SteamAutumnSale 🍂
Get Forever Skies for 5⃣5⃣% off on Steam, before October 8th 🗓️
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🤖 Get killed by a drone...probably
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Already have trusted Discord mods? They can help on your Feature Upvote board too. 🤝
Our restricted moderator role lets them manage suggestions without access to private user data or account settings.
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Bringing player feedback to your dev team? It helps to have numbers behind it. 📊
@GregJ_Cummings1 from @FH_Games shares how Feature Upvote helped the @flyforeverskies team see support for player ideas—and turn suggestions into features.
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