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Indie Game Academy
Main topic: Game Development — one of the labels the people who run it chose
What this server is
Straight from Discord, read 18 Oct 2026. Nothing here is written or guessed by GroupFinds.
- Describes itself as
- indie games
- game development
- celebration and joy
- education
- How big it is
- 6,890 members and 1,731 were online when GroupFinds last looked, 30 Oct 2026.
- Boosted by members
- Level 3 from 14 boosts members have paid for.
Where it ranks
#7 of 41 Game Development servers by people online right now. Ranked from what Discord reported on 30 Oct 2026; a group under 25 servers is not ranked at all.
| Among | By people online | By members | Full list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Development | #7 of 41 | #8 of 41 | See the list |
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6,890 members, 1,731 online (25%), measured 30 Oct 2026
Invite checked 18 Oct 2026 (16 days ago) and it worked
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About this server
Indie Game Academy is a gamified online school for game developers. We empower game creatives to pave their own path.
At a glance
- Invite checked
- 18 Oct 2026 (16 days ago), and it worked
- Members
- 6,890, measured 30 Oct 2026
- Online
- 1,731, measured 30 Oct 2026
- Score
- 89 of 100 (people online 48.6 of 60 · online share 25 of 25 · freshness 15 of 15)
- Age rating
- Not marked as adult content
- Founded
- 11 Sept 2020
Topics
Features of Indie Game Academy
- Has an animated icon
- Has a soundboard in voice channels
- Has a server guide for new members
- Has a server banner
- Has been in Discord’s Server Discovery before
- New members accept the rules before they can chat
- Has announcement channels
- Can be previewed before joining
- Uses Discord's AutoMod
- Has an animated banner
- Listed in Discord's own Server Discovery
- Shows new members a welcome screen
- Set up as a Discord Community server
- Has a custom invite background
- Uses role icons
- Asks new members what they are interested in
- Has a custom invite link
- Walks new members through onboarding questions
- Uses threads
- Has text chat inside voice channels
How Indie Game Academy has changed
- 7 days -3 0% over 7 days
- Online share 23.5% average 21.4% to 25.6% across 2 readings
From 2 readings GroupFinds took between 11 Oct 2026 and 18 Oct 2026.
Questions about Indie Game Academy
- Is Indie Game Academy active?
- When GroupFinds last read Indie Game Academy, on 30 Oct 2026, 1,731 of its 6,890 members were online, which is 25.1%. Discord reports the number online at the moment of reading, so it is a snapshot rather than an average.
- How many members does Indie Game Academy have?
- 6,890 members, read from Discord on 30 Oct 2026. GroupFinds lists a Discord server once it has at least 50 members and 5 people online, with a permanent invite.
- What is Indie Game Academy about?
- Indie Game Academy is a gamified online school for game developers. We empower game creatives to pave their own path.
- Does the Indie Game Academy invite still work?
- Yes. GroupFinds opened it through Discord's own public invite endpoint 18 Oct 2026 (16 days ago) and it resolved to this server. When an invite stops working the page is taken down rather than left up with a dead link.
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