mcp server
GameDev.net
Search and cite GameDev.net forums, tutorials, postmortems, and game-industry news.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 1.1.0
- active
- retrieval
active — Registry entry last updated 2026-06-18. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
6 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.
get_content(id, content_type)- Fetch the full public text of a specific item (tutorial, blog, news, project, portfolio, forum topic, canonical answer, or thread digest) using the content_type + id from a search result. Use this to ground deeply after a search. For news_item (aggregated news) this returns GameDev.net's own AI summary and enrichment with a citation link, not the source's full article text. Required: content_type, id.
get_story(story_id)- Fetch one story cluster: its AI summary and key facts, plus a source-by-source timeline of every article covering the story (each with its source and a citation link). Good for "how did this story develop / who reported it". Required: story_id.
get_thread(topic_id, max_posts)- Fetch one GameDev.net forum thread with its posts (plain text), including which reply is the accepted answer. Required: topic_id.
list_recent(limit, content_type)- List the most recent GameDev.net content of a given kind. Useful for "what is new" / roundup queries. Includes the curated canonical answers and "best of" thread digests. Required: content_type.
list_trending_content(tag, mode, limit)- What is currently trending in game-industry news on GameDev.net. mode="stories" (default) returns deduplicated multi-source story clusters (with aggregated tags, source count, and when the story broke/last updated — use get_story for the full timeline); mode="items" returns individual trending articles. Each result carries GameDev.net's owned AI summary and a source citation. Optionally filter by tag.
search_site(page, sort, query, per_page, content_types)- Unified full-text search across all public GameDev.net content — forum discussions, tutorials, blogs, projects, portfolios, and game-industry news. Filter to specific kinds with content_types (e.g. ["forum_topic","forum_post"] for forums, or ["news","news_item"] for news) and order by relevance or date. Returns titles, URLs, excerpts, authors, and ids for follow-up with get_content. Required: query.
Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://gamedev.net/mcp/. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.
Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://gamedev.net/mcp/.
Signals
These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.
| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest published version | 1.1.0 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-06-18 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-06-18 | Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| mcp tools declared | 6 tools | Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. | as of probe | gamedev.net | |
| mcp endpoint status | ok | The server listed 6 functions when asked. | as of probe | gamedev.net |
Where to get it
This record as data
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