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SpaceCat's Game Dev Skool
SpaceCat's Game Dev Skool is for busy beginners. Learn to make video games in short sessions.
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How this community works
- Pricing
- $24 a monthWell above the hobbies & crafts median of $11.50.
- Size
- 412 membersBigger than 43% of the hobbies & crafts communities indexed here.
- Revenue ceiling
- $9,888 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
- Format
- 2 paid tiers
- Platform
- Skool
- Category
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Last verified
- 23 October 2026
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- 2 paid tiers: one price for access, another for proximity. Worth copying once you know which members want more of you.
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About SpaceCat's Game Dev Skool
SpaceCat's Game Dev Skool is for busy beginners. Learn to make video games in short sessions.
Why you should join: Bite-sized lessons you can finish in 15 to 20 minutes, tiny games you can actually complete and feedback on your games, with no experience or maths skills needed. From $24 a month.
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The one-liner
A paid game development community for busy beginners, built on bite-sized lessons and tiny finished games.
What they actually sell
SpaceCat's Game Dev Skool, run by Space Cat, lives on Skool. Its public pitch: "Video Game Development for BUSY Beginners." The paid door is Standard at $24 a month. Premium sits above that. The course breaks game development into bite-sized lessons and sessions of 15 to 20 minutes, with real tiny games members can complete and feedback on their work. No experience or technical background is required. Inside sit 6 courses and a dense module library. A formal money-back promise is not spelled out on the about page.
Who pays and why
Busy adults who have always wanted to make video games but never had the time or a starting point. The frustration is long tutorials and huge projects that never get finished. They pay for bite-sized lessons, short sessions and real tiny games they can actually finish, with feedback.
Where the members come from
The Skool lander and Space Cat's own teaching appear to be the main acquisition path. Public social links are thin on the about page, so growth reads as community-led rather than a giant media brand. Exact follower counts stay off the about page.
What's holding it back
Beginners need early wins. If members do not finish their first tiny game quickly, the monthly fee starts to feel like a reminder of another unfinished project.
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Promise projects small enough to finish in short sessions, because finishing is what keeps beginners going.
Would this work in another niche?
Yes for other creative skills that feel too big, such as animation or app building. Weak for skills that cannot be broken into small wins.
Written 23 October 2026
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