Indies! Are you prepared for #SteamNextFest? 🕹️ If you'd like a quick 10–step marketing sense-check, expand this post here: 👇 📌

Indies! Are you prepared for #SteamNextFest? 🕹️ If you'd like a quick 10–step marketing sense-check, expand this post here: 👇 📌

Oh look it's me at gamescom, yapping about creator marketing things with Marnix at Biteme Games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0h...

Got an awesome #IndieDev game you wanna pitch but not sure how it all works? 📢Pitch Up! 🗺️4th November, Bristol, UK 💜Organised by indies for indies (me, @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social & @lyndyb.bsky.social ) 🙏Enabled by @silverliningint.bsky.social 👉 forms.gle/6ya2g78kARVv... 👈

Goodest of vibes at the inaugural Bristol Games Marketers Meetup! If you're in/near Brizzle doing games marketing/pr/community/social we'll be doing this again soon! @opalink.bsky.social @emmakpark.bsky.social @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social @baggygruff.bsky.social @pelloki.bsky.social

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

For the next few weeks we're celebrating 12 years of Draknek & Friends. We've got a few exciting things going on, including: 🎂 The Developer Steam Sale 🎉 A Humble Bundle of all Draknek & Friends games 🎊 12 years, 12 games giveaway

Day 3 #gamescom look, feat. @heydanthomas.bsky.social We’re still standing!

#IndieDev marketing tools dorks on tour. Mega busy morning on the @impressgames.bsky.social booth at #Gamescom with @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social Come say hi and grab a highly sought after Press Kitty sticker

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

Deep breath. ✨ Mindset GO! is in soft launch now! ✨ 🔵 iOS: mindset.game/app/ 🔺 Android: mindset.game/app/ 🟨 ... Or web: mindset.game Mindset is a new smart casual puzzle that tests 👀 observation and 🧠 logic. Install! Play! Share! ENJOY. And let me know how you get on. Big day. More to come... 🔮

Also, I think a big problem is people not knowing which trailers to look to for inspiration so they end up copying each other's worst practices. As a solution, I have a personally curated Notion board of game trailers if you need references! bronze-night-c34.notion.site/90fb991ec67e...

I'm exhibiting all things IMPRESS games marketing toolkit at #gamescom! ✨ I've not been in 10 years. 😱 It's going to be good... right? Find me on the Ukie stand in the biz area, Hall 3.2! Reply if you want to meet, or do the MeetToMatch thing. #indiedev #gamedev #marketing

I'm exhibiting all things IMPRESS games marketing toolkit at #gamescom! ✨ I've not been in 10 years. 😱 It's going to be good... right? Find me on the Ukie stand in the biz area, Hall 3.2! Reply if you want to meet, or do the MeetToMatch thing. #indiedev #gamedev #marketing

Ten ✨ INCREDIBLE ✨ talks from IMPACT! Indie Games are now online! From long-tail community strategy, making TikToks, Steam page best practices, 2d animated trailers and, er... how BALATRO got signed (just to name a few)! 🤩 Full YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... And promo video!! 👇

Ten ✨ INCREDIBLE ✨ talks from IMPACT! Indie Games are now online! From long-tail community strategy, making TikToks, Steam page best practices, 2d animated trailers and, er... how BALATRO got signed (just to name a few)! 🤩 Full YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... And promo video!! 👇

Arrange to meet lovely Dan at Gamescom and – for better or worse – you’ll very likely meet me too! 👇🤝🚀

Today, I'll be fixing one of the absolute worst bits of IMPRESS... This UI/UX abomination! 😱 Let's go!

Funding a game can be hard, especially if you’re a gender marginalized developer without traditional industry access. This is why our $50K WINGS Elevate Program exists! To help early-stage teams get pitch-ready ✅🔥 Submit by Aug 30! bit.ly/WINGSElevate...

Finding games that actually work for you shouldn’t be a struggle! And it’s not anymore. At @abletoplay.com players can build a profile based on their specific accessibility needs — like motion sensitivity, visual contrast, subtitle preferences, and more — and discover games that actually fit them.

Are you... Looking for a capsule artist? ➡️ steamcapsule.com/artists Looking for a capsule art job? ➡️ steamcapsule.com/jobs Please share and let #gamedev hear about it! 💚 #indiegamedev #gameart #gamemarketing #steam

Word Play is out now! store.steampowered.com/app/3586660/...

We will start revealing today who is doing talks at our first Impact Day this Saturday 19th July! Follow us so you don't miss out! lu.ma/iq4ty0ly

Another Develop complete! ✅ So good to see everyone. Knackered, though!

A free one on how these clowns can get absolutely fucked newsletter.hitpoints.co/324-going-da...

I'll be at @developconference.com all next week! Looking to chat marketing for indies and spill beans on all my secret IMPRESS things. Send me a DM if you want to meet! 😊

The one good thing to remember is that if you are angry at Microsoft, EA & all the other corporations that continuously fuck people in the games industry over, is that you can boycott the lot of them & still have thousands of indie games to play

I'll be at @developconference.com all next week! Looking to chat marketing for indies and spill beans on all my secret IMPRESS things. Send me a DM if you want to meet! 😊

If you're looking for a silly bouncy shooty toasty party game EXCLUSIVE to Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, this one (my one) is on sale! #indiegames www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...

Loads of good stuff in that Knowledge Share with Rami, had a really great time listening! 💜 There are no more upcoming events now though... 👀 What topic would you like us to cover in the next one? Pitch deck best practices? Social media content creation? Good capsule art branding? Smthng else?

Starting a fun little live chat about career, games, life, and the state of the industry over at the IMPRESS Discord stage. discord.gg/Rc7mg3tS

Let's goooo (in 3 mins) discord.gg/YjkeTCaf?eve...

In 30 minutes (4pm BST), we're going live with @bippinbits.bsky.social for Knowledge Share! Topic: Post-success! What happens when your indie game succeeds? Curious? Join the Discord event here! discord.gg/63tZmEep38?e... #gamedev #indiedev

📢 #SteamNextFest indie signal boost! If you're taking part, drop your game* in the replies to be reposted to 28k+ people 👍🏻 *No games using Gen AI pls.

Finally ready to talk about the project 📢📢 Excited to share the launch of @seagamesforgood.bsky.social - a community-powered initiative to do GOOD, and as its first project - Play for Peace: Games for Palestine Charity in partnership with @unrwausa.bsky.social. More below⬇️ itch.io/jam/games-fo...

Jelly of all the Switch 2 chatter. C’mon postie! I want to Mario Kart World this weekend!!

Not sure what the etiquette is of posting links to LI posts here, but I'm too lazy to re-write this summary of the amazing IMPACT! Indie Games myself, @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social and @lyndyb.bsky.social made happen in Bristol a couple of weeks back: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

An industry LEGEND is joining us for Knowledge Share! It's @ramiismail.com 🤩🎉 We'll chat "The State of Indie in 2025" – funding, marketing, strategy, opportunity, surviving – and cover some community questions too! 🤞 June 12th @ 6pm BST on Discord 👇 discord.gg/63tZmEep38?e... #gamedev #indiedev

An industry LEGEND is joining us for Knowledge Share! It's @ramiismail.com 🤩🎉 We'll chat "The State of Indie in 2025" – funding, marketing, strategy, opportunity, surviving – and cover some community questions too! 🤞 June 12th @ 6pm BST on Discord 👇 discord.gg/63tZmEep38?e... #gamedev #indiedev

The demo for Beatdown City Survivors, an immersive sandbox action survive-em-up is LIVE until June 16th! 🔥💧Control the elements 💥🧊 🗡️🥾Upgrade + Combine Weapons🗡️🥾 🤜👹Punch monsters heads off!👹🤛 🙏 SURVIVE?🙏 Download the demo, leave a review & wishlist the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3680270/...

Knowledge Share announcement time! 🙌 @bippinbits.bsky.social from Bippinbits! René joins us in June to talk post-success, adaptability, and how work and life has changed since the studio's hit release, Dome Keeper! “You made it, what now”? — June 11th @ 4pm BST! 👇 discord.com/events/88345...

Knowledge Share announcement time! 🙌 @bippinbits.bsky.social from Bippinbits! René joins us in June to talk post-success, adaptability, and how work and life has changed since the studio's hit release, Dome Keeper! “You made it, what now”? — June 11th @ 4pm BST! 👇 discord.com/events/88345...

This is today! Still spaces available if you want to come along! :)

Disclosure: I'm doing indie PR! And I've got cool free stuff (early demo keys specifically) if you're a streamer or youtuber interested in checking out Xenopurge, an upcoming Aliens-inspired tactical command roguelike. If you want a look a week early with no embargo, drop me a DM. Keys are limited!

+1 to this! What a day!

The wait is finally over! #KoholintRedrawn is complete in all it's glory! And we got a shiny new landing page too! ✨ Head over to retroredrawn.com to explore the dreamy island once again!

IMPACT! Indie Games is underway - and going really well! 🙌 A full house of exceptional games and speakers! A really exciting day of playing and learning! Woop! 🎉 #impactindies

ahh, the last thing that needs to be done in preparation for impact tomorrow! ...finally write my intro speech... once that's out of the way, I'll be looking forward to it!

There's a special Playtest Party space at IMPACT! Indie Games — get 2 hours on a table to show your game. If you're coming & have a project you'd like some feedback on, there are still SOME slots left. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Props to @martianlawyersclub.bsky.social for this!

We’ll be at Impact! Indie Games 2025, in Bristol on the 22nd May, showing off Nildigo, a spicy but zen roguelike puzzle game. Come along, play Nildigo, and meet us both – Expo Pass tickets are free! impress.games/impact/2025 #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker #indiegame