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A place for indie games

Submission Rules

Who can submit

  • Your account must be at least 1 week old and have an actual posting history. Until that time, you may comment, just not submit anything.

What to submit

Good types of content

  • Articles, reviews, videos, and trailers from their original source. Aim for high-quality content relevant to indie gaming.

  • Original content. Devlogs, gifs, screenshots, etc.

  • Discussion oriented text posts

Bad types of content

  • Store pages.

  • Pirated or "leaked" content. Immediate permaban.

  • Memes, macros, "funny" screenshots and so on.

  • Articles that just quote news from bigger sites without adding content or discussion.

  • Video articles. That's an article with a video and no article at all. Submit the video instead.

  • Non-English posts. If you want to link to an article or video that isn't in English, you must also provide an English translation.

  • Links to game rehosting sites.

  • Mobile links/link shorteners/Direct Downloads

  • Let's Plays

  • Pornographic and/or sexually explicit content.


You get one thread per milestone your project reaches. Note that not all may be applicable to your project:

  • Kickstarter/funding begins

  • Kickstarter/funding ending within 48 hours/ended

  • Reaching Steam Greenlight

  • Reaching Early Access

  • Leaving Early Access/Full Launch

  • Major expansion or DLC releases (limit one per month)


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Added a bunch of polish to the chase sequence from my game’s demo

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2024/12/01
13:05 UTC

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Update from last post, what do you think?

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2024/12/01
13:01 UTC

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Here is a preview of our japanese style indie horror game.Where you will be working as a sushi chef. You can wishlist the game on steam,the release date is the 24th of december!

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2024/12/01
12:17 UTC

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I’ve spent 2 years making a fast-paced roguelite arena shooter. Demo is finally out and here is the trailer, recommend watching with sound! Let me know what you think!

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2024/12/01
12:15 UTC

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Glass breaking mechanic for an open-world zombie survival game

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2024/12/01
11:25 UTC

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Hello looking for opportunities

Hello i am a game scripter I don’t have much experience but i need a studio to work with if anyone wants to work with me please hit me up with a dm

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2024/12/01
11:14 UTC

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Still working on and expanding the build mode and smart npcs. Do you like where this is going? WIP

1 Comment
2024/12/01
09:37 UTC

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Everron Devlog News EP2 (Indie game podcast)

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2024/12/01
05:20 UTC

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Added some animations to my game what you guys think?

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2024/12/01
02:55 UTC

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Selling My Dream Game’s Assets to Overcome Financial Struggles

Hi Reddit,

I’m in a tough situation right now. My brother has fallen ill, and I’ve had to take on the responsibility of covering his expenses. Despite working full-time, I’m struggling to make ends meet.

To help get through this, I’m selling the 8x8 pixel art assets I created for my dream game, Fading Star. The pack includes tilesets, player sprites, and more. It’s priced at $1.25, and my goal is to raise some bucks to cover expenses.

Every purchase helps, and I plan to update the pack weekly with new content. If you’re a developer or know someone who might find it useful, I’d be incredibly grateful for your support.

https://preview.redd.it/t6pz6bdmf54e1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=fb7dd109496b61a9415b19f736f0190af8e181ac

Here’s the link to buy: https://oddpotatogift.itch.io/jumpstart-8x8-platformer-asset-pack

Thank you so much for your time and support.

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2024/12/01
02:34 UTC

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Priorities in Gamedev 🎮

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2024/12/01
01:59 UTC

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Before/After from one of the scenes I animated for my game!

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2024/12/01
01:14 UTC

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Deepwell, a pretty good free indie game that you have never played

Deepwell is a free Undertale/DE-like indie game about your relationship with fictional characters, at least thats how I interpreted it. It’s basically only walking and talking to people, but it has a great atmosphere with developed and interesting characters. It only takes around 50-120 minutes to complete so it’s not that big of a time investment. It can be a bit pretentious at times, but once you work past those it’s quite fun. I don’t want to hype it up because part of what made it great was my lack of expectations so if you can go in with minimal expectations.

With multiple endings and an amazing soundtrack i think it is definitely worth checking out especially due to its price tag of 0.00$

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2803660/Deepwell/

(I did not make this game btw i want to make that clear. I just hate seeing how little attention it has gotten)

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2024/12/01
01:14 UTC

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Wanting to make a roguelite

So I've got the basics down, maybe not the art as of current but am actively adapting as I go.

But I am currently trying to make a 2D Roguelite, based off the SCP Community, especially the story for SCP-5000 "Why" something about it just seems like it could transition to one quite nicely. I was thinking of a few ways to go about it, and couldn't help but think it could be interesting for it to play similar to games such as death road to Canada or Oregan trail, with resource management and events being the main focus of said experience. I know I'm not putting this into the appropriate words that I am meaning too, but I was wanting input, I can see my vision pretty well, but I'm unsure if I'm being a touch too ambitious.

I'm thinking the only proper way the game could be played outside of events would be similar to X-Com, I've played many Roguelite and can't see this working if I try to go with say combat similar to Hades, or Binding of Isaac.

I'm currently working so this is gonna seem like a mess I'm sure, so if there are any questions please ask I've given this plenty of thought, but I would like to see what others preferably those whom also enjoy the SCP Community would think.

I am currently using Unity to go through with this, as it is the only real engine I have any experience with. (I've noticed I've said I'm currently ALOT, forgive me)

2 Comments
2024/12/01
01:04 UTC

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My first attempt at a dynamic first-person and third-person camera for my puzzle game. How can I improve?

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2024/12/01
00:46 UTC

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Should I buy Rain World?

So before I switched to PC I had PS+ premium and tried out Rain World, it looked interesting and I heard it's good so I tried it, I dropped it after just getting lost, but I've been seeing more gameplay of it and it's making me regret not playing it much, now it's on sale and I think that right now maybe I won't get stuck?

5 Comments
2024/12/01
00:24 UTC

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New Main Menu and Lobby For Our RC Car Game

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2024/12/01
00:02 UTC

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A Steam curator said our game has no heart, no soul, and no gameplay (??), so I showed the review alongside footage of a streamer crying through the ending.

10 Comments
2024/11/30
23:36 UTC

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Check out my new [WIP] game trailer for a 2d survival/colony game!

Hey all,

Just put out my first trailer for Endless Vine, a colony/survival game I've been working on for some time now. Let me know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGirf9h_VmQ

If you're interested in the project, follow me on itch! I'll be putting up a demo very soon!

https://endlessvine.itch.io/endlessvine

1 Comment
2024/11/30
22:57 UTC

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WOOL finally has a Steam page and a short trailer to go with it! I really hope you guys like it!

0 Comments
2024/11/30
22:32 UTC

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Got the Bhops and Rocket jumping in

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2024/11/30
22:23 UTC

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We're trying to bring ship and station destruction mechanics into our realtime-XCOM / FTL roguelite. Impressions?

3 Comments
2024/11/30
21:26 UTC

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Catzul "La diversión apenas comienza"

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2024/11/30
21:08 UTC

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It ain't much but pixel art and lighting effects make such a nice vibe

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2024/11/30
18:50 UTC

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I like being original in ads, thoughts?

It’s been 6 months since we launched Abathor, and like 99% of indie creators, I still need to find ways to spread the word about Abathor. Luckily, I enjoy creating things and believe that self-promotion can be both fun to make and enjoyable to watch, without needing to rely on memes.

37 Comments
2024/11/30
18:42 UTC

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