How to Make Effective Indie Game Thumbnails and Press Kits (Asset Extraction, Design, + more)

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Published on January 18, 2024 4:00:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFvSuq77FQo

Game:

Enter the Gungeon (2016)

Category:

Tutorial

Duration: 45:29

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Wowee there's a lot to talk about in this video. Here's 45 minutes of how to make effective indie game thumbnails and indie game press kits from the perspective of a content creator. This video is for both small and large content creators, as well as indie game developers, to give insight into the mindset of how I personally go about creating YouTube thumbnails and using assets from indie games.

Here's the topics that will be talked about...

Intro - 00:00
Press Kit Issues - 3:18
Thumbnail Uniqueness Issues - 7:05
Asset Extraction Unity - 9:05
Asset Extraction Gamemaker - 15:33
Asset Extraction Godot - 17:28
Thumbnail Design Examples - 19:33
Good, moral, AI tool - 40:08

Software used in this video:

Unity Extraction - AssetStudio - https://github.com/Perfare/AssetStudio
Gamemaker Extraction - UndertaleModTool - https://github.com/krzys-h/UndertaleModTool
Godot Extraction - Godot Unpacker - https://github.com/tehskai/godot-unpacker
Thumbnail Making - Adobe Photoshop - https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

Press Kits Seen
- Tiny Rogues - https://benji19-97.github.io/tiny-rogues-press-kit/
- Revita - https://press.dearvillagers.com/revita/#95-95-wpfd-top

Shout out to all of the YouTube channels I talked about during this video. Notably, Retromation and Wanderbots (love u bbys)

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