"How To Make Your Indie Game Stand Out" - AdventureX Panel 2024
23As part of AdventureX's digital event this year, I hosted a panel with three guests titled "How To Make Your Indie Game Stand Out", speaking to three members of the industry on the tips and tricks indie devs need to know to help their game stand out at a time when discoverability is so difficult.
I spoke to:
Spencer Hayes, a gaming scout at Fellow Traveller Games (games label who have published games like Citizen Sleeper, Suzeraine and 1000xResist)
Rachel Watts, a games journalist and co-host of the Indieventure podcast
Kaalin, a streamer and Influencer Relations for Player Two PR & Mooncat Games
LINKS
AdventureX - https://www.adventurexpo.org/
Fellow Traveller - https://www.fellowtraveller.games/
The Indieventure Podcast - https://indieventurepodcast.co.uk/
Rachel Watts - https://x.com/rachel_wattts
Kaalin - https://www.tiktok.com/@justkaalin?lang=en / https://www.twitch.tv/justkaalin
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:00 Guest Introductions
00:04:54 Name a recent game that stood out for you and what was it about it?
00:10:10 What does a Gaming Scout do?
00:12:11 How much can a journalist take what they like into writing?
00:15:30 Do certain games make better content than others and how do streamers pick games?00:18:00 Pitching your game to publishers
00:29:00 Should devs pay content creators to promote their games?
00:31:30 What makes the perfect demo?
00:47:15 Are in person expos a good place to pitch your game?
00:56:15 Does streaming games put people off playing it?
00:59:47 Social media in promoting your game