@ashleygwinnell
🧰 Indie game marketing tools guy – making impress.games toolkit! 😸 Press Kitty — free press kits 🤖 Coverage Bot — pr/influencer/streamer alerts 🚀 Launchpad — creator discovery & key distribution 🎓 Academy — marketing guides He/him
📢 #IndieDev and publishers: Don't use Google Drive/Dropbox for your Presskits.
😻Press Kitty by @impressgames.bsky.social is FREE
☑️Imports from Steam making it super quick
☑️Presents in a proven and expected format
☑️looks beautiful
☑️indexable by search engines (unlike folder shares)
No brainer
AETHUS, my solo-indie debut, launches straight to 1.0 (no Early Access!) TOMORROW, March 6th!
Story is so often an afterthought in survival-crafting games...
Not so in AETHUS - fully voice-acted, there's always a narrative reason to head underground or build up your mining base!
#IndieDev
Huuuuuge! 🙌
🎉SUBMISSIONS OPEN🎉
IMPACT! Indie Games is back for 2026! We're looking to showcase YOUR incredible games. For more information or to submit your game, click the Google form below! Submissions close 5pm April 10th and we’ll reach out to everyone around April 15th.
forms.gle/PwrPkkXQ8kpv...
✅🤖😸🚀✨ always
The past few weeks of online events at IMPRESS have been top tier.
This evening, Ash is flying solo and sharing his MANY years experience building marketing tools for indie devs and how to get the most out of them for NextFest.
DISCORD IN FIVE MINUTES!!!
discord.gg/MrGXnY3X?eve...
✨ Helpful reminder! ✨
Use this interactive checklist to make sure your indie game & marketing activities are ready for Steam Next Fest!
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✨ Helpful reminder! ✨
Use this interactive checklist to make sure your indie game & marketing activities are ready for Steam Next Fest!
✅👇
Panicking out a press release today because the Steam Next Fest press preview going live?
Or just want to know best practices on indie pr?
You need this Q&A with the legendary @piratepr.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUI...
#gamedev #indiedev
Panicking out a press release today because the Steam Next Fest press preview going live?
Or just want to know best practices on indie pr?
You need this Q&A with the legendary @piratepr.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUI...
#gamedev #indiedev
HELLSCREEN 1.0 is OUT of early access!
It's a Retro FPS with Metroid-vania lite elements & a rear view mirror.
Yes, you can shoot behind you!
My favorite player description of it is
"The most fucked up driving game I have ever seen"
Buy it below!
If you're based in the UK and just starting to dip your toe in the Games Industry, whether you're an indie dev, working in AAA, a freelancer, a performer or doing something industry adjacent:
Here are some communities and organisations I think you should be aware of!
30 minutes folks!
@piratepr.com are one of the absolute best in the biz when it comes to indie game PR. Bobby has supported SO many indies and really knows his stuff. Go level up 👇
In ~4 hrs (6pm GMT):
✨ Steam Next Fest PR Q&A with @piratepr.com! ✨
We’l be diving into press releases and press kits, exclusives and embargoes, and all things indie marketing! 🏴☠️
It'll be fun. Join us later, here: discord.com/events/88345...
Getting ready for Next Fest?
Marketing your game RIGHT NOW for Steam Next Fest?! 🕹️
Here's EVERYTHING you should be doing over the next few weeks! 👇
Props to @jarvdusa.bsky.social for covering the topic in so much depth! #gamedev #marketing
Marketing your game RIGHT NOW for Steam Next Fest?! 🕹️
Here's EVERYTHING you should be doing over the next few weeks! 👇
Props to @jarvdusa.bsky.social for covering the topic in so much depth! #gamedev #marketing
Oooh, love the lighting/shading style! (And the paraphrasing George Foreman grill haha!)
Kicking off now!
Today at 6pm. Not to be missed!
This should be on the blog too!
Tomorrow @ 6pm GMT:
✨ Steam Next Fest marketing Q&A with @jarvdusa.bsky.social! ✨
We'll dive into how-tos of community activations, creator engagements, demos and more!
It's gonna be good! 😊 Mark yourself interested here: discord.com/events/88345...
Tomorrow @ 6pm GMT:
✨ Steam Next Fest marketing Q&A with @jarvdusa.bsky.social! ✨
We'll dive into how-tos of community activations, creator engagements, demos and more!
It's gonna be good! 😊 Mark yourself interested here: discord.com/events/88345...
I know y'all think of me as just a filthy marketer now but...
I wrote a 3d renderer over the weekend for #globalgamejam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Laq...
Thanks Sam!!
I know y'all think of me as just a filthy marketer now but...
I wrote a 3d renderer over the weekend for #globalgamejam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Laq...
Are you participating in the upcoming NextFest (or planning on a future one)?
You should DEFINITELY check this out 👇
Steam Next Fest Q&A with Chris Zukowski (HowToMarketAGame.com) from ~yesterday~!
I hosted, now it's uploaded! #indiedev #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jQE...
Steam Next Fest Q&A with Chris Zukowski (HowToMarketAGame.com) from ~yesterday~!
I hosted, now it's uploaded! #indiedev #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jQE...
Tbh it can be quiet sometimes, but the events bring it back to life!
