Rewind 2024 video with the Best Indie Games of this year!
Celebrating the games, developers, players and gamers that made 2024.
Discover the best indie games and free games uploaded during the 2024.
The games showed are ALL FREE on indiexpo website!
in order of appearance:
RPG Maker is a popular game development software that allows users to easily create their own role-playing games (RPGs). It is popular among game developers, particularly those who are new to game development or who want to create games without having to code. There are several reasons why you might want to use RPG Maker to make your own game.
Overall, RPG Maker is a great tool for anyone looking to create their own RPG. It is user-friendly, customizable, and has a strong community of users who can offer support and resources.
There are several versions of Rpg Maker. It has a very long story! But we suggest to use the latest versions: MV and/or MZ.
Whether you are a seasoned game developer or just starting out, RPG Maker is a great tool to consider for creating your own game.
3 Suggested Games made using Rpg Maker:
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| Wild Rage New Generation |
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| - Purgatory - |
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| Pocket Quest! |
Developing a game can be a complex and time-consuming process, and choosing the right game engine can make a big difference in the success of your project. Two of the most popular game engines are Unity and Unreal Engine, both of which offer a range of features and tools for game development.
Unity is a cross-platform game engine that is widely used for both 2D and 3D game development. It is popular among indie developers due to its user-friendly interface, wide range of features, and low learning curve. Unity also has a strong community of developers and a wealth of resources, including tutorials and documentation, which makes it easier for new developers to get started.
Unreal Engine, on the other hand, is a more powerful and feature-rich game engine that is primarily used for 3D game development. It is known for its cutting-edge graphics and advanced rendering capabilities, which make it a popular choice for AAA game development studios. Unreal Engine has a steeper learning curve than Unity, and it may take longer for new developers to become proficient with the engine.
Ultimately, the decision of which game engine to use will depend on your specific needs and goals for your project. If you are a beginner or working on a smaller project, Unity may be the better choice due to its ease of use and wide range of features. If you are an experienced developer or working on a larger, more complex project, Unreal Engine may be the better choice due to its advanced capabilities and powerful tools.
In conclusion, both Unity and Unreal Engine are excellent choices for game development, and the right choice for your project will depend on your specific needs and goals. Both engines offer a range of features and tools that can help you create high-quality games, and it is worth taking the time to research and evaluate each one to determine which is the best fit for your project.
2 Suggested Games Made using Unity3D
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| Path of Shadows |
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| Knock Knock Soulsman |
2 Suggested Games Made using Unreal Engine
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| 0R8 |
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| Aviano |
Reddit is a website with two reputations.
For Redditors (as its users are called), it's a good way to keep your finger on the pulse of the internet, participate in open discussions around shared interests, get answers from highly engaged niche communities, and, of course, perpetuate memes.
For outsiders who haven’t learned how to use Reddit, though, it might seem like a haven for snark and sarcasm, where anonymity runs rampant and users commit to weird inside jokes and try to one-up each other for upvotes.
Reddit is an entirely different world compared to TikTok, Instagram, Twitter or wherever else you might spend your time online. So in a way, Snoo—Reddit’s iconic alien pictured in this post’s header—is a fitting mascot for this strange, wildly popular community-based website.
But there are plenty of reasons to put some time into learning how to use Reddit.
With 52 million daily active users and a $10 billion valuation, Reddit is the 16th most popular social media platform and considers itself “the front page of the internet.”
Reddit is also where a lot of viral content gets early traction, where celebrities and interesting people open up and tell the world to “ask me anything,” and people come together to talk about every topic under the sun.
There is a subreddit for (almost) everything—from r/Fitness for exercise and nutrition enthusiasts to r/CatsStandingUp which is literally just a bunch of pictures of cats … standing up.
This subreddit isn’t even among the top 100 weirdest things you’ll find on Reddit.
Once you get past the complicated-looking interface, understand the basics of how “sharing” works on the platform, and get to know its nuances, Reddit can add a lot of value to your life and—despite being generally averse to marketing—to your business.
The first thing you need to understand is that Reddit thrives on anonymity, but it's kept in check by transparency.
Reddit thrives on anonymity, but its kept in check by transparency.
Using your real name or birth year in your username is strongly discouraged unless you plan to invest in your own personal brand. Speaking and engaging freely with others is how you get the most out of Reddit. That’s because other users can easily see your entire posting/commenting history, which makes it easy for the community to police itself and gauge how authentic a person is based on past behavior on the site.
Creating an account is easy enough. All you need is a username and password—you only need to enter your email if you want to verify your account for long-term use.
For this reason, it’s not uncommon for users to have one or two “main” accounts that they rely on and several “throwaway accounts” that are only used once or in certain situations.
Once you’ve signed up, you'll be automatically subscribed to several popular subreddits, like r/videos and r/gifs, but should also search for and subscribe to other subreddits you want to be a part of based on your interests.
Subreddits are niche communities within Reddit—each with its own rules, subscribers, and posts—indicated by r/subreddit (based on the URL structure: reddit.com/r/subreddit).
You can sort all the posts within a subreddit by Hot, New, Rising, Controversial, and Top submissions.
If you’re interested in handcrafts, you might join r/somethingimade or r/crafts.
If you run your own business, maybe you’ll weigh in at r/Entrepreneur or r/smallbusiness.
If you’re into cooking, you’ll probably check out r/Cooking or r/AskCulinary.
If there’s a subreddit you want that doesn’t exist (though that’s unlikely), you can even create your own subreddit.
On Reddit, people tend to be fluent not only in “internet speak” but also terminology that’s specific to the platform. There are a whole host of terms and abbreviations you’ll end up learning over time.
Here’s a glossary of commonly used Reddit terms to help you navigate this strange new world—many of which will be covered in greater detail throughout this post:
A glossary of Reddit terms
By no means is this a comprehensive list, nor should you expect to grasp it all right away, but it's a good resource to refer back to as you get to know Reddit.
Online etiquette is important wherever you post online. But it’s even more important on Reddit, where it’s easy to hide behind anonymity and engage in bullying, spam, and sneaky self-promotion.
You can read up in full about Reddit’s own guidelines, or Reddiquette, but it boils down to one simple rule:
Aim to contribute value with every action and consider the community first.
When you post something, ask yourself if it’s relevant to the subreddit and do a quick search to see if it’s already been posted there.
When you upvote, downvote, or comment on someone’s post, consider how it’s benefiting the greater good of the subreddit.
You’ll quickly realize that commenting and sharing on Reddit is very different from, say, Facebook.
Posts and comments need to add value—posting the same thing someone else has posted or commenting with “That’s hilarious” or “Cute dog” won’t get you upvotes, but something new, witty, insightful, or educational will.
Each subreddit also has its own rules and guidelines, which you can find on the right sidebar.
These rules are enforced through a combination of:
It’s best to assume each subreddit is different from the next and to take some time to get to know the rules and posting behavior of each one before contributing. Ignoring the rules can get your post deleted or get you banned from the subreddit.
Posting and commenting on Reddit is how you get upvotes that lead to karma, which is Reddit’s way of quantifying the contributions of each user.
There are two types of submissions you can make on Reddit (although certain subreddits might limit themselves to just one or the other):
You can submit these from the “Create a post” page on your subreddit and clicking Post when you’re ready to publish.
Before you submit, however, be sure to use Reddit’s search feature to make sure you’re not reposting an existing post (Redditors frown upon this). You can find tips here on how to get specific with your searches.
Timing, the text you write, and the subreddit you submit to all play a role in gaining traction on Reddit. Get enough upvotes and comments in a short amount of time and your post could end up at the top of the subreddit and then eventually the front page of Reddit, where millions of people will see it.
Since Reddit embraces anonymity and having multiple accounts is common among users, the karma system is how Reddit establishes credibility. The more karma you have, the more seriously Reddit will take you. But there are two kinds: post karma and comment karma.
You get post karma for the upvotes you receive on posts, and comment karma for the upvotes you receive on your comments, so it’s a good idea to be active in the comments of your own submissions and in posts by others. You can also lose karma if your individual posts or comments are irrelevant and get enough downvotes for the count to fall below zero.
There’s no easy way to build karma on Reddit. You’ll need to consistently contribute to the platform in meaningful ways.
However, there are strategies to help you get going:
Reddit’s community puts a lot of effort into protecting its integrity. Users will go out of their way to vet suspicious activity by browsing an account’s posting history to gauge its authenticity.
Reddit generally hates shameless marketing, self-promotion, URL shorteners, and anything that makes you seem like you’re only using Reddit as a place to sell your products or services. If you want to understand the level of disdain Redditors have toward this behavior, just look at r/indiegames.
But that doesn’t mean Reddit can’t be useful for game developers. Redditors trust the platform when it comes to helpful information about products. Some 90% of people who use Reddit for research reportedly trust the product information they find more than information they find on other sites.
Once you’ve built up some karma and a decent posting history, you can begin harnessing Reddit to grow and improve your business. Let’s look at what types of content you can publish on the platform, whether you’re a startup or an established business.
Recent data revealed that Reddit purchase journeys result in deeper research sessions, nine times faster purchase decisions, and 15% more spending compared to other social platforms.
Advertising on Reddit is probably among one of the safest ways to market your game on Reddit. With Reddit ads, you can target people based on the subreddits they’ve subscribed to, which lets you get in front of some very specific, super-passionate niches.
Keep in mind that Reddit advertising operates on a cost-per-impression (CPM) basis rather than cost-per-click (CPC), which you might be used to with Facebook ads or Google Ads.
There's a subreddit for everything, and that includes deals. If your game is totally free, you can post in r/freegames. If it is just a demo, you can post in r/freegamedemos.
If your game is made with Unity Engine, post in r/unity3d; if it is made using Unreal Engine, use r/UnrealEngine, if it is made using RPG Maker post in r/rpgmaker and so on. If your demo or game is on indiexpo website, you can create a post in r/indiexpo.
Brands both small and large should consider monitoring Reddit for brand mentions and replying to them. There are a lot of people on Reddit asking about potential purchases, airing complaints about companies, and talking about other things you’ll want to keep an eye out for. A community management plan can lead to higher engagement with Redditors and more sales.
Reddit might not like marketing, but it does like authenticity. For a lot of game developers, their game is an extension of their life and it won’t come across as inauthentic to share it in certain contexts.
You can raise your game company's profile and build your personal brand by doing an AMA on Reddit. Post in r/AMA, or find a relevant post and comment on it with “I am the Game Developer of ______. Ask me anything.”
AMAs are conducted by regular folks, like this car salesman, all the way up to Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple. As long as you can position yourself as someone with unique insight, Reddit will have some good questions to ask.
Reddit is an endless source of good content. By subscribing to the subreddits that relate to the niche you’re selling in, you’ll get a steady stream of top quality content to curate: articles, videos, GIFs, and more.
Like any social network, you can also use Reddit to find and hire specific talent. If you’re looking for someone who lives near you to hire full time, you can post about the job in your city or region’s subreddit (e.g., r/Toronto, if you're hiring in Toronto). Or you can post in the subreddits dedicated to the skills you need (e.g., r/gameartists, if you’re looking for a copywriter).
Depending on the subreddit, you can ask its subscribers to give you feedback about your game or product idea. Be careful and transparent about doing this in non-business-related subreddits, especially when you are a new user.
When in doubt, ask for feedback in business-related subreddits such as r/indiedev.
When I first gave Reddit a try, I was put off because I didn't “get it” and couldn’t find any substance on it because I didn’t know how to find it.
But once you’ve subscribed and contributed to a few subreddits and understand how to find the discussions you want, it becomes a great source of value in your life, where you can freely ask your questions to a community of enthusiasts, learn new things every day, and contribute front-page-worthy posts.
Hopefully you now have a better understanding of how to use Reddit.
Reddit won’t always make sense. It can be hard to familiarize yourself with the site when every subreddit has its defined rules and inside jokes, each carving out its own unique corner of the web. But that’s what makes it so great.
On April, 18 you could find me in Rome, among over 2000 people attending Codemotion tech conference.
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| It was exciting to see my name there, but turns out there were a lot of things to be excited about. |
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| From left to right: Andrea Ferlito, my brother Syd, me, Jeff and Giles |
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| Ivan discussing the game with Giles (Llamasoft) and Andrea Ferlito |
Edmund McMillen's recent manifesto for independent game developers
