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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Interview de @quentinvijoux.bsky.social @thefloppy.bsky.social et Emmanuel de Beware of the Cartographer, un jeu de cartographie cosy tout mimi ! valentinthomas.eu/beware-of-th... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Jessie Chica @jessiesaika.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Après plusieurs mois de travail la V1 de pickncraft.com est en ligne ! 🎓 Guides 🧰 Outils 🎨 Assets J'espère que vous apprécierez :) #frenchgamedev #indiedev

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Géraud Zucchini - SOL CESTO 🌞 @docgeraud.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We’ve got a beautiful animated trailer to announce our 1.0 release date. And we’re looking for a gaming site or YouTube channel to feature it. Anyone interested? 🌞

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

« Play sperm » Now that’s a 2 word hook that’s efficient. Probably soon in my kickass hooks selection! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #marketing

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

What's a perfect movie that never got a sequel? Starship troopers got no REAL sequel. 2 and 3 are insults to Verhoeven’s work.

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Rogue Duck Interactive @rogueduck.net · 10/02/2026

Step into airport security with Nothing To Declare! ✈️🛂✨ Scan bags, question travelers, and trust your intuition. Will you stamp or investigate? 🧐 #TrailerTuesday #indiegamedevs #indiegames #cozygaming

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Tomavatars @tomavatars.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

That's it! I'm happy to present you MGenBend, a Max for Live Midi instrument! You can get it on my Gumroad or Patreon. Links in bio! #maxmsp #max4live #M4L #maxforlive #ableton #abletonlive

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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Valve responds to game dev after applying to work at Valve fresh out of high school:

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to me Thu, Aug 6, 2015, 11:27AM
Dear BLANK Thanks for reaching out to us - we are excited that you are already thinking about how to enter the game industry. At the present time, we are not going to move forward with your application. We do not offer entry-level positions.

There are many paths to the company, and we don't provide prescriptive advice about getting hired here. We look for the people who are at the top of their craft - from art to software development - and have the skills required to make substantial independent contributions to our games and services. This is why all of the positions we list on the web require a substantial amount of previous experience.
We haven't noticed a correlation between study at a particular university and the chance of success. As such, we don't prefer one school over any other. Instead, we believe dedication, experience, and customer focus are what make good hires.
Most of the people who work at Valve have seven to ten years of professional experience in these areas, and many people have even longer periods in the industry. There are lots of ways to get to that level of experience; some people have degrees in those disciplines, some people have degrees in other things, and a few people don't have degrees at all! They're all world-class experts in their field, great communicators, and great at thinking about what customers want and how to best provide it. Those things are intangible, aren't taught in schools, and are what differentiate typical candidates from special ones.
Basically, our advice is for you to follow your passion and spend the time perfecting your craft. The most important thing is for you to just begin creating games, whether on paper or on the computer. What is crucial is the "doing" and "creating."
We hope this helps! Sincerely, Valve Recruiting
Posted in r/godot by u/theomulus
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クリス 🏳️‍🌈 💖💜💙 @nerdvolutionkurisu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Littke something to pin on Insta after the wave of A/I slop from this weekend

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La Maison du Jeu Vidéo @mjvrennes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Hier soir c’était notre soirée fromage à manettes, avec un #playtest ponctué d’une délicieuse #raclette ! C’est tous les deux mois, la prochaine sera au printemps. Question : Raclette en avril/mai ça se tente ou on fait plutôt un #barbecue ? #Rennes #jeuvidéo #gamedev #indiedev

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Table de 15 hommes et de femmes souriants mangeant une raclette

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

La religion catholique : aime ton prochain, donne aux pauvres, pardonne etc Les gens de droite : les gens ont trop d'aides, pays d'assistés, généralement catholiques Les gens de gauche (blancs) : pour les aides et l'assistance sociale, généralement athées/agnostiques Me : Ce monde n'a aucun sens.

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Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com · 27/11/2025

gave this interview recently talking about: 🏠 how I started on building relationships 📈 what's worked marketing-wise 😩 navigating anxiety throughout development

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Interview of @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com, the #gamedev behind Building relationships and the "I added rock climbing to my dating sim (where you play as a house and date other buildings)" Reddit post. 20 mins read, but full of useful marketing tips! #indiegame #marketing #indiedev

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Parce que ma mission secrète est de faire de vous des boss du marketing et que je ne suis pas jaloux, voici une liste de gens qui publient des articles et posts marketing JV qui pourraient vous intéresser ! valentinthomas.eu/ressources-m... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #marketing

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Sources et ressources marketing pour gamedevs (1) - Valentin Thomas

Quelques ressources marketing pour les développeurs de jeu vidéo qui souhaiteraient se renseigner sur le sujet !

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

What is a marketing hook? Here's my definition. What's yours, omniscient Bluesky? More about hooks here: valentinthomas.eu/en/valentin-... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #marketing

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

OPPORTUNITY Senior Narrative Designer - Hybrid onsite- Barcelona Not affiliated. Shares welcome job-boards.greenhouse.io/scopely/jobs...

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Senior Narrative Designer - Unannounced Project

ES - Barcelona, Spain

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beni @benithemaker.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Are you... Looking for a capsule artist? ➡️ steamcapsule.com/artists Looking for a capsule art job? ➡️ steamcapsule.com/jobs Please share and let #gamedev hear about it! 💚 #indiegamedev #gameart #gamemarketing #steam

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DementedPlant @dementedplant.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'm doing a #giveaway to celebrate controller support with a FREE Godstone Steam Key handed out tomorrow 10AM GMT+2! ✨ Check out the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1715030 To participate: repost! 🔄 Like! ❤️ Details in the comments #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #steam

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Capir @game-capir.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Capir Challenge 4-1 Let's start with an easy one, solve the board by rotating three groups of aligned tiles. First solution reply gets a free game key!⁣ Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Website: gamecapir.github.io #puzzle #game #indiedev #android #godot

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Le jeu vidéo est-il une forme d'art ? J'en suis convaincu. Mais forme artistique ou pas, le jeu vidéo est malheureusement, comme pas mal de choses aujourd’hui, aussi un business. Et ça, c’est indiscutable. Quelques billes dans cet article pour trouver son public ! #indiedev #gamedev #marketing

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public cible : comment le trouver ? - Valentin Thomas

Trouver son public cible, mission impossible ? Ici je vous donne des pistes pour trouver vos premiers fans.

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La Maison du Jeu Vidéo @mjvrennes.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Nouveau à la MJV : sessions d'accueil via discord et en physique ! Si tu ne sais pas ce qu'est la MJV ou que tu veux juste passer un bon moment entre passionés du ZQSD et du pad, on se retrouve le 22 avril à 20h30 sur notre discord (lien dans notre bio). Ce ne sera pas la seule, restez branchés !

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Thoughts about game pricing. Here's an article giving you some ways to find your price (not the one, just some). valentinthomas.eu/en/game-pric... #indiedev #marketing #gamedev #indiegame

Our brains aren’t wired to find prices because well, prices are concrete numbers but they sometimes are kinda absurd. Especially in cultural industries.

When I smoke (because yes, I’m French), I create crazy stories in my mind, about myself saving the world one way or another. How much is it worth? Priceless. And I can do that whenever I want, for free.

Yet, I’m ready to pay 5 to 80 euros to play games that do exactly the same thing, but I’m playing alone, I’m probably gonna face narrative shortcomings, potential bugs and technical limitations and I can’t write the scenario myself. But still, I feel like it’s money well spent.

Prices are absurd, I tell you. But there are ways to find out what your price is.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hey! I'm Valentin, French freelance marketer for indie games. I post once in a while articles about game marketing. Sometimes with wacky jokes and puns. lolilol. Feel free to reach out for inquiries, from consulting to campaigns! Learn more on my website: valentinthomas.eu/en/ Cheers!

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Valentin Thomas - Home

Valentin Thomas is an indie game marketer specialised in video games. Discover him here and book 27, a free marketing plan!

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Game marketing is not just posting around and contacting press and influencers. It's a thoughtful process than should being before you write a single line of code or draw any piece of art. Discover these ingredients (not a recipe) to make more marketable games! #marketing #gamedev #indiedev

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What is game marketing? Marketing mix Part 1 : Product - Valentin Thomas

Game marketing is not just promotion, ie tweeting around and sending keys for outreach. It's also product, price and placement.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

If you've heard of reddit for promoting your game but have absolutely no idea what it's about, here's a handy travel journal through this magnificent place for indie devs. I'm looking for feedback, feel free to shoot me a comment to let me know what you thought!

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Reddit gaming section exploration: notes after 111 days (reddit 101)

You've heard of reddit for gaming, but you don't know what it is precisely. This is a short introduction to the platform, for beginners.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Rich billionnaires about to rule the world like in the James Bond movies, check. Now, where and who is our secret agent?

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Not my parents, but my grandma. And she reacted even more enthusiastically than the most nervous streamer today when I played super mario on Super NES! 3D gave her headaches though, but the dimension she added to 2D games was way deeper than what N64 had to offer.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Because social media are evolving lightning fast, here is a handy guide for which ones you should start with for your game. Spoiler alert : it's not facebook, instagram or X. Check the article to know why!

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Social media marketing for gamedevs

What social media should you use to promote your game? Here are a couple you should consider, when and why!

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openindie - your indie game podcast @openindie.eu · 15/01/2025

Indiegames = ❤️ #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Amy PJ 🌺 @hellomisspotter.com · 13/01/2025

I'm hiring a Senior Marketing Designer 📣 Looking for a creative with a passion for (or experience in!) game dev, who needs to be comfortable working remotely. A broad role with lots of potential that will be super exciting for the right person, msg me with Q's! 🙌 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

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Synty Studios hiring Senior Marketing Designer in Australia and New Zealand | LinkedIn

Posted 9:38:06 PM. Are you a senior designer who's up for new challenge?!As the solo marketing creative on our…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Here’s part 2 of my 10 things for game marketing article, about gaming media: 🔍 How to find relevant journalists ✍️ A resource on how to write a press release 💎And most importantly, how to craft a state of the art email to get them to read it. Have a good read!

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Gaming media marketing - Valentin Thomas

Wondering how to contact gaming media for your game ? I've got one possible answer right here. Click click click!

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Le Pixel Hunt - Making Games at the End of the World @thepixelhunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

(1/3)Hello there, I have a small request. If you play THE PIXEL HUNT's games, you know they are a bit odd - especially because they deal with real-world issues and sometimes serious topics. Because of this, we can have trouble finding our audience. However, said audience is people exactly like you.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Does marketing give you shivers down the spine? With this 10 marketing things list, you'll identify 10 opportunities to promote your game. Here is part 1! PS: This is marketing 101, so advanced marketers will be bored. Average ones will learn a lil bit, and beginners a lot.

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How to promote your indie game? 10 things list (part 1)

Steam Next Fest, Gaming festivals and content creators are the 3 first ways how you can promote your indie game I'm presenting you. Click!

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Marketing 101, lesson 42 : don’t. Answer. To curators. By email. Well, you can tell them you sent them keys through curators connect, that’s ok. But sending them keys elsewhere will probably shoot them to the grey market. That’s the final advice of my incoming article, stay tuned 😊

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Marketing 101 lesson 1 : Don’t start your marketing efforts when your game is ready for release. Begin dev and marketing altogether. …Except if you’re Total Mayhem games, but there’s always an exception to make marketers look silly and useless.

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Would you rather play your favourite game for only 5 minutes a day or 24 hours non stop and never again ?

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Sarah LuAnn Perkins @sarahluann.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

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Valentin (Promote indie game) @valentinindie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Exploring bluesky - Week one Day 1 : Yay, a new social media! Hello everyone! Day 2 : Ooh, starter packs, gotta try this Day 3-6 : This is fun ! Everyone is nice here Day 7 : I followed too many starter packs 😩 How was your week one here ?

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Atlangames @atlangames.com · 02/12/2024

🔴 COMMUNIQUÉ Suppression totale de l’aide publique régionale de la Région Pays de la Loire pour Atlangames Depuis sa création en 2010, Atlangames, réseau dédié au développement de l’industrie du jeu vidéo dans le grand Ouest, s’est affirmé comme un acteur clé de l’écosystème local.

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Justine Thibault @sevendeven.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Greens & blues (once my fav color combination, kinda grew out of it but still a banger..)

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