Matt - Tiny Kingdoms

🎮 Solo Dev - Working on 'Tiny Kingdoms'
Whishlist on Steam!

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

Big thanks to everybody who encouraged me on this whacky gamedev journey! Today I replaced the complex cloud system with a simple shader and tuned some of the sound effects #gamedev #indiedev #devlog

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@tali_photo Progression 🚀

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@jasonkneen Don't mean to be a asshole here, but have you actually zoomed in?

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@DespedidosXIA @geekbb Buildings perspectively distorted...

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@calfurdev Not a marketing expert, but from what I gathered it's direct outreach to smaller channels om YT that serve the niche of your game. Expect very low response rates.

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

I let my local LLM research the indie marketing space. Here's the result (Qwen3.6 on an RTX 3090)

Which platform gives the best organic reach for game marketing? 🧵

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@GreyAlien Congratulations! 🥳

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

Sources:
https://t.co/KTl88cGReS
https://t.co/hyRvbWdjnz
https://t.co/PYXM5QRNif
https://t.co/RAB85iBfEu

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

What this means for an indie dev:

The realistic strategy is:

🔹 YouTube Shorts as your primary organic reach play — game footage, funny moments, quick dev updates
🔹YouTube long-form for trailers and devlogs (search-driven, evergreen)
🔹X/Twitter for gamedev community and press — not for player reach
🔹Discord for community building — your actual audience lives here, not on any feed
🔹Steam Next Fest — still the most reliable way to get a visibility spike, but getting saturated and more competitive
🔹The old playbook of "post on TikTok, get viral, get wishlists" is broken. The new reality is: you need multiple small channels working together instead of betting on one algorithmic lottery ticket.

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

I've added a boxleiter-based revenue estimator: https://t.co/J0MFVBt3EX

[Kenney @KenneyNL]

Input Prompts has been updated and now includes 1,500 icons for controller input! New is support for Meta Quest 1 to 3, Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Valve Index 🎮

Free to download, and use:
https://t.co/me6JjWFKHE

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

@Mindcasters01 Thank you! 🫶🏻

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

Just wow! 1400 whishlists! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[Matt - Tiny Kingdoms @polybench3d]

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