Josh Barton, Producer of Project X at Ralem Productions.

Is it worth paying the $50 USD to get reviewed on those indie game sites?

We're having difficulties promoting our game, it's in pre-production and it's a big jump.

Our last games were for XNA/Xbox Live and were novelties. Now we are trying to enter the big leagues with a 3D game and decent budget. The programming and the progress on the project are going well, but currently we are having trouble getting buzz.

Is it worth the money for the press, or is there a better way to generate feedback and a following? We eventually want to get "greenlit" on Steam.


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1. Is it worth paying the $50 USD to get reviewed on those indie game sites?
Is it worth the money for the press,
2. or is there a better way to generate feedback and a following?

Is it worth paying the $50 USD to get reviewed on those indie game sites?

This probably depends on the specific sites in question, but personally I'd lean towards trying other options first.

You've said that you're having trouble promoting the game, but what have you tried so far? If you're early in the process, are you ready to start building community yet?

We eventually want to get "greenlit" on Steam.

Be aware that Valve "want to make Greenlight go away".

Well this is the trouble we're having.


Our past work was niche comedy games like Ovary Overload, an asteroids clone pitting an egg vs sperm. Now we want to make quality games (non console) but having to market outside of Xbox Indie arcade is difficult.

This is a roguelike Xcom.... what forums or blogs should I post on?

Is it worth sending emails to tech sites now?

And the review forum in question was indie game magazine