there's not that much "PR" you can do nowadays - press sites ignore you (even top indies) so it's all about social or if you want to spend money (which you'll never recover). I think it hasn't been so bad in indie games since... the beginning 
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I don’t know about that, up until the algorithm change I was doing okay. Not rich, but enough to keep me being able to make games. I agree that press has had little impact when I’ve been covered.
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Replying to @xiotex @GamesByKinmoku
I've not been covered by press (big sites I mean) since... 8 years ? I've learned to live without it
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And that’s the right approach - explore and find what works for you and keep iterating on it.
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Press (games and non-games), Youtubers and IGF are what worked for me.
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Does having a champion/advocate on social media help? (Depending on their reach, obviously). I always hope that when I mention games on podcasts that some listeners take the time to look them up
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Absolutely. Virality is a very powerful tool. Also, if a game’s discussed, adding a link to where it can be bought is a huge help. My game’s been covered by a few journalists and Youtubers who’ve failed to add a link to the store :(
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This is something we could be more mindful of when doing our show notes and tweets about episodes for
@LapsedGamer. I've always made sure to include links when I do#LGRFreeGames in January, but obviously this just covers free games (hopefully it helps dev visibility though)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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Even for free games, links are great :) I appreciate you considering it.
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indiepocalypse has always been there, last 5 years, we were just too busy discussing
#gamedev stuff like unity or unreal and didn't want to admit it.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
not me, I don't use unity/uneral and I've been warning other indies (even if completely ignored) since 2014! now people are starting to notice...
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