Free Indie Games - Share your games

[Freank89]

Looks like I forgot about this topic. But since I released my demo recently, it'll make sense to put it one the site. I'll have a look later ...

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Great

We added also the Game Cards (if you are a developer and post a comment, the users can see a Game Card about one of your games (random) and click/download on it)



And also added the QR Code. If you posted a game, in the Stats you can see it. QR is short for Quick Response. You may soon see QR Codes in a magazine advert, on a billboard, a web page or even on someone’s t-shirt. Here the changelog of the website.



And now on the website there are over 1,000 Games ! (Only 30 in German )

[IndependentArt]

just uploaded.

http://www.indiexpo.net/de/games/deep-8

[IndependentArt]

maybe some critique for you guys:

as far as I can see it is not possible to upload any pictures at the "news/update" section of the game. so why is this? what also would be cool, if the current update would be shown on the main page or something.

another thing is, that I can't see how many answers are below a comment. maybe you could do that like in the facebook manner. also I have to open every answer by seperate click as it seems? not very comfy.

improvements suggestion three is: that notification bell thing does not make much sense to mee right now, because every note I ever got is there right now and the counter is on 58. so maybe It'll make more sense if just the new ones since my last login are being displayed.

but aside from that the page is nice and at least I got a few more downloads and feedback

[Freank89]

maybe some critique for you guys:

as far as I can see it is not possible to upload any pictures at the "news/update" section of the game. so why is this? what also would be cool, if the current update would be shown on the main page or something.

another thing is, that I can't see how many answers are below a comment. maybe you could do that like in the facebook manner. also I have to open every answer by seperate click as it seems? not very comfy.

improvements suggestion three is: that notification bell thing does not make much sense to mee right now, because every note I ever got is there right now and the counter is on 58. so maybe It'll make more sense if just the new ones since my last login are being displayed.

but aside from that the page is nice and at least I got a few more downloads and feedback

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Thanks indipendent Art ! We're working to several of this points (in particular about the upload of pictures in the news area).

So ! I'm here to talk about the new features of the website, to say "thanks" to all the developers that choose indiexpo to share their games !

1 - Feed Rss for your News !
See the News-Area of a Game page and click on the icon to see the Feed Rss and follow it.
If you're a developer, read here how to link your feed at twitter.



2 - E-Mail Notifications
Added the email notifications and a Setting Area to customize it.

3 - Levels, Points and Powers !
Click on the icon on top-right and discover your level and powers !
Read here about how to earn points.



4 - Added AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) for each game.
5 - Added new Languages : Russian and Polish.
6 - Coming soon new games in exclusive. Stay tuned on Facebook !

[Freank89]

News !
- Too easy to "read" the feed rss of a game. Now you just put the link of the game page in your rss reader and it will works automatically !
- New chart about Most Downloaded (Last 30 Days)
- Added how many users follow a game
- New chart about the most followed games.
- Added new Statistics about your game
- In the game pages, now you can click on the left and make a search.
- Added a red label about the games that you can play online
- Now you can add hashtags in the description or in the comments
- Added the preview of the youtube-videos when you put a link.

[Freank89]

Hi guys! We added an amazing feature!
We made a "new gamepad", a new way to play the MV games (and other html5 games).
If you have an android smartphone, go here and download the app (it’s free and always will be).

Then select one of those games (my suggestion: Mom or ParaDog made with MV by artgames! wow)... scan the QR code with the App... and now you can play it using your smartphone like a gamepad!

How to add it at your game?
It's very very easy. It works only for the games made with MV.
Upload the zip of your game (like a html5 game) and click on "Enable indiepad support".
It's all.
Easy and fast.
No script, no code!

[Freank89]

Hi guys! I have to update this topic!
The website is going very good! Now only with Rpg Maker Games, but also Unity3D, Construct, Game Maker and Unreal Engine games!

We introdused new features on the website!
At first: User Pages & Embed

About the User Page

Clicking on the name of an author (of a game or comment) you can see/show your games, subscriptions and the latest games played!



You can also see/show the badges obtained on the website!
(To see all the badges, you can click on your own Level area)


About the embed



It's very cool, if you uploaded a html5 (or a game made with RPG MAKER MV) now you can click on the write "embed" and share your game on your own website, blog or forum.
Easy and fast!

But not only! other improvements were:
- restyle of the area about the game news and comments
- added new medals to win! (we're improving also their notification settings in this period)
- added the possibility to create a shortcut to the user page using @username
- ‎in home page now there's the area called "in the case you missed" with the latest news about the games that follow
- ‎improved the SEO of different pages (and it's increasing the traffic from Google! Yeah)
- ‎formatting system also in the comments area
- ‎new design of the game pages
- ‎added translation of the site in Korean (87% we're still completing it)
- improved the view of the website for mobile (easy to read and to navigate)
- new area Challenges opened! It's in Events. It's still in beta but it's working good! The games showed are uploaded by few beta-devs
- improved the Console area

>>>>> INDIE GAMES 2017 REWIND <<<<<

The Goals 2018

- it's coming new games in exclusive for indiexpo. If you love the TV series, you have to play the first one! It's very cool!

- increase the visibility of the website in Russia, China, Corea and Japan
- to improve the Suggestions Area with the best games to play for each gamer
- we want to add a very transparent and good system to left the developers earn money. Also with a partnership program with few Devs!
- to add a Virtual Memory Card to start to play your game on Desktop... And continue to play it on Mobile
- to improve the indiepad feature, so the users can play those games automatically also on their phones.



You can see the best games on our FB Page
You can see the latates news, tips and tricks for Devs on the blog
You can see great videos about indie games on YT

[Retromakerfan]

That's cool. I really like these kind of sites. =)

[Freank89]

That's cool. I really like these kind of sites. =)

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Oh, thanks! In the last period... we're smashing! \m/


so... Hey indiexpors!
Here we are with other news about the website that it's growing up day by day!
When it was born, it was just another website with free games, not so sure to see a new day. But now it's smashing and there are over 2,000 games, so many feedbacks and a great community of crazy players and devs!

So the latest news/features/adds:
- website translated in Finnish (thanks to Virva) and Ukrainian (thanks to quizcanners)
- improved the Suggestion Algorithm
- improved the Notification System
- improved the Badge System for Devs and Gamers
- added Comments Area in the User Page (to show the latest games commented by the User)




- New subareas in the Indieconsole! How many players are in your room?
- added the link to the User Page in the Notification Area
- Score System Completed (now with Notifications and the author can delete the Fake Scores)
- added the Date in the Comments




- 30 Games that support the Score System!
- Over 2,000 Free Games!
- added new filters in the Advanced Search (Online Games and Games with Scores)

And now?
Now we're finally working on an original support system for the developers and the "Daily Challenge" for the best players!
Stay tuned!
We're planning to complete it in June/July!

[Freank89]

It's going very good!
Recently great free cool games, the new score system on games with a old fashioned Retro Style, new features, monetisation for devs, changing and so many other things!



So... What are the latest news?

- LIVE Notifications!
- AMP pages for the Users
- improved AMP game pages also with the suggested games
- Monetisation [BETA] for indie devs (it needs a separate post, no worry)
- bugfix! bugfix! bugfix! bugfix!
- now the Charts show only the games uploaded/updated in the last 6 months
- Language problem on the website? Now you can select your language on Settings Area!
- Improved Mobile View!

Social Goals?

Over 2,000 followers on Facebook
Opened an Instagram Page


And now?
Now we're focusing our energies on two elements: Bugfix & Players
Yes, we want to fix aaaaaall the bugs reported recently and gather new players!

[Freank89]

Oh, I have to update this topic! So.... let's start!

- New News Area!
Now you can see just two areas: Most Popular & Most Recent.
In the top you can see Recently Updated, clicking on the images you will go directly to the game's News Area (with the latest updates)



- Suggested Users
Now in the bottom of the User Pages, you can see 3 Users with their rank, to discover new players!

- New Stats
Added new Stats in your Game Page!

- Total Stats
Do you have more than one game? Watch the Your Games area to see the stats of all your games uploaded just in one place!

Watching movies, playing games, reading book. Spoilers are everywhere.

For this reason, we added a new way to write comments on indiexpo.
Now adding || this || you can write what do you want, hidding the text and to make the world safe for other players.
Example:


Just this? Oh, no baby.
Here it is another small feature. The Online Status.
In the Profile page (yours or another user), you can see if he is online or not!
Very easy.



We improved the design of the website, changing also the Subscribe Button!
Here it is the new one:



A new feature is the Subscribers List! Clicking on the subscribers number (near the players) you can see who is following a game. Like on instagram. Very easy



We are also improving the recommended algorithm in the home page, trying to suggest also the popular games of your favourite genre and of your language (observing your previous download and comments)

There are also two new interesting games that have the Score System of indiexpo!


Endless Combat Dungeon (for the retrogaming lovers)

Overlord's New Mansion (platform)

If you are logged, you can send your score in the online leaderboard automatically! Very easy and fast!
Try to be the BEST!

and we can continue! ... you might have noticed new icons in the Notification area, that should make visualization more immediate.



In the homepage, we added a new mini-section, showing three random games that have recently gotten over 1000 players (still in testing stage, we're trying to see if people like it and use it).

Trending Games. By visiting the pages of games uploaded in the latest 30 days, you might have noticed 'Trending Games' written in some of them- indicating that that game is receiving a lot of attention when compared to other games uploaded in that timeframe.

Thanks to the help from the author of Knightin'+, the website has been entirely translated to Ukrainian. The translation, previously only 78% done, is now complete! And the new visits from Eastern Europe are already increasing!

Is it a real community? Oh, yes! We are publishing on indiexpo blog, several reviews of Game Developers for (new) Indie Devs with interesting projects!
The first one was about the pixel art, made by the pixel artist of Fantastico Studio, and the second one (posted few days ago) was about an adventure game by an artist of Ars Goetia Studio.



It's also started a new Easter Egg hunt! If you will play this game, Rookie Hero, and you will be the first to find the Easter Egg, you will win 500 Gems!
Remember to stay logged.

Other features added!

- Share Button
We added a button that allows to share your game much more easily and rapidly on a lot of social networks to every game page. It even comes with a QR code to print or scan, to share with anyone around you!

- More automatic checks during uploads
More automatic checks were added when a game developer tryes to create a new game page. Many kinds of checks were added, the most important ones put in place to avoid spam. Now, if a game developer tryes to make a page with an external download link, the site will automatically check if there are other games with the same external link. Furthermore, every user will be able to create a maximum of two game pages per day.

- The navigation bar has been improved
While before there were both a vertical and an horizontal navigation bar, now it’s all been included in the vertical one, which will allow you to move between different areas much more easily and rapidly.

- Added slovakian and persian support
Two new languages were added, once again thanks to the help of the indiexpo community! Adding persian is a remarkable milestone, as it makes indiexpo one of the first game hosting websites completely translated in an arabic language! We’re still fixing the site architecture relative to this new language (we gotta flip everything right to left)!

- Something new everyday!
The most recent edit, instead, was adding an area to the HomePage that will change every day. One day it will show “Games that have recently gotten more than 1000 players”, the next day it will show “The most recently followed games”, and the day after “The most relevant games that have no comments”, etc.

- More small things
New search filters in Advanced Search, new FAQ area, new User Titles depending on your level, bugs fixed regarding double notifications.

A new game has been published exclusively on indiexpo, Tony & Clyde (a low-poly adventure from a brasilian team, with a great color range and a perfect design), which was the first game featured on our latest video, the “Best of August”!

We introduced Verified Accounts, the Share button

we translated indiexpo into two new languages: Filipino and Thai!



With the help of several users from the indiexpo's community we translated the latest words and now also the younger developers and gamers, from Thailand and Philippines, can use the website easly!

It's also redesigned two areas of indiexpo, Subscriptions and Your Games (for game developers)

Now you can see the latest news and updates of the followed games and to left a comment faster!



Another new feature is about the Comments Area of the Game Pages. Now you can tag another user when you left a comment and he/she will receive a notification about it! And added a new anti-spam system!
And there are other small features like the possibility (finally) to change your password and email in Settings Area and to see the new UI of the Level Area!

And more has coming!

Stay tuned and play indies!



And it is out our new video "rewind" with the best indie games uploaded during this 2021!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnkgGFY7X4E

Here you can find the games' list

[Freank89]

It was not the best way to start the new year...
When things go well, no one ever thinks that it could all go wrong...

2021 had just ended, with the team on Discord, we were discussing how this year we had obtained more subscribers and views than the previous year. There were talks of new features being added, improvements being made and how they can impact the site in 2022.



Everything was going smoothly, and we did not suspect that the unexpected was just around the corner. The first days of January the site began to have problems. The server appeared unreachable, and the site is inaccessible. We start the "standard maneuvers" and after a couple of postponements, everything was back to working.

Two days pass and the site is down again. No changes had recently been applied to Indiexpo, which made it difficult to understand what was going wrong. However, this made us understand that the problem was at the server level and not at the code level.

The "standard maneuvers" didn't help this time, so we were lucky enough to have the site programmer come to the rescue. He finds a strange connection between the site and the server. He doesn't quite understand what's going on, but he finds a way to recalibrate some settings and the site is back up and running.



But after a day the site is down again, and the error seems even more serious.

Chat started to think that the site is closing. We received emails and reports of users who were unable to access the site for days. Talks on social media had everyone guessing to what was happening on the website.

We contacted the service that sold us the server. They reassured us by saying that the problem does not depend on them, and that they do not detect problems, but the site is still down. This time it cannot stay up for a few minutes without crashing, and the programmer no longer knows how to address the faults. This was seemingly impossible.



The service staff who sold us the server propose a hardware replacement. Components that should improve the performance will be presented and replaced.

We accepted and waited anxiously.

Then the news...

We are contacted again, and we are told that during the replacement of the various components, the hard drive with all the games and data appeared to be damaged.

We immediately check the backup, and we realize that it is not up to date at all and the material that we could lose would be substantial. So understandably, it resulted in the closure of the site.



The programmer explains that if the hard drive still turns, maybe we will be able to recover some files. If it does not turn, we should go to a specialized centre to try to recover the data. However, the latter option would be very expensive, risky, and extremely difficult.

It was agreed that the work would be carried out in two attempts.

The first attempt is made.

It fails...

This 12-year long work could all end. The beginning of 2022 can mark the end of a site that is now part of our daily life.

We begin to contact a specialized centre (with exorbitant costs) and we begin to think if we should start over (impossible) or change the site entirely. We were totally disoriented and helpless.

The second attempt begins.

Success! All games and data are recovered!

The site is put back online, the backup restored and enhanced.

indiexpo still lives!

Thanks guys for being close and supporting us!

We are back to stay!

Let's do it!

[Freank89]

We didn't think the filter would work so well!

Throughout November and December we reintroduced a feature (redesigned): filters per games.

We strive to work towards site simplifications, and creating a minimalist design.

We included features to promote smoother user operations. This resulted with positive user feedback.

This is incredible!
We will continue to work and improve this function!



Other recent news:
- Fixed a bug that would send you an email notification about your comments
- added the Greek language to the site
- translated the email notifications

[+Shin+]

Thank you for keeping us updated! ^^