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Friendly advice: Getting a simple site up and running describing your game with a few screenshots or a gameplay vid and providing download links takes no more t

Friendly advice: Getting a simple site up and running describing your game with a few screenshots or a gameplay vid and providing download links takes no more than 2 hours. Personally I hesitate to download anything from another person's dropbox. Since you've worked a lot on your project don't let it fail due to poor promotion :)

isaiahg 11y ago
Yeah I definitely agree. I actually had a website up once but I had to let it go because I couldn't afford the domain and server costs. Currently living off of government assistance so it's rare to have more than a few dollars extra. I also tried to contact some publishers for a bigger version but I've never received a reply. It is how it is. I'm hoping the game is good enough to travel through word of mouth :)
- akx 11y ago
  You could use itch.io or Github pages.
  - isaiahg 11y ago
    Oh wow I've never heard of itch.io! I wonder if they allow games in beta.
    - _nedR 11y ago
      Have you considered publishing on Steam? Its a good avenue to monetise as well.
      - nacs 11y ago
        It's actually pretty hard to get on Steam without a publisher. Without a publisher, you have to go through the Greenlight process which requires a ton of people voting "Yes I'll buy it if available" for your game.
        evolve2k 11y ago
        Surely with the audience here on HN you could get some upvotes across there. Worth a try.
    - nacs 11y ago
      Yes they allow games in beta.
- Jhsto 11y ago
  Amazon S3 static sites are not that expensive either, but as far as I know you would be needing a credit or debit card.
- campoy 11y ago
  I'm happy to give you credits to host it on Google Cloud Platform :-) Shoot me an email campoy@google.com
- iamtew 11y ago
  If hosting costs are a problem why not just make use of the wiki you have on BitBucket? It's already there but empty: https://bitbucket.org/ZayWolfe/boxbyte-lyte/wiki/Home https://bitbucket.org/ZayWolfe/boxbyte-lyte/wiki/Home
- atomwaffel 11y ago
  It's that time of the year where I'm feeling altruistic, so I just registered boxbytelyte.com for one year. Just let me know where you want it to point, and then I'll transfer the ownership to you in a year's time (or sooner if you like). Also, have you thought about open-sourcing the game? That would definitely relieve people's qualms about downloading an anonymous binary blob. Edit: Forgot that there are no direct messages on HN. You can reach me at domainname@boxbytelyte.com
  - edc117 11y ago
    Good on you, this is a great gesture. Hope they take you up on it.
  - isaiahg 11y ago
    I'm sorry that it took me a while to reply. The response has been so overwhelming that I honestly don't know how to react. I wish I could show gratitude better through text. Thank you so much for that. I'm fixing up some important bugs at the moment but I'll send you an email as soon as I can.
  - wellsjohnston 11y ago
    you're awesome!
- mauvm 11y ago
  Why not use Github Pages?
- jjoe 11y ago
  I run a web hosting business and have servers to spare. Email me and I'll get you one for as long as you need it (see profile for email address).
facorreia 11y ago
I second that. YouTube channels are free. Why not post a 3-minutes gameplay demo?
intenscia 11y ago
Congrats on the release. We'd love to help promote and showcase it on www.indiedb.com we are community run and here to help. We also have VRDB.com In the pipeline which would be cool for this. Keep up the fine work!

isaiahg 11y ago

Yeah I definitely agree. I actually had a website up once but I had to let it go because I couldn't afford the domain and server costs. Currently living off of government assistance so it's rare to have more than a few dollars extra. I also tried to contact some publishers for a bigger version but I've never received a reply. It is how it is. I'm hoping the game is good enough to travel through word of mouth :)

akx 11y ago
You could use itch.io or Github pages.
- isaiahg 11y ago
  Oh wow I've never heard of itch.io! I wonder if they allow games in beta.
  - _nedR 11y ago
    Have you considered publishing on Steam? Its a good avenue to monetise as well.
    - nacs 11y ago
      It's actually pretty hard to get on Steam without a publisher. Without a publisher, you have to go through the Greenlight process which requires a ton of people voting "Yes I'll buy it if available" for your game.
      - evolve2k 11y ago
        Surely with the audience here on HN you could get some upvotes across there. Worth a try.
  - nacs 11y ago
    Yes they allow games in beta.
Jhsto 11y ago
Amazon S3 static sites are not that expensive either, but as far as I know you would be needing a credit or debit card.
campoy 11y ago
I'm happy to give you credits to host it on Google Cloud Platform :-) Shoot me an email campoy@google.com
iamtew 11y ago
If hosting costs are a problem why not just make use of the wiki you have on BitBucket? It's already there but empty: https://bitbucket.org/ZayWolfe/boxbyte-lyte/wiki/Home https://bitbucket.org/ZayWolfe/boxbyte-lyte/wiki/Home
atomwaffel 11y ago
It's that time of the year where I'm feeling altruistic, so I just registered boxbytelyte.com for one year. Just let me know where you want it to point, and then I'll transfer the ownership to you in a year's time (or sooner if you like). Also, have you thought about open-sourcing the game? That would definitely relieve people's qualms about downloading an anonymous binary blob. Edit: Forgot that there are no direct messages on HN. You can reach me at domainname@boxbytelyte.com
- edc117 11y ago
  Good on you, this is a great gesture. Hope they take you up on it.
- isaiahg 11y ago
  I'm sorry that it took me a while to reply. The response has been so overwhelming that I honestly don't know how to react. I wish I could show gratitude better through text. Thank you so much for that. I'm fixing up some important bugs at the moment but I'll send you an email as soon as I can.
- wellsjohnston 11y ago
  you're awesome!
mauvm 11y ago
Why not use Github Pages?
jjoe 11y ago
I run a web hosting business and have servers to spare. Email me and I'll get you one for as long as you need it (see profile for email address).

facorreia 11y ago

I second that. YouTube channels are free. Why not post a 3-minutes gameplay demo?

intenscia 11y ago

Congrats on the release. We'd love to help promote and showcase it on www.indiedb.com we are community run and here to help. We also have VRDB.com In the pipeline which would be cool for this. Keep up the fine work!