Living: the cast of Critical Role, or at least Matt Mercer to get DM tips.

Deceased: Juno (my cat), and probably a few of my great x grandmothers so I can fill in the family tree.

Yes for the first part, no for the latter. I once wrote recommendations for a show by examining Reddit comments about similar shows in subreddits dedicated to the shows.

You can use this to find your audience.

Not an indie developer but a researcher by training. Look up keywords about your plot and see what communities pop up. Make trailers based on shit in the game people would like. Make ads non-intrusive such as scrolling down Reddit.

Btw Reddit is best for social research. Anonymized communities FTW.

Nuh-uh, no one is getting off this shitty planet without a permit /LH

Seriously though, hang in there. Things do become okay again even if they can't seem to get better.