Indie Game Joe
indiegamejoe.bsky.social
Indie Game Joe
@indiegamejoe.bsky.social
Award-winning indie game marketing consultant. Creator of DON'T SCREAM and Paranormal Tales. Head of Marketing and PR for Hypercharge: Unboxed.
Game Devs! Wider store pages + MP4/WEBM support in descriptions.

☑ 1200px-wide store pages (main col 780px)
☑ MP4/WEBM now supported in descriptions
☑ GIFs auto-converted for smaller file sizes
☑ New image/video alignment tools

Opt-in via Steam client beta to see changes

#gamedev #indiegamedev
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🚨 Game devs! BREAKING!

Steam just upgraded the Trailer Player

- Better quality & playback
- Most trailers auto-upgraded
- Pre-2020 uploads? Re-upload for best quality
- 4:3 & vertical now fully supported
- Missing source files now flagged in Steamworks

Full changelog 👇

#gamedev #indiedev
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Steam Devs: Big news! The visual editor from store pages is now in Events & Announcements!

- Visual editor with real-time preview
- Image carousels & drag-&-drop uploads
- Table creation & formatting tools
- Paste from Word/Docs with styles
- Spellcheck, undo/redo, shortcuts

#gamedev #indiedev
June 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
GAME DEVS! BREAKING NEWS:

Steam Daily Deal update!

- 6 daily spots (up from 4!)
- New post-promotion recaps on Steamworks
- Access detailed sales & traffic reports

"The recently expanded Daily Deal program has helped boost over 2,500 games last year, with more to come"

#gamedev #indiedev
February 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
BREAKING: Game devs!

Steam now has a new FREE tool to preview how your game assets will actually look on the store!

Made by a dev, bought by Steam & given away free!

✅ Accurate Mockups
✅ Easy drag-and-drop in Figma
✅ See all your assets

#gamedev #steam #indiegamedev
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Game devs, we gotta try... Right? 😅
January 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Indie devs can relate! 😅 #gamedev
January 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hello, might as well start here! My name is Joe, and I love indie games and am passionate about marketing them!

If you're developing a game in 2025, please show me below!

#indiegames #gamdev #promosky
January 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM