Where to publish free video games - Indiexpo

Hi guys, many of us make free games for several reason (jams, training, experiments, first games, etc.) and also a free games can be usefull to help the new developers or sponsor himself.
I want to indicate this "new" website, called indiexpo. It's like g.jolt or itch; but it is growing up fastly and every day there're new features and improvements.

There're several nice games made with unity, like this (link ) or this (link )



It is avaible in english, italian, french, spanish, portuguese and german languages. And you can find games in each of this languages. You can put more downloads, upload games on our server (max 750MB), upload and play online HTML5 games (on PC, Tablet and Smartphone), to change your game-page at any time (you can enter demo and are going to update the new versions),the presence of a control panel that will show you the download and visits, weekly or total. calculating the decrease or increase, the presence of a Graph visible only to those who entered the game in the game-page that shows the number of downloads and visits.
It's about only free to play/ free indie games.

 

New popular games made with Unity 3D posted in indiexpo.net :

Inside the code : http://www.indiexpo.net/games/inside-the-code



Oh! I'm gettin' taller! : http://www.indiexpo.net/games/oh-i-m-gettin-taller

 

Ok, that is pretty clever, and fun.

 

Very cool site, but I don't there's place for another one. There's GameJolt for 100% free games and itch.io for hobbyist projects that are pay-what-you-want (sometimes with minimal price). I don't think there's really need or want for another one of these. Aside of nicer (IMO) layout and less games available+less social features, I don't think there's really any differences between indiexpo and GameJolt and those that are and matter aren't in the favor of indiexpo.

 

If you don't see differences between indiexpo and Gjolt is already very good ! Gjolt is very old, while indiexpo is very young and in few time it's growing up fastly ! In few time it's reaching the BIG website about free indie game. I think that it's a good thing

So, to be at the "second place" motivates them to get better and better. And every days you can see new features, improvments and new ideas

 

I meant functional differences. The only difference that matters, userbase and game base is unfortunately still there. It's like differences between say, EA's Origin and Steam. Both are doing roughly the same thing (is game shop), yet only one racks up in billions of dollars.

 

Can we upload demos to advertise full versions on Steam? If yes, will you make a section for it?
I.E., 'Greenlight Demos', 'Steam Demos'.

Do you thoroughly comb these for keyloggers?

 

Surely the more places you can get your game on the better?

 

It's a good idea ! Now you can use the hashtag or simply write it in the description. In fact the search is very good... and if you write greenlight... appears all the games about greenlight

 

Now there are new features !
- In the news area you can see the feed rss of the game's news.
- there's a "gamification system" (with points, powers and levels)
- added the AMP pages (for the mobile SEO)
- translated in russian and polish

 

Briar Rose looks interesting

 

From the Blog :
- 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.

 

Wow! Congrats. You built a very nice place for Indies and gamers. It seems to be taking off too with some games having over 5,000 downloads in the past week.

Keep going! With enough exposure this may turn into a big player in the market.

 

Is there any specific requirement for using 3rd party API tools? And does the site accepts all file types of web games?
The design looks great and point ranking seems promising to keep players entertained while playing games.
Good luck!

 

Thanks! So the site accepts all file types of web games.

New features!
- New Goals
Click on the top right and see your level and your badges!

- improved Portuguese and Swedish language
Thanks to two users of the indiexpo community!

- added Dutch language
- improved SEO
- new email to contact the staff (info@indiexpo.net)
- over 1,300 Like on Facebook
- posted on YouTube a new video promo about the most important indie games of the 2016
- SubReddit (very new), where you can suggest new features or ideas!

and last, but not least... we're working on the indiepad! Here more info!

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== New Features ==

Long Description
Now you can add also a long Description about your game, using also the MARKup to format the text.



"Fast" subscriptions
Now you can add a game to your subscription directly in home page, clicking on the heart. Easy and fast.



History
Added a new area called History, where you can find your latest downloaded games.

Fast Updates/News
You can write the last update about your game directly in the game-page

中文
Thanks to the developer of this game (very nice, you should try!), now indiexpo is also in Chinese!



Level Up
Addeda surprise when you level up...!

== Changes ==

- new search bar in the mobile view

- now you can see the gems of the other users when they left a comment

- improved the Level area

- the indiepad (here the topic on this forum) has over 500 downloads! So we redesign the console area like a real virtual platform!

 

Hi guys! Nice news!
We added several new features.
The main latest features are:

• 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 now you can click on the write "embed" and share your game on your own website, blog or forum.
Easy and fast!

 

Here we are!
We added several news recently!
In September + 15% games downloaded! Very nice result!
And also this October is going very well!

The main changes / 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)

Indiexpo is growing up and more and more users are coming... which involves more and more work!



In this period we are completing also a new feature about the achievements (now testing) and a way to earn money through the site!
New exclusive games and several interviews on Facebook / YouTube by indie teams (really cool) are coming!
And thanks as always for your support! Several views from this community!
With your help we are reaching new goals and we are helping a lot of new developers with their games!
Thanks!
And stay tuned!

 

We were born in small forums like this, we made a website with no money, no support by huge company and no superskills. We trained day by day and the website attracted several developers and players. There are still big Goliath to fight.

So, the 2017 was a great year for the indie games! So many cool games!

Those are the recently new features (and improvements) and the goals of the 2018!

first of all... The News!

• 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
• improved the SEO of the Comments and News Pages

The Goals

• 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!
  
  Landflix - the demo in exclusive for indiexpo
• 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.

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You can read news and updates on our blog or see the best games on our Facebook page

 

Still at it.
/me applauds
/me also considers uploading my current when the update comes out

 

For the "embed" feature, is there a way to host the embedded version on Indie Expo? Or do I have to host that on my own site?

 

Oh thanks! When it will be out, give me the link

The second option. You can use the "embed code" to add it on your own site or blog. Example.

 

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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!

 

Thanks for posting again.
Are there options that are better than a default webplayer build?
Or... build options that tend to produce better results on your site?

 

You're welcome! Yes, there's a trend to produce better results. Adding the Score System or the indiepad support.
As I said previously, with the Score System, the players can send their scores online and they will receive an email/notification when there is a new record. A very competitive system.
To add it on Unity it's very easy. There's this plugin made by a game dev. Add it at your game, upload your game and then contact the staff to enable your game. Easy and fast.

The indiepad support is nice. With the indiepad app on your android device, you can turn your smartphone in a gamepad. If you make a multiplayer local game (for 2, 3 or 4 players) you can gain more users.

The games with the score system and indiepad have more players and the "Suggestion Algorithm" will boost it.

 

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!

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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!

 

Recently we improved the website with several little features and fixes!
To improve the experience of developers and players!

Let's start!

• Now you can see, in the User Page, the latest Games with Score System Played!
• Added the Adult Filter, that you can switch (on/off) in your Settings
• Improved the Game News Area, with buttons to follow or download the game, easily and fastly
  
• bugfix, bugfix, bugfix
• Added Malay Language!
• Improved the Recommended Algorithm in the HomePage also for no-logged users!
• Are you playing an online game and received a notification? Now you can move the mouse on the top and open the Notification Area, no exit from your game!
  

Other nice info!
Over 800 Users are using our Chrome Extension, to play online game from your browser!
Adding the Chromecast Support to our indiepad app, to use your TV like a free virtual game console!
Sever indiexpors will be at Milan Games Week to show their games:

 

Hi!
A new post to report the latest news and features on the website!

- 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!

 

webGL support with some advertisement monetisation?

 

Still no. Now the monetisation is focused on tips. But, if your game is in webgl, you can add directly in your code your own ads.

 

okay, sounds good. but I can't see "tips" on the page. is it some some kind of voluntary donation?

 

To add the button "Tips", you need to have few requirements (you can see them when your game will be online). Now few games added it. The staff want to check it carefully

 

Hi guys! We are continuing to improve the website adding few fixes and new features!

In this period we are focusing our attention on the players.
So we added:
- Latest Champions in Events Area
(You can see who are the users that realized the latest records in the games with the online leaderboards)




But indiexpo is also the only website where you can upload your game on our servers or also just to put the link to an external link.
But "where I am going?"
For this reason (inspired by Reddit) we added two features:
- icon in the Download button if it has an external link
- file name (or link preview) when you're clicking on the Download button



And to make it fun, now you can also:
- to add links to images or gif in comments (and news area). The website will show them automatically!

 

Hi guys! Just other few news from indiexpo website.

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!

1. Endless Combat Dungeon (for the retrogaming lovers)
2. 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!

 

Feels a bit too dark.

 

Which platforms can you upload games for? Is it also for mobile games?

 

Yes, also mobile game

Coming soon also a Light Theme

And we are continuing to grow up! This was a very HOT summer!
A lot of new cool indie games to play! Totally FREE!
And new game developers and streamers are now on the website!
It's incredible what this website is becoming!
We were born not too long ago just to link several communities and to share and upload our games easily and fastly.
And now every month we are adding new features, new games, new ideas! It's fantastic!

Now indiexpo has a new logo.
Modern, easy, clear and cool

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Under this brand we will continue to make indiexpo great!

But, what are the latest updates? What about the future?

- At first we want to refresh the blog and help the developers, so we are going to focus on that- with a complete analysis and QA of the games recently uploaded on the website;
- we updated the indiepad app, with a new button called "Home" to go back
to the Select Area;
- improved the SEO of the Search Area;
- we supported directly several good developers that uploaded very cool games!
- we added a chart exclusive to the games uploaded recently (30 days), visible only to the developers, so they can see how their own games are going, compared with the new entries;
- we helped a few Kickstarter campaigns receive founding!

Continue to follow us also on our socials! And join on Discord to be part of this!

 

Recently, we tackled the 'game rating' topic It will not be immediate, but some 'limiters' will be gradually implemented, regarding things such as how long the user's account has existed, the user's level, etc.
A ranking system is something other sites lack and therefore we aim for it to be as clear and honest as possible. These changes will require effort, but they are necessary. It will take some time and some testing, but they are in the works.

Social Network & Marketing. In the next period, we will focus our 'marketing resources' on Facebook (the best social for a Desktop audience), to promote games that belong in the 'middle tier' on indiexpo.

What updates have been made to the site?
First of all, 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!

 

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Happy 2020, everyone!
Let's start right away with a nice devlog to talk about what's been recently added to the site!
Then, at the end of this devlog, we will also talk about what's coming next!
First off, let's talk about the goals we'd set ourselves last year and what came of them.

• More events like Egg Hunting -> No Egg Hunting(s), but we had more games with a leaderboard system!
• More exclusive games, FREE as always! -> DONE! And the last one for 2019 was Ultimate Reality
• Continuining to improve the Recommended Area in the Home Page (it's very important for us) -> DONE!
• More games with online functionalities -> DONE!
• Improvement of the News Area -> DONE! Now it's easier to add images and youtube videos, since a few weeks ago we improved the Markdown system!
• More comments on the latest games -> DONE! Thanks to the recommendation algorithm
• More ways to use indiepad -> DONE! With new buttons and the indiepad screen for mobile phone- read more below!

What did we add this year?

• New logo!
• Area Events & Challenges -> Added the 'Latest Champions' list
• (Inspired by Reddit) Icons when clicking on the Download button if it contains an external link or file name
• When adding links to images, gifs and youtube videos in the comments and in the News Area, the website will display them automatically!
• New ANTI-SPOILER funtion in the comments (and in the news)
• Online status in User Pages
• Subscribers lists (like Instagram's)
• Indiepad: new Home button (to go back)
• Improved the Search Area's SEO
• Added a chart exclusive to recently uploaded games (less than 30 days), only visible to developers, so they can see how their games are doing, compared with new ones
• Trending Games tab
• Improved the Ukranian and Polish translation of the website, thanks to @Wolod and @Soulrender

What have we done lately?

• Indiepad on the screen when you play an indiepad game on your phone!
  
• In the homepage you can now see the 3 latest indie games to gain over 1000 players!
• Players List (only for the games' authors), accessible by clicking on the Player Counter on your game's page!
• Rating filters. Now you can only rate a game if you already downloaded it, your account is more than 10 days old, and your level is higher than 2.

Coming soon?

• Website available in yet another language: Persian!
• "From Dev To Dev". A series of technical articles written by more experienced users by looking at more promising games. The first will be by @FrancescaDeVivo, the artist for Fantastico Studio's games
• Making the indieconsole even better
• New blog posts about a few statistics of the site, comparing 2019 to 2018

What are our goals for 2020?

• Focusing on the players
• Supporting more developers or small teams putting their games up on Kickstarter
• Making user experience on the mobile site different from the desktop site's
• Raising the site's 'gamification'

Will we be able to do all this? Keep following us and we'll find out together!

 

Hi guys! Few updates!
As we said previously, 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.

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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.

We also improved the desktop design of the website with few details and just one bar on the left. It's added a new Share button in the game-pages to share your favourite games easily and quickly!

 

What have been the latest changes made to iindiexpo?

It’s been mostly bugfixes, optimizations, expansions, and some small changes!

Without further ado, let’s see what’s changed!

- 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.

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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”!

Before the end of the year we should have two other big projects done. The first regards a bug fix related to medals notifications, and the other a new functionality in the Events & Challenges area!

 

Here we are (again)!
Our last video to say "THANKS" to the indie developers on the website!
With the help of their games, the community of indie lovers is growing up! And we are very happy of this!
We also released new features (and others are coming) but we will talk about this in another post!
Now... the video REWIND 2020!