Most of the games on Twin Stick Diaries are, in fact, indie games. As amazing it is to see these games get developed by small teams, it is even more impressive that they get press recognition and founded by so many gamers. Getting the world to know you exist is one of the hardest thing to do when you are an independent developer. Publishers help AAA games greatly and we have even seen publishers like Atlus help out developers with these marketing endeavors.
Kickstarter and Indiegogo are a few of the key players in indie dev marketing but sometimes the game developers just need some recognition. This is where Epocu comes in. Epocu is a crowd sharing site as opposed to a crowd-funding. You can choose how many supporters you want to achieve in whatever amount of time you would like. People can support by clicking a link for Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram. Epocu will also read out how many people you are reaching out based on followers and friends. Not only can your friends see it but gamers and developers on Epocu can share it as well. You can even pay the site to put you on the front page for even more potential shares.
The site is really easy to use but it lacks any real flare to keep people on it. It also is blatantly copying the Kickstarter layout which is not a terrible layout in the slightest. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of developers on it either so it isn’t saturated yet which is a good and bad thing. Good because it gets developers seen but bad because it means there aren’t too many people on it.
I have hopes for the website though and I think it is a great idea, especially for developers looking for outside investors. Check out the Extreme Exterminators Epocu page and support Abysmal Ninja!
http://epocu.com/campaigns/extreme-exterminators/
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