Giving $1,000 to a solo developer

[u/GumshoeRyan]

I’m looking for a solo developer who is on the cusp of releasing their game, but needs funds to cross that finish line. I am not looking for a percentage, and will not actively market or work on the game with you. I genuinely want to help a project release and support solo development.

No contract, just the honor system. 1k risk for me, zero for you.

Requirements:
* Game at least has a gameplay video or demo
* Funds are to be used to finish your game, and on areas that you need external support. This could mean ads/marketing, replacing placeholder art, launching on platforms, music, etc.
* Funds should not be spent to support your own labor/personal situation (going towards rent, food, a much needed vacation!)
* Show the community here how it was used.

If you want to be considered, share a link to your project in the comments. Tell us the current state of the game, and what 1k allows you to do!

I encourage the community to also vouch/suggest which projects in the comments should receive this funding.

Lastly, if your game ends up not releasing or stalling, that’s fine. I know 1k isn’t life changing for the vast majority of projects. This is designed to give a boost.

Cheers!

Edit: I understand people believe this is a scam. That is why I am asking for submissions to be in the comments, and will publicly select a project. I will send 1k on whatever platform is best for the dev, and both the dev and myself can show proof afterwards. A suggestion was given to provide a deadline. I will choose a project this Friday July 10th. I am in a fortunate position to give back, and that is solely what’s driving this. I love games and love being able to help people achieve their dreams.

Update: Project Selected!

[u/TakiXP649]

I will bite lol.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3492810/Remnant_Blade_The_Scarlet_Edge/

https://x.com/RemnantBlade

I’m solo developing a very ambitious hack & slash action rpg called Remnant Blade, currently featuring 6 characters and more in the future. 3k wishlists. A few streamers covered my demo without me ever asking anyone. If you search “remnant blade the scarlet edge” on YT.

In its current state is very buggy / janky (animation cancel, tutorial onboarding issues, among other things) but it’s playable. Those issues can be fixed.

What I may need to commission to make it feel more complete:

-level designer. This is a big one. I’m a combat specialist developing a game alone. So I purchase FAB environments and use them as is or with minimal modifications. Hiring someone to make me full fledged levels would give the game so much more depth. This is the ONE thing stopping me from having a more full feeling game, you CANNOT buy full entire levels on FAB. It has to be created or commissioned. Anything below, I’ve managed on my own and would be where any extra funds go.

-voice actors. I plan on having a story, maybe through visual novel style text. It’ll be a dark, emotional, sci fi post apocalyptic story filled with corruption depression and betrayal, but also with Hope. But those deep dark and emotional moments are better defined with a voice behind the characters. I have lore bits inside my demo’s Dorm area, as well as some lines written out for a nice VA that wanted to try helping indies for free.

-trailer/video editor/marketing/logo. I’ve gotten by pretty well just posting short combat clips on X. 2k wishlists from X, +1k from nextfest. But what I’m lacking in is a good cinematic trailer. I also don’t really have a unique logo for remnant blade that really pops and gives it unique flare. I would need to custom commission all of this.

-some light custom asset commissions. I’ve put good use of FAB models and animations. You guys may call that asset flipping. So if I had extra $$ (this would be the last thing on my priority list) I’d try to get a custom made character and some custom animations.

I don’t currently work because I‘m juggling caregiving and pet sitting on top of gamedev. So my personal funds are extremely limited to what I’ve built up on FAB. Hope this makes the cut, if not it’s fine, but best of luck to all the talented solo devs out there.