Social Media for Game Devs!

How to use social media as a game developer? What are the best social media platforms for game devs? Which social media platforms should you be on? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube? Where should you promote your game?

Here is everything I talk about in this video:
00:41 - Do you need to be on social media as a game developer?
01:36 - Is it worth it to spend that much time on social media?
02:29 - Be only on one or on multiple social media platforms?
05:01 - As a game developer, which platform should you start with?
06:17 - How to grow on social media?
10:27 - Use social media to listen and communicate, not just to push out content.
12:09 - When should you start showing and promoting your game?
12:51 - You think you won't get addicted? Think again.

I started using social media excessively two months ago and this video is what I've learned so far. If you want to become a successful game developer and want to gain some traction for your game project, there is no way around social media, because social media means free attention and free marketing! Who would say no to free marketing? Making games is not just about making games. People actually need to find your games before the can play them, so putting yourself out there and marketing your game matters as well!

There are so many questions. Which social media platform should you start with for marketing your indie game and sharing your game development process online? How do you grow on social media as a game dev and what are the best social media platforms for indie game developers like us? How to promote your game online? How to do marketing for your indie game project? I hope this video gives you a solid starting point to answer these questions. I'm still learning, so we'll see how it turns out for me.

Do you have any questions about how to act and post on social media as a game developer? Feel free to ask and I'll try to answer with my limited knowledge. Hope we can start a little discussion about marketing and promoting games online. What's the best way to go about it?

[JonasTyroller]

Which social media platforms are you on?
Feel free to link to your accounts here. :)

[NotFamousReal]

This is still pretty solid info Jonas, thanks!

[BartMamzer]

I feel like making game art would get a lot more traction than just plain gamedev. Even looking at your channel, you got a lot more views when you made a video about making art.

[uncannedwatermelon]

You have short hair :0 I can’t believe how old is this video, I am a big fan

[BartMamzer]

Yeah, I have twitter, fb and instagram and just post the same thing everywhere using buffer. Youtube would be awesome, but it kinda looks like the audience isn't that big and it would require a lot more work.

[WangleLine]

Yeah, I removed the videos that aren't related to game development and it feels great :D

[bluegoodev]

Thanks, great video! Do you think we should have a social media account for your company or for the game? :)

[goodpixels_]

Uh oh... you look very tired 😮 Or you're just like me, that you are always tired af xD
I have a Twitter account, I have an Instagram account and I have Snapchat, etc. but I can't get used to it. Maybe I don't really use social media like this, because I don't want to get addicted. Or it is, because I am a bit lazy 8)