I'm working on a motion controlled fencing game (http://chrisswordguy.itch.io/fencing-sim)<p>Besides game development, I have a big interest in startup web development, and thought this would be an interesting opportunity to try out a lot of cheap/free services catering to small businesses.<p>Currently I'm using:
Asana, to coordinate team members, which is pretty nice but too email-naggy by default for my tastes.<p>Mail Chimp, to make pretty emails after fiddling with them for too long.<p>itch.io, which makes it super easy to host your game on its service, but is a bit limited feature wise, and doesn't generate as much exposure as larger/more exclusive markets do.<p>I'm curious what other services would be cool to experiment with. Some of my more pressing needs are:
- Finding visual/audio artists, especially 3d modelers, to work with without a lot of upfront payment.
- Doing less work to keep on top of social media stuff in my field (motion control/VR)
- Meeting people who could be really helpful for the game's development, especially journalists.
- Marketing, especially market research.