IndieSam Exposure! - The show where Samven plays your games!

[Samven]

This is something I've been thinking about for a while now and so, with DerVVulfman's blessing (funny how all my best ideas seem to be run through him first these days), I'm finally gonna do it. What is "it", you may ask? Why, it's the one, the only...

INDIESAM EXPOSURE

This is going to be a new show of mine on YouTube where I take the games put together by amateur designers and do a little playthrough/review of them. Amateur game development has been a longtime passion of mine and I think it deserves to get a bit more recognition. I'm told that there's a German RPG Maker Let's Play community but it's not a huge thing for us English-speaking types. I think this is something that should be rectified, hence the creation of IndieSam Exposure!

Whatever you've made them with - be it Game Maker, RPG Maker, Flash, an engine you've been designing yourself - it doesn't matter. If you want me to give it a bit of exposure to the gaming world by giving it a play and maybe even some constructive critique, then play and critique I shall! Updates will be posted here on Save-Point and also on my personal website, Pywritechnics: where you can find examples of my review style.

I'm aiming to make each review somewhere between four and six minutes long and have set up a new YouTube channel for the project: Pure Awesamness. As I continue preparing it, though, I'd like to spread the word to get some interest and hopefully some submissions for our first few episodes.

While I'll be reviewing all manner of indie games in time, I felt I should give you fine folks here at the Save-Point community the chance to be the first ones on the show. So, if you'd like me to showcase your game to the world, please drop me a line!

You can send me your games by replying to this thread, sending me them via Save-Point's Private Messaging or by emailing me at sdr1107@mac.com You can also get in touch with me my via Skype address, sam.tbd Don't be shy! This is a show about getting you and your work out there! You know you want that.

Once again, it can be a game you've made with anything from RPG Maker to Flash. It doesn't even have to be the full product. I'm more than happy to review demos or beta versions on this show. All I ask is that your submission follows these rules:

1. No pornographic games. There's nothing indecent about my kind of exposure.
2. You can submit any game at any stage of completion. Demos, betas, full games... However, it must be at least 15 minutes long. Anything shorter than that will hard to review. There is no limit on maximum length.
3. Your game must be playable on a PC. I do not have the necessary equipment to record XBLA titles or the like.
4. You must be prepared to take some criticism. Please bear that in mind, however, that any criticism I have will NOT be malicious. If I have things to point out, it's because I want to help you find your weaknesses and how you can to improve upon them.
5. Commercial games will be accepted for submission but you must send a free copy of them. Just think of it as you paying me to help advertise your game with the product itself.

This will hopefully be the start of something beautiful, funny and that really contributes to the amateur development community: so please send your games and let's get this show on the road!