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Can you promote on r/IndieGaming?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.
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A place for indie games
What its rules say about promotion
Self-promotion
Please abide by [Reddit's spam guidelines](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043504051-Spam). When promoting a game or sharing development progress, please make only **one submission every two weeks**. Do not post the same content repeatedly. Please do not submit the following content: * Let's Plays or Streams
Generative AI
If your game heavily utilizes or relies on GenAI, please do not post it here. **If GenAI was involved in any aspect of your game's development or promotion, you MUST declare its usage and what it was used for in your submission.**
What its rules say about AI and bots
Generative AI
If your game heavily utilizes or relies on GenAI, please do not post it here. **If GenAI was involved in any aspect of your game's development or promotion, you MUST declare its usage and what it was used for in your submission.**
All 8 rules of r/IndieGaming
- Submission requirements
Your account must be at least 1 week old and have an actual posting history. Until that time, you may comment, just not submit anything. **Users may only make 1 submission every 2 weeks**. - What to submit
* Articles, reviews, videos, and trailers from their original source. Aim for high-quality content relevant to indie gaming. * Original content. Devlogs, gifs, screenshots, etc. * Discussion oriented text posts Additional information and guidelines can be found [on our wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/wiki/submit). - Self-promotion
Please abide by [Reddit's spam guidelines](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043504051-Spam). When promoting a game or sharing development progress, please make only **one submission every two weeks**. Do not post the same content repeatedly. Please do not submit the following content: * Let's Plays or Streams - Bad types of content
Please do not submit the following types of content: * Store pages with no/little context. * Memes, macros, "funny" screenshots and so on. * Articles that just quote news from bigger sites without adding content or discussion. * Video articles. That's an article with a video and no article at all. Submit the video instead. * Non-English posts. If you link to an article or video that isn't in English you must provide an English translation. * Mobile links/link shorteners/Direct Downloads - Asset flipping
If you are trying to flip a game quickly to make easy money, this rule is for you. We don't want any games that are obvious asset flips plaguing the subreddit. If you put in actual work into your game, you have nothing to worry about. We just don't want this sub to be filled with Digital Homicide quality games. - Generative AI
If your game heavily utilizes or relies on GenAI, please do not post it here. **If GenAI was involved in any aspect of your game's development or promotion, you MUST declare its usage and what it was used for in your submission.** - Piracy and leaks
Posting or discussing pirated or leaked content is grounds for an immediate permaban. - No adult content
**Pornographic and/or sexually explicit content is not allowed.**
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
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