Or I am sisyphus 🫠

Oh no worries! Primarily, just would love to say hi, learn more about the project and the team. If you guys are looking for publishing support, I would love to explore that too. Feel free to DM!

Other scouts might use it differently (...if you do, please share cuz I am curious to learn as well..!) but at least these are small reminders and tips in case it is helpful in anyway for y'all attending GDC soon!

Hope everyone's GDC tetris is going well! <3

We're currently working on xxx, a (genre) that you (USP)

(Insert a link to a deck, a video, website...)

We (current status) e.g. have a playable ready and look for a development funding of xxx USD.

Would love to have a chat at upcoming GDC!

(Your email signatures)

Hi NAME

I'm NAME from STUDIO, a development studio based in xxx, (optional details: member background, team size, specialization)

(Optional: if we met) We met at last GAME EVENT and ...

(Optional: track record) Our previous title XXX was published by xxx and (accomplishment)

(...)

And then I also get a BUNCH of meeting requests, which to be truthful, I get lazy with as it piles up HIGH closer to the date.

Honestly just a link or two to click already grabs my attention way better than lots of text and no links.

So here's some very basic meeting request template you can use

More on 4.

Personally at this stage, I look for visual references of the gameplay+ budget range. They are the quickest thing to be able to tell if we are a good fit or not.

A deck>>One pager>a video>>>>>>>>text without visuals

..sometimes some crazy one liner concept works for me but rarely

2. Is Interested in:
"looking for a publisher for our upcoming title xxx"

Make sure these first sentences are visible on attendees view!

3. Add a logo:
Without it, I am more likely to scroll pass... don't ask why lol

4. Add website:
Social media, Steam Page, Google drive link, itch, SOMETHING!

These are what I look for during that process;

1. Clear first sentence in Company Profile:
"xxx is an indie studio based in yyy specialized in zzz games"👍
This not so much: "xxx is dedicated to creating player focused...."

Hi Fred! Voidling Bound looks so cool! Would you be up for a little chat with a curious indie game scout sometime? 👀

Good one!

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Shout out to @stroopwaffle.bsky.social because he is half the picture too lol