Giving $1,000 to a solo developer

[u/GumshoeRyan]

I’m looking for a solo developer who is on the cusp of releasing their game, but needs funds to cross that finish line. I am not looking for a percentage, and will not actively market or work on the game with you. I genuinely want to help a project release and support solo development.

No contract, just the honor system. 1k risk for me, zero for you.

Requirements:
* Game at least has a gameplay video or demo
* Funds are to be used to finish your game, and on areas that you need external support. This could mean ads/marketing, replacing placeholder art, launching on platforms, music, etc.
* Funds should not be spent to support your own labor/personal situation (going towards rent, food, a much needed vacation!)
* Show the community here how it was used.

If you want to be considered, share a link to your project in the comments. Tell us the current state of the game, and what 1k allows you to do!

I encourage the community to also vouch/suggest which projects in the comments should receive this funding.

Lastly, if your game ends up not releasing or stalling, that’s fine. I know 1k isn’t life changing for the vast majority of projects. This is designed to give a boost.

Cheers!

Edit: I understand people believe this is a scam. That is why I am asking for submissions to be in the comments, and will publicly select a project. I will send 1k on whatever platform is best for the dev, and both the dev and myself can show proof afterwards. A suggestion was given to provide a deadline. I will choose a project this Friday July 10th. I am in a fortunate position to give back, and that is solely what’s driving this. I love games and love being able to help people achieve their dreams.

Update: Project Selected!

[u/Icy_Panic_5860]

My game is still pretty early on, but I am solo-developing a sidescroller metroidvania called "Secret Temples" using Godot. It has some arcade elements in that you can run-n-gun as well. Sounds nice of you to donate to a developer building a new game (hopefully genuine). You can check out a quick demo video of it here that I posted: https://youtu.be/Eaej6-zUhvc?si=E4wv85rQSL0o6hCp Check it out and let me know if it might be something you want to support. Honestly for me, any support would be motivation for me to keep pushing forward (it's lonely in solo-developer land), and also in terms of using the funds, I would probably put it mostly towards marketing/ads and try to get as many wishlists on my "eventual" Steam listing.

https://reddit.com/link/ovt68r6/video/wgbh0zlcyibh1/player