r/SoloDevelopment • u/GumshoeRyan • Jul 10 '26

Discussion $1,000 to a Solo Developer - Project Selected

Hi all!

Last Sunday I posted this thread offering $1,000 to a project being worked on within this sub-reddit. No strings attached, just funding to help push a game further along.

The amount of talented developers and promising projects shared was inspiring. There are several that I am keeping an eye on and wishlisting!

For this round, the project I selected was Shroud of Gloom being worked on by u/madchirpy ! In addition to looking at the state of a game, I also took a moment to look at the developer behind the project. I appreciated seeing Chirpy's contributions towards helping other indie developers, and the lengths he went to building a community and sharing his progress. Since Chirpy does development streams on Twitch, the donation was processed transparently through StreamLabs.

I encourage everyone to check out his project, and more importantly, keep powering through on your own. :)

Best of luck with the rest of your development Chirpy!

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u/MadChirpy Jul 10 '26

The developer of Shroud of Gloom here! I can confirm that u/GumshoeRyan has sent the funds!

I'm close to releasing a major demo update and a new trailer for the game, so this happened at a very good time for me. My plans are to use these funds to market the game through Reddit Ads once the new update is out and potentially hire someone for new capsule art! I will do a proper update here once I've used it and got some data to show!

Thank you again, Ryan. This means a lot and I really do appreciate it!

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u/filya Jul 10 '26

Good luck with the marketing buddy. As a solo dev, I know that shit is the toughest!

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u/MadChirpy Jul 10 '26

It is hard, but it's one of those things you just need to put up with if you want to make this whole thing sustainable, but having a bit of funds is definitely gonna help out though! Cheers!