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[Caspiel]

For the last few months, I've been working on my first game, which I plan on releasing as freeware. I started a personal website and found some free hosting so I could distribute the game when it's finished. The problem is, I don't really know how I would go about spreading the word about my game once it's done.

Since this is a freeware project, I don't plan on spending any money on advertising. I just want to know how I can let people know that my game exists, and maybe even get a few people playing it. It's probably not a major concern right now, since I still have a ways to go before the game is finished, but I still hope to have some kind of idea of how I'm going to do it.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated 

[Hajo]

To talk about it in gaming-related forums usually works a advertisement.

Beyond that you can try to find relevent newsgroups, and post there. If it's good, you can ask some of the shareware/download sites if they are interested in spreading it.

[Craig Stern]

See if you can get it reviewed on game websites. That's more effective than an ad, and it's free.

[Caspiel]

Cool, I'll look in to that, thanks.