GDL Partners

Reach the people making games.

Put your product, service or opportunity in front of the UK indie game development community.

Game Dev Local connects thousands of developers, studios and games professionals through our website, Discord, social channels, newsletter, podcast and events.

If you can help them, we can help you reach them.

Useful beats advertising.

We don't want to fill our community with generic adverts.

We work with organisations that offer something genuinely useful to game developers, and create promotions that feel relevant rather than intrusive.

Every partner is reviewed before promotion.

Choose your partnership

Single Activation

One focused promotional push.

Perfect for a product launch, announcement, offer or one-off campaign.

From £195

Includes a tailored promotional feature across selected GDL channels, with options including:

Website
Social media
Discord
Newsletter
Community offer

One activation. One objective. One clear push.

[Start a Single Activation]

GDL Campaign

Make a bigger impact.

For launches and marketing campaigns that need a coordinated approach across multiple GDL channels.

From £995

We'll work with you to build a campaign around your objectives, audience and budget.

Potential campaign elements include:

Content
Social
Discord
Newsletter
Podcast
Events
GDLX activation
Community offers
Performance reporting

[Plan a Campaign]

Featured Partner

Stay visible for longer.

A 30-day promotional package designed to give your product or service repeated exposure across GDL.

From £495

Includes:

Featured website placement
Dedicated partner feature
Social promotion
Discord promotion
Newsletter inclusion
Developer offer
Campaign tracking

[Become a Featured Partner]

Annual Partner

Build a relationship with the community.

For organisations that want an ongoing presence within the UK indie development ecosystem.

From £2,500/year

Annual partnerships can include:

Multiple activations
Year-round visibility
GDL events
GDLX opportunities
Workshops and talks
Content and podcast opportunities
Community offers
Bespoke collaborations

[Talk to Us]

How it works

01. Apply

Tell us about your organisation, product or service and what you're looking to achieve.

02. We review

We check relevance, quality, credibility and community value.

03. We build

If there's a good fit, we'll recommend the right partnership for you.

04. We activate

Your campaign goes live across the agreed GDL channels.

Our community comes first.

We don't accept every partner.

We look for products and services that are:

Relevant
Useful to game developers and studios.

Credible
Transparent, legitimate and professional.

Valuable
Offering something worth developers' time or money.

Appropriate
Aligned with the GDL community and our standards.

We reserve the right to decline or remove partnerships that don't meet these standards.

Give developers something back.

GDL Recommended

GDL Community Offers

The best partnerships benefit everyone.

Give GDL developers an exclusive:

Discount · Free Trial · Credit · Resource · Consultation · Special Offer

Community offers can be included within your partnership or discussed as part of your application.

Trusted resources for indie developers.

We're building a curated collection of products, services and resources that we believe are genuinely useful to game developers.

Paid promotion does not automatically mean recommendation.

Our community's trust comes first.

Ready to reach developers?

Tell us what you're building, who it's for and what you'd like to achieve.

Let's create something useful for the community and valuable for your organisation.

[Become a GDL Partner]