Developers taking advantage of www.indieproofing.co.uk's services, or even just seeing what we have on offer, may find some of the following sites useful for current or future games. All are themselves run by independents and are recommended for their professional service and support.
A major problem affecting many small developers is the range of computer systems in the market. The game you spend months on may work fine on your own machine, but when you release it you get a number of reports of crashes, glitches and bugs caused by the different specifications of your customers' machines. VSB Labs offer a range of services to test your product on a wide range of computers, hardware, specifications, configurations and settings. If you're ready to release and need to shake out as many bugs as you can, VSB Labs can help.
IGB offers professional business services for game developers. These include a newsletter creation and distribution service, a press release distribution service and online high score table management. Give your game's marketing that all important boost.
A popular site for independent game reviews, submit a review request for your game and get some balanced, well-written exposure.
Created using specialised sound editing software, IndieSFX provides a range of sound effects on a number of themed CD-Roms. If you'd like your own effects especially made, Mark can do that too.