Real-time availability heatmaps for frictionless game team syncs.
Remote indie game developers struggle to coordinate distributed teams across time zones, causing frequent delays in sprints and game builds.
GameOverlap generates dynamic heatmaps showing team overlap hours, optimized for daily standups, reviews, and builds. It suggests optimal meeting slots and tracks attendance across timezones to minimize no-shows. Indie teams coordinate faster with one-click scheduling tied to game dev cadences like daily scrums.
Remote indie game developers managing distributed teams across multiple time zones
Heatmap-first interface with game dev presets for standups, playtests, and crunch avoidance.
supportive
Interactive daily/weekly team overlap visualization.
AI-suggested slots maximizing attendance.
Book meetings with auto-invites and timezone conversion.
Async video/text standups timestamped to local times.
Log participation and flag timezone offenders.
Game dev templates for dailies, reviews, builds.
Sync to Google/Outlook with adjustments.
Notifications for low-overlap days.
Weekly sync efficiency summaries.
Responsive heatmap on phones.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| timezone | text | No |
| availability_start | int | No |
| availability_end | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| team_id | uuid | No |
| slot_utc | timestamp | No |
| type | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| meeting_id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| attended | bool | No |
Relationships:
/api/teamsCreate team
/api/heatmapGenerate team heatmap
/api/meetingsSuggest and book slot
/api/standupsUpload async standup
/api/attendances/:meetingIdLog attendance
/api/presetsFetch schedule presets
10 users
50 users
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 80 | 3% | $60 | $720 |
| Month 6 | 700 | 7% | $1,225 | $14,700 |
GameOverlap's heatmaps end timezone guesswork for standups and builds.
Share heatmap demo video on Twitter #gamedev, tag indie influencers. Join GameDev Discord servers, poll on timezone pains, convert responders to beta. Email itch.io top remote teams from leaderboards.
Poll-based scheduling
No ongoing team tracking
Persistent heatmaps + game presets
Calendar optimization
Not game-dev focused
Standup integration
Network effects from shared team heatmaps and attendance data.
Surge in async tools demand as indie teams grow more distributed.
Heatmap perf on large teams
Optimize with caching
Competition from free calendars
Niche game dev UX
Success: 50 signups
Success: 3 paying users
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