End 90-day indie game invoice delays with AI-powered automated chasing.
Freelancers working with indie game studios endure rampant 90+ day payment delays on invoices, devastating cash flow and forcing them to take unwanted side gigs.
Freelancers upload invoices and studio details; the platform sends smart reminders, escalates to studio contacts, and tracks responses. Get paid faster without awkward follow-ups, with dashboards showing payment probabilities and cash flow forecasts.
Freelancers (e.g., artists, programmers, designers) contracting with indie game studios
Indie game studio-specific contact database and AI-tailored reminder scripts that reference game dev milestones.
supportive
Upload PDF invoices, auto-extract details, track status in real-time dashboard.
Automated email/Slack reminders with game-dev templates at optimal intervals.
Search curated indie studio contacts, auto-populate for reminders.
AI score predicts payment likelihood based on studio history and responses.
Visualize upcoming payments, delays, and forecasts.
Log all replies, auto-categorize as paid/partial/ghosted.
CSV upload for multiple invoices.
User-editable templates with variables.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| stripe_id | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| studio_name | text | No |
| amount | int | No |
| due_date | timestamp | No |
| status | text | No |
| pdf_url | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| contact_email | text | Yes |
| avg_delay_days | int | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| invoice_id | uuid | No |
| sent_at | timestamp | Yes |
| response | text | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/invoicesCreate new invoice
/api/invoices/:idGet invoice details
/api/reminders/send/:invoiceIdSend reminder
/api/studios/searchSearch studios
/api/dashboardUser dashboard data
No AI scoring
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 100 | 3% | $24 | $288 |
| Month 6 | 800 | 8% | $512 | $6,144 |
Stop waiting 90+ days. AI reminders get your invoices paid faster.
Post in r/gamedevclassifieds and r/INAT with a free beta offer; DM 10 freelancers from recent itch.io game credits; share MVP video in IndieHackers Discord game dev channel.
General invoicing
No automation or game niche
AI chasing + indie studio focus
Accounting features
Generic reminders
Game-specific DB and predictions
Curated indie studio contact database grows with user contributions, creating data network effects.
Indie game boom post-Steam success stories, but payment pains rising with more solo devs contracting out.
Low adoption if freelancers prefer manual chase
Validate with 20 interviews pre-build
Email deliverability issues
Use Resend + warm-up
Slow studio directory build
Seed with public data from itch.io/Steam
Success: 10+ confirm pain + WOYLP
Success: 80% report faster payments
Success: 5% conv to paid
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