Distribution & Growth Strategy
Kr0n0z Studios LLC — February 2026
141K+
Indexed Records
7
Databases
10
MCP Tools
2ms
Search Speed
$0
Distribution Cost
TIER 1 Highest Leverage — Do These First

MCP Registries

1
Official MCP Registry MCP
registry.modelcontextprotocol.io — Publish via mcp-publisher CLI. Canonical directory that Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf all pull from.
2
punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers MCP
One PR → auto-syncs to Glama.ai too. Two listings for one PR.
3
Smithery.ai MCP
smithery mcp publish — One of the largest MCP aggregators, 4,000+ servers listed.
4
Cline MCP Marketplace MCP
Submit via GitHub issue with logo. Cline is one of the biggest AI coding assistants in VS Code. Puts APOLLO directly in front of devs while they code.
5
modelcontextprotocol/servers MCP
PR to the Community Servers section of the official MCP GitHub repo.

Developer Marketplaces

6
VS Code Extension Marketplace MARKETPLACE
Publish the Kr0n0z extension. 30M+ users. The .vsix is already built — just needs a publisher account.
7
Product Hunt MARKETPLACE
Time it with the MCP launch. Lead: “141K game dev records searchable by your AI.” 2.7M monthly visitors.
8
Hacker News (Show HN) MARKETPLACE
Link to GitHub. Lead with the Trinity compression tech and MCP angle. HN loves novel databases and niche tools.
9
DevHunt MARKETPLACE
devhunt.org — Developer-focused Product Hunt alternative. Lower competition, real GitHub-verified voting.

API Directories

10
public-apis/public-apis API
300K+ stars — one of the most-starred repos on GitHub. Add APOLLO under “Games” + “Development.”
TIER 2 Game Dev Communities — Build Presence

Reddit (value-first posts)

11
r/gamedev COMMUNITY
1.9M members. Lead: “I built a searchable database of 51K shaders with full source code.”
12
r/godot COMMUNITY
300K+ members. Show GDScript lookups with code examples. 532 Godot records with example_code.
13
r/shaders & r/GraphicsProgramming COMMUNITY
Shader database angle — 51K searchable shaders with full GLSL/HLSL source.

Discord Servers

14
Godot Cafe + Official Godot COMMUNITY
86K + 64K members. Engage first, promote second.
15
Phaser & Defold Discords COMMUNITY
Official Phaser (12K) — you have 84 Phaser code examples. Defold community — 95 Defold code examples.
16
Graphics Programming Discord COMMUNITY
21K members. Shader and GPU data angle.

Forums & Social

17
Godot Forum COMMUNITY
forum.godotengine.org — Post in Resources section.
18
GameDev.net COMMUNITY
Graphics and GPU Programming section. Long-standing game dev community.
19
itch.io Community COMMUNITY
Tech Discussion devlogs — indie devs looking for tools.
20
Twitter / X COMMUNITY
Hashtags: #gamedev #indiedev #godot #shaders #indiedevhour. Post short video demos. GIFs get 3-5x more engagement.
TIER 3 Education — The Long Game
21
GitHub Student Developer Pack EDUCATION
Apply as Resource Partner. Dedicated server infrastructure with bulk seat provisioning. One teacher = 30-150 students/year.
22
CSTA (CS Teachers Association) EDUCATION
Submit as teaching resource. Present at annual conference. Schools are the highest-retention customer segment.
23
r/CSEducation & r/learnprogramming EDUCATION
4M+ combined members. Organic engagement with learning-focused content.
24
awesome-learn-gamedev EDUCATION
PR to add as learning resource in curated GitHub list.
TIER 4 Supplemental — Fill In Over Time
25
RapidAPI API
List the REST API on the largest API marketplace.
26
AlternativeTo MARKETPLACE
Position as alternative to DevDocs/Dash for game dev.
27
Dev.to COMMUNITY
Write 2-3 technical articles. Example: “How I Built a 141K Record Game Dev Knowledge Base.”
28
Postman Public API Network API
Publish an APOLLO collection for easy API testing.
29
Additional MCP Directories MCP
mcp.so, PulseMCP, mcpservers.org, MCPMarket — secondary MCP aggregators for completeness.
30
awesome-gamedev GitHub Lists COMMUNITY
Multiple curated repos — PRs to each relevant list.

The Pitch That Works — By Audience

MCP Registries
Give Claude access to 141K real game dev docs instead of hallucinations.
Game Dev Communities
51K searchable shaders with full source code. Free.
Education
$2/seat. Dedicated server access. Bulk provisioning for entire classrooms.
Hacker News
Custom compression engine indexes 141K docs in 23MB RAM. Now searchable via MCP.
Product Hunt
The game dev knowledge layer for AI. 7 databases. Sub-second search.

Suggested Rollout Timeline

Week 1
  • MCP Registries — Submit to all 5 MCP directories (#1-5)
  • VS Code Marketplace — Create publisher account, publish Kr0n0z extension (#6)
  • public-apis — Submit PR to add APOLLO under Games + Development (#10)
Week 2
  • Product Hunt — Schedule launch, prepare assets and screenshots (#7)
  • Hacker News — Post Show HN with Trinity compression angle (#8)
  • DevHunt — Submit for developer voting (#9)
Week 3-4
  • Reddit — Value-first posts to r/gamedev, r/godot, r/shaders (#11-13)
  • Discord — Join and engage in Godot, Phaser, Defold communities (#14-16)
  • Forums — Post in Godot Forum, GameDev.net, itch.io (#17-19)
  • Twitter/X — Start posting video demos with gamedev hashtags (#20)
Month 2+
  • Education — Apply to GitHub Student Pack, contact CSTA (#21-24)
  • API directories — RapidAPI, Postman collections (#25, 28)
  • Content — Dev.to articles, AlternativeTo listing (#26-27)
  • Supplemental MCP — Fill in remaining directories (#29-30)
Kr0n0z Studios LLC — APOLLO Gaming Knowledge Platform
Every channel listed is free. The only cost is time.