Kanban and decks
Decks, cards, and lanes you actually use: features, bugs, polish, spikes. Filter by milestone without cloning a 40-field issue type forest.
For indies
An indie game task tracker that respects focus
Brainloot helps indie makers track game tasks without drowning in templates. Pull a Hand, enter Focus Mode, pin cards to Unity objects, and ship the build.
What an indie crew actually uses
Six pieces. Not twenty dashboards. Icon beside the title, charcoal cards, full rail width.
My Hand
A small active set with a real WIP cap. Pull a few cards, ship them, then draw again. The rest of the board stays visible and quiet.
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Focus Mode
Full-screen Hand with checklist, comments, and a timer. The board noise stays outside so you can move a mesh, write a system, or cut a scene.
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Scene pins
Attach a card to the GameObject, prefab, or script you are editing. Open the same work from Scene View. Not a private sticky pad.
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Discord
Keep Discord as the hallway. Feedback and status can become tracked cards so channels do not turn into a second backlog.
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Collectible cards
Cards look like loot you finish, not tickets you archive. XP makes closing work feel tangible without turning the board into a toy.
Small Hand. Big progress.
Indies do not need twenty dashboards. My Hand keeps three to five cards hot. Focus Mode removes board noise. XP makes finishing feel good without fake social proof walls.
Discord stays for playtest pings. The board stays for what you will actually ship this week. That split is how small teams survive a milestone.
Unity companion when you are ready
Start on web for free. Add Unity Bridge Scene pins when alt-tabbing starts costing you evenings. Unreal Bridge is next.
Skip the enterprise kit
You do not need ShotGrid, a GDD metrics suite, or a 40-field Jira workflow to ship a jam. If a publisher later forces a heavy tracker, keep it for reporting and keep Brainloot for the Hand. See compare when you are shopping.
FAQ
- Is Brainloot a good indie game task tracker?
- Yes if you want a focused board with Hand WIP limits, Focus Mode, and optional Unity Scene pins. Free to start without enterprise setup.
- Do I need a big studio to use Scene pins?
- No. Solo and small indie crews benefit most from object pinning when one person context-switches between Scene View and the board all day.
- Can I stay on the free plan?
- Yes to start. Solo Pro is there when you hit caps. You do not need Team seats to ship a jam or a first Steam page.
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Ready to level up your workflow?
Start free, pull a few cards into My Hand, and ship from one studio board.