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Two weeks until "release" and almost no one knows my game...

Beosar · 2019-09-06T05:34:45

Hi. I have developed a game for 5 years and today I finally got it to the point where I can actually show it to people without feeling terrible. Until today, the characters didn't have textures and animations... I released the game in an unfinished state on Steam Early Access back in April 2018 but didn't do any sort of marketing because of the missing textures and animations. I took it off Steam for various reasons including algorithm changes, the 30% fee, etc. I had the time to work on it without the pressure of having to release an update every month (so I could work on a big update) and a few days ago I finally got everything I need from 2 freelancers that I paid with the money I made on Steam. I essentially have the USP that it's a block game with procedurally generated quests/storylines and smaller blocks (0.5m). Other features include a universe with space ships, different "classes" based on the player's weapon, crafting, etc. It's basically a mix between Starbound and CubeWorld. I think I know most of the stuff about marketing for indie games - or at least know where to find it - but I have no idea what I should do now. It's still an in-development game (I don't want to call it "Early Access", that sounds pretty negative given all the failed projects on Steam) and I need to get a lot of people to buy it in order to develop all the features I want it to have. I will create a trailer tomorrow and then what? Which YouTubers/Streamers do I approach? Which news websites? I think it's not your typical indie game, there is a lot of advanced programming involved to create such a game so it is pretty unique I think. So do all those indie marketing guides really apply here? I have almost 0 budget for marketing except for the stuff I can do myself. The thing is... I have never done marketing before so even though I can read thousands of guides I still don't really know where to start. Does anyone have any useful advice for me?

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Started by Beosar July 14, 2019 11:41 PM

42 comments, last by The Gamerrr 4 years, 9 months ago

The Gamerrr

September 03, 2019 06:23 AM

You should definitely make it free for a while or even give out coupons. In the meawhile checkout https://www.reddit.com/r/playmygame/

Beosar

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September 05, 2019 12:03 PM

Thank you, but the people on r/playmygame are just interested in free games and won't spend money on it anyway. I already tried to promote it there, it didn't help at all.

The Gamerrr

September 06, 2019 05:34 AM

the problem is discovery brother! and there simply doesn't exist a place where gamers can ably discover you and in turn you find gamers of intent. Check out playworthy.io, its a user generated discovery platform. You could try your luck there. Have you tried reaching out to any influencers?

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