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I am developing a game at the moment and I am planning on launching it on steam.

Might also do the play store and apple app store as the game runs fine on mobile as well.

How much do you guys spend on marketing and what sort of results do you get, also what tactics, channels, etc do you use.

mercstudios

https://discord.gg/tBxGST5Ep

Its 1:20am here though at the moment (Ireland)

So it might be better if we talk tomorrow.

Actually looks good, are you going to release an English version?

So I just want to say thank you very much for your feedback.

I have some bad news, I downloaded your game and launched it, the screen with the guy in the spacesuit by the door launched , then when I went to launch mission I just got a black screen with beeping. I exited the game with task manager 3 times and it was only on the 3rd load when I hit escape that another menu came up and I was able to get in to the game. (The Continue, main menu)

First impression, nice graphics but very dark in places.I found the beeping computer with the cryo logs, ate an apple. Found the hover flash light, turned on the radio.(Nice touch) Not sure what the E on the robot is for besides turning suck on and off, 

Went into the dark room directly oposite the apple room, found an E switch there and clicked it, now I am stuck in the wall and cant move besides turning around. I have a hammer I can swing but I am stuck.

Reloaded, I got in again it just took a wait with the black screen and beeping.

Got the hammer the second time without getting jammed, just got gassed.

Woke up, found the door code, its not working, second time stuck, think I am going to call it quits.

Stubborn, tried again, same code finally worked, not sure why it didnt work before, possibly because I hit a few random digits first before I found the keypad. Keypad should auto reset when you exit out of it.

You need a save option so someone can save the game and come back to it.

So with regard the slow loading, that could be my windows laptop, its an old windows 10 laptop, Core i5, 7th gen with about 40 waterfox tabs open. I think you game has huge potential, it just needs more testing. It looks good, nice map ambience, get a save function added and I can test it some more. I am sort of invested now but it also feels like a bit of a grind. 

Will do one more run until I get stuck again.

I did the drone pilot thing and saw the ghost figure.

Got to the find the hidden word part, tried cloud, nebula, ocean, ((the sirens got really annoying)).

Calling it quits. Really needs a save function. 

Well game development is a bit new to me. I have 20+ years of web design/development and SEO/online marketing etc but I have no experience in getting testers or launching a successful game. I have a fair idea about marketing but I am thinking if I could find a games publisher to help me promote the game that would be great. The organization so far has just been me developing the game and getting feedback from a few friends. I have no idea of what steps I might be missing, its all sort of new to me.

Possibly because its still in the in development stage, or its default language is Chinese.

Not sure really.

Hi Seba.

I have been developing a game over the past few months, I have put an insane amount of work into it. Over 1000 hours so far and I would love to know what you think and can you help me. It plays in a browser and you can find it here.

https://mercstudios.com/play/startalon331

Graphics are super basic and at first glance I thought it was going to be terrible but the play is actually ok and the bot difficulty is probably about the right balance.

Hi Darius.

I am on Linux now and would have to break out my windows laptop to play and test it but the screenshots look good.

If you are willing to give me some pre release feedback on my game I will do the same for you.

https://mercstudios.itch.io/startalon?secret=m8ATWJJ9ZRNzxJTPUtq6Dy9ncs

If you are still doing reviews for reviews let me know.

I am running linux also and you can play mine in a web browser.

https://mercstudios.itch.io/startalon?secret=m8ATWJJ9ZRNzxJTPUtq6Dy9ncs

Your game description sounds very similar to the game I am developing.

My alpha is still in draft but if you want to have a play and give me some feedback I will do the same for you.

Mine: https://mercstudios.itch.io/startalon?secret=m8ATWJJ9ZRNzxJTPUtq6Dy9ncs

Pretty sure most people do not speak polish yet a huge part of the text for the game/demo is in polish.

So when you say the latest version do you mean the free version on here or the paid version on steam?

Fast response.

So not in version 1.2.2?

How do I get to the scene with the girl in the pig nose. 

I played it on easy mode, the free version for Linux and I seem to have run out of options and completed almost everything