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promoting

A topic by Strain studios created Jan 13, 2024 Views: 1,338 Replies: 9
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whys and help on promoting your game

how do i promote my game

Build up an audience. Advertising 

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Step 1. Have a game worth promoting.

Step 2. Do the free stuff.

Step 3. Be visible and maybe do real promotion.

I cannot tell if your games are interesting to play, but your profile is empty. The thumbnails for your 4 games are non informative. None of those looks like it would be for a game worth my time. Ok, maybe one of them. Turned out it is not the one you actually provided screenshots though.

Your game descriptions are basically non existing. My answering post is longer then the 4 descriptions for your 4 games combined.

If you have trouble making the game look interesting, maybe imagine telling a friend about a game you know. Would you use only one sentence? What screenshots would you show to your friend to make the game look interesting? What key words (tags) would you use to describe the game?

That is all free stuff. The real promotion things are variable in cost and effort and there are many threads here that ask the same question. So maybe look there for inspiration.

But you should have something you can actually direct people to. What use would it be, to have a link to your game appear somewhere, only for people to click that link and find a game with half a sentence description and a non commiting screenshot. Just look at the games you like to play, how they look and maybe imitate them in your own style.

ty so much im trying to make my game I-Live look better and yes i understand that the games are basicly non existing again Thanks

we should help promote games we play and enjoy. It's the way to help the devs that work so hard in entertaining us.

you are true legend 

I think that the best way to self-promote is to join to a lot of jams. In that way you will have a lot of people playing your game and maybe some of them also have a look to your other projects

Here are some few things to do to make your game visible:

  1. Build and stay engaged in the community. This can help other people notice you and your work. Being an active community member can also help you discover interesting perspectives and engage with other game dev.
  2. Promote your game through social media like Facebook or youtube. Itch offers a release announcement thread to let others find your newly released project. One thing to note is to value other people's time. People won't appreciate link dumping. Good posts will have content that will engage and interest other people.
  3. Be consistent and post devlogs. This can help create a good community for your game even before release and also creates a space for you to share your progress.
  4. Have good looking itch page and thumbnail. First impression is the best impression. Put some effort into the game pages and thumbnails. This can help hook potential players and increase ctr. Make it something that stands out amongst thousands of other games.
  5. Join game jams. These are wholesome experiences and can also help your game get a quick boost of views upon release.

Overall, these are my personal opinions. There are lots of other ways to market and promote your games. Se what suits you. Have fun developing.