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IDEAS ON HOW TO MARKET MY GAME BETTER

A topic by SnapGamesStudios created Aug 10, 2024 Views: 161 Replies: 3
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I'm struggling to find people for my game demo on Itch and I need your help.

WHAT IS MY GAME?

I'm making a stylized 3d arcade racing game where you race for pink slips. if you don't know what they are they basically mean if you win you take the rival's car. if you lose you lose your car, a bit like a roguelike you start with a low-end car and must progress to a high-end car from winning races against an AI car

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MARKET SO FAR?

I have been doing some marketing on Reddit, Twitter and Discord I have started to do some YouTube shorts on the progress of the game (NOT DEVLOGS) on Reddit, Twitter and Discord I post updates on the game like new car models new maps and new features in the following formats image and text

WHAT ARE THE STATS SO FAR?

as of posting the itch page stats are 494 views, 69 downloads, 0 ratings,13 collections saved, 10 comments, 181 Impressions over 7d, 2.21% CTR

these stats are worse than normal for me which is around 1k views

WHERE CAN I PLAY THE GAME?

if you want to get a better understanding of what the game is then here is the link to the itch page it is free and playable on Windows and Linux https://snapgamesstudios.itch.io/race-for-glory

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO MARKET MY GAME BETTER?

one advice I can give you is to make the game easier to market 🤔
give people who make streams, trailers or just screenshots for the game an easier job:
put some landmarks on the tracks (instead of just generic tracks)
maybe some portraits for the drivers (something humorous perhaps)
and in a racing game cars are everything
make them as flashy and robust as possible

you seem to have a concept that has the potential to stand out
but you need to drive it home (pardon the expression 🤭)
right now it feels a bit too basic
(I learned this lesson the hard way myself making one of the most generic RTS games ever 😓 )

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collaboration with other creators if possible

Create traffic. I've found more links the better preferably ones that remain prominent e.g a forum or website. More seeds cast into the soil creates a higher yield