Zero Budget Marketing

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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Zero Budget Marketing
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 02:18
therevillsgames	Something to think about Dave for your Chopper game: How to Successfully Market Your Indie Game on a $0 Budget: Linkage
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 02:18
GfK	Will check that out in a bit... vid is a couple of years old and suspect I may have seen it. Won't hurt to brush up tho.
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 03:12
therevillsgames	Slides can be found here https://www.indiegamegirl.com/konsoll-2013/ Basically start talking / marketing about it NOW!
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 03:42
Jayenkai	I once tried Pre-Release "marketing". Hype for BlastTrax was super-high on Twitter, and it was looking like it'd sell at least 20-or-copies to those who were banging on about how good it looked. Didn't. Marketing's all bollocks. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 05:28
cyangames	I tried reaching out to about 50 or so review sites for both android and iOS for Super Grid Run and was met with great reviews from a lot of android review sites, even being mentioned in the top 10 average review scores for android games in 2013 by one in particular. The iOS sites, all disregarded me and it reflected in game sales, over 1000 on google play, just 50 on the app store, with a smattering on the ouya 'n' gamestick. It's worth doing imho, but you have to plan things out a while beforehand and just, well, be honest with people, you want reviewers to be on-side with your game over the 100's of other review requests they get. Indie Game Girl was a good resource for me when I self published Super Grid Run so I second therevillsgames link, it'll be handy. Best of luck with the marketing / publishing GfK, feel free to share ideas on here so, if we can help out, we can -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 12:53
GfK	Going to give this a watch in a few mins when kid's gone to bed. This marketing thing tho... I have a massively hard time convincing myself that anyone really gives a flying shite about anything I do. If I can't do that, it's always going to be a bitch of a job convincing others.
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 16:48
therevillsgames	I think your chopper game looks the bee knees and really want it to do well for you... hopefully doing the "simple" marketing items suggested helps a lot.
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 05:57
GfK	Thx ) Finally watched the rest of the vid... early marketing - got it! Which brings me neatly back to the "title" dilemma! Can't really do anything without that.
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 06:30
Jayenkai	Marketing Campaign : Post a few pics/gifs on Twitter and ask for naming suggestion? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 11:22
Dabz	Operation Eagle Fury Dabz Edit: There was an actual mission called that! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Fury -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 11:37
GfK	I'd quite like to avoid Operation <whatever> as a title, as I'll have those as individual missions. I've been through lists of guns, ancient weapons, swords, Japanese/Greek mythology, gods, snakes... you name it. \|edit\| I quite liked Black Thunder, until I realised: a) It's a bit near to Blue Thunder b) It's a theme park in India FFS
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 11:57
Dabz	A.R.C Airborne Rescue and Combat Sorta build a "crew" around it, a team A.R.C. if you will... I know the SAS have Blue Thunder. Dabz EDIT: You beat me to Blue Thunder... They're class them... Well, I think anything SAS is brill... I'm an avid reader of their stories! -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 12:33
GfK	Hmmm..... you could be onto something there...
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 12:47
Dabz	\o/ Dabz
Wed, 15 Nov 2017, 13:21
therevillsgames	Food for thought regarding names : https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/choosing-the-right-name-for-your-game--gamedev-3895 https://armorgames.com/news/10-tips-to-making-a-great-game-name