Thanks for sharing! It's encouraging to hear that organic marketing and getting noticed by the right people can make a big difference. Best of luck with your future projects!
I can see how posting in smaller subreddits and Discord communities would be a good way to find play testers.
One thing I'm still curious about is how do you approach marketing that drives traffic to your Steam page and converts visitors into wishlists. What has worked for you so far?
I have also seen your Steam page for Cave Factory it looks pretty cool.
Hi, I read the full post and found it very insightful.
I had a few questions about the marketing side of your game.
1. Where do you primarily market your game (itch.io, Reddit, Discord, Twitter/X, YouTube streamers, etc)?
2. How did you get your first players to play your demo?
3. What marketing methods have worked best for you so far?
4. In the post you wrote 'once the final build is up, I email, post on Reddit, & communities I'm part of'. My question: Is trying to promote your game in communities on Reddit & Discord, okay? I hope my question makes sense.
I'd appreciate any details you're willing to share. Thanks!
I like tower defence games & this was no exception.
One suggestion, you could implement a button to 2x game speed like in every tower defence games out there. Also I didn't really understand the use of each mask. But for a 72 hour jam, it was amazing!
It was a little easy due to the fact that I wasn't able to finish the turret system on time. Which would've added some challenge. So I had to just submit what I had ready.
You are right to point that out! I had plans to implement a stun system. Player is stunned if they get hit by turret. And if the player had elephant as active mask then it would act as a shield mask and they wouldn't be stunned. But I was short on time so I had to call that off, unfortunately.
It would've been a good game, somewhat similar to vampire survivors. But unfortunately shooting isn't working. I could've helped with shooting not working, but I noticed the game is made in Godot. And I'm a unity developer.
As for advice: You could've implemented player flip when player is moving left to improve gameplay. As of now its always facing right.
Switching masks was a good implementation. Sound was good. Graphics were simple, but not bad. Player getting stuck on the wall was a bit annoying though.
Great game. Different mask each having its own unique ability is pretty great for the theme. The sound design & the graphics were beautiful. It seemed like a nice little cozy game to me!
The game was very polished. I really liked the dash system similar to Celeste's. However, it was a little difficult to identify which platforms the player could stand on & and hazards too.
Press 'Space' to go down and release 'Space' to go up. Press 'Right Arrow' to shoot from your turret. Controls are also explained in Main Menu of the game
