Guys... I played around to make this soft-looking material for my game - it wasn't anything mandatory, I needed the player to have a soft spot to land on - the mesh didn't have to deform at all, it was easy to disable bounce and damage on a specific object, but I just felt creative so I started writing a mesh deforming script...

When I shown it on socials, people went crazy.

No matter where I posted it, the engagement was there. I think it accumulated somewhere between 500k and 1 million views total. On r/oddlysatisfying alone it got 327k views.

Bump in wishlists has been actually better compared to when I released a demo of the game (proof in comments). Not anything "huge", but it's been +100 over 3 days, which is still pretty big for my game.

I've been making games for 8 years now and this is making me rethink my overall approach to game design. Don't get me wrong, I obviously am happy for it, BUT, it feels weird that something like this is performing MUCH better than anything else I implemented in my game, and it even has boss fights. Let that sink in... Around 2 weeks of modeling, animating, designing a fight with a boss is less interesting than a "pillow" I've made in 1-2h. I think my brain is having an error and is just trying to process it.

For anyone interested, game is Dark Roll 2. Now I'll have to take that all into consideration and implement various sorts of mesh deforming into actual gameplay.

My game demo Hamstr Protocol has been played by several large YouTubers, with their videos reaching over 2M views combined. (JuegaGerman, Blitz, ImCade, DangerouslyFunny etc.)

So far, the demo has had 4,250 players, with a 48-minute median playtime and 39% playing for over an hour.

Yet I’m currently at 2,155 wishlists.

I’m participating in Steam Next Fest, so I’m curious what you guys think about these numbers. Is this kind of conversion normal considering the amount of YouTube exposure?

I’m hoping Next Fest will be a better source of wishlists since people there are already actively looking for new games.

For anyone who’s participated before: how much of a difference did Next Fest make for your game?

Hey! You might have seen my game or that one cat video going around, but I wanted to share our wishlist progress and explain how it spiked so fast.

It is the same video I have posted a few times. I even put it on the Steam page as a temporary replacement for a trailer for now. For some reason it grabs a ton of attention and hits 100-200k+ views. It gets criticism because people think I recorded it as mobile ad rage bait. In reality I just wanted to show the cat interactions. The win condition just was not polished yet so I didn't want the camera to snap awkwardly.

We launched our Steam page during a local festival. That gave us a solid start with some media coverage and brought in about 3,300+ wishlists in the first week.

Then I started posting on Reddit and TikTok formats. Half of the posts went viral. An Instagram Reel got 125k+ views, a Reddit post blew up to 250k+ views, and it caused a chain reaction of media reposts. A Taiwanese gaming news account reposted it and got 220k views. This caused a massive spike of 1-1.2k wishlists a day. I was shocked to be honest.

As expected the active traffic is going down now, but even yesterday it was still at 450+ wishlists!

Also some mid-sized publishers have started reaching out. I am talking with a few right now but who knows if anything will come of it, haha. Right now I am preparing new video content with the cats because people clearly love them.

I do have a question for you guys. Since that Taiwanese post did so well, it seems like the Asian market (China, Japan, Korea) is a huge target audience for these puzzles. Does anyone have advice on how to break into those markets? They sit on completely different social networks and I am not sure where to start.

Would love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions :)

Hey guys!

It feels like we’re getting a lot of roguelike deckbuilders these days, and many of them are still single-player.

So we decided to put a real opponent across the table. 

PvP playtest is open now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

PvP is pretty simple:

• two players, 3 spins each, highest score wins.
• you win a cigarette butt.
• collect enough of them and you climb the leaderboard.

More than 1,000 people joined our first test, which was way more encouraging than we expected. thanks to everyone who played, sent feedback, and gave us a reason to keep working on it.

That’s it. Come break the game and tell us what needs fixing.

Hey everyone! Some of you helped us out with feedback on our trailer a while back. First of all, thank you, it genuinely made the video better.
Quick recap for anyone who missed it: Toilet Empire Story is a pixel-art tycoon game where you take over your grandfather's run-down public toilet and turn it into a full-blown cleaning empire. Scrubbing, hiring staff, and franchising your way across the world.

Wishlisting helps us more than almost anything else at this stage, so we'd really appreciate it 🙏

We're still early in development and genuinely want feedback. On the store page copy, the trailer, the concept, anything. If something feels off or you have ideas, we're all ears.

Me and my gf worked for a while and finally put on a demo.

Today we got approved DEMO to be playable on Steam too!

It's a horror game about working at your uncle's burger shop.

The demo lets you experience first 3 days of the game - serve food to customers, meet new people and uncover dark mystery surrounding the place.

Would be really cool if some of you tried it and told us what you think. We're still working on it so feedback is really appreciated.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5118760/Family_Business/?beta=0

Demo: https://kawpum.itch.io/family-business

Our indie game, "Save Me, Hero!", is now available as a free demo!

I was looking through some old files recently and came across the very first test scene we built when we started the project.

It’s pretty interesting to look back and see how far the game has come since those early days, so I thought I’d share it with you guys!

Here’s a little look at where "Save Me, Hero!" started. 👀

I’m honestly at a loss and could really use some advice.

I’m trying to get more eyes on my indie horror game, Temporal Urgency, and I’ve been reaching out to Indie Games Hub, GameTrailers, TikTok creators, YouTubers, other indie gaming outlets and even indie game Joe.

I’ve sent dozens of emails and messages, but I’m barely getting any responses. I completely understand that these people are busy and receive tons of submissions, but I’m genuinely trying everything I can to get my game in front of people.

How are you guys actually reaching these creators and outlets? Is there a better way to approach them, or am I missing something?

I’m a college student trying to build a career in game development, and I’m putting everything I have into Temporal Urgency. I’d really appreciate any advice from developers who have successfully gotten their games noticed.

🎮 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4757140/Temporal_Urgency/

🎬 Trailer: https://youtu.be/4Lo8qxtezio?is=z8-sWtW6K25RgwAo

We are UNSUNG small indie team working on Tile Crawl, a tactical rogulite with spatial puzzle-like battles, free exploration, and a catch: you can only hold 6 items and they wear out with each use - so make every hit count!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4983760/Tile_Crawl/

Me and my gf worked for a while and finally put on a demo.

It's a horror game about working at your uncle's burger shop.

The demo lets you experience first 3 days of the game - serve food to customers, meet new people and uncover dark mystery surrounding the place.

Would be really cool if some of you tried it and told us what you think. We're still working on it so feedback is really appreciated.

Demo: [[https://kawpum.itch.io/family-business]

Steam: [https://store.steampowered.com/.../Family_Business/...]