2 days later, 1 pity review (which for all I know came from this comm) . Yeah the dev definitely isn’t doing any marketing
This is unfortunately very common. There are many games with interesting mechanics, themes and graphical styles that never seem to get any exposure.
To be fair, marketing an indie game is not easy, there is honestly a lot of luck involved. But something like posting to relevant reddit subs (let’s be real, for all the efforts of regular posters/curators, the Threadiverse lacks real scale), emailing at least ~100 small to medium sized content creators with a very well thought out email is a must.
Looks similar to farlanders.
Now that you say it, it does look a bit like Farlanders, but with a more grimdark sci-fi aesthetic.
Wow, 0 user reviews
So I am big fan of indie tycoon/economic strategy games and I honestly think most indie devs are terrible at promoting their games.
They don’t even post in say r/tycoon or r/citybuilder which allow promotions by devs with some restrictions. Not to mention reaching out to YouTubers (especially smaller ones or country-specific content creators who are willing to highlight a game in English).
Considering how much time I spend posting about indie games and playing them, I sometimes feel I should open a “results only” type indie gaming promotion service offering.
Would be cool having a game reviewer here on lemmy :)
I’ve been thinking of setting up indie tycoon/strategy blog, but writing good reviews takes a lot of time.
Not every entry has to be a “feature article”, but I am also not interested in writing content with a few paragraphs. :)
You should seek people who can help too. I wouldn’t mind helping - I’ve also been looking into lesser known games as well for awhile
If I ever get to it, I will post an announcement in !games@lemmy.world and !pcgaming@lemmy.ca. :)
First impressions?
Haven’t tried it, but the price in my country is low enough that I might just give it a go. I love Mars colonization games and I am curious about the implementation of turn-based city-building.
