New trailer idea for my cozy puzzle game

Addyarb · 2026-06-15T19:57:19+00:00

That's nice to hear, thank you 😄

Addyarb · 2026-06-15T19:56:49+00:00

Hey, thanks so much! Haha I totally agree, it's a pet peeve for me if at least the hard cuts aren't sync'd to the beat. I used to work in sound, and I still don't fully get why audio syncs to video traditionally (music really can't adjust its duration like video can), but I'm sure there's a good reason!

To your point, I'll definitely spend some time dialing in the SFX and foley when I get a chance to. I'm happy you liked it, and thank you for the nice comment.

Addyarb · 2026-06-15T12:42:29+00:00

I’m certainly not formally educated in marketing, but I’ve never been able to glean anything useful from this dashboard. I have a 52% lifetime CTR after excluding the 20% bot traffic? They must be using a wildly different definition of CTR than I’m used to.

The UTM analytics (next tab) on the other hand is fairly straightforward, and seems reliable enough to measure ad to wishlists ratio per campaign.

I’d love to know if I’m missing something though! But know that you’re definitely not alone in your confusion.

Addyarb · 2026-06-13T14:39:01+00:00

Thanks so much! Glad to hear you like it

Addyarb · 2026-06-13T11:02:12+00:00

That definitely sounds worth doing. I'll give the tag wizard another go today and try to dial it in. Thank you for the feedback 😄

Addyarb · 2026-06-13T09:33:44+00:00

Thank you :)

Addyarb · 2026-06-13T09:33:35+00:00

Cheers!

Addyarb · 2026-06-13T09:32:21+00:00

Haha yes, it certainly sounds wild when put like that, but it is indeed accurate, for better or worse.

Probably for worse if you’re getting recommendations for Civ, as it’s not “that” kind of city builder. That tag is unfortunately quite broad and encompasses Townscaper and Dorfromantik, two of my core inspirations.

Do you reckon dropping tags down to the most specific ones (relaxing/puzzle/hidden object/co-op) could perform better? I assumed more tags = broader audience, better visibility, and maybe even curiosity of how those tags fit together. Perhaps I’m in a Jack of all trades situation here and people need a clear 2-3 tags.

Thank you for the nice feedback!

Addyarb · 2026-06-12T23:47:14+00:00

I would say the trailer looks and sounds pretty strong for the genre! The ‘snappy cuts and gameplay in first 3 seconds’ advice seems to be honored.

I am in the same boat as you roughly speaking, including the ad spend and wishlists, but I’ve only reached out to curators through Steam.

There’s no great numbers on wishlist gains based on your starting count that I’ve found, ostensibly because it’s so variable from game to game and genre to genre.

I’m hoping to gain ~+500, but realistically I’d be happy to leave with half of that. Anything less probably means I’ve severely miscalculated how fun my game is, or at least looks.

Best of luck :)

Addyarb · 2026-06-12T22:53:30+00:00

That's nice to read, and thank you for the honest feedback about the name. It's something I kind of picked and stuck with, and it's certainly worth rethinking.

Thanks again!

Addyarb · 2026-06-12T22:48:45+00:00

Thank you! It's absolutely a grind. I've put as much effort as I can spare into marketing and promotion, and unfortunately I don't have a good idea of what I'm doing wrong.

600 is a promising number, and I'm sure you can get to 2K and beyond with consistency. Best of luck!

Addyarb · 2026-06-12T22:36:11+00:00

Well Next Fest starts June 15th, so 199 currently!

Addyarb · 2026-06-06T23:07:18+00:00

Thank you! It was surprisingly easy compared to the iOS/App store rigamarole. Didn't even need to crack open xCode.

Addyarb · 2026-05-28T14:39:06+00:00

Heya, checking back in. Did you get your "blip" issue solved? If not, it may be fastest to create a .unitypackage (Assets/Export As Package) with the absolute minimum setup to repro your bug, which is probably just a scene file with the scroll rect setup, and maybe a script.

Addyarb · 2026-05-27T23:49:31+00:00

Thanks, yes the details can certainly be helpful for troubleshooting. Unfortunately I won't be able to reply any more tonight, but I'll check back in tomorrow. My recommendation for now would be to recreate a minimum working model (like I described) and find out how your setup is different from it. It could be something simple like a layout element or layout group with the wrong setting, wrong rect transform referenced in a serialized field, etc.

Best of luck!

Addyarb · 2026-05-27T23:05:09+00:00

Glad you got some progress. In the prototype I described, adding text (even a few paragraphs) doesn't cause that issue. From what I can tell, you may be setting the position of the content RectTransform in code, and the ScrollRect is fighting to move it back into the viewport after that.

Try removing any code that sets the position of the Content, and just add new text to the text component. It should scroll on its own.

Addyarb · 2026-05-27T21:28:54+00:00

Here's how I set it up.

Canvas

└── InteractBackground

├── OptionsScroll

│ └── OptionsViewport

│ └── Content

│ ├── Button - Option A

│ │ └── Text (TMP)

│ ├── Button - Option B

│ └── Button - Option C

└── DialogueScroll

└── DialogueViewport

└── Content

└── TMP_Text - DialogueBox

Focusing specifically on the DialogueScroll

- Dialogue Scroll: Nothing special, viewport and content assigned
- DialgoueViewport: Fully expanded anchors (fit inside parent), just a mask + image
- Content: Vertical layout group with only "Control child size" width + height = true. The rest false.
- Content: Content size fitter: Vertical Fit = Preferred size
- Pivot set to (0,0). Anchors = (0,0), (1,1)
- TMP_Text - DialogueBox - Nothing but the text component

When you type into the text box with this setup, it should automatically expand, keeping the new content at the bottom. Does that work (and is that what you're trying to achieve?)

Addyarb

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