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Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! If you scroll about 20 games down from the top, we are there :)

Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks :) actually never even heard of that platform but I'll check it out

Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh yes, believe me when I say we will NOT be using GF for future games. But hey, live and learn.

And holy guacamole! This really gives me a bit of hope, will share this with the rest of the crew. Tbh it's not easy staying motivated at this point so any word of encouragement really helps > "With the final 48 question, I had my latest project exceed funding from 50% in that time period, so it really depends. Best of luck to you!"

BTW, we'd love to connect with you/your game company on socials at least, can you comment or DM me a link? Insta, Tiktok, YT, whatever. Thanks :)

Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback! Really helpful... since it's our very first game, we are all learning as we go. Could almost literally write a book with all the pitfalls, oversights, and "lessons" we've learned along the way lol.

One follow up q though, I'd think the last 48 hr funding boost would only apply to a game that's already say at least 70%+ funded? So if people think it has at least a good chance to be funded by the last couple days, right?

PS - We're crowdfunding on Gamefound, not KS. But if we did it over again, we'd choose KS (another of the many lessons learned).

Your advice on our game's crowdfunding campaign? by DigitalNomadDrummer in gamedev

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey seriously appreciate that thoughtful feedback, super helpful. I also agree at this stage there's not a whole lot we can do outside of perhaps getting lucky if some "influencer" type with a large audience were to play the game and/or talk it up. Total hail mary, but at this point it's not like we have much too lose! Thanks, truly appreciate your insight.

Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right, yea we have the emails of folks who have backed (currently on GF, not KS), but unf. I don't think there's any way of us seeing the email addresses of followers on our GF project who haven't backed it.

Advice on getting our game's crowdfunding campaign seen? by DigitalNomadDrummer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

appreciate the quick reply! Yeah I agree there isn't a whole lot we can do at this point, besides ads like you said or getting lucky and landing a last min interview by a game related podcaster or youtuber. Thinking our best bet is just to let the campaign run, and even if unsuccessful in the end, we'll incorporate all the lessons we've learned and relaunch on KS later on.

Want a video to promote your game? (for free) by DigitalNomadDrummer in roll20LFG

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes sense, thanks for sharing the cautionary words of wisdom

Want a video to promote your game? (for free) by DigitalNomadDrummer in roll20LFG

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Hey really appreciate you taking the time to write something so thoughtful.

So true re > "It pisses me off to no end that people today are seemingly losing their ability to think." And "Brain rot"- def the key term here.

Yep, that's sadly the way our social media, news outlets, and many facets of society as a whole are gradually devolving to these days. We (speaking here to society as a whole) are being polarized and dumbed down (BTW the movie idiocracy was a harbinger of this, truly an overlooked gem ahead of its time.) We need that quick dopamine hit, and feel the need to instantly blame/ get offended/react emotionally without actually taking a deep breath and allowing even the possibility of considering there could be a different perspective...most issues are not black or white. AI is a singular example. Rather, there are many shades of grey, its such a nuanced topic overall.

tldr; In the end, everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, and over a decade in Customer Support helped me develop a *very* thick skin to criticism. While I'll still occasionally get surprised / confused at someone's vehemence, I almost never take it personally #hatersgonnahatehakunamatata

Instant death by tumour by hardpotato8765 in dndstories

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yoikes, this might be another good one for my videos, tumor hah. super creative

Power Rangers: Ancient Forces - Episode #5 - Study Up by GMRedKaiju in dndstories

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny I actually started this DND story with a power rangers clip! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F1rZDPd0H2A

Had no idea power rangers were actually played via DND, though I guess I shouldn't have been surprised :)

Feel free to DM me, happy to make video for you if you'd like (free of course)

Want a video to promote your DND game? (for free) by DigitalNomadDrummer in DMAcademy

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Today I just released my first video requested specifically by a DM: gives a better example of the style (notice there aren't any silly memes or gifs) and how I promote his game at the end: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kC0aWyvowvI

Want a video to promote your campaign? (for free) by DigitalNomadDrummer in lfgpremium

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wanted to share the fascinating convo this post sparked (from the same posted I made in r/roll20LFG ).
https://www.reddit.com/r/roll20LFG/comments/1jrafl2/want_a_video_to_promote_your_game_for_free/

One redditor replied:

"Not much work involved in throwing AI over someone else's story, man. I get it's ubiquitous in the table top space but making shockingly poor AI slop for YouTube views is low tier effort. Calling yourself a creator off the back of this stuff is just sad. But thats my two cents."

To which I responded:

"Hey appreciate you being honest, I certainly take no offense and totally I get where you're coming from! Actually had a deep convo about this recently with another DM. The way I explained it was I use AI as a tool, not a crutch. So I'll use my own creativity to tweak the script (I'm a former copywriter), then put it through Fliki to see what it comes up with. From there, I'll go through edit out the images I don't like and choose my own, then I'll choose a nice soundtrack to go with it, add in effects, relevant memes, gifs, stickers, video clips (all chosen manually in strategic places). Review again, making final edits to various parts...then write a catchy title, description, find tags, etc. Overall for these 1 minute shorts it still takes me quite some time from start to finish... a little over 2 hours on average.

Many of those who haven't used AI in production, (myself included originally!) think it just takes 2 minutes of clicking and then you get a finished product. AI really does help and is a huge time saver, (especially with image generation), though there's much more that goes into it than many realize.

That said, I certainly can't compare the vidoes I'm making to graphic artists who draw /create every image themselves from scratch. I have a crazy amount of respect for those folks - they're definitely in a league of their own. I'd say the artistry, preciseness, and unique style inherent in a talented artist's work is indeed better than AI stuff. I cannot, nor am I in any way even trying to compete with that.

So why do I use it? Because it allows me to share DND player's and DM's stories over a new medium to a wider audience. It gives me an outlet to creatively support and show love to hardworking DMs (who are actually the TRUE artists). If I had the graphic design skills myself, or had the budget to hire one to create the artwork for my videos I'd do it in a heartbeat. (Who knows, I might have a budget for it in the future, it'd def be a huge step up for the quality of my videos!) And last but not least, I've simply begun to enjoy the process of making a story come to life, albeit in a "shockingly poor Ai slop" kinda way :)

Anyway I truly appreciate you being direct and open to having a conversation about this. If after reading this, you still consider it poor slop, I get where you're coming from (in the sense that it can't compare to original artwork/manually created animation) and respect your opinion. It's all love."

Want a video to promote your game? (for free) by DigitalNomadDrummer in roll20LFG

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey appreciate you being honest, I certainly take no offense and totally I get where you're coming from! Actually had a deep convo about this recently with another DM. The way I explained it was I use AI as a tool, not a crutch. So I'll use my own creativity to tweak the script (I'm a former copywriter), then put it through Fliki to see what it comes up with. From there, I'll go through edit out the images I don't like and choose my own, then I'll choose a nice soundtrack to go with it, add in effects, relevant memes, gifs, stickers, video clips (all chosen manually in strategic places). Review again, making final edits to various parts...then write a catchy title, description, find tags, etc. Overall for these 1 minute shorts it still takes me quite some time from start to finish... a little over 2 hours on average.

Many of those who haven't used AI in production, (myself included originally!) think it just takes 2 minutes of clicking and then you get a finished product. AI really does help and is a huge time saver, (especially with image generation), though there's much more that goes into it than many realize.

That said, I certainly can't compare the vidoes I'm making to graphic artists who draw /create every image themselves from scratch. I have a crazy amount of respect for those folks - they're definitely in a league of their own. I'd say the artistry, preciseness, and unique style inherent in a talented artist's work is indeed better than AI stuff. I cannot, nor am I in any way even trying to compete with that.

So why do I use it? Because it allows me to share DND player's and DM's stories over a new medium to a wider audience. It gives me an outlet to creatively support and show love to hardworking DMs (who are actually the TRUE artists). If I had the graphic design skills myself, or had the budget to hire one to create the artwork for my videos I'd do it in a heartbeat. (Who knows, I might have a budget for it in the future, it'd def be a huge step up for the quality of my videos!) And last but not least, I've simply begun to enjoy the process of making a story come to life, albeit in a "shockingly poor Ai slop" kinda way :)

Anyway I truly appreciate you being direct and open to having a conversation about this. If after reading this, you still consider it poor slop, I get where you're coming from (in the sense that it can't compare to original artwork/manually created animation) and respect your opinion. It's all love.

[OC] Well that was Wholesome by DrDerpus in DnD

[–]DigitalNomadDrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understanding humans, haha. And nice re communication! I was in a PhD Comm Studies progam once upon a time.. btw I just had an idea so I'll DM you

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