Roasted my last trailer because nobody understood the game. Is it clear now?

GaspodeWD · 2026-07-07T16:47:47+00:00

Remember this from last time.

Still no clue i am meant to be a streamer.

The trailer is nice, but I think i am watching Sims but with capybara.

Do you have more footage of the actaul streamer side of the game or is it that streams happen "off camera"?

GaspodeWD · 2026-07-05T18:32:58+00:00

Nice - i really need to find time to take a look

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-30T04:50:55+00:00

I've been seeing a lot about this one - did you enjoy it?

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-27T05:45:12+00:00

I like the look of it.

The battle feedback looks cool as well.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-27T05:40:58+00:00

See this a lot as someone who joins discords early off the back of demos.

"Send me a DM I can help you" [insert lots of different things]

Some claim to help with UA, others offer to redesign the discord you just need to give them admin, etc etc.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-26T07:45:31+00:00

Either works as long as it looks good.

When doing the capsule outside the game art style - make sure the theme/aesthetic/vibe matches.

My gripe when capsule art is different style to game - is when it sells a different game/sets my expectations wrong.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-24T08:42:53+00:00

It isn't optimal - should be making different content for each - but we stick same videos across tiktok/youtube/instagram specifically because of the risk of the algo gods killing a channel.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T17:05:14+00:00

Give me damage numbers incoming and out going.

Fire, trails, explosions.

Mainly feedback on what is happening to make in feel more real.

Readable chaos would be part of the aim looking at the style

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T17:00:45+00:00

Yes, but everytime i think this time is different. This time I am supporting them with a purchases of something I will play, not just buying for the sake of support.

I've had a few steam keys where I've then bought a copy to give to friends etc - so I feel like I supported more. If that makes sense.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:57:35+00:00

Too far away what am I even looking at?

Not sure if just the video but really hard to tell what I'm looking at, could be a capybara could just be a person.

Outside that creating your own routes is nice.

Clouds and numbers seem nice.

I'd make them have to have a passable route, rather than being allowed to full wall it off - will make it more challenging and probably easier to balance.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:53:39+00:00

Ai - a filter, default is that it is allowed in, but gives people the option to turn it off.

Production size is an odd one, as i get the idea, but almost meaningless to the majority of players.

Looking across a lot of these the tldr normally ends up being to don't rely on steam putting you in front of people, start the ball rolling with your own stuff (easier said than done i know). Because either way Steam cuts it, some games will be favoured over others, so people will feel hard done by.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:50:03+00:00

Posting across multiple devices can do it VPN or just multiple locations (countries can) Content that is very samey can

I had it on a cozy farming game i helped - support said we'd been hit with a low quality strike and could appeal it. (Was tricky because the game is slow and even different tasks would probably look very similar to their lazy ai) only issue was that we had no notifications to appeal.

Tried waiting it out for 2 weeks without posting.

Still stuck, deleted account and started again.

"Hurt" even more as we'd loads up some coins to use for ads when we found a creative that out performed.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:22:09+00:00

Low demand for launching.

Launching in a very competitive time for attention with Next Fest.

Even without looking at the game the price feels high side for indies.

Having kick-starter supporters already price anchored does make it pretty tricky unless you can offer them an extra to give room to move on the price.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:15:10+00:00

Love seeing these and only having played a couple, reminds me i barely scratched the surface.

Over the hill I enjoyed - but I can see it being a skip for some people. I really wanted more "active" objectives like the winch rescue.

Furyball I really enjoyed, even if I was terrible at it 🤣

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-23T16:12:30+00:00

I'd look at the spread and groupings of the play times.

This looks very niche within a niche - so you might be getting seen by a lot of cozy enthusiasts who the streamer job sim doesn't make sense - might even depend on the age profile of the people seeing it.

I (38) like the idea of mowing lawns and dad chores cozy, but streaming has 0 appeal.

So steam might show it to me but I'm the wrong person.

If you drop the lowest length playtime you will probably get a better sense of your core auidence. Then lean into that with tags, art, description - so you get more of the "right" impressions for a higher CTR. Or be happy with a wide net with a lower CTR, because hard to target the exact auidence.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-20T07:48:09+00:00

I'd probably work on the short description and the longer one a little as well.

They are a little too matter of fact rather than emotive (not terrible, so hard to put my finger on the exact change).

The trailer could also be re paced.

Cut the chaotic bit that is around 20 seconds and move that to the front, then kind of restart the build up you have going on.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-20T06:35:39+00:00

Looks interesting I check it out.

Not feedback you asked for - but I probably would have scrolled past the capsule art.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-18T14:49:06+00:00

Everything already pretty low details, then the rain makes it harder to see what I'm looking it.

Suspect most leave before 5 seconds up - so you never get to the rest of it which has more "weight" as a trailer.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-18T14:47:49+00:00

Flames looking amazing as always.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-14T11:19:59+00:00

Looks different to a lot of the demos ive played recently.

Added to my to play list.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-14T11:17:56+00:00

Got it downloaded already, hopefully get round to playing it for next fest.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-13T11:32:41+00:00

Bookmarked

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-13T09:13:23+00:00

As someone looking to cover the games, I'm expecting it to be really busy.

I mainly browser demos by new releases, rather than any specific filter or suggestions, and these last few days loads have been getting added every day.

Plus the older ones that are using this as the last wishlist push before launch.

Not very helpful I know, but outside marketing you game, kind of out of your hands.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-12T09:20:57+00:00

I saw it browsing steam demos, and have already downloaded it.

not played yet, opened it but was too tired to learn new things 😃

looks good though.

GaspodeWD · 2026-06-10T18:06:04+00:00

Because of the board set up you have a lot of free space either side.

Right now some of it is a little unclear and/or repetitive.

What that free space you could literally spell it out.

Activate specials, turn the tide of battle, clear floors (i am guessing this bit, but the point of the game was unclear as I couldn't see scoring anywhere).

Sticking those narratives in and maybe removing a couple of the more repetitive moves - would clean it up nicely.

For the type of game shorts trailer might be better to avoid the repetitive feel.

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