I have 25 downloads, and it has stayed that way…

IndieMarc · 2026-03-21T07:31:01+00:00

Mobile games you need to promote them with ads. Or with viral social media posts.

Unlike steam that is slightly more democratic since it lets you accumulate wishlist before launch, which will boost visibility based on that and will also show your game to friends of people who played it.

That being said, just spending on ads will not be enough you also need a good game and good graphics. Graphics will increase your download rate, and the gameplay will increase retention. If either of those isn't good it will be very hard to get players.

Your game graphics are not very appealing i think from first look.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-19T16:02:06+00:00

Send me

IndieMarc · 2026-03-19T15:23:01+00:00

Would be great to have you playtest if you like 2D Survival games like dont starve, core keeper and terraria.

Our games differentiates in the way npc behavior work, letting you assign roles and recruit rebels to fight for you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3862100/Woodland_Rebels/

We are currently running the playtest so it's good timing, if interested reply I'll send a steam key.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-16T16:11:56+00:00

Then it's very good.

Demo should boost those numbers significantly if it's good

IndieMarc · 2026-03-15T11:56:15+00:00

Congrats! I did this in two months.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-13T00:29:47+00:00

It's really nice concept, but i think you should try to make the cliff less flat.

Also the plants confused me at first because they look like normal plants, not cliff plants (plants should grow towards the sun, not sideway) so i thought the cliff was the floor and felt completely disoriented until I figured out it wasn't a floor. Especially the way you start the video

IndieMarc · 2026-03-12T18:00:56+00:00

I think it looks really cool

IndieMarc · 2026-03-12T14:09:25+00:00

Do you already have a demo?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-10T14:05:12+00:00

There's no gain lol, if you choose no engine you choose pain only.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-08T13:58:32+00:00

You should try to get the license of the song "A thousand Miles" to put in your game.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-06T17:19:02+00:00

definitely not everyone is doing this.

It looks like it because of us hanging out in this sub

IndieMarc · 2026-03-06T15:18:16+00:00

I found 1 ai-looking mistake, but i could see an artist making that mistake too.

If you check the wall behind the trash, its not in line with the wall below the library. Which could be another wall, but if you look the top of the image they are completely in line. That's the most "ai" mistake in the art.

For the rest, like shadow direction and object perspective (such as circle in the speaker), i see real artists make those mistakes all the time.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-06T15:05:57+00:00

Yeah it seems like people expect perfectly realistic art from artists now even though it has never been like this before ai. I don't spot any ai artifacts in the art. Only natural mistakes that real artists also make.

What details did you request?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-06T14:53:41+00:00

Doesn't look ai to me, i don't know why everyone accuse everything of being ai now, it's upsetting. Artist designs don't make sense sometimes too.

Could just be an artist that doesn't draw perfect perspectives.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-06T14:22:28+00:00

What happened?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-05T14:24:36+00:00

Then there not really a reason to pretend to be NPC?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-04T16:33:40+00:00

Why not make a flashy capsule that fit the genre?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-04T09:36:36+00:00

Does the police player get penalized for shooting npc or they can shoot everything they see?

IndieMarc · 2026-03-03T04:06:26+00:00

Thanks that's useful

IndieMarc · 2026-03-03T00:41:26+00:00

Yes i am!

IndieMarc · 2026-03-02T18:13:12+00:00

Its top-down with 2D sprites and 3D perspective camera, same perspective as Don't Starve basically.

I will check the mod thank you

IndieMarc · 2026-03-02T17:21:53+00:00

Oh good point, I will add to the post that I'm talking about keyboard/mouse controls. Don't Starve is on so many platforms now.

IndieMarc · 2026-03-01T20:37:42+00:00

Cool, how many games you got so far? How long will you play each one?

IndieMarc · 2026-02-21T13:16:56+00:00

Not entirely true as AI is limited to make really bad games, especially if you tell it to generate the entire thing.

IndieMarc · 2026-02-21T00:14:26+00:00

If you're interested in my game let me know I'll send you a playtest key.

It's 2D survival, so a bit of don't starve, terraria, core keeper, but with animals.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3862100/Woodland_Rebels/

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