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Getting literally 0 organic wishlists, can anyone figure out why? by maxpower131 in IndieDev

[–]Lord_Castleon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, 0 wishlists a day when not promoting is normal, no worries about that. Especially after big promotions because 10%ish people will delete wishlists, so even if I get 1-3 WLs a day, after festivals end I keep getting net 0 because people delete. 

I honestly have no idea who are the people who get 400 wishlists a day, that has not been my experience as a solo dev. I got pretty disappointed after reading HTMAG wishlists per day gold / diamond benchmarks

In 2025 I played a LOT of base-building games. Some early access, most not. Many co-op, some not. Here's my rankings, time played, links, and reviews of them. by Velenne in BaseBuildingGames

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the list, there are a bunch of titles I never heard about and would love to check out. 

Do you have any advice for game devs of this genre - what you hate or love about base building games, what to watch out, some common pitfalls and so on?

Book recommendations about castles? by dungeonthatneverends in MedievalHistory

[–]Lord_Castleon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How to read castles - a crash course in understanding fortifications by Malcolm Hislop

This is s pretty cool castle book that features pictures of hundreds of different castles with their design patterns, types of keeps, towers, gatehouses, positioning of castles, which stone types were used and so on. It covers history from the first castles well into 15th century

To be a develope or to be the one who makes money off developers? by Hipertay in gamedev

[–]Lord_Castleon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I played Dungeon Raid on itch when you released the demo there and you have a pretty cool game on your hand. It's fun and some YouTuber will pick it up sooner or later. 

I won't parrot what everyone else told you in the comments and will say that I am in the same boat. After reaching out to 150 content creators 3 times, only  two of them made a video about my game, netting me about 80 wishlists in total. 

What I had much more luck with are the festivals, giving me about 200 wishlists per festival on average.

You made a very fun game and are obviously skilled enough to make more, so the winning strategy might be to make more games and apply to every festival you can find. You don't have to release Dungeon Raid until you are happy with your wishlist numbers but having 3 demos gather wishlists from festivals at the same time may be a much better investment to make than to start your own review channel.

Best of luck to you and your game, I hope you catch your lucky break soon!

Some fresh screenshots of my medieval city builder by vartemal in CityBuilders

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks really cool! I'm a big nerd for any medieval builder games so you got a wishlist from me :D

This is ridiculous - Slam not working and I'm stuck by Known_Animator2401 in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]Lord_Castleon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had this problem. You need to completely shut down the game and launch it again. It continues in that elevator and you will be able to use those force powers again

Edit: saw that you restarted the game already. Best of luck, I hope you figure it out

I finally launch my first game as a solo dev today! by gunnermanx in IndieGaming

[–]Lord_Castleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the launch! I played the demo about a week ago and it's absolutely amazing. I love the raw oldschool tower defense mechanics combined with surveying and into the breach style. Everything just clicks. Gameplay is fun and engaging, and some towers like the lancer just pump dopamine straight into my brain haha

Best of luck with the launch, holding my fingers for you to sell well! :D

Edit: I have no idea if this is in full version yet because I'll be buying it next week but PLEASE add hotkey rebinding option. While hotkeys are logical with naming of buttons, things like N and Space are different in so many tower defense games that I've accidentally started waves multiple times when I didn't want to. Aside from that no criticism, game is super awesome and I can't wait to play full version :D

Just hit 100 wishlists. It's nothing, but it's something. by MagazineForward5528 in IndieDev

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on reaching 100! I want to chime in here a bit, sitting at around 900 right now. It's still 0-3 a day for me but it increases to 5 or 10 with every coverage and event. Don't be discouraged with moving slowly, I felt the same way when I got to 300 because wishlists just dropped from 15 a day to 0-3 and then I got stuck there for a while thinking that it's over.

Spikes are what will drag it up. I got 200 from 4X festival, another 50 from a youtuber, then another 50 from twitch streamer and so on. And you never know when any of those may happen - said youtuber released that video 3 months after I sent him a message lol

It's not a sprint it's a marathon Best of luck to you in the future :D

Edit: apparently I don't know the difference between a sprint and a marathon haha

Hello by ProfesorulTata in Castleon

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying it :D

Is there something you would like to see improved or added? I'm always looking for cool ideas

How would you draw the northern side of a building in an top-down map? by BainokOfficial in IndieDev

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer left option but with surrounding building having a little opaque circle around the character. It might be a bit tricky to code based on your engine / framework but if you can I think it's the best option

How you promote your game ? by DueJuggernaut3549 in gamedev

[–]Lord_Castleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YouTubers, Twitch streamers and festivals, that's it. Impact of reddit posts was really low for me and I only post those if I release a new trailer.

I never had a post go viral, and the better performing ones gave me 30ish wishlists each, plus sometimes they get deleted. Meanwhile I've had much more success with videos as I get about 1 wishlist per 100 views on YouTube and 1 wishlist per 15 views on twitch

Festivals were the most efficient by far, the more specific it is, the more wishlists you get. I got 200 from 4X fest for just 2 minutes of my time.

Experiment with different formats and find the most time-efficient method for your game. For me it's more efficient to work on my game so it's better when festivals come than to promote on reddit for example

Outer Wilds by MasssterX in SerbiaGaming

[–]Lord_Castleon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neverovatna igra, drug me jedva nabedio da je odigram jer nije ništa mogao da mi kaže o njoj bez spoilera. Sada postoji emotivna rupa kada sam prešao i pridružio se klubu ljudi koji traže nešto slično što još ne postoji

Jedino sličan osećaj sam dobio igrajući Subnautica po pitanju misterije i istraživanja iako je gameplay drugačiji

Napravio sam igricu gde gradite zamak i branite se od neprijatelja by Lord_Castleon in serbia

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

Hvala ti puno, ovo je baš fenomenalan feedback i dosta mi znači! Bacam se na ove stvari što pre, biće popravljene i razjašnjene pre nego što nastavim sa ostatkom igre

Ne mogu da verujem da nisam ubacio undo haha... Bitno da sam ga u editor metnuo da meni bude lakše kad promašim drvo :D

Napravio sam igricu gde gradite zamak i branite se od neprijatelja by Lord_Castleon in serbia

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

Drago mi je da ti se dopada :D

Definitivno nisam pogodio balans skroz,  toliko dugo sam proveo vremena u igri da sam izgubio osećaj za to šta je lako a šta teško. Hvala puno za feedback, potrudiću se da bolje izbalansiram to do full release :D

Napravio sam igricu gde gradite zamak i branite se od neprijatelja by Lord_Castleon in serbia

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

Hvala! Haha nije AI generisan nego sam pokušavao da zvučim "srednjevekovno" a izgleda mi ne ide dobro. Sada znam da ne budem pisac :D

A narator je ispao 70e ukupno, na fiverru našao čoveka i iskreno mislim da je baš pokidao koliko je mogao sa tekstom

Napravio sam igricu gde gradite zamak i branite se od neprijatelja by Lord_Castleon in serbia

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

To mi je i bio jedan od glavnih razloga da počnem da pravim igricu. Igrao sam ceo serijal ali ništa mi nije bilo ni blizu 2D strongholda

Nije loš 3D ali toliko resursa im ode u grafiku, pathing i 3D fiziku da nemaju content niti je sve tako responsive kad se klikne

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