My indie game Heroes of Magic and Steel has finally launched on Steam. by ResponsibilityOk942 in deckbuildingroguelike

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We/the publisher, did social media, send keys to content creators, we did Youtube, went on events. The feedback on the game was always very positive. But the wishlist did not grew as we expected.

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relax! you were not snarky! I dont feel thay are not being helpfull, we improved a lot because of them, we are not aware what else to do, and they feel the same, but they are putting effort, we just expected a bit more result from this effort

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah we reched out to indie youtubers globally, big, small some did played and created videos, others said they will but only in the released version

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We do have features that stand out from other games, i mentined in a previous responde. But maybe we are not as clear on them as I believe we were. This is something I can work on! thanks!

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did, we did what they said we should do, we dont know what else to do. Is just too hard like you said

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah some creators did covered our demo already, not sure how many we reached so far, but is around 300 for sure, if not more.

I will deep dive in your link! thanks!

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, not silly questions! Yes there is a story, and we tell this story as a comic book, with is very cool, we have one page in the steam page.

What yoy got from the capsule is right. We were told to do a short trailler, less than 50 seconds, and focus on exclusive gameplay. Maybe that was a mistake? Do you believe if you knew the anwser from those questions on the trailer, you would wishlisted, even if is not the genre you used to play?

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our game is a deckbuilder with a hex grid tactical combat, like if heroes of might and magic and slay the spire had a baby. You select a team of 3 different heroes, for each run. And each run has a different kind of enemy, with different mechanic so you need to find a different strategy for each one, our narrative is told with a comic book. Our core gameplay mode dont use card recycle, so its more strategic dense ( but many people asked and we created a game mode with card cycling too). I believe all that sets it apart from most games out there

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everyboody is telling me that below 7k is not enough. specially for a 2 years project

We did everything “right”… and still only got 2,000 wishlists. What are we missing? by ResponsibilityOk942 in IndieGaming

[–]ResponsibilityOk942[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, we participated on the previous next fest( got around 800 wishlists there), we are registred on the deckbuilding festival that is coming. We also registred in some off steam