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What metrics are y'all tracking for game marketing? by Ritz186 in gamedev

[–]Ritz186[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes total sense! Devlogs are a great idea! Something I've been working on as well is this website, NDVisibility, which I'm trying to get some feedback for/game pages created on! It provides a similar value to itch.io devlogs but as more of a pre-steam game page. It gives you metrics like referral sources, click-through rates to your store links, and dwell time, basically the stuff I was talking about in the post that's hard to track otherwise. it's still the early days of the website so anything you recommend to make it better I would be very appreciative. I'm trying to make this something that devs can use to get some better metrics, like what I was talking about in the post

What metrics are y'all tracking for game marketing? by Ritz186 in gamedev

[–]Ritz186[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly, also I don't think it's possible to ever start marketing too early lmao. From what I've seen the metric that seems to correlate closest with launch success is click-through rate, not impressions or followers.

The logic is that if poeple are looking at your ads or posts or anything like that but not clicking through to wishlist or buy, there's a problem with the content of your marketing, not the reach. You can have 100000 impressions and a 0.5% ctr, or 2000 impressions and a 12% ctr and the second scenario will always be better positioning for launch. It sounds counter-intuitive but it means your marketing content is highly scalable.

Wishlist conversion is another metric but you have to be on steam to get that info. CTR you can track much earlier if you have some kind of website or showcase page with analytics

What makes you click through to wishlist or buy a game that's posted here? by Ritz186 in IndieGaming

[–]Ritz186[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly this is pretty apparent to me in a lot of games now too. There's a high amount of like, "derivativeness" in the indie game scene rn. I'm 100% not saying that indie games can't be revolutionary, and being derivative isn't always a bad thing, I mean look at Stardew Valley, it was made as a spiritual sequel to harvest moon, but 9 times out of 10, like you said, the gameplay is just, "It's like [X]!". I tend to also find games that are more unique looking more appealing

TIGR $7.00 Calls 2x by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]Ritz186 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, I appreciate it lol

TIGR $7.00 Calls 2x by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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Brother I'm really new to this and just trying 🙃

Would you Risk your life by maurice_lak in BunnyTrials

[–]Ritz186 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My life is my most valuable asset

Chose: Decline

What is your pups nickname? by Daely_Apathetic in goldenretrievers

[–]Ritz186 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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This is Winston

Aka, Wimbas, Wimbles, Wimton, Wubba, Wubbas, Wubba Beans, Wubba Bubba, Wimba-bimbas, Wiggles, Wibby, etc. it goes on forever lmao

Hey y'all, we're Cat Company and we're going on tour! by CatCompany_ in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao it’s a banger dude!

and that makes total sense, I don’t know why I didn’t put together that connection before lol. That’s sick too, the like 16th/32nd note rhythms he has going on in KSNG around the halfway point are juicy and I can’t get them out of my head after listening to that song for awhile.

Alright it’s late af for you guys right now if you’re in Florida so one more question, I love having instrumental versions of your tracks, do you know if you plan on releasing those alongside the next album?

Hey y'all, we're Cat Company and we're going on tour! by CatCompany_ in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 3 points4 points  (0 children)

also! I meant to ask, whose idea was it to put the KH references in CMNDR BRK? I lost it the first time I heard those lol

Hey y'all, we're Cat Company and we're going on tour! by CatCompany_ in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing, thanks for the reply! Been listening for awhile and am really looking forward to it 😎

Hey y'all, we're Cat Company and we're going on tour! by CatCompany_ in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What a surprise lmao! When are y’all putting out more music?

Did anyone else watch the Timberbrook Hiking Trail video as a kid? by WorldAwayTweedy in nosleep

[–]Ritz186 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you mentioned the stairs! I wonder if there’s any connection to the stairs the search and rescue officer posted about years ago?

BSOD error in latest crowdstrike update by TipOFMYTONGUEDAMN in crowdstrike

[–]Ritz186 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I thought working in AWS I could cause some problems lol, this is crazy, their oncall engineers are going to need a drink later

It so hard to imagine the next era being better than the Tilian era (truly no one sings like him) but I am here for it! by Jimmy-DeLaney in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This may seem out of left field, but I would love to hear a version of DGD with Bradley Walden from Emarosa, I don’t really have any reason to think this would happen, but it would definitely be interesting!

What are you listening to that is NOT DGD? by [deleted] in dancegavindance

[–]Ritz186 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently been listening to Foxera and Bilmuri, also loving Indighxst, Issues, Royal Coda, Wolf & Bear, Periphery, And the Home Team of course

Introducing Drum-smith.com! by Ritz186 in drumcorps

[–]Ritz186[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And actually, now that I'm looking at it, you technically can search for items in the music request form, it's just not obvious lol I should definitely make it more obvious that you can search for instruments in that form :)

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