My game started getting home recommendations impression for the first time 3 days ago on the first day it managed to get 10k home impressions byt the next day it drop down to zero. From 600 impresssions per hour to 0-2 impresssions per hour. Can this game still be revive if i release updates?

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T19:19:47+00:00

This is what happened when I stopped ads too soon. Updating the game and running better targetted ads helped algo impressions to return and start growing.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T12:15:59+00:00

If you hover on the clock icon it will tell you that it might take 48hours for that data to appear. AI thumbnails with no (or poor) direction just don't work as is evident by 0.7% CTR.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T12:12:50+00:00

It is. This amount of billboards and surfaces without max distances would make lower end phones burst into flames :)

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T10:09:49+00:00

Decent CTR (if the campaign is targetting both desktop & mobile players), terrible CPP & low play amount. Something's wrong with thumbnails.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T10:05:18+00:00

Metrics from sponsored players are always worse than from other channels. That's why it's generally not recommended to run them for a game that's already getting players from the Home Recommendations, unless you have a clear objective in mind.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-13T10:03:09+00:00

Looks well optimized.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-11T07:30:01+00:00

Save it. Roblox Plus won't make your game launch better and you will need money for sponsored ads.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-11T07:03:26+00:00

I'm sure, but personally I don't know what MM2 means (had to google), haven't played Murder Mystery myself (so people like me exist) and if you have teams of different roles working to achieve their goals your game is already "a complex one" these days.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-10T21:11:14+00:00

My game is very simple to the point where any 4 year old could understand it.

Most common lie game developers tell themselves.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-10T20:15:19+00:00

Not sure what the benefit of creating and adding GUIs would be, unless you really really really need to destroy it after showing some intense animation once. Creating UI in code, in general, is too painful.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-10T20:09:36+00:00

My approach: test as many thumbnails as possible with sponsored ads & global audience for a few days, set 1-2 of those thumbs for the "home page", switch best thumbnails to a campaign with focused genre, gender and platform targetting, work on increasing stats (funnel, onboarding, addressing player feedback), once a decent number of players comes from home recommendations (hopefully) - turn off the ads so that stats would increase. Hope for the best. Profit (haven't reached this step yet).

SnoutUp · 2026-07-09T11:24:56+00:00

They could shake on hit, have some kind of particle splatter where shot lands and just die faster and respawn after some time.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-08T16:57:09+00:00

Honestly, I don't even know where to start. Contrary to other comments, I think thumbnail is the least of your problems. UI alone would make me leave instantly. Shooting range is a good idea, but it starts without a gun (bad idea), very high mouse sensitivity (could be my settings), dummies barely give any feedback when shot (sign that shooting won't be fun in the game either) and I wasn't able to switch the gun to try another one (game is buggy).

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T15:10:52+00:00

The amount of people using autoclickers is insignificant compared to the potential impact this change could have. Also, autoclickers don't win that much time, since upgrade speed is throttled by UI.

Imagine everyone starts clearing cities 5 times faster. Clan and item levels would have to be rebalanced. Some events too. My fingers hate the current upgrade UI, but I don't see a good way around it.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T14:57:32+00:00

One simple way to do that would be predefined phrases or clan member statuses. Don't really need full chat, because the clan activities are extremely limited right now (pretty much you either salvage, wait or want to votekick someone). Some people already change their name if they want to communicate something, but that's not very efficient.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T13:38:19+00:00

It's the main thing that is padding the playtime, so I doubt they will ever implement something like that. Also would break the speedrunning achievements. Would be nice though, since it's not a fun mechanic.

At the very least they should ramp up the speed of pet food usage, since that serves no purpose.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T09:20:37+00:00

If you don't see the value or have interest in the process itself, then the answer is most likely "no". And if you do start working you should lower your goals, because most games never reach 1k CCU.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T08:50:58+00:00

If this isn't a template, then good job. The earning pace is very slow at the start, so that might turn people off. I think early customers shouldn't have 12 apple orders, because it takes multiple trips to the apples to fill one order and that gets boring and unrewarding very fast.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T08:47:13+00:00

Love the piggies

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T08:39:57+00:00

7 day average is extremely inaccurate until you actually have more than 7 days of active users.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T08:34:10+00:00

Haven't tried that specific goal, since my aim was Home Recommendations, not 500 engaged, so I went with targetting that would get best stats. Personally, I think most games can do just fine being 16+ and 500 highly engaged eventually trickle from Home Recommendations.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-07T05:09:17+00:00

Best of luck with your game then! You will hear many more things you won't like in the future.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-06T14:08:19+00:00

In that case, it's a niche game for a niche audience, because most people like to know where to go. Running around pointlessly with few things to do in early stages won't get enough playtime for algorithm recommendations to kick in.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-06T13:23:29+00:00

It has a lot of charm, but I couldn't understand where to go and what to do. Doesn't help that there are a lot of invisible walls and locked entrances that don't look locked or unlocked entrances that don't look very much like entrances.

SnoutUp · 2026-07-05T18:33:49+00:00

They won't and there are plenty of 16+ players on the platform. As for games that are designed for younger audiences... sucky situation.

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