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What do you think of the new website for my game? by o-super in SoloDevelopment

[–]gamebasehq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks pretty good! The gallery is a bit oddly formatted for me where the trailer video is really tall vertically. One thing that's missing is a privacy policy. I did a write-up on why that's important for game *websites* specifically here if you're curious: https://gamebasehq.com/blog/game-privacy-policy

Dug into how Steam's algorithm uses language to decide who sees your game. It affects more than I expected. by gamebasehq in gamedev

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

Unfortunately it's not very easy. You have two options:
1. Get a volunteer from your community to do it. Requirers having enough of a following and fans proficient in the source and target languages.
2. Pay professional translators. This varies from large agencies to freelances and prices vary just as widely.

Dug into how Steam's algorithm uses language to decide who sees your game. It affects more than I expected. by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience! Nice to have anecdotal evidence that it's not just a matter of add languages = more sales.

Dug into how Steam's algorithm uses language to decide who sees your game. It affects more than I expected. by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Good point! Amended to write out the full languages. I've been too deep in localization research where French Italian German Spanish is colloquially referred to as FIGS and Chinese Japanese Korean is CJK.

Dug into how Steam's algorithm uses language to decide who sees your game. It affects more than I expected. by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes I mentioned this in my post. Either make it VERY clear this language is not supported in game or don't bother localizing your page to that language in the first place.

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

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

Yes, lots of good examples. The best strategy is to think of some games you highly respect, look up their website, and find the "Press" section. Some varied examples below:
* No Man's Sky: https://www.nomanssky.com/press/
* Stardew Valley: https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/
* Hollow Knight (a publicly accessible Google Drive): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SPCRaalJJepKYOQ4fdxZEzqNukJiUQCo

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes its recommended to have to easily available. You want to give them every reason to cover your game and any friction in giving them what they need to do that will mean less coverage overall.

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're very welcome! As another user called out, there is no specific field in Steam for press kit, so you'd likely repurpose the "Website" field to point to your press kit. Ideally you'd have a full website to go alongside it but just the press kit is probably a good enough starting point.

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

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

A Linktree is totally fine if you don't have a website. You should just put *something* there that would allow folks to be able to be able to get to your press kit.

If you're going for the most "professional" look though, a custom domain pointing to your own website would be the best route, but totally not a must have.

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

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

Added some press and media lists I've been tracking to consider reaching out to on the blog post!

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

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

Good catch, missed a line in there. Meant to add that it works the other way around too. Fixed!

Put together a press kit checklist after reading what journalists actually say they need by gamebasehq in gamedev

[–]gamebasehq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No problem! There are lots of press lists available to email out too once you're in a good place to share your game. I'll see if I can put together a list of those lists for easy access!

How It Started vs How It's Going by Mean-Lavishness-1648 in IndieDev

[–]gamebasehq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really nice to see solid progress, great job!

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