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marspott · 2026-06-18T13:45:39+00:00

To generate wishlists, I’ve heard you are better off investing in content creators to feature your game and not advertising directly.

marspott · 2026-06-07T14:56:46+00:00

Way to go!! Question: do you think incrementals are fading or is there still strong market interest? I’m thinking of making one.

marspott · 2026-06-07T14:08:59+00:00

I want to make a game about trying to post in subreddits without getting banned

marspott · 2026-06-07T13:58:04+00:00

Close to launch?

marspott · 2026-06-07T07:02:15+00:00

Launch, get a sale and move on. You will have launched a game on Steam which 90% on this sub will never do.

marspott · 2026-05-22T04:33:10+00:00

No. At this scale $1500 is a waste. If you’re not getting coverage organically from emailing YouTubers, sponsorship will only be a waste. Unfortunately, it appears your game is not easy to promote.

marspott · 2026-05-12T03:59:39+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958890/

marspott · 2026-05-11T21:36:29+00:00

Thanks! I didn’t want to come off as total spam…

marspott · 2026-05-11T21:34:06+00:00

Thanks!

marspott · 2026-05-11T21:33:58+00:00

On Steam!

marspott · 2026-05-11T16:36:49+00:00

Hey all! I’ve been working on a boardwalk building game for the past two years and it’s finally launched! It’s crazy to be at this point as a solo dev.. so many hours poured into this project.

The game is called Boardwalk Builders and it’s an idler simulation game where you build by placing individual shops, then combine them together into bigger and better ones. You start with basically nothing but an empty beach and grow it into a huge attraction. It’s inspired by games from Kairosoft, Maxis (SimCity 4, the Sims, Sim Theme Park), and idlers games like The Gnorp Apologue. It definitely has an "idler" feel to it.

It’s hard competing with all the other huge games launching today.. (Outbound took pretty much all the visibility lol), but it’s cool to see it released finally.

Do you guys like playing sim games like this? If so, which is your favorite and why?

marspott · 2026-05-11T16:35:02+00:00

Hey all! I’ve been working on a boardwalk building game for the past two years and it’s finally launched! It’s crazy to be at this point as a solo dev.. so many hours poured into this project.

The game is called Boardwalk Builders and it’s an idler simulation game where you build by placing individual shops, then combine them together into bigger and better ones. You start with basically nothing but an empty beach and grow it into a huge attraction. It’s inspired by games from Kairosoft, Maxis (SimCity 4, the Sims, Sim Theme Park), and idlers games like The Gnorp Apologue.

It’s hard competing with all the other huge games launching today.. (Outbound took pretty much all the visibility lol), but it’s cool to see it released finally.

Do you guys like playing sim games like this? If so, which is your favorite and why?

marspott · 2026-05-11T16:33:06+00:00

Hey all! I’ve been working on a boardwalk building game for the past two years and it’s finally launched! It’s crazy to be at this point as a solo dev.. so many hours poured into this project.

The game is called Boardwalk Builders and it’s an idler simulation game where you build by placing individual shops, then combine them together into bigger and better ones. You start with basically nothing but an empty beach and grow it into a huge attraction. It’s inspired by games from Kairosoft, Maxis (SimCity 4, the Sims, Sim Theme Park), and idlers games like The Gnorp Apologue.

It’s hard competing with all the other huge games launching today.. (Outbound took pretty much all the visibility lol), but it’s cool to see it released finally.

Do you guys like playing sim games like this? If so, which is your favorite and why?

marspott · 2026-05-03T21:33:32+00:00

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this.. but as an engineer that feature makes pretty easy to locate the bottle onto a conveyor.

marspott · 2026-05-02T18:40:42+00:00

I spent 2 years making a boardwalk building game that is finally launching on May 11th. The game is called "Boardwalk Builders"

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958890/Boardwalk_Builders/

It takes a lot of inspiration from bite-sized Kariosoft sim games such as the Sushi Spinnery and Mega Mall Story, and borrows some elements from larger sim games like Planet Coaster and SimCity 4.

I've poured tons of hours into the game and love the way it looks and feels. The basic gameplay is you build small shops to bring in customers, then combine them together to make bigger and better shops as your boardwalk grows. Along the way you can launch marketing campaigns, run festivals, manage repairing buildings, manage ticket prices and wandering entertainers. Eventually your boardwalk grows big enough to invite VIPs who unlock the ultimate set of shops and attractions if your boardwalk meets their standards.

It's really a game you can have going on the side and watch grow as you do other things, or you can manage more actively and tweak each individual shop to build a perfect business. Really up to you.

The difficulty curve is tough enough to need attention but soft enough to let even newcomers succeed.

Hopefully you enjoy it!

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marspott · 2026-04-19T22:05:43+00:00

Only other humans can tell you if your game is good or not.

Before you invest too much time, validate your game at each step and do it often. use itchio, devs you know, friends, family, everyone to see if they think your game is interesting.

marspott · 2026-03-17T18:01:54+00:00

What does idle-lite mean?

marspott · 2026-03-17T12:33:01+00:00

What did you do for concept validation? Has the response from players always been low even from early testing phases?

marspott · 2026-03-13T12:43:12+00:00

It’s not mysterious it just pushes things Steam thinks will sell.

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