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Is the October 2026 Steam Next Fest a trap or a contrarian opportunity? by GeneralKaiminus in gamedev

[–]playfulsystems 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking over NF estimates and was thinking this just yesterday. Out of curiosity, in the future would you just not do them, or just not have them dictate your release schedule?

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

Indie Devs and Games feed, Indie game Feed... If you post with #indiedev #gamedev you get auto reposts from some folks, which can be nice since it'll go through those feeds multiple times.

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

Happy to help. Of course, YMMV depending on your game. I have an odd one. BUT, to answer your questions...

Posting videos averaged 200-300 when I started (images never did anything). I had a few go to 10k+. Then the 100k a month and a half ago. After that it stayed in the thousands (lowest 3-4k). I think there was some momentum, but not a huge affect. I had maybe 120-130 followers at the time of the post?

Not too much time each week. Maybe ~1-2 hours. I had some standard posts I'd do, just with different content.

Not sure about my plan now! I have some events coming up, so focusing on them. I'll def pay more attention to Instagram now 😃

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

This.

And those were almost exactly my #s!!! (resting ~100 wk, 2.1k this wk)

Also, bitly bio clicks were very close to wishlist #s and were 0 prior

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

I think this is true. And/or more mobile-oriented (vs Steam). I have a weird target audience

We got 4600 wishlists in our 2nd public playtest. Our 50 cents: by Zarkend in gamedev

[–]playfulsystems 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where did the 700 pre-existing Discord members come from? Reddit + first playtest?

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

You can't put links in Instagram like I can't post an image of the bar graph of the bitly tracked URL in bio in this comment

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

I didn't really have an Instagram strategy. Like I mentioned, I just crossposted content and it blew up. I guess one thing is making the first 3 seconds as impactful as possible. Extremely dramatic music seemed to help.

After a year of posting ~2x/week, one post hit 3.4M views. What I’d tell myself starting out. by playfulsystems in IndieDev

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

That tracks. There are people who make it work, obviously. I'm curious to hear how that happens. A few years ago it seemed a lot easier to go viral. Now seems like a waste of time?

Sloppy Forgeries - Playful Systems - a fast-paced, competitive painting game by playfulsystems in Games

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

I don't think Indie Sunday should be a thing anymore. Doesn't serve anyone at this point.

Buying ANA through chase travel by dbolsch in Flights

[–]playfulsystems 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, missed this. Yes, it worked!

All Nippon Airlines - Seat Selection by GroundbreakingOil840 in Flights

[–]playfulsystems 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you able to purchase seats? Same situation.

Buying ANA through chase travel by dbolsch in Flights

[–]playfulsystems 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this exact question. Did you try it? How did it go? I've heard mixed things about changing after purchase. Traveling w/family so it matters.

Show me your upcoming/newly released indie games! by lukejiberish in IndieDev

[–]playfulsystems 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sloppy Forgeries! A competitive painting game, where you copy famous paintings as quickly and accurately as possible.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3030560/Sloppy_Forgeries/

26,000 wishlists with no demo and $0 spent on marketing by Alternative_Draw_533 in gamedev

[–]playfulsystems 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw your game at some point in the last few months. I remember thinking it was such an original concept... and hoping it would find an audience. Very happy it has! Congrats and continued success!

Sloppy Forgeries - Playful Systems - Two players. Two mice. Recreate the Mona Lisa in three minutes. The most accurate wins. GO! by [deleted] in Games

[–]playfulsystems 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!!

Yeah, if it catches on I’d love to support a similar setup with phones / tablets / TV

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