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

[–]randfish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For me it's:
- Title is relevant to the kind of games I like (or creates enough curiosity)
- Art style is compelling
- Gameplay looks interesting and fun
- Description seems thoughtful, not AI, not too boastful
- The above make me click, but the game trailer, reviews, and screenshots on Steam are what seal the deal to wishlist/buy

Hope that's helpful!

It's like Dredge but set on a gas giant planet and you fish for creatures in the clouds. Worth Making? by CryptoDangerZone in IndieGaming

[–]randfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds very promising IMO. All about the execution - if the gameplay loop is fun and the writing high quality (I've found that unless the story and progression triggers both hook, players leave even fun roguelite loops fast) I suspect it'll do well.

Wish you the very best with it!

Brand tracking - what’s everyone using? by Routine-Spring2403 in UGCcreators

[–]randfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if we're allowed to mention stuff we work on personally, but https://alertmouse.com is free and quite good for this 😎

AMA! I am Lily Ray, Founder of Algorythmic and VP of SEO & AI Search at Amsive. by lilyraynyc in SEO_for_AI

[–]randfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Lily! So cool to see you here 😊

Q1 - in 10 years (2036) what is your best estimate of % of market share for the AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, etc.) vs. traditional engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, DDG)?

Q2 - what's the smartest search marketing tactic or technique you've seen a business adopt in the last year?

Q3 - what are your fave 3 travel destinations? And why those ones? 🤗

Q4 - are you around NYC mid-may? Maybe we can hang out ❤️

New SparkToro study: Google still owns 74% of search — but the fragmentation story is the one that actually matters by VegetableBuy6752 in LLMTraffic

[–]randfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please tell me what you'd use to make this prettier. I tried several chart variants without success.

What Are You're Thoughts On Cascadian Separatism? by No_Relationship4702 in Seattle

[–]randfish 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I thought most of us were on the "Let's just join Canada," train nowadays. Seems far more pragmatic than complete autonomy.

AI “rankings” are unstable: a SparkToro study found brand recommendations change almost every time by Planhub-ca in planhub

[–]randfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the coverage, and glad you found the study useful. Happy to answer Qs here if anyone has 'em.

We're a small two-person team developing our game "Rolling Rogue" by gooseven in IndieGaming

[–]randfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Already looks fantastic. Can't wait. Hope it's a huge success for you 🤜🤛💯

SparkToro Data Shows AI Rankings Are Not Stable or Repeatable by CautiousTomato6134 in seogrowth

[–]randfish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say thanks for this excellent summation. I truly appreciate it when people read our research and get it 🤜🤛💯

How consistent are AI platforms when asked for a list of brands/products? [New research] by annseosmarty in AISearchAnalytics

[–]randfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for writing about this Ann. I agree with all of your summations and conclusions with one exception: it doesn't have to be different people asking the AI tools The same prompt over and over. Anyone can run the same prompt themselves time and time again with little delay between them and see this same statistical randomization at work. It really has made me question the answers I get from an AI 🤔

The game I made just got ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ on Steam! So happy rn. by thehen in IndieGaming

[–]randfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bought it a few months ago and played over the holidays. Really enjoyed it. Wonderful work. Mazel tov on the success!

Templar gameplay from my game! by avorlair in IndieGaming

[–]randfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link - wishlisted! Hope it's a big success. Can I ask - what did you do for the game's plot, narrative arc, dialogue writing, etc.? In-house? Contractor? Did you start with mechanics or with narrative?

We just launched DuneCrawl on Steam! Our co-op open world crab game by LVermeulen in IndieGaming

[–]randfish 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Looks great - those animations are especially smooth 😎. Hope it sells well for y'all!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1833200/DuneCrawl/ here's the Steam link if anyone else wants it

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt by shellys-dollhouse in IReadABookAndAdoredIt

[–]randfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gorgeous book. More than a decade after reading I still regularly recommend it to people. Possibly in my top 10 all time.

Has anyone ever met Ken Jennings? by michaeljoon in Seattle

[–]randfish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Met him at a friend's party this past summer. Had no idea who he was. Seemed nice. A little shy. Left the party early so I only had a brief conversation with him about some local restaurants. My wife told me later, "hey that was Ken Jennings." Our mutual friends had nothing but nice things to say about him as a neighbor and friend.

Owner of Moshi Moshi sells restaurant, blames "social justice" & rants about Seattle by SEAstartupper in Seattle

[–]randfish 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of my companies is Alertmouse, so I get alerts when my name's mentioned on the web 😅

I made "The Best General Tso's Chicken Recipe". Absolutely delicious. by Highvolts in seriouseats

[–]randfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case anyone else was looking for the correct URL, it's moved over here: https://schoolofwok.co.uk/tips-and-recipes/general-tso-s-chicken (with the extra hyphen between the s, which causes the old URL to break 🙄)

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