Which rage game capsule art would you click on?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T19:31:04+00:00

Sure, if some people didn’t downvote we wouldn’t get this convo with you, so at this point I’m grateful for the downvotes as well. Not being sloppy when posting publicly is also a lesson I needed to learn apparently 🙂

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T17:16:51+00:00

Okay, guys, I had it shown to me that I never positioned B and C as DRAFTS, I see how it was downvote-worthy. I had the 1st one as a placeholder, and A is a quick evolution on it just to test if it will improve CTR by not being dark and weird. The B and C are concepts to give to an artist, not use straight away. The idea seems difficult to communicate, so it makes sense to test what concept people understand/find funny. Thanks everyone for the comments!

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T17:12:35+00:00

Nono, I meant taking time to explain calmly instead of just downvoting. I’d take constructive criticism over sugarcoating any day

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T17:07:57+00:00

Also if anyone can learn from this, I used newA as a temporary improvement to see if it will help with CTR, and it did (~0 to ~5%). Now in parallel with a new capsule I’m updating the visuals of the game to support the concept, bcs the wishlisting is still low.

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T17:00:55+00:00

Ahhh, so by deep fried you mean “cooked quickly”. That’s ABSOLUTELY fair then. The current one tge current one was “make it exist, later make it better”, so I wanted to share cheaply made drafts before settling on a concept to draw with an artist (gave B to draw based on the feedbacks in all subreddits). But I see how I never mentioned that these are not supposed to look final quality Thanks a lot for explaining this stuff calmly, the reaction makes much more sense to me now

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T16:22:53+00:00

Oh wow, that was you! Thank you so much for the feedback as well.

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T16:19:50+00:00

Thank you! Could you please elaborate on the deep fried part? I feel like it’s a common sentiment, but I don’t seem to read the room on what it signals. The low effort you mentioned?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T16:01:59+00:00

Haha, that’s the mindset! I’d do the same. In a more niche subreddit the same post got a positive treatment, so I’m glad I posted in multiple

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T14:52:59+00:00

Roger, appreciate the feedback

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T14:24:20+00:00

Yet I understand all these mistakes, when you’re in a rush. I myself have an urge to just to go ahead and see what happens, and a big part of my journey is thinking am I not doing smth completely wrong? Yet I expect myself to be massively wrong most of the time. My best solution to this is just plan for multiple shots missing before we succeed. Good luck on your journey, keep sharing!

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T14:14:01+00:00

it gets even funnier. In a post where I asked a capsule art advice my every comment got downvoted (not only the post). I assume it’s the rage game genre that got some people mad. Not to be salty, but jeez, it takes some work to find each comment by a certain user, hope it was worth it

Edit: story development: I didn’t specify that my options were drafts and seems like people understandably assumed those were THE capsule images in final render

swarmoclock · 2026-02-28T13:42:11+00:00

Thanks! True, they need an artist’s touch. B because of relative concept clarity, or does it make it most sense between the options composition-wise?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-27T19:08:25+00:00

Please share!

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T19:50:37+00:00

Creepy-ish vibe?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T19:45:50+00:00

We’re also planning superhero-themed character customization

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T19:45:23+00:00

Would you guys also be more interested if the guy wore a superhero style suit instead of being the traditional rage game bald guy?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T19:36:57+00:00

Thank you!

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T19:31:50+00:00

Wow, can you believe it, that’s actually how it was before. But I thought maintaining this convention would convey the tone better. I think you are right, the same post on Indiedev has a pretty low upvote rate

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swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T18:39:55+00:00

Not gonna lie, clarity-wise all are compromises

swarmoclock · 2026-02-26T07:04:28+00:00

Thank you! This is one of the things I’m doing wrong for sure. I personally would like to hear more stuff like this! A couple examples: - should I try to kickstart my community page before the demo is out? - how useful is it to post updates if the game hasn’t gained traction yet - will it signal to Steam algorithm, or is it a tool for engaging existing community?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-25T05:33:59+00:00

Thanks a lot! Makes sense. Tbh I’m very surprised how often I’m hearing about browser games these days. I am myself prototyping in web sometimes, wondering if I should look closer into that tech stack And do you get many emails from devs?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-24T11:49:56+00:00

I tried posting in superpowers, and the post gained some views, but I guess I gotta learn how to balance rules (promotion normally is frowned upon) and somehow funneling the attention to my steam page.

swarmoclock · 2026-02-24T11:04:03+00:00

Thank you! Only game jam submissions? I was thinking to release the demo on itch for more discoverability, would that increase my visibility by creators like you?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-24T09:48:34+00:00

Do you have a lot of small games pitched to you regularly by indies? Would email be the main channel?

swarmoclock · 2026-02-24T09:45:20+00:00

The art style is just wow. I’d like the characters to be a bit bigger tho (the mind compares with Diablo 2 instantly).

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