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How to cross promote under the new Steam Rules by Chris Zukowski in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

@Kelly @gamedev Chris went through the numbers in this blog post and the one before and apparently, yeah.
https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/21/valve-just-took-away-a-valuable-visibility-tool/
According to one developer quoted in that post, about 75% of trackable wishlists of their sequel were achieved through crosspromotion from the first game's page.

How to cross promote under the new Steam Rules by Chris Zukowski in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

@savvywolf @gamedev That doesn't really serve the purpose these cross promotion methods were devised for. These are meant to help you gather wishlists for your upcoming games, which is supposed to ensure a successful launch by getting you into steam's promotional algorithms (e.g. Popular Upcoming) as quickly as possible.
I agree that most of these techniques are too intrusive from a player perspective, though. I'd add a link in the main menu and heavily discount old games at most πŸ€”

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How to cross promote under the new Steam Rules by Chris Zukowski (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/gamedev@programming.dev
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How to cross promote under the new Steam Rules by Chris Zukowski

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/26/how-to-cross-promote-under-the-new-steam-rules/

@gamedev

#GameDev #GameMarketing #Steam #GamesMarketing #IndieDev

Notable Upcoming Game Jams in September 2024 in c/gamejams@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 1 points 2 months ago

@gamejams I would love to participate in Spooktober this year but I'll be too busy with my other projects to start a new one 😩

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Notable Upcoming Game Jams in September 2024 (mastodon.social)
 

Notable Upcoming Game Jams in September 2024

Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam
September 1st - October 1st
https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-2024

Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2
September 8th - September 15th
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-12

GBJAM 12
September 13th - September 23th
https://itch.io/jam/gbjam-12

1-BIT JAM Nr. 4
September 26th - October 11th
https://itch.io/jam/1-bit-jam-4

@gamejams
#GameJam #GameDev

[Blog] Valve just took away a valuable visibility tool in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Boomkop3 Yeah I guess πŸ€” I wish they could provide an optional image-button UI for the socials widgets so theyre easier to see at least..

Chris also wrote that his next blog post will be about alternative strategies to cross-promote games. I'm curious what he'll come up with

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[Blog] Valve just took away a valuable visibility tool (files.mastodon.social)
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[Blog] Valve just took away a valuable visibility tool

Blog post by Chris Zukowski (How to Market A Game)

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/21/valve-just-took-away-a-valuable-visibility-tool/

@gamedev

#GameDev #GameMarketing #Steam

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PyNGtuber - A new Free and Open Source PNGtuber App (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/indievtubers@lemmy.ca
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PyNGtuber - A new Free and Open Source PNGtuber App

Showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia5Hy%5C_je%5C_WA

Download here:
https://gemmstone.itch.io/pyngtuber

Source Code:
https://github.com/Gemmstone/PyNGtuber

@indievtubers

#PNGtuber #VTuber #Streaming #PyNGTuber

What is the last anime you watched over 100 episodes? (Or the longest you've watched if none qualify?) in c/anime@ani.social
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@cevn I'm happy that they could go all out with the CGI this time around but I didn't agree with the art direction and some of the characterization. Reinhard and Kircheis' designs I especially dislike, where are their luscious locks... they look like run-of-the-mill ikemen now :BlobhajSadReach: And since they decided to continue the plot with a movie series I kind of lost track of it

What is the last anime you watched over 100 episodes? (Or the longest you've watched if none qualify?) in c/anime@ani.social
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

@literalgrill @anime

The last 100+ episodes anime I've watched must've been all of the original Legend of The Galactic Heroes! It's a classic :blobcatcoffee:

Apart from that, Hunter x Hunter and Naruto

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Voting for the GMTK Game Jam 2024 has started! (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/gamejams@programming.dev
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Voting for the GMTK Game Jam 2024 has started!

The theme was "Built to Scale", and there are a whopping 7708 entries! You can check them out here:
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2024/entries

Voting is public, so everyone can participate by going to the submissions page and opening their personal randomized queue of games to play and rate:

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2024/unrated

@gamejams

#GameJam #Gaming #GMTKJam2024 #indiegame

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New Rules for Steam Store Page Descriptions (mastodon.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/gamedev@programming.dev
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New Rules for Steam Store Page Descriptions

TLDR You may no longer add:
- Links to external sites (use dedicated fields instead)
- Links or images pointing to other games on Steam
- Images that mimic Steam UI elements

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/4201376568915048835

#Steam #GameDev #IndieDev #GameMarketing
@gamedev

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Draknek just announced their "New Voices Puzzle Grant" for 2024! (files.mastodon.social)
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Draknek just announced their "New Voices Puzzle Grant" for 2024!

It's a USD$15,000 grant for developers from traditionally underrepresented groups who are working on puzzle games!
Includes 1-on-1 mentorship and super flexible terms when it comes to how the money is used.
Deadline is October 7th 2024.

More info in the link here: https://grants.draknek.org

@gamedev

#GameDev #IndieDev #PuzzleGame

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The Melbourne Queer Games 2024 Festival is open for submissions until August 23, 2024 (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/gamedev@programming.dev
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The Melbourne Queer Games 2024 Festival is open for submissions until August 23, 2024

There are no geographical restrictions regarding the submissions. Queer games from all over the world are eligible, and entry is free!

http://mqgf.com.au

@gamedev

#QueerGames #IndieDev #GameDev

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Fate/stay night Remastered and Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Remastered Announced (Steam and Switch)! (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Berin@mastodon.social to c/visualnovels@lemmy.comfysnug.space
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Fate/stay night Remastered and Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Remastered Announced (Steam and Switch)!

Fate/stay night will release on Steam on August 8th 2024!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396980/Fatestay/_night/_REMASTERED/

https://x.com/KaroshiMyriad/status/1819600566856962218

@visualnovels

#VisualNovel #Fate #FateStayNight #Gaming #VisualNovels

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How To Market A Game: What Steam’s big demo update means for your marketing strategy (mastodon.social)
 

How To Market A Game: What Steam’s big demo update means for your marketing strategy

New blog post by HTMAG on what to do after the steam demo changes:

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/07/31/what-steams-big-demo-update-means-for-your-marketing-strategy/

@gamedev

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameMarketing #GamesMarketing #Steam

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The Yuri Game Jam is celebrating its 10th Anniversary πŸŽ‰ (October 1st 2024 - December 2nd 2024) (mastodon.social)
 

The Yuri Game Jam is celebrating its 10th Anniversary πŸŽ‰ (October 1st 2024 - December 2nd 2024)

The jam is all about games centered around relationships between women. Other forms of media are also allowed!

https://itch.io/jam/yuri-game-jam-2024

@gamejams

#GameJams #Yuri #Gamedev #IndieDev

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Tales to Thrill Jam will start in 1 week (August 7th - September 1st) (files.mastodon.social)
 

Tales to Thrill Jam will start in 1 week (August 7th - September 1st)

It's an unranked visual novel game jam in which you can pick one of the following themes:

- Possessive Possessions
- Lost & Found
- Forgotten Promise

https://itch.io/jam/talestothrill2024

@gamejams

#T3Jam2024 #GameJams #VNDev #IndieDev #GameDev

Demo released for Detective Instinct: Farewell My Beloved, a ADV/VN inspired by classic detective games in c/visualnovels@lemmy.comfysnug.space
The 32bit Summer Games Jam is now open for voting! in c/gamejams@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 2 points 3 months ago

@gamejams Would you like to participate in the next one? Follow @32bitjam to get the latest news!

Katawa Shoujo by Four Leaf Studios to be released on Steam and Itch.io on August 15 in c/visualnovels@lemmy.comfysnug.space
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 2 points 3 months ago

@ezlin @visualnovels yeah it was one of my first "proper" VNs as well :blobmiou:

Game Jams in August 2024 in c/gamejams@programming.dev
[–] Berin@mastodon.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@gamejams

I am personally looking forward to the Josei After Dark Jam though *cough* πŸ‘€ (August 1st - November 1st)

https://itch.io/jam/josei-after-dark

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