[gameprogrammer] Re: Getting your game played
- From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:28:53 -0600
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 12:53 +0000, Stephen Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was just wondering what people do here once they've finished their
> games (assuming that ever happens!) to get people to play them. Do you
> just setup the obligatory website, or do more? And how do you know if
> you're game is being played by other people? And do you get much (any?)
> feedback?
This is a real problem. I write libraries that are used in games and it
is even harder to find out if people are using them. I usually get feed
back when people think they have found and error or when someone has a
question about the license. Using google I can find out how many web
pages mention my libraries, which at least lets me know if people are
talking about my stuff. Aside from that I don't get any feed back at
all.
>
> On a personal note, I normally set up a website, maybe some forums and a
> wiki, and of course stick it on Sourceforge. I do find it frustrating
> when I don't know how popular my game is, or if anyone has even played
> it. That's why I now write client/server games, and host the server, so
> I know when people are playing.
For other types of games I suggest having the game request a
"hidden" (no links to it) page on a web site every time they start up.
That way you get a simple count of the number of plays.
The main thing is that you have to market the hell out of your games.
You have to go on line wherever people are that play the kind of games
you write and talk about your game. Also, Just putting a link to your
web sites in you .signature file can get the work out slowly, but
constantly. It takes years to build up interest in a library, I suspect
the same thing is true of games.
Bob Pendleton
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
>
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