So... how on earth are we to promote ourselves on this site? like i have found a few clickers who have good games but with hardly any downloads and i think some of these people deserve more credit. hell a lot of us do, theres tons of good clickers here that dont do anything cuz nothing is ever successful regardless of how good the game is.
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downloading games to play really isn't how i use this site. i come here more to talk with people and who have a similar goal set to my own. which is to make the best game they can with media fusion.
How many downloads you get is just a number though. but i do agree it is hard to promote something on this site. In less you get on the front page. a lot of people aren't going to see your game.
Yes, the front page issue is a problem. It's like there's a celebrity list here. With a site this small, everyone should have a moment to shine. Again, that's why I'm suggesting IndieDb. I think you can post an article about your game that will at least see the front page for a few minutes.
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The majority of the games WOULD get a mention on the front game, if they had working screenshots and a somewhat reasonable description.
I've been super busy the past few weeks though at work and simply not had time to do much with the site. As for the other admins, I'm guessing it's the same.
With the number of active users going down, getting frontpaged isn't that hard at the moment.
But your entry should have a decent description and screenshot(s).
Furthermore you can write an article about some interesting stuff happening in your game engine, or specific implementation of something in klik-code.
You can start a project to keep everyone informed, or ask if someone could/would write a review for you.
But The Daily Click is just one of the so many sites you need to expose yourself on.
And today your game should probably be featured on iOS and Android. Because that's the way most casual games are played nowadays.
Don't take this as a request, because at this point, I couldn't care less, but over several years, I have put four functional games on here, complete with descriptions, valid download links and screen shots. My games have never hit the front page.
I acknowledge that you and the other admins are busy, and that's fine. I also acknowledge that my games, or someone else's might not be good enough to go on the front page, but I'll say it again... on a site of this size, everyone should have a chance in the spotlight. The way I see it, the advantage of a small site is that we can establish a small, close knit community, but I don't see that happening here these days.
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Slightly off topic: we could always start a "what's new" thread in which we could post our new stuff with a description and screenshots. Or we could ask the forum admin to add a new board called: "front page" or "what's new" in which we could promote our new stuff.
Basically the downloads section does this also, but it's not really visible nor a good way of promoting your stuff.
I can see what Jenswa is saying about the download section. I agree it's not a good way to get noticed. Most of the time when i view the download section. I find games from members who have zero post and i have never even heard of them. I wonder if they even made the game with media fusion.
So basically i start my searches for new things at the project pages. My general rule is that if the game never had a project page. Then i rule that game out as a potential download.
i'm not sure if i'd use the "what's new" area if their was one. but it would be nice to get emailed once a project i Favorited became a download.
Originally Posted by Jenswa Slightly off topic: we could always start a "what's new" thread in which we could post our new stuff with a description and screenshots. Or we could ask the forum admin to add a new board called: "front page" or "what's new" in which we could promote our new stuff.
Basically the downloads section does this also, but it's not really visible nor a good way of promoting your stuff.
And today your game should probably be featured on iOS and Android. Because that's the way most casual games are played nowadays.
I might not speak for most people, but I prefer games that are both downloadable exe and for windows.
I wonder if they even made the game with media fusion.
Posting non-MMF games isn't actually against the rules of this site.
Don't take this as a request, because at this point, I couldn't care less, but over several years, I have put four functional games on here, complete with descriptions, valid download links and screen shots. My games have never hit the front page.
I acknowledge that you and the other admins are busy, and that's fine. I also acknowledge that my games, or someone else's might not be good enough to go on the front page, but I'll say it again... on a site of this size, everyone should have a chance in the spotlight. The way I see it, the advantage of a small site is that we can establish a small, close knit community, but I don't see that happening here these days.
I agree here. I have submitted several games to this site and only one of them was on the front page. And it wasn't even one of my better ones. I would love it if some of my platform games (Meloetta:MoD, Touhou:WoF, or Spiritia:SoF) would be on the front page.
Although I understand the reasoning for a What's New section in the forum, I think it would actually hurt more than help. Instead, one general forum might be better. With this little traffic, and few posts, spreading the posts out in the various forum sections makes them even harder to see. If posts increase so much that it gets chaotic, then it could be expanded to keep things orderly.
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