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[Spram]

I hesitated to post this because I'm sure it's been posted here a million times now...



This image is old. Now I got 998 views and it's 28% to the top 100.
The game has 42% yes votes and 55% no. (rest is ask me later).

I know I'm supposed to market my game but I have no idea how.

I put the game in Townhall on these forums, put a demo on itch.io.

I don't know what else to do.

I don't want to bother anyone and I'm shy as ffff. I don't know how I can let people know of my game without being annoying and to be honest, the Greenlight reception is making me wonder if my game is any good. Why tell people of my mediocre game?

Anyway, I assumed that I would get a least a little bit more views in Greenlight, but it seems very few people actually go there.

How do other people do it?

I don't want to sound like a prrrrick, but...
A certain 3D platformer, which I won't name, got Greenlit pretty quickly. Some people who commented negatively about my game commented positive about it. I downloaded the demo to the other game and.. well, maybe it's because I'm biased but my game is much better. That other game was pretty incomplete, had worse camera, no controller support, worse controls and other stuff. I don't want to say it's a bad game, because i think it can be pretty good but it was in no way polished. Pretty much anything bad you could say about my game was even worse in that other one (except the music, the other game's music was pretty good). It sounds like I'm envious, but I actually wish them good luck, I'm just confused. What did they do right that I did wrong? Also, I'm a little bit envious.

[talum]

Put it in a bundle (e.g. Groupees).

[gornova]

my 2 cents: build a website with a clear overview of your game, features etc.. but for doing that, you need to understand your target audience (everyone is not an answer).

For example is a game for child ? For teenagers ? For adults ?
What kind of website/ forums / social networks your target audience use ?

you have also a lot of greenlit comments, try to understand feedback, for example:

- fix main character face: it's a waste of time of worth it ?
- improve GUI fonts
- adding quests or lore

and more important: try to get feedback on people you know, so you can see how they play, what they think matter most and change it. Test, improve and again...

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

Put it in a bundle (e.g. Groupees).

how to kill your game in one step lol.



If you're patient your game will eventually be greenlit even with only 1000 views, since it looks more competent and solid than most submitted games there.

[Bricabrac]

Greenlighting has nothing to do with the actual quality of the game: is all about first impressions. Try to ask yourself why your video/screenshots aren't striking the right chords.
I see the greenlight page has plenty of comments. Read them all, especially the bad ones! You'll find sparks of truth among all the harshness and nasty critiques.

Personally, three things would stop me from voting your game:
- Cutscenes looks very amateurish. The simple art style fits the tone of your game, but the shadowing/lineart of the characters need more work.
- Design of the main character is unappealing. Not because it's "too girly" (I am a girl, after all), but because it's the wrong type of girly: it looks stereotypical, and remembers me of Hello Kitty games.
From the look of your character, I am assuming the game's target are very young girls. But is that really the case?
The platforming looks really solid, and the game seems relaxed, but not easy. I fear you're limiting your own target audience!
- Game description is screaming I am an amateur but I'm trying my best. Though humility is important, be more confident when you talk about your game! If you, the developer, are saying the game has its flaws, why should I buy it?

Just my two cents. I haven't tried your game yet, I just looked at your greenlight page and tried to analyze your presentation.

[readyplaygames]

Greenlight is a popularity contest. Don't be bothered by the strangeness of it all.

[Spram]

gornova: The target audience might be my biggest problem. I'm still living in the mid-late 90's where Nintendo was still (mostly) king. I like colorful games with blue skies and simple cartoon characters... I also like more complicated game (here I mention how I like Dark Souls like everybody else), but I also like the simpler ones. This game might be too simple for the PC and it's target audience.

ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ: Thanks!

Bric-à-brac: Well, she is pink and has a bow so you might have a point. As for Hello Kitty.. I like their designs. Simple and cute. I guess it's a personal thing. I'll think about it.
The cutscenes are pretty amateurish. In fact, most of the game might look slightly amateurish.. I think that's part of the charm, but I can see why other people might not agree.
The game description on the Greenlight page is just me being me. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks to everyone for the feedback.
Unfortunately I didn't know of these forums before. But for my next game I'll post on the Devlogs forum. Get some feedback.

[rhinboost]

Maybe I am coming late, but it says the game has been Greenlit by the community, congrats !

[NoLocality]

Greenlit!

Noice, welcome to steam!

[Spram]

I guess I now know the answer!

Thanks everyone!

[tjcbs]

So what is the answer? What did you do that you attribute getting greenlit to?

[Calibanul]

You have to bring people from multiple sources, not only one forum. Also there is the luck factor, maybe there were many game released that day and your game didn't stay on top

Got to ask:
How many people knew about the game before the Steam Greenlight?
How many iterations your game had?