[Steam][Launch Discount] Boon Boon($0.59/40%off)

Wow! I did not see that thread. I will check it out and see what ideas I can get from him. Thanks for the link! :D

I see. That makes sense. Thanks for the information. :)

I see. I thought adding "?" signs to the keys might be effective against bots. I did not post keys as it is to avoid such circumstance. Bots might be smarter, who knows? But someone told me here on this forum if I provide some sort of Steam keys giveaways I can post a link to store page. I guess, I have done it differently. Sorry about that. It was fun to meet everyone on this forum.

Steam does not approve large number of keys to smaller developers so it is pretty hard for us, small devs, to do a bigger Giveaways.

Hi,
"And it's not true that only games get successful from known studios or devs with big marketing money, it's hard especially these days with 30k games on steam, but with the right game? Not impossible, it will sell itself."
Games does not sell itself unless you do the marketing or you get the visibility. It is a business just like any other and even if you have a great product and no one knows about it, it would not sell unless you get lucky. If an unknown dev charge $10 for a game, even if it is a good one, only a few people will buy it because nobody knows the developer. And by good, I mean "a product that appeals to a wide audience." The "good" and "bad" games are subjective anyway. The word "Success" can mean different things to different people. For me, finishing a game and getting it out there to see only a few people enjoying it is "success" to me, also at the same time paying my bills and bringing food to the table while doing what I love. Chance of making a game successful financially like the hit games, that appear on the front page of Steam, without marketing is very slim. I am not telling it is not possible but the chance is pretty slim. If my business is based on that slim chance without thinking about the sustainability, I will be sure to go out of business in a month or two. There is a lot of factor that plays a significant role in sustainability of a business and also depending upon where you live. Well, I am not going to write an essay over it. :p

I am not thinking about making only one big hit and from the business perspective it is not the wise decision especially at the present situation when so many games are releasing on Steam every day.

"But define "lots of happy users" all your games got a fair share of negative reviews and some that are positive come from people that have 1 review (or <10) and usually that's frowned upon as it comes across a bit weird.".

Some of my games have mixed reviews, some negative and some are positive and change over time as more reviews keep coming. There are many users who sent me personal emails explaining how much they liked the game. Yes, it happens a lot and some even post in discussion section but don't post reviews. It is their decision to post a review on my game page. It has no external influence if you are thinking about it and I NEVER tell anyone to review my game not even to the people outside of Steam. I believe in honesty more than anything and I am pretty sure it is against Steam developer conduct rules. It is the people who have genuinely enjoyed it and post a review there on their own will. I know Steam user reviews are a bit weird at times and even funny. But I am really serious when it comes to stuff like this.

"but it shouldn't be an excuse to go "oh i have to bring something out because else i am not making enough money")."

I am putting a lot of effort in each of my games I am making. I know how hard it is to do even a single character design and animation and I am not even talking about programming and other stuff that comes with it. I release a game on Steam which people might enjoy. Sometimes, things don't go as expected so I am always prepared for a failure that comes with it. No one becomes successful in just their first or fifth try as it takes time and persistence and a lot of practice. Even then only a handful of developers succeed. That's reality. It is true for every creative field you can think of. Success stories might be a bit misleading as there are lots of failure stories which never get mentioned anywhere.

"Offcourse you have to support yourself and it's a high risk but on the other hand you dumped your games in several bundles, several times, that couldn't have made you much money either."

Bundles do provide a lot of exposure and new customers who might have never heard about the game. "Much money" depends upon various factor including geographical location. So, I would not comment much on that one. :)

Anyway, thanks for the constructive feedback!

Thanks for sharing your opinion. I give my very best to make these "games" and I am still learning from it. Being in creative career it has been a great learning experience for me(I have almost put my 8 years of practice, and learning in to making them) and I am trying my best to improve. Even if my games fail but experience which I have got from it is priceless. If you have any constructive feedback I would love to hear from you.

"Than I have bad news for you - you can't make games too"

• I need only a very few people to say "You can do it" to keep going. Thank you very much for taking your time to check it out.

Thanks!

I'm not the one who complained about floaters.

Well, I am sorry that I misunderstood the statement. Valve might not approve so many keys for giveaway but I will do it if I can with at least a few keys as you know they have got strict with key requests. You might not be aware that Trading cards are not given to all games now. So, only a handful of games have these features. By the way, Thanks for checking my game out! I respect your opinion. By the way, thanks for providing feedback.