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Re: Stop going for your audience's heads and go for their groins. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/24/2013, 8:29am PDT
MM wrote:

This is essentially what your game pages do. You point out all the impressive awards you've won and all but say, "Nuff said!"


You're absolutely correct! There is nothing in that opening page that even describes the games. Man. Thanks, dude.


I wouldn't remove the game awards from your page, but I'd give them a lower priority than the experience the player will get from buying the shit you're hawking. Will they laugh til it hurts? Will they be overwhelmed with nostalgia? Will they come away vindicated by the brain-twisters they've just solved? Will the real world melt away and they find themselves in a magical electronic world of beauty and wonder?

Point out the experience first and foremost, then point out all the awards as a final nudge to players who are still on the fence.


Yeah, I gotta decide what it is I want to do. I was at the Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition on Saturday. I sold two hard copies of Crypto. Now... this is a free game in a dead genre, but still -- I had the game discs out and nothing else. Partially this was because I was flying into Oklahoma and couldn't exactly make a huge-ass sign. But there was nothing stopping me from making the sign the other 364 days of the year.

I'll make changes when I get a chance based off your feedback, MM. Thank you.

Would you have any time over the next week to see if what I am working on is any fun? It's at the stage where I can still accept feedback AND implement it if there's awful UI mechanics.


ICJ
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Good indie game websites for inspiration by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/19/2013, 7:50am PDT NEW
    Stop going for your audience's heads and go for their groins. by MM 09/19/2013, 8:22am PDT NEW
        Re: Stop going for your audience's heads and go for their groins. by gruman 09/19/2013, 9:12am PDT NEW
        Re: Stop going for your audience's heads and go for their groins. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/24/2013, 8:29am PDT NEW
            Re: Stop going for your audience's heads and go for their groins. by Mysterio 09/24/2013, 10:13am PDT NEW
                That was me. NT by MMysterio 09/24/2013, 9:38pm PDT NEW
                    Re: That was me. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/25/2013, 12:34pm PDT NEW
                Did you ever get my email on this, Mischief Maker? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/13/2013, 1:06pm PST NEW
                    Oh shit, yeah. by Mischief Maker 11/13/2013, 3:13pm PST NEW
                        Re: Oh shit, yeah. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/13/2013, 6:37pm PST NEW
    http://braid-game.com/ by Entropy Stew 09/19/2013, 9:52am PDT NEW
        Wonderful site. And you're right. Thanks, ES. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/23/2013, 12:08pm PDT NEW
 
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