Comments on: Promote Your Game Using Online Videos and Online Game http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/11/26/promote-your-game-using-online-videos-and-online-game/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Video Games Hideout » Blog Archive » Promote Your Game Using Online Videos and Online Game http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/11/26/promote-your-game-using-online-videos-and-online-game/comment-page-1/#comment-24593 Video Games Hideout » Blog Archive » Promote Your Game Using Online Videos and Online Game Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:28:11 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/11/26/promote-your-game-using-online-videos-and-online-game/#comment-24593 [...] Original post by Juuso - Game Producer [...] [...] Original post by Juuso – Game Producer [...]

]]> By: ZeHa http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/11/26/promote-your-game-using-online-videos-and-online-game/comment-page-1/#comment-22384 ZeHa Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:32:34 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/11/26/promote-your-game-using-online-videos-and-online-game/#comment-22384 In the indiegamer.com forum, there was even a discussion about having ONLY a video and NO demo. It was very interesting to read, and I think there are some important thoughts and interesting points of view. Personally, I think it would be best to have both. But there were also arguments like "if they download the demo and they don't get into the gameplay after half a minute, they'll just stop playing, but if they only see a video and buy it, they kinda HAVE to figure it out a little longer". I think that's also a good point, and of course, not getting into the gameplay right from the start doesn't always have to be a developer's fault! It can be the player just not in the right mood or something. Perhaps there could be a way to use a demo AND a video and still minimize those kinds of problems somehow... In the indiegamer.com forum, there was even a discussion about having ONLY a video and NO demo. It was very interesting to read, and I think there are some important thoughts and interesting points of view.

Personally, I think it would be best to have both. But there were also arguments like “if they download the demo and they don’t get into the gameplay after half a minute, they’ll just stop playing, but if they only see a video and buy it, they kinda HAVE to figure it out a little longer”. I think that’s also a good point, and of course, not getting into the gameplay right from the start doesn’t always have to be a developer’s fault! It can be the player just not in the right mood or something.

Perhaps there could be a way to use a demo AND a video and still minimize those kinds of problems somehow…

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