Unhealthy interest in sales figures

[hivemind]

That was painful to read.

But the steam reviews are overwhelmingly positive and I think that when it comes to your target audience they are more likely to take those reviews into account than what some gaming journalism sites have to say.

 

[Infinitron]

Remember that Vault Dweller has a...history with prestigious PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Remember that Vault Dweller has a...history with prestigious PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun.

They also did a positive preview of AoD fairly recently, though: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9441

 

[Goral]

He also has history with Forbes which makes me wonder how big bribe he had to give.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...oper-talks-indie-game-design-old-school-rpgs/

 

[MRY]

Exhibit A:

http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/age-decadence-review/

1/5

That review triggered me with its grammar, and for some reason reminded me of this recent (positive?) review of Primordia on Steam: "One of THE most interesting dystopian robot scifi settings to date."

 

[Chairman Yang]

Since the game is text-heavy, it's not really a Youtube-friendly game to show others. Most youtubers simply ended up reading what's on the screen which isn't very exciting, except for that one time when a girl nearly had an orgasm from the above mentioned dickery.

I think the game could show well with the right Youtubers. Yes, it's text- and mechanics-heavy, but then, so are the Paradox grand strategy games, and they have avid and sizeable Youtube audiences. When the time is right, I recommend getting in touch with grand strategy players like Arumba, quill18, Northernlion, and smaller Youtubers like shenryyr2 if you haven't already. You need people who can deliver engaging, intelligent commentary and really dig into the game; get those, and it'll pay off.

I also remember seeing pretty decent videos about a fighting loremaster and a smart fighter. They weren't perfect, but I think that's the type of direction for Youtube videos that could also yield results.

 

[crufty]

i have heard that 10k units is considered successful by indie standards, so congrats VD!

 

[Perkel]

Fuck Underail, AoD and Grimoire same year.

We definetely will need to do top 100 rpg codex after this year. After those 2 years many things would change.

 

[Aterdux Entertainment]

Check out this link: http://steamspy.com/ Now you can get a good estimate of sales numbers. How it works: they take a snapshot from about 100k accounts (or so I heard somewhere) and then extrapolate to the entire Steam user base. The margin of error is big with smaller titles but with bigger ones it's pretty accurate.

 

[Saduj]

From the 1/5 review: "Prague in 1918 would fall under the same category of ‘low magic, post-apocalyptic’ and I doubt many people would rush to play a game set then and there."


I would be psyched if someone were making that game.

 

[Brutan]

Would you consider releasing a deluxe version of the game? It wouldn't give owners any specials items/advantages(that goes without saying) but it will give us the chance to pay more for a game that we like so much. Zomboid has something like that.

 

[LundB]

except for that one time when a girl nearly had an orgasm from the above mentioned dickery.

...link?

 

[Vault Dweller]

except for that one time when a girl nearly had an orgasm from the above mentioned dickery.

...link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OICLuqTpWYs

Starts at 12:30

 

[Brandon]

Ah yes, Bootylicious.
Let it play through about 16 minutes to get the full effect.

 

[Hatred]

It sounds more like a fit of giggling to me.

 

[Grokalibre]

Iron Tower could probably triple their sales by advertising the game as "INFLUENCED BY BALDUR GATE THE BEST RPG EVER MADE".

 

[Modron]

Iron Tower could probably triple their sales by advertising the game as "INFLUENCED BY BALDUR GATE THE BEST RPG EVER MADE".

Eh I don't know about that, hasn't BG 2 EE only sold ~240k units (Down from the ~400k BG EE sold despite being the better game) despite being in numerous sales granted I have no idea how much the actual games sold on GoG. Now what he should do is say "Influenced by Skyrim the best rpg ever made", that would get the tards out in force.

 

[Grokalibre]

I have a pretty low opinion of the BG serie and an even lower opinion of the people who bought the EE edition so to me it's all the same.

 

[StaticSpine]

I have another variant:

"Fallout in Ancient Rome".

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

except for that one time when a girl nearly had an orgasm from the above mentioned dickery.

...link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OICLuqTpWYs

Starts at 12:30

Seriously what the fuck. I have no doubt your game is good but man... this video...

 

[t]

Vault Dweller keep us posted on how things are going with the discount since, honestly, I'm not sure how big of a spike in publicity can be gained by that -- every other game on steam is discounted as well.

 

[likaq]

Hey, VD, on main steam page i spotted this:

It is new?
It is fucking great.

 

[Ninjerk]

 

[Black]

IT'S THE FUCKING RED WOMAN

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Hey, VD, on main steam page i spotted this:

Good thing there's a woman on it. I literally wouldn't pay attention otherwise. Even though I like the game and look forward to it, I would pay zero attention to the cover. This is how your market's brain dick dick's brain works.