[DISC] Promoting your Game - Reasons and Method

Let face it, every once in awhile, FKG has a post with people looking to promote their game(s), and wonder where they can go to do that.

My question for everyone is this: do you have a reason why you are promoting your game(s)? To get more people to play your game, get more traffic to your site, boast your mad programming skills, world domination?

My second question is what methods have you used or plan on using? Pimping on Flash Kit Games and other messageboards, posting on popular sites like Newgrounds.com, good link sites like Jayisgames, game "sponsership" portals, or something else different (like making a game for some local band you like)?

With that in mind, please post why you want to promote your game(s) (if you have ever thought about it) and the method you have used or plan to you.

yeah,i will mak gta and then i will mak an rpg and then i will combine both to mmrpg online! i need team with skilled coders for server and flash. i can do flash good but no script. my art roxors though. don´t steal my idea,it pOwnZ!!:D :mrpimp: :mrpimp:
yeah,dominating world is kool :D :D. don´t make fun of spnsor sites,they pay great,its great money what they pay here wher i live!! :yikes: :yikes: :p :thumbsup: :mrpimp:

do you hav tutorial for moving character?

just wait 24 hours and I'll show y'all how to pimp a game....

chrisError//

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Originally Posted by tomsamson

yeah,i will mak gta and then i will mak an rpg and then i will combine both to mmrpg online! i need team with skilled coders for server and flash. i can do flash good but no script. my art roxors though. don´t steal my idea,it pOwnZ!!:D :mrpimp: :mrpimp:
yeah,dominating world is kool :D :D. don´t make fun of spnsor sites,they pay great,its great money what they pay here wher i live!! :yikes: :yikes: :p :thumbsup: :mrpimp:

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Is someone having a bad day? :P

no,i have good day THANK YOU. You have tutorial for moving characta now?
You can add me to AIM for chatting.I also have other game i need help with i cahnged script from other game and combined script with turoial but gives always error. It says flash 4 syntax deprecated but i have flash mx. i can upload exe if you want to see.

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Originally Posted by tomsamson

<don´t take comments from this person for real till he or a nurse yells:"Its here!" The person is either getting a baby or close to finishing a project and is getting really dizzy >

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OH! Well congratulations either way. :D

haha-aaah! i gained 20 pounds because of it and its kicking me all day! take it out of me take it out of me!

...nay,i was just kidding,i´m not pregnant of course,i just cloned 3 andre michelles´,3 preds,3 strilles,3 of my type and now we will do world domination!

you have walking characta tutorial now?

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Originally Posted by tomsamson

you have walking characta tutorial now?

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Surely, as a mod, you should actually be saying something constructive? :rolleyes: lol

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Originally Posted by crashlanding

Surely, as a mod, you should actually be saying something constructive? :rolleyes: lol

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I hope you are kidding.... Have you seen some of the moderators on this site? :p

crashlanding has a point though,its not been the way i behave normally,is it? ;)
I´m getting back to normal though after having finished my current QA todo list and something close to release :)
Sorry if anyone got annoyed by my one thread craze..i´ll get back to helping people,not because i should,but because i´m into it ;)

In my case

If I put a game here (and I haven't) is just because I want to read comments adn improve my games

For self promoting well, I never think on that, I sell directy to the clients and my games webpage is for clients only, but everyone can play there, nowbody knows it

Maybe in the future I will put a game in "miniclip" or "newgrounds" just to show my clients that I have games in games portals

well, thats what I think

All of my games have been sponsored, which pays pretty well (well, not making-me-rich well, but still). For promotion, I tend to just submit to newgrounds and a few other portals, and other sites tend to pick them up soon. Addictinggames.com is a site that brings in loads of traffic, and they always ask before featuring my games, which is nice.

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Originally Posted by WilloughbyJackson

please post why you want to promote your game(s) (if you have ever thought about it) and the method you have used or plan to you.

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everyone wants recognition for their hard work and so do I :D plus it could land you a job or some fast cash.

i'm a big fan of opensource as are many others, i love to learn off other peoples work and get inspiration from different games i've seen, when i post up a game hopefully i'm giving some inspiration to other people and that really warms the cockels of the heart :hug:

that was the gay'st post i've ever written, thanks will

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Originally Posted by mr_malee

that was the gay'st post i've ever written, thanks will

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Gay:
# cheery: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
# full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
# given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
# brave: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"
# offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

if only tom had his bum dancer avatar, i would [img] that in a second

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Originally Posted by tomsamson

yeah,i will mak gta and then i will mak an rpg and then i will combine both to mmrpg online! i need team with skilled coders for server and flash. i can do flash good but no script. my art roxors though. don´t steal my idea,it pOwnZ!!:D :mrpimp: :mrpimp:
yeah,dominating world is kool :D :D. don´t make fun of spnsor sites,they pay great,its great money what they pay here wher i live!! :yikes: :yikes: :p :thumbsup: :mrpimp:

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you forget to add this line

"U DO THE GAME ENGINE AND PASS TO ME!, I WILL GIVE U THE FULL CREDIT BY PUTTING UR NAME IN THERE"

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Originally Posted by WilloughbyJackson

....good link sites like Jayisgames...

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I have usually mailed to Jay. Not only do you get promotion if its reviewed there, but I mostly like the fact that Jay has honest reviews. I mean there are loads of sites where every game has "superior gameplay", "never before seen graphics" and "hours of fun for whole family", but those sites are all selling the games and everyone knows the reviews are only for advertising. The fact that Jay is not trying to sell anything to visitors is quite unique and getting honest review for free is very important for developers.

well this post seems to have gone a lil spam crazy...

back to the subject of promotion - i posted a game on fkit a few years back and after a single thread it took wings and flew. last time i looked it had well over 10 mill individual players. one thing that worked was sticking a recommend to a friend button firing off an email. just sit back and watch it spam the world.

did also stick a contact form in there for help etc. regretting that, still getting 20 emails a day.


basically a load of 'games for free' sites will link to yours. if you want people to play your game, great. if you dont want leachers then youre severely limiting whos going to play it. your call.

:)

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Originally Posted by tonypa

I have usually mailed to Jay. Not only do you get promotion if its reviewed there, but I mostly like the fact that Jay has honest reviews. I mean there are loads of sites where every game has "superior gameplay", "never before seen graphics" and "hours of fun for whole family", but those sites are all selling the games and everyone knows the reviews are only for advertising. The fact that Jay is not trying to sell anything to visitors is quite unique and getting honest review for free is very important for developers.

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Not to talk up JayIsGames too much, but besides honest reviews, Jay is games is also great for game feedback.

I've seen some author who are linked to from JIG post in the comment section replying to various posters, and getting feedback from them and making changes to their games.