vegmuffin (wishlist Labyren!)

My tower defense game Labyren finally got a steam page! Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/4015890/La… #indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense

@burrowbling very A Short Hike vibes, well done

added a farmhand to sit next to ☀️

@KenneyNL A mazing Tower Defense with some chunky sound effects

What are you working on right now? Show me (and us)!

Finished an ability icon marathon (for now). Wanna guess what each of these does in my tower defense game? #towerdefense #gamedev #indiedev

@PlayGLAD I think the short eventually added like 200-250 wishlists heh

@FriendlyMuffin2 lmao the algorithm works in mysterious ways. one random short outperforming a curated event is the most indie marketing thing ever. did the short lead to actual wishlists or just views?

Who would win: A steam-official curated event specifically for my genre vs some random accidental 100k view youtube short content 🤪 #indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense

@BecomingCaptain I'm clueless too, I have been doing this for several years and this just started working 😂 take everything I say with a grain of salt

@FriendlyMuffin2 Thanks! It's all so cryptic as to what the best practices are since they changes all the time hahaha

@BecomingCaptain If you're releasing it's probably good? I'm assuming you already did the next fest and I believe it's highly recommended to keep momentum from it and release soon. Tangy TD was released on the TD fest and it blew up like crazy so I think it's a great idea!

@FriendlyMuffin2 Oh ok ok. My plan was to release just before the Deckbuilder Fest to put as much chance on my side as possible. Do you think it's a good idea to do so or am I just going to get... buried?

@BecomingCaptain No it doesn't! However it might be very invisible. That's what happened to me, there's no section that's just for "unreleased games but have demos", and most of the sections are populated with popular games that are on sale. It's still a good thing, but not as much as I had hoped

@FriendlyMuffin2 I have a question for you, I've never participated in a genre oriented Steam event. Does your game needs to be out to participate?

@LumariGames Yeah. It's also a little bit of what would generate comments but not outright upset the audience, I seem to have accidentally struck a good balance there, since TD enthusiasts want to show off their knowledge, but the general audience generates the views or something :D

@FriendlyMuffin2 I dont have the best converting shorts but they do great views, I'd say this video did so well because you used simple concepts people know and built upon that. You built curiousity for a casual viewer. The fog of war one or animation one doesnt really hook me for example.

@StarvingFoxStd I think it's just because the themed fests promote already released games instead of promoting demos. It's a little weird since there's a weird gap for demos because everyone recommends using the next fest as the final checkpoint.

@FriendlyMuffin2 Tbh this TD Fest did nothing to most developers games. Saw multiple devs sharing their wishlist graph from the event and it's been quite underwhelming 🫤

@the_synaut youtube.com/shorts/fOK8NWz… here you go!

@FriendlyMuffin2 Great spike! Can you share the actual YT short? Still trying to understand what works for short form video promotion lol

@camoufurage I usually download from freesound with CC0 license or use the Soundly free sound library.

@FriendlyMuffin2 did you make the sound effect yourself or did you buy it from somewhere?

If you're here for some taktaktak sound effects, you're in luck #gamedev #indiedev #towerdefense #screenshotsaturday

@_theletterish cubes look tasty 😋

@_theletterish B looks quite more stylish to me ✨

which button style is more appealing, A or B?

been feeling kinda stressed lately so I made a little prototype is this anything

With the Tower Defense Fest coming to a close, I feel like I expected more. At some point I decided to manually scroll down towards my game and I was really struggling. The "demo" page is both for existing titles with demos and for new titles with JUST demos. Strange! #steam

I’ve been working on the sand erosion physics for my sand castle building game. Still needs some tuning, but it’s starting to behave the way I want. Wishlist Sandcastle ➡️ s.team/a/3216520

rain. #gamedev #towerdefense #indiedev

@Murgobo try Labyren on Steam, i used to play a lot of wc3 TD maps :3

woke up missing warcraft 3 tower defense...