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Bubs Apr 3, 2019 @ 4:51pm

Game needs coverage

Said to see there is no playerbase. Hopefully when the game becomes free on April 16th 2019, a playerbase will build. I would strongly recommend reaching out to gaming youtubers for coverage, as at the moment there is no coverage of this game other then on GOL (Gaming On Linux) that I could find. No coverage no players

Last edited by Bubs; Apr 3, 2019 @ 4:51pm

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Bubs Apr 3, 2019 @ 4:54pm

Future idea is maybe have bots fill in missing players on both teams

tudor [developer] Apr 4, 2019 @ 10:29am

Hey,

We've reached out a few times to various YouTubers and websites but no luck unfortunately. Bad timing when AAA companies are releasing big multiplayer games for free may have been part of the problem too. Realistically nowadays you need a massive media machine, a publisher or pure luck to get a player base going which we had none of.

On the other hand there were things we could've done better like having bots fill rooms so that even if the game was empty, it wouldn't feel that way.

Cheers for the support though, this has been a massive learning experience for us that'll we'll carry through to our future games!

Bubs Apr 4, 2019 @ 11:38am

Yeah hopefully this game still works out, it sucks you guys are going to have to put it for free.

Are guys planning on adding bots?, I really think it will help a ton. At least make it playable for solo users or small groups.

Oh & thanks for the Linux support :)

Best of luck
Indie Gaming World

Last edited by Bubs; Apr 4, 2019 @ 11:43am

tudor [developer] Apr 4, 2019 @ 3:08pm

If there's a community of course we're going to support it and that'll for sure be the first thing we do.

AlienC

Apr 13, 2019 @ 2:41am

I'll try plug your game in a few old school communities (subspace, soldat, tag pro)

Might get some players familiar with this genre to come in if it goes free to play.

Otherwise what are your thoughts on getting this to work on mobile and tablets.

I could see this being a big game following on mobile and mobile gamers love cheap cosmetics.

Honestly you could sell cosmetics for like 25 to 50 cents each and people will buy some because it feels so cheap.

Even price it at 10 cents per item and a pack for $1 and you will see some extra revenue coming your way.

Looks like a fun game.

tudor [developer] Apr 14, 2019 @ 8:49am

Thanks AlienC! Porting the game to mobile is a lot of work and there would have to be significant changes to the game to make it work well on those platforms. It's just not feasible right now with our really limited schedules. Thanks again through for spreading the word!

AlienC

Apr 19, 2019 @ 1:53am

No problem.. as it stands it is a very basic nice simple top down base vs base shooter but yeah keep it up and if you want some cool ideas look around at soldat and other nice quick simple games but yeah so far it looks good the foundation is set just needs more content.

Can't imagine how much work has been put into it already.

Consider something like capture the flag or king of the hill style game modes maybe as long with maybe player abilities and moves like short range blink or mini stealth or damage reflection honestly the content opportunities are endless!

Good luck all the best!