Defining the success of Gregor Hills Haunted Hospital Horror Game

 

 

I. How to market:

I am not sure! I have no marketing budget but I know how to sell games if you know what I mean. It seems people love to buy cheap games on Steam. So, if you put a good game out on Steam at $0.99 it tends to sell on its own. Also, refund rate for low priced games are lower. Weird, isn't it?

GOALS: Here are my goals. I will update the data from time to time. I will strike through them as soon as I reach my goals. Success is different for different people but for me my goal is realistic and it is quite achievable at this price point. Developers might say that you need to price higher. Trust me, it will only work if you have higher marketing budget and skills.

a) Making A Living: The goal is to make a living creating video games. It is very much possible because I am from a country(IN) with a low cost of living. I basically need $200 a month to survive. It does not have to be from one game but from multiple titles.

b) Marketing: No, I am not going to invest in marketing. I might do some free marketing here and there. I want to see how many copies it sells with $0 marketing budget.

Milestones: 

Review milestone:

- Got First review!

- Got 5 reviews!

- Got 10 reviews!

- Got 20 reviews!

Anything above that is anomaly.

 

 

 

Net Revenue milestone:

- Made $50 in sales

- Made $300 in sales

- Made $500 in sales

- Made $1000 in sales

- Made $1600 in sales.

Anything above that is anomaly.

Also, I will get back Steam direct fee which I paid after my game makes $1000 in net revenue. That should be my target for now.

I share a few sales data from time to time and share if I have reached my goals. I will do this for $0.99 games only because it is hard to reach with higher price points unless it's a 3D game or something. 

 

Keatz The Lonely Bird Indie 2D Platform Action Game - Destroy The Water Turret - Septerber 19 2017

September 19, 2017:
Development Progress: 50%

Game Page: http://www.amaxang-games.com/2017/05/keatz-lonely-bird-indie-pc-game.html

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Hello world,

Today, I have introduced some important features in the game, Keatz: The Lonely Bird. When I was working on the level design, some features were missing like there were no instructions available, nor there was a screen shake effect implemented at that time. So, I had to modify code and got it to work readily. 

Designing the level was fun and it was a great experience. When I started working on designing level, it was like an empty world with only placeholder images and non-animated character sprites. But later, I replaced them with actual textures, character art and so on. I have also added some lighting effect to the level to make it look as attractive as possible. 

In the previous post I had mentioned that I had added parallax motion effect which has drastically improved the visuals of the game. There are also some jumping woods where the player can jump over with an aim of jumping higher than player's normal jumping abilities. Besides, there are saws, thorns and water areas. However, one must be very careful as the player will die if immersed in water since it is a bit deeper. 

Now, I would like to add a gameplay video showing the level which I have explained above. The visuals are more meaningful than the writing itself and it is quite natural and a great idea to have a video linked in this blog post. Here you go:

NightmareZ A 2D side-scrolling platformer is now on Steam!

I have created this blog in order to provide the latest updates about the releases, news and various other things related to the development of my future projects. I have found Blogging to be the best way of communicating with my fans and followers who are interested to play new great games. 

I am really glad to say that after struggling for about 2 months on Steam Greenlight, NightmareZ has been successfully accepted on Steam store, that means, NightmareZ will get a greater visibility all around the world. I have poured my heart and soul into making NightmareZ, which was in development for more than a year. This game is a part of my life and moreover, this is a game which I had once dreamed about and finally managed to convert my dream into the reality. 

NightmareZ has got a very few attention from Press sites and YouTubers. It is obvious because my game is pretty new to the Game industry and I had never thought of putting this game in front of millions of gamers.  However, it needs more attention and it deserves it. 

Wanna check out the game on Steam?
Here you go: http://store.steampowered.com/app/509930

About The Game:
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with lots of fancy features, multiple enemies and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons and there are also different scenarios to pass through including Mountain cave, The Land of Flora, The Land of the Hell, The Core of the Hell, The land of Snow, The Dark City and The Cave of The Hell with deadly traps, formidable enemies, power ups, and secrets. 

 If you like 2D platform retro games, you can watch the trailer below.

Conclusion: 

NightmareZ is finally on Steam store, the largest PC gaming platform in the world. If you have been waiting for a long time for its release or if you did not know about this game, now is the time to take a look at this new indie game on Steam. You might enjoy this game. Who knows? I will keep you updated with new upcoming posts! Please subscribe to my blog for latest updates if you are interested to keep in touch with me. Feel free to ask me in comments.