Did I just waste 3 years?

Re:Did I just waste 3 years? by bemmu on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:23AM (#18110222)

Instead of making a game for some category on Steam and hoping it sells enough in the first month before sales drop off, I wonder if it could work to make a super-super niche game where the goal would be to rank for a Google search term instead.

You'd try to be very long-lived, steadily selling for years, say just a few copies a week. All traffic would come from people who have some incredibly niche interest they are searching for, say baptism planners discovering your "baptism planner simulator 2000".

If you continued to make games like these say one per month or two, it might be possible to gradually build up a liveable income from them.

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Re:Did I just waste 3 years? by reificator on Monday October 01, 2018 @02:29AM (#18110429)

> "baptism planner simulator 2000"

I guarantee that if you drop the "planner" that game would sell like hotcakes as soon as a medium sized YouTuber/Twitch streamer notices it.

There is no way a game about dunking babies doesn't get enough shock value to get a decent return on investment, especially if it has wonky physics, "bad" controls or other emergent gameplay.

For a deeper game, maybe bring back the "planner" aspect to add a simulation layer on top. Make a tycoon game where you manage a church and the baptisms are just one of a few minigames.

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