For context : have no idea how they found about it, but I love that they are illuminating indie games. And VICE.com has 12 million monthly readers. This is insane for me , because for a long time I was struggling for the game to be noticed. (If you want to follow how development of the game is going, a simple wishlist on Steam will be well appreciated.

  • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    It’s cool you guys allow it. I find banning self-promotion is such a stupid rule for a games community. It’s cool seeing people make games, too!

    • Dremor@jlai.luMEnglish
      12·
      4 days ago

      Rule 3 is about “excessive” self-promotion. Self-promotion is allowed, spamming is not.

      I understand it isn’t verry clear (I’m working on that), but as a mod, I usually do not remove if the following conditions are met :

      • OP do not spam his game, once every 2 weeks is fine, once every two day is not.
      • OP post objective is to spark a constructive discussion around said game. Good post forms are :
        • A video trailer that accurently depict gameplay (to filter those low-effort games whose trailers are 100% cinematics)
        • A text post that talk about the game without being just a steam description.
      • OP ask for mods permission to advertise his game. @Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world (sorry for the ping 😋) didn’t at first, got removed, but was nice enough to ask the mod about it, thank to what we found this arrangement.
      • OP engages in the conversations. Those 1 day account that post their games, never to be seen again, will be removed without mercy.

      All those implicit rules helps to keep this community free of advertisements for low-effort cash-grab games, and preserve everyone enjoyment of this community.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        I definitely want to see this version of self promotion encouraged. I think it’s good and healthy for this community to be a place where creators can discuss cool projects, engage with their fans and solicit feedback, as long as they’re doing so in a way that respects the health of the community. I think the accommodations you’ve chosen to make / demand here are very reasonable.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Yeah I mean it’s why I’m here. I’m much more interested in finding out about indie games then AAA games, if only because I probably already know about the AAA games. Especially because they’re apparently AAAA these days, and presumably some of that budget includes advertising.