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author=calunio
Wouldn’t people be more likely to play a game they find on Steam (because it looks more professional and it’s not free) than a game that’s free lying around some indie game website?
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From my experience, what gives visibility to a game is not really the platform, but the articles, reviews and LPs.

My strategy would be to release it on as many platforms as possible, whether it is paid or free. There are very many free games on Steam, and sometimes the free price tag makes it more visible. For instance, Doki Doki Literature Club is a free game on Steam, and perhaps its visibility is largely due to its $0 price tag. Either way, I think regardless of price, marketing is an essential ingredient to visibility. Even the setting up of a gamepage here and posting stuff on Twitter or other platforms is marketing. It's a tricky game in and of itself.

author=calunio
First, I’m having a really hard time composing my own music. Not so much for the lack of musical talent, but for the inability to deal with music composing software.

I am fairly sure that you would be able to find a talented composer who is willing to work with you. *COUGHS WILDLY AND GESTURES TO SELF* (But in all seriousness, I'm only semi-talented, you could find someone far better than me. I was just delivering a joke... unless???)

If you want to think about making your game more visible in the marketplace, I reckon the best person to talk to would be Housekeeping. He has recently shared his advice to developers marketing for the game Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, which was very successful and visible by RPG Maker standards. I can share that advice with you, with his permission, or you could even organise a quick Discord chat or something.

That’s really good! And so true. Now I must write my game instead of continually doubting myself. Looking forward to Therapist very much!

Can’t wait for therapy.

author=Kylaila
Plz sing "all i want for christmas is you"

I will try to convince them to do so. Thank you for your input.

Anything at all. Game dev / design related or otherwise.

The other edited podcasts are coming very soon, I'm just being a too-busy bad-person.