I have a question to ask, I was planning to make a trailer but couldn't because of last moment rush... But the question is did making a trailer helped increase peoples interest in the game? Or it was something which was ignored completely by majority of players...
Curious to know, as of the results may make one next time 😄
want people to get interested in your game, then dont be dump like me.
but seriosly though, i think people might just ignore it like i did (sorry), but i think people want a faster way of getting info about your game, and that is exactly what i didn't have, you see......after i finished my game i was too lazy to put pictures about the game, i just pulled a stuped photo of google and put the name of the game on it and thats it, didnt put much effort in it as well as i didn't in puttin gany form of pictures about the game, after 4 days of the rating period i had 7 ratings, then i put a picture of the game (was the best that i could get) on the submission page of my game, then the next day i got about 6 ratings, jut because of that, so dont be dump like me
I don't think that it really helped get more players who are part of the game jam but there was a spike of almost double people viewing the page after I put up the trailer, it helped with downloads as well from what I can see on the analytics page.
I make trailers for all the games that I make so it's just something that I do, it only took me a few hours (not sure how many maybe 1.5-3) to edit so I think it was worth it.
Thanks for the info! We didn't make a trailer but did make animated gifs. Seems like making a trailer may attract more attention from the broader itch audience. Plus, I see jams as practicing for the real thing - making a commercial game someday. And trailers are definitely required to do that. So, I'll definitely be taking the time in future jams to throw together trailer. True, if you're doing a commerical game, hiring a professional to do the trailer makes sense, but I want to understand the process so I know what to ask, etc. Plus, you never know, maybe I'll turn out to be good enough at it myself.
