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How promotion works

A topic by YJ Project created 15 days ago Views: 69 Replies: 2
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We put a major update out to the public a couple days ago. Compared to the previous version of the game available for download, the progress is tremendous. This is the first update, after downloading the first version. We were surprised that the update didn't get as much attention as it did the first time around. We've read every possible article and tip to find out what's wrong. A similar situation happened with our friend's project, who had always received help from Itch before, but in his latest update everything happened the same way it did for us. We noticed that his update turned out to be small compared to previous publications. So we concluded that the update first of all should be really big in terms of description and photos. Also, we try to attract attention from other sites to attract people to go to Itch.

To compare the two versions (0.3.0 and 0.4.0) (download this): https://yjproject.itch.io/nly/devlog/831729/nly-030-public and https://yjproject.itch.io/nly/devlog/853064/nly-040-public

We try to release monthly updates on Patreon, and we also publish posts about it here. Should we not write about monthly updates here, but instead publish one update every 2-3 months and write a big post about it with the option to download that version?

Since the survival of our game in the initial stages directly depends on the attention and support of the audience, we really want to understand the mechanism of approval of updates by moderators. Thank you!

Itch will not tell you why or why not a major devlog is approved to push your game on top of recent again. They do not like people trying to game the system.

Your account is 41 days old. Number of expected approved devlogs: 0. You seem to have gotten one. Lucky you. Some games wait to get indexed first time for a month.

You have over 250 followers in that short time. So you are doing pretty well. So you should not worry. Do your devlogs/updates for the sake of it and not to optimise any perceived bonus attention. A devlog itself is already a bit of promotion, because they appear in https://itch.io/devlogs

Oh, thank you)