I have a press release going out this week and one next month.

Thought of you and your great advice on press releases.

I am curious to see what kind of results / coverage I get compared to your very good results using your press release methods.

TWEFTW is a very sweet game. Best of Luck selling this game.

We ever going to see your video Babes again.

Let me know if I can help....

Ken

very useful thread, thanks to the excellent questions asked and the great responses by ichiro.

julz

Thanks Ichiro for sharing your insights. They greatly help to bring the work needed for a real production into perspective. For all who wonder what it actually can take, a rough estimate of "work hours" needed based on what you said and assuming the standard 8 hour day (rarely happens), I figure about 1000-2000 hours of hands-on time. And that assumes one knows the software being used pretty well.

Interesting also about your way of taking a break at times from the project. It makes a great deal of sense, not only to avoid "burn-out", but also to allow the ideas used in the project to be processed by the brain and to mature into what one can call well-rounded solutions. That probably makes the final end result so much better.

Interesting ...

cheers,
tindust

we want sales stats! no... seriously, would you mind telling us after some time if the project was worth it or not?

We usually don't release sales figures (especially early on), because they may skew any deals we work, but what the heck, let's at least share one datum point. :) The first two days saw 33 units sold. That's not a whole lot in absolute terms (yes, a whopping $550 after credit card processing fees), but I think it's a positive sign. Indie games tend to do the whole long tail thing, and if we approach a publisher, we'll make out pretty well.

Here's hoping.

Glad to know this game is doing well Ichiro!
You're a talented individual, no doubt, but Experience and Persistence are the main keys in your case, me thinks.

I'm also surprised to see that a game, any game, sells well during January, I had the impression that this was the worst month of the year for game releases.

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For the next few years, we will avoid projects that will take more than 9 months, at any rate. I can't take it anymore!

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Amen!

Hi Ichiro

I want to follow up on how powerful press releases can be.

It's only been 24 hours and our press release for "Spitfire Heroes" is showing up all over in the game press....

I think the most valuable information ever given on these forums about publishing is Ichiro's strong recommendation to put out a press release and use some sort of press release service.

Ken

Man, the stuff you guys do on the DS is amazing.

(As a complete aside, we're considering iPhone development. Wish there were a nice games-centric engine like A7 floating around for it.)

Question just to be sure, and to bring up a subject totaly not related to this thread:

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It's only been 24 hours and our press release for "Spitfire Heroes" is showing up all over in the game press....

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This game was not made with 3dgs, was it?

No, we use our own tech for the DS and Wii.

We use the Jupiter Engine for PC and XBOX dev.

Our team is made up of former 3DGS users...

Ken