Game development & design

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Gindis, Oct 15, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    I have more then 5 years experience with online and multiplayer games and I love making games.
    Check my games at: www.gindis.com

    If you need professional help with your game design and development then you can contact me:

    Here are few of my suggestions and tips to promote your gaming site:

    1. Make your games easy to play and add clear instructions.

    2. Add your games in gaming lists. (Submit your game)

    3. Use links exchange and trade traffic with other gaming sites.

    4. Add forum to your gaming site and help new players.

    5. Add to your games recruiting option that players will get bonus for brining new players to your game.

    6. Add bonus area in your game that gives bonus in the game for visiting your partners.

    7. Check your site statistics every day and see who send you traffic and who not.

    8. Add feedback option in your game and give the players bonus for filling it. (It's will give you idea what your players like and do not like in your game and how they found your game)

    9. If you have upgrade in your game make announcement 1-2 weeks before you implement it. (Announce in your forum and game news)

    10. Add option in your game name "Game Helpers" and nominate leading players as game helpers. (Give them bonus in the game for helping you and helping new players questions)

    11. Write in your game that you give nice bonuses in the game for players that report bugs/errors and help you to improve the game. (It's easy way for you to find bugs and fixing them)

    12. Write about 50 articles about gaming and your site games and add link to every article in your site. (It will boost your site ranking in search engines)

    13. If you make your game in English I suggest you to involve your community to help you translate the game to other languages. (Give bonuses in the game for players that help you translate)
    * We translate our games to 15 languages and it all was free.

    14. Add option to bookmark your games in your main page.

    15. Do not make registration hard to your games make it easy and if you want to verify the player then give activation link to email after 7 days not from the first day as everyone does.
    * Also for the activation link give bonus in your game.

    16. Send news letters to players using the emails you collected. (About new updates in the games)

    17. Do not put too much advertising in your games and do not put popups.

    18. Players love to plan and think together so make alliance option in your game.

    19. Listen to your players suggestions but if you're game getting successful then do not change anything even you get suggestions. (Because you are on the right track)

    20. Do not check for cheaters because we believe that player that want to cheat will find the way to cheat. I suggest you add limitation inside your game that will block automatically your cheaters.
    For example:
    * Connect gamers that play from the same IP or detect if the same player played with different user using cookies.
    * Put limitation in your games to send aid or gifts.
    * Do not allow the connected players to attack/spy… against the same player.
    * Many other limitation that you thinking about…but do not put limitations that kill the game.
     
    Gindis, Oct 15, 2009 IP
  2. rootbinbash

    rootbinbash Peon

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    Very good tips, thanks for sharing it.
     
    rootbinbash, Oct 17, 2009 IP