Year: 2018

#GameDev Breakdown – Promoting Your Game

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In this episode, we share strategies and vital steps you need to take to promote your projects without looking and sounding like a jackwagon. Topics include what to have on your website, creating a press kit, writing a press release, how to approach paid advertisements, and social media practices for Facebook, Twitter, and even Instagram.

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Writing Your Press Release

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Learn how to launch your game right with a press release! People spend good money for this service, but we’ll show you how to create a professional press release for free and show you exactly where to send it. Stay tuned tomorrow for our full video show on promoting your game!

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Creating Your Press Kit

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Another vital step in promoting your game and running your studio site is creating a professional press kit. We’ll show you what a good one includes and take a look at a couple of easy ways to develop one. Stay tuned tomorrow to learn how to pair it with a killer press release!

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Running Your Studio Website

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Some developers don’t run a website for their studio at all, and even more don’t know what to put on it. In this segment, we discuss how to make the best use of your website when promoting a game. Stay tuned tomorrow for great info about creating your game’s press kit!

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Promoting Your Game

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The #GameDev Breakdown podcast is back! In this episode, we share strategies and vital steps you need to take to promote your projects without looking and sounding like a jackwagon. Topics include what to have on your website, creating a press kit, writing a press release, how to approach paid advertisements, and social media practices for Facebook, Twitter, and even Instagram.

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#GameDev Breakdown Video Show – Gaming’s Darkest Hour

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A bizarre swatting incident in Wichita leaves a totally uninvolved man dead, the World Health Organization includes a gaming addiction disorder in its draft for the International Compendium of Diseases, and we follow up on a recommendation from last week’s show.

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Yep, Kingdom: New Lands Is Awesome

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Last week, John strongly recommended Kingdom: New Lands on the #GameDev Breakdown podcast. That turned out to be accurate. 

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Should Gaming Addiction Be an Official Disorder?

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The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s International Compendium of Diseases (ICD) contains verbiage that would officially place gaming addiction next to gambling and alcoholism as a potential diagnosis for dependent gamers.

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Wichita Swatting: Who’s to Blame?

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As the Wichita swatting details emerge, the community grapples with determining responsibility for this tragedy. The 911 caller has been taken into custody, but many questions remain.

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Swatting Turns Fatal in Call of Duty Dispute

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On this week’s #GameDev Breakdown podcast, we discussed everything we know about the Wichita swatting that claimed a man’s life. This is the most bizarre and tragic story attached to gaming in recent history. The topic matter may be disturbing to some listeners. 

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