I fear people get stuck in a perpetual need to "promote the end product" and not enough about the journey taken. 🫡

Lot's of people out there we could all take inspiration from.

It shouldn't always be about a call to action. Help, give back, inspire and more.

Additionally, if you post the same thing, constantly, for years on end, over time, the message WILL naturally lose its impact. (PYG included)

Games take a long time so make sure you change it up somewhat and compensate by ensuring you're making your journey more interesting. 🫡

It's important to also remember, these platforms are free, and ultimately don't owe anyone anything. 🫡

Add this into the mix along with your regular roadmap updates, promotional milestone updates, important announcements, pre-release info, release announcement, post-release updates etc.

and event / movement / IRL related stuff.

Make it interesting for your future audience 🫡

This is one of the core reasons #PitchYaGame is twice a year. If ALL you do is pitch.. 🫣

So much other cool stuff you could share too (once you're comfortable / reached certain major milestones)..

Share info about processes, behind the scenes stuff? community interactions ??

Now go get working on ya game, there's 6 and a half months between now and June 😅😌

If we were to go one further and compare the PYG announcement with the PitchYaVania one.. even bigger forces are at play, two parts; the Silk Song Effect, plus there was also the quote pitch factor.

PYG: 18.6K views on X
PYV: 794.4K views on X

The very reason PYG is known is through 5.5 years of consistency, timeliness et al, but equally the LinkedIn stats above also highlights just how volatile posting can be at times.

Plus its not as known / relevant over there.

The views / impressions on the PYG live announcement are a good example of how relevance and your own visibility on each platform plays a huge part.

People "know" PYG exists mostly on X.

X: 18.6K views, 253 likes.
BSky: 158 likes (no views over there)
LinkedIn: 177 impressions.

Thus, why we refer to PYG as a movement.

Not as a magic bullet, because outside of putting out a call to arms, we have very little control over what happens, if you do participate. 😌

Algo's aren't meant to be gamed, and no-one truly knows how or what makes them tick. Short of trying something and seeing if it works.

If it does, cool, maybe do more of that.

But ultimately even if they think they do, it'll all soon change, again.

*indie games as a whole.

Thank you Brian, appreciate it.. and Same, baffles me! 😅

So excited to be a part of #Pitchyagame this year!

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PYG isn't a magic bullet, and the nature of the beast, no matter the platform online, is that it's physically not possible in any circumstance for "all" games to win the attention of the people. 🫡

Please, also don't be disheartened if your game doesn't get (m)any views or likes. Your game is now a part of history.

PYG is about raising awareness of and celebrating indie games as a whole, be proud that you've played a part in that.

Likes and views etc, are a bonus.

What a journey, thread of info below: 🥰

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Thank you. Oh so you met my arch nemesis! 😅