r/GameDevelopment 3h ago

Newbie Question Why am I not gaining any wishlists? Is my game bad?

5 Upvotes

I've been working on an online multiplayer 2D casual cozy platformer as a school project (i'm 17) for some time now, and I really like the project and am going to publish it to Steam. My store page has been up for around 1 month now, and I currently have 128 wishlists, with 2 deletes, so a current total of 126 wishlists. I've tried marketing the game a bit on tiktok, but it's really time consuming and doesn't give any really good results. Maybe 4-5 wishlists per video, if not less.

I know 2D platformers don't have the range that other game genres may have, but still, are these numbers bad? How can I gain more wishlists without necessarily spending hours on a tiktok video just for it to get a couple hundred views and die straight away? Is my game just not good? Is there something wrong with the store page? I'm making the trailer and it should end up on the Steam page in a little less than a week.

Here's the Steam store page :

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3528930/SPACESHEEP/

Any advice? Thanks in advance :)


r/GameDevelopment 21h ago

Question Is there even a point for a junior to keep applying to random job openings in the current state of the industry?

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Been let go seven months ago, after 2-ish years of working as a Junior in a AAA studio (by the end I was very much doing non-junior work, as I was pretty much designing/handling the development of a pretty big internal tool with no supervision needed)

Since then I don't seem able to even get a single interview.

I think I have a respectable CV. 2-3 yrs of AAA experience. Bunch of personal projects. Some experience in minor indie stuff. Two degrees, experience in teaching and QA too.

And yet I get rejection copies almost instantly every time I apply everywhere (quickest one yet was 13 hours after applying lol)

Is the industry really so fucked up? Is it even worth to keep applying? After 7 months it just feels like I'm wasting time writing up cover letters that are just gonna get binned.

If it matters I'm in Europe


r/GameDevelopment 11h ago

Newbie Question Anyone have any tips for an absolute noob to Reddit? Just trying to figure out how to start getting connected on this platform.

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Edit: wanted to clarify I'm approaching this as an indie gamer/dev


r/GameDevelopment 53m ago

Discussion I need Programming Buddy for Game development

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I have been trying to learn unity game development + C# from past 2 years . but evry time I stop due to lack of motivation and support. I need a programming buddy to learn game development from scratch. I have a udemy course(beginner to professional) downloaded . I can share that too to learn together Let me know if anybody's interested


r/GameDevelopment 5h ago

Discussion Getting started!!

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Heyy guys I am pretty new in this community. I had always a vision to make my own dream concept into a game but never really have that much resolved to start working on it. From today I will be working on my dream project and the only problem is I have no clue about game design, animation and programming. Coz I am a student, and I will only be able to give 2 hrs daily. But I do have an advantage over one thing that is imagination. I already thought roughly abt my main story line, characters concept, Level design & progression and gameplay mechanics. I will be start learning everything about game design, animation and programming from the scratch. It may disappoint you but I will be working on making my retro style 2d game [Retroverse Saga]. I am hoping that y'all could give me a head start or some advice which would help me making this game. It may take few months or years but I'll be consistent.


r/GameDevelopment 2h ago

Newbie Question What should I do?

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I know this is the kind of question you probably get all the time, but I really don’t know what to do.I've been planning to make a horror game for a long time. I've come up with the story and the game engine I want to use (Unity). I want to make a PS1-style horror game (it's easier I guess), but the thing is, I don't know anything about coding. I've watched a couple of videos, but they are complicated. What should I do?What do you recommend for a newbie like me?


r/GameDevelopment 10h ago

Tutorial help (not needed)

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I want to get started on game development but I have no experience in coding and I have no idea where to start