I have a few of your games, totally love them! The article on my little website got more traffic than the video I did with HOL, but I can say the link to your steam page was clicked almost 600 times. We've spoken a couple times, and you've been super cool - the fact someone would try and charge you to make content around your game is insane to me. You helped me out! I got a couple subs and a ton of traffic from the content I made around your work, and I had a blast playing your games! I hope I sent some sales your way for sure! A rising tide lifts all boats, I wish you continued success! I appreciate you!

@pokemontrainer4148

9 күн бұрын

That's awesome of you to help indie devs out! What's the name of your website I'd love to check it out

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Good to hear! I read another KZreadr who did much higher view numbers on the HoL:GoP video then normal. So it's win win for all of us 😎

@NOFRILLS_GAMING

9 күн бұрын

@@orangepixelgames absolutely!

@TYNEPUNK

9 күн бұрын

you are awesome, all indies need someone like you :)

@NOFRILLS_GAMING

9 күн бұрын

@@TYNEPUNK thank you! I appreciate that! Still working on improving! I've been trying to reach out to as many as I can!

Congratulations on a solid launch! You deserve it! And thank you for the fantastic insights.

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

💪😁👍

Keep crushing it! You are a HUGE inspiration to me also as a solo developer! ❤❤❤❤

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Glad to inspire people!

I saw your game on steam but had no idea that it was made by you. Now I'm definitely gonna check it out! Thank for the real talk again!

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for checking it out ! (Don't forget to leave a review 🙃)

wow congratulations! I have mad respect for you, one of the few people who actually published games, that's why I respect every word you say. Thanks for the video.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks 😊

I hope you continue to have awesome success. Your advice has helped me a lot and I just put up my game for steam wishlists this week and it's been going well, definitely in part thanks to you!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

That's good to hear! Glad my videos help 😁

That's great news Pascal! Congratulations!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

It is, and thanks!

Congratulation orange on releasing GoP and glad to hear things are going well 😎.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks 🤘

Congrats on the release, hope it continues to do well.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

So do I! Will try my best to keep it current with bunch of updates

Got it on day one, I'm loving the elf character spamming arrows everywhere. Happy the launch went well

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for picking it up!

Bought the game when it came out and I absolutely love it. Its really cool and worth the small price tag. It's interesting that you said your wife likes it. My wife took an interest in the game too when she saw me playing it. She pays no attention to my games so I would say that is a very good sign. Congratulations on releasing another great game.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Haha let her play it and let me know how she finds it. Aline still plays sessions 😁 she is now my beta tester!

Congratulations! Stoked for you!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

💪😁

Congratulations on the successful launch! Lots of good smart and hard work paid off.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Wouldn't say smart... 😏😜

Really happy you had a good launch Pascal. All the best in the coming days.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

One of your best videos! I'll try to get Gauntlet of Power as soon as I have some spare money on me. For now wishlisted!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Cool! 😎

Once again, congratulations on the launch!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks again!

Well done, great to hear the launch went well! I tried the demo and had good fun with it but will have to buy it at a later date. Started my own business a few months back so not quite the right time for me to buy games, it's on the wish list. All the very best!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

See it as a reward for when your business is up and running! The game will be waiting 😜

your dedication to excellent content creation is evident!

@orangepixelgames

3 күн бұрын

thank you!

Congrats on the launch! Picked the game up on day one, will have time to play this weekend and will be sure to leave a review!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Cool, the first Quality of Life update is coming in on Friday, so you'll get all the tweaks, new content, and one or two bug fixes to enjoy 😜

Congratulations for this successful launch!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Congrats man! My game just released today as well. Doing well so far! Good luck!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Congrats back at ya! 😁

Congratulations. I'm glad to see you are on track to hit your ROI on gauntlet of power with ease. Haven't picked the game up yet but i hope i will be able to in due time.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks,and yeah it's good to see a game with such a strong launch!

Love to see all your hard work finding success. Pretty awesome to get to see the play-by-play for how next fest and the release went. Congrats!

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Figured people would like an actual look into such numbers! They are small compared to the big stuff that sites usually cover, but they work for small dev teams!

❤👍 nailed it 🍊👾

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Feels like it

Our boye getting that dough! A little jealous, but that's 20 years of experience paying off in form of all those big brain plays. Congrats

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Congrats! I actually played your demo and loved it (and wishlisted it) without even realizing it was your game until just now. (*Edited - Just bought it on Steam! :)

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Woohoo! 😁 Don't forget to leave a review after playing it for a bit, and first big QOL update coming tomorrow!

That's fantastic news dude 😀

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

It is!

Amazing video, awesome how much detail you go into! Making games quickly is the real are part, especially considering that includes promoting etc.

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

Yeah the quickly is certainly a challenge, but I think it gets easier with experience 🤔

Congrats on your great launch!

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

Ok, Gauntlet of Power is available, I confused that with Regulator City, sorry.

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

😁 glad we solved it!

Congrats🎉

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

🥳

Congratulations! That's great news :D

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

It is! And thanks 🤘

Hi, I watch your videos and I'm very jealous because I'm also launching a game on Steam and I have..... 18 wishlists!!! The release of "Angor" (all eyes balls counts 😅) is scheduled for 25/06! And I wishlist Regulator City 😇

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Good luck on your game! 😁 And thanks for the Regulator City wishlist!

The old trick of weekend frozen list

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

It seems to work!

Thanks for the developer tips & tricks!🌟 Btw, could you tell use how to set up an email newsletter? What kind of external service did you use for it? Or which one do you recommend? Or if it feels like it helps at all? Especially nowadays that Discord seems to be the best platform to gather your followers as game developer.

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

I use Sendy.co which is self hosted on your own domain and uses Amazon SES to mail. It takes a bit of tinkering to get it running, but it's very cheap way of sending out newsletters (6000 mails is like $0.40). Compared to other services out there. Email will always be here, Discord might not!

@discotomb

9 күн бұрын

@@orangepixelgames thank you, will look into it! Also good point with the Discord lol, forgot that some of these social media websites just fall overnight sometimes.🙌

you gotta go more than your launch discount for your second discount/update

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

I know, altho not required, but Steam wishlist mail kicks in at 20

thank you Pascal, best of luck!

@orangepixelgames

3 күн бұрын

👍

Congrats!

@orangepixelgames

7 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

💪💪💪💪

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

💪😎🤘

This is your best Steam launch so far, right?

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

It's at the top, think comparable to Space Grunts, but that went through Early Access so hard to compare

Hey good vibe and cool video, thanks

@orangepixelgames

3 күн бұрын

good vibes are important!

Congratulations! And haha I wish my wife were playing my game at all! :D :D

@orangepixelgames

3 күн бұрын

And I didn't even have to bribe or force her!

9000! wow well done.. how and where do you send out press releases? always forgotten to do that...

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

The answer is in the video! 😁 But gamespress.com is a good one to start

Gefeliciteerd :D

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Bedankt!

Congrats! Slow and steady! Going viral would be great, but "go viral or bust" would be disheartening...

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Hey I would never say no to a viral hit... But yeah slow and specifically steady is easier to plan for 🙃

dumb question since i have no xp, do u think the price impacted the sales numbers? I mean, I trust the quality of your work but wondering if the price made ppl avoid buying it?

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Don't think so. You can go with a lower price and then some people see it as cheap and don't think it's a game they want to try out. If you go more expensive some people will complain about that. You can never please everyone, so you try to look at other games in the market place, and look at your own games and gut feeling, and make sure you can do a lot of discounts in the future (which is harder to do if you go with a very low price)

@lucasalmeida7951

9 күн бұрын

@@orangepixelgames it makes sense. tnks mate.

@PHeMoX

9 күн бұрын

I actually think setting the right price is one of the absolute most important things to get right as an indie developer. Most indie devs will price their games (way) too high. Yes, it is true that there can be the whole 'this is so cheap, it must be bad' bias for anything sub-10 euros or so. But a lot of people will avoid overpriced games, regardless of wishlist interest. This is all about getting a good conversion rate to sales. And I understand the discount problem when starting low. But I see a lot of indie games being sold at 20 euros or more that will really have a hard time justifying that price and getting the sales numbers they want. I actually believe price is more important than literal wishlist numbers, even though some of that stuff (or rather any end consumer engagement) is important for visibility on Steam. I also think there's a lot of confusion about what the conversion to sales will be based on just wishlist numbers, none of which can be predicted very accurately at all. Needless to say, anything above ~5000 or so wishlists will probably see sales, but for plenty 'bigger' indie games it might still be a bad conversion. I'm also pretty sure Steam lists are actually dynamic listings, meaning one week you might need 5000 wishlists to show up high, but the next week you need 8000 wishlists, because competition that week is different. I also am certain the algorithm checks for engagement of potential audiences, meaning it is quite a bit more complicated than just hitting a wishlist target, before your game disappears from the list again. Needless to say, the game still needs to be good, meet expectations of the potential customer and so on.

Will it hit android or Atari VCS soon?

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

VCS hopefully end of year! 🤞 Android will take a bit longer

Who said you were all washed up, suffering game writers block, and you couldn't see the game over sign blinking on your forehead? 😅 Well not anymore, Orange Pixel is back in the saddle. People lock up your free time, send your missus to the shops, boot up your PC's and consoles, cause you have some gaming to do! Hopefully all that hard graft pays off, on this and the next game you publish. 🕺

@orangepixelgames

9 күн бұрын

Now I want to know.. who said that!? 🧐😁