Cole | Game Marketing Intel

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This indie dev is making a hiking sim where you’re trying to enjoy a peaceful walk…but the trees absolutely hate you.

- Dodge evil branches & malicious roots
- Insane physics & reactive trees
- Pure chaos in the forest

It's called Trees Hate You. Would you play this?

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As it turns out, hitting a pretty reasonable CCU number can be a big predictor of Next Fest success. Full article below.

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You can wishlist and play the demo here

https://t.co/HkMx2OxHq0

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The devs behind WoW, Fall Guys, and Half-Life 2 are making a F2P social-deduction roguelike.

Play with 4-15 others as one of their hand-crafted characters.

It’s called Masters of Mayhem (@Masters_oM), play free through June 21st during Next Fest!

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I personally think the calendar widget is great for both indie gamers and devs. Here's the full article:
https://t.co/tx9vHlhAVn

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Steam changed Popular Upcoming, but more importantly they added a new Personal Calendar widget. Do you think this will be better for indie devs?

I give my thoughts in the article linked below.

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Play & wishlist here:
https://t.co/HkMx2OxHq0

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These devs are making a F2P social-deduction roguelike.

- 4-15 players with proximity chat
- Completely free-to-play
- 2 different maps (more to come)

It’s called Masters of Mayhem (@Masters_oM), and their open beta is LIVE NOW until Jun 6!

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Here's their official release information:

https://t.co/zWyRFIbmcP

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Steam just made a major Store update.

What do you think this means for Indie game visibility?

Popular Upcoming is now only the most popular games. To find personalized ‘niche’ upcoming releases they added a personalized calendar widget. They even revamped the Discovery Queue among other things.

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A lot of devs make this mistake, don’t be one of them. Here’s the link to the full article:

https://t.co/CAlfOdzkpD

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Steam Next Fest is right around the corner. How do you know when it’s the right time to enter Next Fest? Full article below.

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If nothing else you should take a second look at your store tags. Here's the full article:

https://t.co/VKTxUFqfgd

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Steam updated it's store tags for the first time in 2 years, what does it mean for your game? Full article below.

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Combining the backpack theme with a deckbuilder seems really fun!

You can wishlist it here:

https://t.co/Z201jcFzcO

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This indie dev is building a roguelike deckbuilder where your inventory layout is the combat system.

- Combine 5 card types
- Arrange items for unique attack patterns
- Reorganize every turn

It’s called Pocket Legend: Inventory Roguelike Deckbuilder. Would you play this?

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Full article:

https://t.co/ur6EMqkw5T

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@IndieGameJoe has been making magic for indie games the last couple of months on Twitter.

I'm not usually too optimistic about Twitter's ability to generate wishlists. Should that change? Link in comments.