CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎

Husband and Wife team up developing indie games.

We are making our second game 𖧧 Idle Bookstore 𖧧 on Steam.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

My husband and I released our first indie game on Steam. It didn’t do well, but we don’t want to give up.

Starting again, we want to learn from our mistakes. This time, we start small: 2D, pixel art, 6 months of development.

We are super excited about this new project!

[🥐The Witch's Bakery - OUT NOW! @SunnyLabGames]

The Witch's Bakery is OUT NOW!
With inspiration from Kiki's Delivery Service and Persona 5, we tell the story of a witch-baker who can heal people's emotions with croissants🥐and baguettes 🥖

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@syahkhayy Oh wow! That’s genius! I haven’t thought of doing it this way! Kudos!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

My husband and I released our 2nd indie game, Idle Bookstore, a month ago.

It had only sold 600 copies, with 5000 wishlists on launch.

It certainly isn’t a great result, but we expected it. We’d like to share our lesson learned with you, if you are interested.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@Kiwisnstars Thank you for helping us spreading the word. I’m so glad you like our little game!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@CollinHarsin I think the biggest lesson is making a game that either can get views on social media on its own, or fit the genre that interests a lot of big influencers. The marketing it will be a lot easier, hopefully.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@alcedoniadev Of course! Good luck with your game!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@JazziColors Aww really appreciate your support!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@zxdh666 嗯嗯这是第二款。

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@zxdh666 不够哦，主要是手搓，要付工资。

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@GBomberGaming Thank you! We are excited for our next chapter!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@LethalityCheck Yes it is on Steam. Steam is pretty competitive these days.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@MillenniumVT Thanks!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@syahkhayy You can do it! :)

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@NandoPlay20 That’s totally understandable! Thank you for trying our game!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@PentaDev Aww thank you so much for the support! I truly hope you’ll enjoy our little game!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@PigCassoGamesOG I’m glad it’s helpful! Nowadays, I think our demo launch timing, which is a week before Steam Next Fest, made our demo not seen by many. Demo launch is supposed to be a high wishlist gaining event. Also there are a lot of desktop companions coming out this year.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@vivichan_dev It took us about 4 months. 1000 of those come from a week before the launch. Steam’s personal calendar is really helpful!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@VestaVideoGames Thank you! Your game looks incredible!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@magicwoodlabs Thanks for reading!

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@Totalpackage2k Not really. We just thought after players write a book, it would be cool to have a bookstore to sell them. We added it without much thoughts on how it could impact other systems of the game.

[CoupleDev | Wishlist 🎯 Idle Bookstore ☕︎ @magic_inn]

@MooncastOnline Thank you so much for the reassurance! Some lessons had to be learned the hard way. There’s no way around it. :)