Re: Regarding game distribution.

One thing you'll need to do is get a good press release written and get it
out to online and print game publications and such. Find out what the
publications want in the way of a press release and give it to them that
way.

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike)
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
> Newsgroups: misc.business.marketing.moderated
> Date: 27 Nov 2003 00:01:14 GMT
> Subject: Regarding game distribution.
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> i've just finished a game that i've developped together with a few friends.
> Now we have to publish the game. The problem is that we have (almost) no
> ideas how to get the rest of the world aware of it.
> 
> The ideas we've had are:
> * Announce the game on the usenet.
> * Asking at Shareware/Freeware sites for a link and maybe an assessment.
> * Collecting informations about computer/games magazines and ask them if
> they would:
> 1. Publish the game on the magazine's cd.
> 2. Add a link from there website to our (not yet online) site.
> 3. Ask (how much it would be) if they would print an assessment.
> * Spammails. Improper, because most people (like myself) get annoyed of
> spammails.  I realy don't like to use spammails, but i'm uncertain...
> Would you use spammails to advert your game? Please let me also know if
> you have any experiance about the successrate of spammails.
> 
> I'm uncertain. Most likely we've forgotten some other promising ways that
> would get our game well known. Thats why i ask for your advice. So please
> post a reply if you have any ideas that would lead to a few downloads more.
> 
> I'm also very interrested in links to websites of computer/game magazines
> and shareware/freeware sites. Please post at least a link to the website of
> your favorite computer/game magazin.
> 
> Any advice is welcome!
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike.