GameSalad Website

matarua

I have been using Gamesalad for over a year now. Pro for nearly a year too. One thing that I looked at early on was the Stories section of the website. It's good to see stories there of success - renowned success - and I understand that.

So - my thoughts are that while this section is great for pushing games that have reached No. 1 - or got an award - the area is very stagnant - it has not changed in over a year. Maybe things have changed and the mark of success also needs to be altered.

The GameSalad Arcade is also looking static with not many changes going on there.

So I do propose some changes to your marketing strategy. The benefits would be twofold.

One, please update the stories with some new wins.

Second, please create a channel for the Game of the Month to be a major feature on the website. "Games of the Month" for example.

It is twofold because it raises the status of the GOTM, great inspiration for us users, and also promotes the best titles coming out of GameSalad.

This could be part of your new Channel you are building - I am not sure - but I do think your website needs some serious attention. Not only for your own benefit inside Gamesalad with an up to date marketing stream. But it also helps us users have goals to aim for.

Just some thought that have been straying around in my head for a while.

Regards, M@

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Games of the month are part of the monthly email GS sends out.

matarua

@FryingBaconStudios an email to subscribed members is not a marketing strategy. You have a lot to learn in that department obviously.

Nor is it a solution to the business conundrum above. Things need to be done not only to the backend of GameSalad but also to the front end. The customer facing end. That's before the user facing end.

Suggestions I have made benefit all these areas.

I am taking my lifetime of experience and giving some advice to the team. I know you do the same for us in areas where you are strong.

iCreationZ

Whilst your suggestions are good @matarua, I do feel as though you are being a little hostile to @FryingBaconStudios who was merely stating a fact, not even challenging you.

On a more positive note, I completely agree with you. I've been with gamesalad a number of years now and the success stories page has never been updated in my time here, as I'm sure @FryingBaconStudios will agree, being a long serving member too. It does all seem to need updating to reignite and re-inspire.

matarua

Heated debates are @FryingBaconStudios playground I tell you. He's started many - I just did not see any value in what he said - it does not solve the problem at all. He will hopefully be with me on this one - not hostile - hell - he's told me I don't know what I am talking about before - and - that I spread rumors. Well I found that quite offensive but with our combined experience, old age, forgiveness and thick skins I think we are past all that and can be completely candid.

@FryingBaconStudios do you agree?

@iCreationZ thanks for the positive - I think it does need a serious look.

iCreationZ

Agreed!

matarua

Say no to tippitoes :-bd

BoomshackBarry

Hostlilties aside I do agree with @matarua about this. The whole site is out of date, and the blog is updated so rarely. Over on the corona website (if I'm aloud to mention that) their blog gets updated with genuinely useful and interesting artcles every day or so, it certainly keeps me checking back there regularly. The Gamesalad blog can go for weeks or months without a single update.

I understand that Gamesalad might be suffereing with staffing levels, but perhaps senior members of the community and other experienced people could be given access to chip in and post their own articles. This would keep the site fresh and get the community involved a lot more.

And yeah the success stories needs some love and attention - as it stands it gives the impression that nobody has been successful with Gamesalad for years.

matarua

@BoomshackBarry - agreed - good info there.

KevinCross

I'd like to see new success stories too, I'm sure there's been many since those. The featured games on the arcade looks like it hasn't been updated since the beginning of time either.

jonmulcahy

please keep the discussion civil

matarua

@jonmulcahy it totally is

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Oh so someone wants to get into it with me...LMAO let me show you what's it really like when I get pissed. I posted about this a while back. I said they needed to update their site to reflect more recent games do a forum search dude. Anyone around here will tell you I'm no suck up to GS hell about a year ago I called out the CEO Steve of GS right in his own thread and blasted him for the problems GS had at the time and put it all on him and told him either run it right or step down and hire someone who can.

I have a communications degree with a minor in PR and marketing. Unlike some loud mouths, not all, around here I have decades of experience and a formal education holding two degrees and I've actually made real six figure money in my life with my business ventures. I could care less what you think, I'll walk out of my paid for house and take a one minute stroll to the beach and kick back and not worry because I have no bills. Maybe if you had half a brain you might realize I can offer advice that can help you get to where I am but I guess most of you already know everything. How's that working out for you?

iCreationZ

:-t

dgackey

Just a quick note to say that this is indeed something I'm noodling on and would like to hear additional suggestions, ideas, and criticism. We definitely need to refresh the site; please don't be shy about letting us know how and where

KevinCross

Having the winning game of the month on the main website could be a good way to show off what GameSalad can do @dgackey, and how professional you can make a game.

If I was looking for software to make a game I'd look at the website (not the forum) and the current success stories would probably put me off as they're so dated (no offence meant to the people that made those games).

You're not really wow'ing people with the software on the site, so let the community help showcase GameSalad for you.

Create some showcase videos too with examples from some of the best looking games made recently and make sure you create a new video at least once a year.

I could name at least one game engine that makes some impressive showcase videos on their site and YouTube.

I know we've already mentioned all of this above. I'm just repeating it because I also feel that these are the first improvements you should be making to the site

matarua

Really good to see this resurrected and yep the current game of the month story is from January 2012 with CheeseMan - would be so cool to see a big list of games there going back to then and beyond That would mean for GameSalad potential new users can see the best games, that there's tonnes of them, that they have been getting made since day dot and are now current in todays market.

The stories section was one of the first places I looked and that's needs a refresh with some new ones - show off some of the amazing games that have been released lately

If we could have a Game of the Month system like this > http://unity3d.com/gallery/made-with-unity/game-list

That would be great for GameSalad and great for the people who made the games too. Sometimes there's more than one, two or three good games each month so we could have honorable mentions get added too perhaps?

I personally like to get a lot of these games to see what is possible

Cheers, M@

fadamion

I have a love hate relationship with gs.
I love how fast you can build a game.
But like everyone on here says there is some major issues with gs.
As for the success stories i did not even know it was there but now i have looked at it i can say ya it needs updating.
I would not mind being on that page i hands down destroy those games in downloads/rankings(App Annie).
I have made #1 overall app in russia and many other countries and have 10,000+ downloads a day. On release days i can rake in 100,000+ downloads and i hold top 10 in 3 apps in there categories/US. Ive also broke the 2mill download just a bit back.
All of this with gamesalad.

I would also like to say i do not like how game of the month is picked i think there should be a community vote you could use that fancy poll option that gs has.