Please don't announce projects before you release them.

gilbert_given_189

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Last edited by gilbert_given_189 (April 28, 2025 14:15:12)

gilbert_given_189

Since I accidentally \clearpage'd this topic, I'd like to bump this post that got wiped from it.

PokeDinoChu77 wrote:
I mean, it's still nice to make trailers, teasers, and demos for your upcoming projects. You probably don't have a definite release date, but you could at least show a piece of the future project. Even if people don't really check them out, it's still fun to build up hype! Plus, it's nice practice for if you work for a company and you can only share sneak peaks of upcoming projects for now.

This was supposed to be an essay on why this isn't generally a good idea. But now that I think about it, announcing a pre-release project could work, if these conditions are met:

There must be some evidence that the project is in development. Either by screenshots or videos or a link to the source code or something else, people should know that the project exists, and that it has progressed.
Be as open as possible. Tell the people what you did & will do about the project. It could be about an upcoming change on your project. Or it could be about taking a break, slowing down development, or even ending the project.
This also applies to released projects as well.

Put it simply, making devlogs could work.

Last edited by gilbert_given_189 (April 30, 2025 01:50:44)

JBlueBird

gilbert_given_189 wrote:
Since I accidentally \clearpage'd this topic, I'd like to bump this post that got wiped from it.

PokeDinoChu77 wrote:
I mean, it's still nice to make trailers, teasers, and demos for your upcoming projects. You probably don't have a definite release date, but you could at least show a piece of the future project. Even if people don't really check them out, it's still fun to build up hype! Plus, it's nice practice for if you work for a company and you can only share sneak peaks of upcoming projects for now.
This was supposed to be an essay on why this isn't generally a good idea. But now that I think about it, announcing a pre-release project could work, if these conditions are met:
There must be some evidence that the project is in development. Either by screenshots or videos or a link to the source code or something else, people should know that the project exists, and that it has progressed.
Be as open as possible. Tell the people what you did & will do about the project. It could be about an upcoming change on your project. Or it could be about taking a break, slowing down development, or even ending the project.
This also applies to released projects as well.
tl;dr: making devlogs could work.

Yeah, devlogs are pretty perfect for that matter.

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