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Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month

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399 points TaurenHunter | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 01:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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LarsDu88 ◴[20 Nov 24 02:11 UTC] No.42190221[source]▶
Really impressive. I wonder if the fact that it's one of the only graphically cohesive games built with Rust/Bevy has anything to do with its relative success.

I'm jealous. My indie VR game Rogue Stargun has sold abysmally on Steam.

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xingped ◴[20 Nov 24 02:49 UTC] No.42190416[source]▶
Sorry to hear that! I just checked out the game and I don't see anything immediately off-putting on the store page that could explain it. It may just be a matter of visibility? Can you elaborate on how you attempted to market or get the word out about your game?
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1. alumic ◴[20 Nov 24 03:11 UTC] No.42190512[source]▶
I have to imagine much of this comes down to the fact that VR games, which have additional hardware requirements, necessarily cater to a much smaller segment of the market. Selling an indie game is already hard enough!