[Ep583] The Day Before Launch: Scenario Planning for Indie Game Devs

Yeah.

So, so again, we are, we are three days away from launch by the time the episode goes live.

The game will be coming out the next day.

So if you're listening to this or watching it, uh, go get it.

Go, go get it, because it's probably out.

Um, with that out of the way, uh, we are currently at 281,000 wishlists.

So for those who have been paying attention, that...

I think the last time we mentioned it was, uh, 10 days ago, or the last, uh, basically when we recorded an episode last, um, where we've gone up 36,451 wishlists since then, which is a lot.

That's a lot, right? Um, you know, we were...

Again, our, our goal for How Many Dudes was to get 20,000 so before we put the demo up, um, to make it, like, launchable.

And so 50,000 was then our next target after that of, like, a solid enough grouping for launch.

And now we're, we're well into the uncharted territory for us.

This is the most wishlists we've ever had for any game.

Um, 100 more, 100,000 more than Crashlands 2 had at launch already, and we are a couple days away, during which time the, for this final ramp is always ridiculous, which we'll get into, uh, in a moment here.

So yesterday was our highest wishlist day ever with 7,920 additions.

So that's the Sunday of leading up to launch-

Yes

... week.

And a big part of that is we've talked about a lot about the personal calendar, right? Uh, especially indie devs were freaking out about it.

We had a, a whole episode about it.

Um, it's turned out to be a very big boon for everybody, including us.

So the important note there, and, uh, for, for devs in general I think, is to note that it, it turns over on Sunday and it shows the week like a work week.

It doesn't show Saturday and Sunday also.

So, like, I think if you launch your game on Saturday and Sunday, I don't even know what the fuck's gonna happen, 'cause like-

Do they even let-

Yeah.

So, so again, we are, we are three days away from launch by the time the episode goes live.

The game will be coming out the next day.

So if you're listening to this or watching it, uh, go get it.

Go, go get it, because it's probably out.

Um, with that out of the way, uh, we are currently at 281,000 wishlists.

So for those who have been paying attention, that...

I think the last time we mentioned it was, uh, 10 days ago, or the last, uh, basically when we recorded an episode last, um, where we've gone up 36,451 wishlists since then, which is a lot.

That's a lot, right? Um, you know, we were...

Again, our, our goal for How Many Dudes was to get 20,000 so before we put the demo up, um, to make it, like, launchable.

And so 50,000 was then our next target after that of, like, a solid enough grouping for launch.

And now we're, we're well into the uncharted territory for us.

This is the most wishlists we've ever had for any game.

Um, 100 more, 100,000 more than Crashlands 2 had at launch already, and we are a couple days away, during which time the, for this final ramp is always ridiculous, which we'll get into, uh, in a moment here.

So yesterday was our highest wishlist day ever with 7,920 additions.

So that's the Sunday of leading up to launch-

Yes

... week.

And a big part of that is we've talked about a lot about the personal calendar, right? Uh, especially indie devs were freaking out about it.

We had a, a whole episode about it.

Um, it's turned out to be a very big boon for everybody, including us.

So the important note there, and, uh, for, for devs in general I think, is to note that it, it turns over on Sunday and it shows the week like a work week.

It doesn't show Saturday and Sunday also.

So, like, I think if you launch your game on Saturday and Sunday, I don't even know what the fuck's gonna happen, 'cause like-

Do they even let-