u/bingewavecinema

Just want to share a warehouse simulation that workers might appreciate here :)

Really would be interested in feedback for those looking through through. Game Link is here.

It's one of the games launched on our Gaming Platform in May.

Mods, if this isn’t allowed here, feel free to remove. Not trying to sell anything, just sharing a quick clip and looking for more “warehouse-core” game ideas.

A few months back, I analyzed posts across Reddit communities for game developers — indiedev, gamedev, gamedevelopment, godot, solodev, unity, and others — and what stood out was this:

• 22% of the questions asked were about storefront optimization.
• 74% of marketing questions were about storefront optimization.

Now, here’s the thing about storefront optimization: while everyone has the best intentions when helping each other, a lot of the advice is still opinion-based. It is often guesswork that sounds right and may have worked for one game, but it may not actually address the real issue at all.

For instance, if wishlists are not growing and a game is getting a decent amount of traffic to its storefront page, the common response is: “Review my page!”

Then people give advice about better capsule art, trailer improvements, stronger descriptions, and so on. But here’s the problem: no one actually knows what the issue is, and that is not their fault. Can you answer questions like:

• How long do people watch the trailer on average?
• How many screenshots do they go through?
• How long do they stay on the page?
• How far do they scroll?
• When converting from the storefront page to playing the game, where do they drop off?

Those are objective questions, and they are the kinds of insights we usually do not get when analyzing storefront pages. It is a pain point I have felt personally when working with games.

So I built deeper analytics, first to scratch my own itch. I broke it down into what I believe are the most important areas to look at when understanding user behavior, and it goes deeper than just the storefront.

1. Storefront Engagement: How do people interact with the trailer, the artwork, time on page, and scroll depth? The question here is whether they find my page interesting enough to stay for at least a minute.
2. Conversion to the App: After the page, how many people are interested enough to give my game a chance and actually try to play it?
3. Attempting to Play: Whether my game is downloaded, browser-based, or distributed another way, is there friction when someone first tries to play?
4. Initial Play Time: Once the player is in the game, how long do they stay? Thirty seconds? One minute? Five minutes? Ten minutes? Is the game hooking them?
5. Payment: They reach the point where they have to pay. How many actually get there? Where do they abandon the process, if they do?

Once that level of funnel data is introduced, we are no longer optimizing just capsule art. We are optimizing based on the exact point of weakness in getting someone to pay for the game. I think that is both invaluable and a game changer for helping games become more successful. So I spent a lot of time tagging the user at every step of their journey to give developers the most valuable insight possible.

On May 15th, all of this is launching on Glitch with close to 100 games, all of which will be receiving influencer support. I’m really excited to see how this changes the way developers approach growing their games.