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How will Starbound be Advertised?

Discussion in 'Starbound Discussion' started by Dynafols, Feb 28, 2012.

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  1. Dynafols

    Dynafols Black Hole Surfer

    Hello everyone, its me Dynafols, bwahahahhaahhahahahha! ----> happy rock :)

    Anyways, for today, I am curious and would like to talk about how will Starbound be advertised? The thing that I have noticed as of late, is that a large number of indie games are advertised through the communitys. With Terraria, I saw it through a youtuber called PBat (or something along those lines). It quickly became popular because it carried on with the new "genre" of the collect resources and survive type thing, similiar to minecraft, but Terraria brought with it a large number of other shiny things that would ultimately out-shine the Resource & Survive idea. Plus its amazing (in my opinion).

    Aside from PBat, Terraria was also "advertised" by a few others, such as the Yogscast. So the question is, how should Starbound be advertised when it reaches its alpha/beta phase? Should a few select youtubers be the ones who show off the game, or should it be advertised in another way?

    Now you may be wondering(probably not), "How does this effect me?", well, think of it like this, if the game is successful, then more content, more community, more videos, more awsome.

    So how would you like this game be advertised out into the public? Let the discussion-ish-ness begin!


    *As a side note, I wasn't to sure where to put this thread, so I guessed that this would be the best.
     
  2. Polar !

    Polar ! Pangalactic Porcupine

    It will be advertised LIKE A BOSS!!!
    But to be honest it will probably be a trailer on youtube, then a trailer and front page on steam, aaaaaaand
     
  3. gejiryu

    gejiryu Big Damn Hero

    TV, radios, Internet, Ballons, cloud words, smoke indian languague, zepellins (made out of led), and finally but not least, with psychic powers.
     
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  4. doused

    doused Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Steam and good ole word of mouth, god we are such gamepushers.
     
  5. Dynafols

    Dynafols Black Hole Surfer

    Fly to planets, LIKE A BOSS.
    Invade the locals, LIKE A BOSS.
    Make a Burger King, LIKE A BOSS.
    Eat some nachos, LIKE A BOSS.
    Capture penguins, LIKE A BOSS.
    Hit on the nurse, LIKE A BOSS.
    Kill some aliens, LIKE A BOSS.
    Think of what to wear, LIKE A BOSS.
    Be James Bond, LIKE A BOSS.
    Drop a bomb, LIkE A BOSS.
    In the center of the planet, LIKE A BOSS.
    Now you're dead, LIKE A BOSS.
     
  6. Polar !

    Polar ! Pangalactic Porcupine

    I stopped there for a sec and was like :eek: and then I was like :rolleyes: but in the end I was like [​IMG] me gusta...

    Oh good God, the image is too big, sorry
     
  7. gejiryu

    gejiryu Big Damn Hero

    The image is fine... the size of the pussy that is creepy :eek:
     
  8. Remnant Drive

    Remnant Drive Pangalactic Porcupine

    Me gusta segunda.

    Advertising will be as per norm:

    YouTube by someone famous
    Steam Front Page
    Word-o-mouth
    Foot-in-mouth

    etcetera, etcetera.
     
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  9. Polar !

    Polar ! Pangalactic Porcupine

    LOL ! his mouth ?
     
  10. Pentarctagon

    Pentarctagon Over 9000!!!

    I see that and raise you meg:
    [​IMG]
     
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  11. gejiryu

    gejiryu Big Damn Hero

    Yup :)
     
  12. Polar !

    Polar ! Pangalactic Porcupine

    Hah:) ahah:D ahah:) aha She should advertise Starbound !!
     
  13. Jenkinz

    Jenkinz Phantasmal Quasar

    [​IMG]
    hahaha you funny ^_^
     
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  14. Doctor Whooves

    Doctor Whooves Starship Captain

    What in the name of god is going on here.
     
  15. iblob

    iblob Big Damn Hero

    It shall be advertised by us! And Terraria online =)
     
  16. Ozaku

    Ozaku Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Steam is a big enough advertising factor, if they are collaborating with them. Other than that, it's just a matter of video let's plays, game reviews and previews.
     
  17. Combine_Kegan

    Combine_Kegan Phantasmal Quasar

    I'd say a combination of Steam, word of mouth, and good ol youtube.
     
  18. Doctor Whooves

    Doctor Whooves Starship Captain

    It doesn't really even need that much advertisement, seeing as a lot of players will be coming from Terraria. Though that's not to say that advertisement won't help a lot, which as most have said, will come from Steam, Youtube and the rest of the internet.
     
  19. WelshPixie

    WelshPixie Former Staff

    The Power of the 'Verse will spread the word. You can't stop the signal, Mal.
     
  20. Cush

    Cush Void-Bound Voyager

    I think it would be a good idea for them to make a Youtube channel and release a video or two every now and then showing some of the features off. It would start the spread and get people interested.

    The other thing is a nice trailer like Terraria's 1.1 trailer, that was pretty sweet and got over a million views. As for the Lets Plays, I guess they would spread the word, even if I have never really seen the point of sitting watching someone else play a game.
     
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