{"id":2133,"date":"2025-03-14T21:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:40:14","slug":"week-5-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 &#8211; lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Research your niche&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to contact the press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find people who have written about similar games&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pitch at them&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure it\u2019s the right person ( staff writer)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publishers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be very helpful&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pixel art up-loaders \u2013 ysbryd games&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Self-publishing&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shameless self \u2013 promo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure you promote yourself&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be a part of their community&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reach out to collabs within the community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be respectful&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social promos : #Pitchyagame #wishlistwednesday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viral games<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games with updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sneak peeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patch notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Behind the scenes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use milestones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get feedback<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share accomplishments&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share funny moments&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To demo or to not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pros: playable build to talk about, creates more wish list, something to play<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cons. : not enough polish, major changes, you only get one release&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Events&nbsp;Quick tips&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Watch fonts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure people can read it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear message&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Playtest your tutorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research your niche&nbsp; How to contact the press Publishers&nbsp; Viral games Games with updates Events&nbsp;Quick tips&nbsp;:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2138,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}