I cold emailed a single YouTuber yesterday with over 200,000 subscribers and got an almost instant reply.
You can too (hopefully) with these six tips...
1. Personalize the crap out of your email. Bonus points if you lead with humor or don't actually pitch them on your game right away. If you're going to pitch right away, try to lead off with something like, "I noticed that you enjoyed [insert game name here]. We were deeply inspired by that game in the creation of ours. You might like ours as well!" - Take a few seconds to browse the channel and learn a bit about the YouTuber, then tailor the email specifically to them. You can also develop a more authentic relationship by not pitching them right away, and being more genuine with your initial email (such as asking them a question that you're curious about).
2. Make it easy for them. Don't make them dig for basic information about the game. This is a given, but include screenshots, a link to the trailer, and a brief one-line summary in the body of the email. Then, attach a press kit. Remember, if they want to cover your game they'll need to create a custom thumbnail for it--make it as easy on them as possible. If the game's not already out, make sure to specify a release date and whether or not they'll need to wait for a specific date and time before releasing it.
3. Have patience. YouTubers have crazy schedules, and they get pitched multiple times a day. If the YouTuber doesn't reply, it's perfectly fine to send a follow-up after a week or so to check in, but don't spam their inbox. Remember that there are significantly more indie games being released than there are YouTubers willing to play them.
4. Come up with a sexy subject line and leading sentence. Make the first line count. If the first line doesn't convey enough value, the YouTuber will delete the email. The best advice is to use the road less traveled and try techniques that haven't been used before. Most YouTubers have seen generic pitches a gazillion times--don't be like everyone else.
5. Make sure your email is relevant. Most emails get ignored because the YouTuber probably has no interest in covering a game of that genre and/or caliber. Early in my career, I worked with a YouTuber with over 4 million subscribers. It didn't translate to game sales because the targeting was wrong. It's all about knowing the audience--this is kind of common sense, but make sure that the YouTuber has a track record of playing games that is similar in genre to your game.
6. Have flawless spelling and grammar. If your email looks like it was written by a 10-year-old, the YouTuber isn't going to be very convinced. Most of these horribly-written emails get tossed straight into the bin. Proofread your stuff. It's okay to have a typo here and there. I mean, I make small mistakes all the time.
What in your thought if you hear about a god of normal attack?
Is it really a god?
Why does he only have a normal attack?
What the difference with normal people's attack?
Yep, i have a tought of it, it really catches my eye, and then suddenly i just downloaded the game without looking at the game's rating, comment, nor the screenshot. I dont know how they came up with these niche and unique name. But i know they got a good naming skill for their babies where all of gamer know the meaning, usually become a habit in their gaming, but always forgotten by player. yeah, games nowadays have such an epic name which have a high meaning or even make them epic to be read by the gamer, but this game, have a good SEO game optimization name because no other game have about the same name or even theme name in all of game platform.
You can find the game here
lets walk away from the game's name, how about the game itself?
Well, actually its an idle clicker game with good animation and korean game style. It have a similar gameplay with Tap Titan, but with a sideview battle system. You just have to tap the screen so the so called god of normal attack will attack the enemies. if you dont tap the screen, the character will automatically attack the enemies about every 3 seconds. You have a health bar, which will decrease if you get hit by the enemies, so to avoid this just tap the screen to quickly defeat the enemies.
They try to use different approach to get partner which is not by normal currencies, but a hard to get currency. Well, its rather hard to progress the game because of it, but they provide bunch of heroes to choose as a partner and a limited seat of partner to be placed.
The User Interface has a personality and match with the theme where mostly they give a hot color to burn our spirit for playing the game. And they gave enough and good feedback to the player such as attack animation, enemies hit, upgrade, and many more, which is rather crucial and they deliver it good enough.
*Apparently they just changed the game's name somehow into GOD OF ATTACK, i dont know why they change the name or did i misread the game's name?
To summarize what i reviewed, you can watch the gameplay video below, started from tutorial.
Sometimes you’ll find yourself out of the house, with nothing but a laptop and a whole lot of time. And while laptops are getting more and more powerful, most are still low-spec machines when it comes to gaming.
But just because you’re living out of home with an integrated GPU doesn’t mean you have to be bored. Here’s 13 games you can play on the potato-powered productivity device that is your laptop.
Risk of Rain
Part of the problem with gaming on the laptop, however, is that sometimes that’s all you have. No mouse, no separate controller, and sometimes no room for either anyway.
Risk of Rain is perfect in those scenarios, since it’s purely a keyboard-only game. An action platformer that gets harder every 5 minutes, Risk of Rain is all about balancing the risk/reward mechanic of hanging around a level long enough to gain XP and money before the crazier enemies show up. The 8-bit graphics are designed to run on just about anything too, so you won’t feel handicapped by your choice of hardware.
Civilization 5
As long as you have an Intel Core i3 or better CPU, you’ll have enough grunt in your low-end laptop to run Civilization 5. And if you’re looking for a game that you can carry on your hard drive until the day it dies, it’s hard to ignore Civ 5.
There’s plenty of depth with the expansions and the mods available in the Steam Workshop, although chances are the Complete Edition will have enough content to keep you going through those lonely nights in hotels. It also plays just fine with the touchpad, which can be a lifesaver sometimes if you don’t have a spare mouse around.
Owlboy
But if you’re after something a little more vibrant, a little faster and something a tad fresher, the side-scrolling platformer Owlboy will be right up your alley. Apart from the fact that Nathan found it was a surprisingly clever and quite modern despite the look, the game will basically run on anything. There’s no requirement for a discrete GPU and you only need 600MB of space, which is always a plus if you’re gaming on your work laptop.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
But sometimes you just want to open up your laptop for a bit of virtual catharsis. So for that moment, I give you the best Ork Slaying Simulator around: Relic’s Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine.
It gets repetitive at points, but Space Marine is basically an unhinged, non-stop slaughter of Orks from start to finish. It’s also quite an old game by today’s standards, and should have no trouble maintaining a perfectly playable framerate on laptops with the 6th or 7th generation Intel CPUs. (Here’s how the game runs on an Intel HD Graphics 4600 if you want a reference.)
Stardew Valley
Unsurprisingly, if you were busy farming up a storm at home you can do it on the road as well. Stardew Valley has bugger all hardware requirements save for 2GB of RAM and a GPU with 256mb of video memory, which pretty much any laptop from the last few years will be able to manage with no problems at all. You can also play quite happily using the keyboard, although taking a controller with you isn’t a bad idea.
The Binding of Isaac
Another game that runs on a potato, The Binding of Isaac deserves a special mention here because it’s perfectly playable with keyboard controls. The arrow keys determine the direction you shoot and you just rely on SPACE for items, WASD for movement and SHIFT (or E) to place bombs. Easy.
Oh and there’s the small part that The Binding of Isaac is an excellent game with loads of depth. There’s a reason it has a competitive scene.
Endless Legend
If you like the idea of playing a thoughtful 4X on the go, but want more of a fantasy bent to the experience, Amplitude’s Endless Legend is an excellent alternative. You’ll want to turn the graphics down all the way, but the game will run. Which is nice, since it gives you a reason to discover why this game gives Civ a run for its money.
Dungeon Keeper 2
But if you need some strategy with a sick sense of humour to keep you distracted while you’re away from home, there’s perhaps nothing better than Bullfrog’s bizarre classic, Dungeon Keeper 2. The original is arguably a purer experience - well, as pure as commanding a bunch of minions from Hell trying to belt the snot out of wandering adventurers - but the sequel stands up a lot better in this day and age.
It’s something I would recommend having a separate mouse for, however, although you can control the first-person elements with the keyboard easily enough. And don’t worry about the system requirements - DK2 released in 1999, although the Good Old Games version plays nicely with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
FTL
Released in 2012 and one of the most successful early uses of the Kickstarter platform, Faster Than Light should be on most people’s PCs already (if not their tablets). There’s plenty of content and difficulty thanks to the expansion and the modding scene, and FTL also has a small footprint on your hard drive (which is a lifesaver if you’re running off a 128GB SSD).
Darkest Dungeon
Another recent game with minimal hardware requirements is the grim world of Darkest Dungeon. A RPG with roguelike elements, Darkest Dungeon needs nothing more than a few GBs of RAM and an OpenGL 3.2+ compliant GPU - which is basically everything from the last five years.
On the practical side of things, the game’s turn-based nature means you won’t have any issues just playing it with the trackpad if that’s the only option available to you. The developers do recommend having a 1080p screen as a minimum, but with 1440p and even 4K laptop screens increasingly becoming standard that shouldn’t be much of a stumbling block.
Oh and just in case you needed it: Darkest Dungeon is pretty damn good, if a tad punishing.
Sleeping Dogs
Sometimes you just want to lose yourself in an open world. And what better world to explore than the brutal streets of Hong Kong. Sleeping Dogs was already incredibly well optimised on PC, but it runs just fine on laptops as well. I’d recommend packing a controller in your travel case for this, and it’s not the kind of game you want to download on airport Wi-Fi.
But any integrated graphics from the HD 2500 series and up can run Sleeping Dogs, albeit at reduced settings. And besides, sometimes when you’re miles away from home it’s just good to grab a bike and punch a few blokes in the face. (The story is also uncannily good, if you like the undercover cop shtick.)
Euro Truck Simulator 2
You might miss having your full trucking rig from home, but any laptop with an Intel HD 4000 or better GPU will be able to run SLS’s cathartic trucking simulation. Euro Truck Simulator 2's relaxing nature already makes it a strong candidate for being on your laptop, but the added benefit is that the game has a full suite of keyboard controls. You’ll still have to use the trackpad to turn the game’s camera around, but since left and right is mapped to A/D you can manage that on a laptop pretty easily.
Duelyst
Rounding out this list is Duelyst, the free-to-play collectable card game that draws from the world of JRPGs as much as it does Hearthstone. Everyone also knows by this stage that you can play Hearthstone on anything, phones included, so why not go for something a bit different?
The fun of Duelyst is in the positioning. Matches take place on a battle grid where each player is responsible for the deployment and movement of their units, which are drawn from a deck of cards. Fans of Hearthstone will recognise most of the mechanics, but the pixel art and the added tactical layer are a huge bonus. And another plus is the fact that Duelyst doesn’t need to run through Steam or another third-party service, which is a huge help if your only available internet is blocking connections to Steam/Battle.net.
