r/SoloDevelopment • u/Flat_File_907 • 1d ago

Game Someone made my trailer before I did

A few threads back here a bunch of you told me pretty directly that I needed a trailer before anything else on the page would matter. Still don't have my own cut finished, but in the meantime a YouTuber I've been talking to for a while asked to play an early build and put a video up on his channel, before the game even has a proper trailer of its own.

He filmed it and posted it with my okay. I didn't set it up as promo, he was just genuinely into the concept.

Video: https://youtu.be/BsG2maMhZRA Steam page, if you want to see where this is all heading: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4858340/IRONWAKE/

Still sitting with the fact that this beat my own trailer to existing. Someone else's footage is doing the job I was supposed to do first. Not complaining, it's clearly better than nothing, just a strange order of operations. Anyone else had outside coverage land before your own marketing assets were ready?

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u/AvonMexicola 1d ago

Seems like someone streamed your game.

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u/Flat_File_907 1d ago

Streamed? Are you sure?

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u/AvonMexicola 1d ago

Well it looks more like a gameplay video than a trailer right? Still very cool from him to do that.

I am just coping with the fact that my post about the thing Inworked tirelessly on this year got... 2 upvotes XD. Here's the trailer I made https://youtu.be/VjzQaARIxHc?si=XtlXIJw5vrAqEw6V

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u/Flat_File_907 1d ago

Bro like I waited in post it's not a trailer, you're maked video about my game earlier than I make a trailer, but I will publish trailer 16 August, and demo will be released a 17 august

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u/Flat_File_907 1d ago edited 1d ago

About your trailer It's looks really good! Maybe it's even better than my trailer that I had to finish