{"id":542,"date":"2024-02-04T18:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/?p=542"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:20:41","slug":"rise-of-the-village-hero-more-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/rise-of-the-village-hero-more-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise of the Village Hero – More coverage!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may be aware, I have released my first commercial game called “Rise of the Village Hero”, and it’s my first studio release. It has not been plain sailing for sure. I have learned a lot from the process, and at the end of the day, that is what I can gladly say will help me so much in my future releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of my experiences were quite disheartening to begin with\u2014from the lack of coverage to people just saying they would cover my game but not really doing it, I guess just asking for a free key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From people offering feedback when it’s not even asked, to people who just criticize everything from art and assets to story, cinematic, trailers, etc. It’s really been a journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love constructive feedback; let’s be honest, a solo indie developer needs to learn how to get that on board. And I have pretty much tried to discern between good feedback and the bad, seeing how I can improve my game for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all that, however, the coverage just wouldn’t come along, no matter how much I tried. It was not until eventually I got lucky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scottish Games Network<\/strong> wrote about my game, which was amazing. I live in Scotland, and I consider myself just as much Scottish as I am Romanian, so for them to write about my game was incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here it is the article here<\/a>. You can give it a read it was really awesome for me to read it to be fair. As a solo indie developer its great to just see your game covered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had another website Gamezebo <\/strong>that also was awesome and they did a little review of my game comparing my game with Runscape non-MMO which was incredible really. You can read the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I can’t exactly remember the dates, but waking up and seeing this article filled me with so much joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point, I also received my first recommendation from Gaming Grandma<\/strong>, and that was super cool. I bet that by the second game, all these small stages might not mean as much. But for now, it’s pretty amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then came the big one, the first Let’s Play by a YouTuber of my game, which you can see here<\/a>! Joel Durant,<\/strong> a gamer who decided to play my game, and it’s pretty epic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saved the most incredible part for last, of course \ud83d\ude42 Hitmarker <\/strong>covered my game on LinkedIn, which was very epic! Still getting notifications, and it definitely helped my page grow a bit too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again you can see the actual post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you to everyone who covered my game! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You really made my day. There’s nothing more amazing for a solo developer than seeing people playing your game or showcasing it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you all at the next update, and here’s to many more coverages! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silviu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developer of Rise of the Village Hero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder of Ludus Pax Studios<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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