Outwitters' low revenue - Marketing suggestions and ideas for OML

[Ravernoth]

(10-15-2012 12:16 PM)GoHeat 3 Wrote:  

(10-15-2012 12:10 PM)HollowKisame Wrote:  Just a suggestion for new icon. Make it a special unit or update icon with recent new special unit to represent most recent new class?

I think a soldier would be more appealing in my opinion. Not sure which soldier though.

I would go for the Feedback soldier - more widespread appeal to the strategy gamer audience.

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(10-15-2012 07:25 PM)Zguignou Wrote:  

(10-15-2012 12:56 PM)Strategic thinker Wrote:  4)Probably can't change revenue model and attract new players without major new mainstream appeal functionality. Marketing has been done, blogs have spoken, word of mouth has buzzed

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2) Adding AI will be an incremental coding job. (I know AI will never match more than a ?Gifted? human. But by ramping up the AI wits on a sliding difficulty scale, and a couple of predetermined styles - blitz, turtle, creeping, special - I think it can provide an OK single-player challenge, with badges etc. See Neutrajima Hex)
3) It will make the game much more attractive for the mass market. Sometimes, you just want a quickie. And going up the learning curve in multiplayer is intimidating!
4) It is a big enough change to relaunch and get buzz again

Totally agree,
Make a big change ( Solo campaign ) that justify a new launch, and change the business model into a paid app.

Agreed that a big change and relaunch is needed, though I don't think multiplayer is dead.

A Speed/Semi-realtime mode would be a major feature as well, and would appeal to many who passed on it due to the async nature.

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Updated the OP. I think OML can turn this around - hope they read this thread and find it useful.