Ideas to help promoting DCS WWII Kickstarter

Greetings, folks!

DCS WWII kickstarter now reached 44000 $. With 25 more days to go, the project needs a steady flow of new backers. We're doing okay so far, but we could be doing much, much better. I think Ilya, Oleg and Igor need our help! Let us make this "our" project too!

The project looks good on paper, but few people are willing to read everything, get bored and eventually just dismiss the project as "just another weird geek-fest". Indeed, the kickstarter page looks a bit bland and I think people need better advertisement in order to understand just how awesome this project really is. I think we could help in some very effective ways:

1) Convince Luthier to create an official facebook page for the project, so we can more easily forward information that is presented in a more concise, customizable and orderly fashion. In kickstarters just like in real life, presentation and appearances often make the difference. Social networks are a great way to spread information quickly and efficiently; they are often overlooked by developers but Star Citizen is a testament to the power of a community that is motivated.

2) Create promotional posters about the kickstarter. We could even do a little friendly contest! It can be just a super cool photoshop pictures of a Spit and a 109 taken from CloD or a P-51D and a FW190 taken from DCS World... the thing is that such a "poster" would require general information about:

a) what the project is about

b) the importance of who is behind this

c) the ambition of the project and why it matters (weather, seasons, etc.)

d) a concise and easily understandable explanation of packages (not all of them, just the ones people are more likely to buy, like the 40 $ one)

e) the potential behind the EDGE engine

f) the fact that this project can appeal to ALL flight simmers: hardcore players just like those who like to press a button and fly "à la War Thunder".

g) it's THE simulator so many of us have been asking for years. If the kickstarter fails, we're unlikely to get another chance. Not in another decade, that's for sure.

I do have some skills in photoshop/gimp... so I guess I could try to do a little something. Although, I'm 99 % sure many of you guys have way more experience and skill than me for this kind of thing.

3) Create promotional videos of existing WW2 DCS aircrafts like the P-51D. These 2 videos made me buy the P-51D. I'm not even kidding as I knew nothing about the plane at the time. Now I can't live without flying it at least once a week :)

Video 1:

Video 2:

a) Many youtubers do excellent videos. I'm sure I've seen a couple on this forum that made my jaw drop. Like this one:

b) GlowingAmraam also does superb (and I don't use this word lightly) videos. We should ask him if he would be interested to help Ilya, Oleg and Igor with their project! I'm sure he would be thrilled to give a hand given the opportunity.

c) Anyone else skilled in doing videos could do something to help promote this game! Simply flying the P-51D in DCS World could give a pretty good idea of the level of immersion they're aiming for.

Anybody remembers this video?

:pilotfly:

Thoughts? Suggestions? Let's brainstorm!

Making Youtube videos would be a whole lot more appealing if I could have permission to monetize the videos. Doesn't cost ED or RRG anything, and gives video creators reason to believe they might get a little something for the work and time spent.

Making Youtube videos would be a whole lot more appealing if I could have permission to monetize the videos. Doesn't cost ED or RRG anything, and gives video creators reason to believe they might get a little something for the work and time spent.

This good enough?

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1408028#post1408028

This good enough?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1408028#post1408028

Just be aware of the situation described in this thread.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=108689

This good enough?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1408028#post1408028

Yes it is!

I swear I searched this forum and the official website. Really, I did. Silly of me to expect a sticky or other formal notice in the video forum. Silly of me to search for "Youtube monetization." Oh well.

Thanks very much. :)

SimHQ

Does anyone know anyone that can get SimHQ to put this kickstarter on their homepage??? Or at least consider it. I bet there would be a spike in donations if they did. :music_whistling:

Yes it is!

 

I swear I searched this forum and the official website. Really, I did. Silly of me to expect a sticky or other formal notice in the video forum. Silly of me to search for "Youtube monetization." Oh well.

 

Thanks very much. :)

He he! Impress us!

DCS: WWII work in progress screenshots and videos will have people backflipping for their wallet. Those two vids he posted so far ain't gonna do it.

DCS: WWII work in progress screenshots and videos will have people backflipping for their wallet. Those two vids he posted so far ain't gonna do it.

I think they'll hit their funding goals but I have no idea about the stretches. Again, more pr support is needed. I agree on the in game vids or pics, they'd help a lot but they may not be that far along in the building process.

Ilya needs to be a guest on Jay Leno :smilewink:

N4G

Hi chaps please gather some more momentum by commenting on this post please :)

http://n4g.com/news/1349667/dcs-wwii-europe-1944-kickstarter-live

Kudos to whomever started this :thumbup:

Does anyone know why a site like SimHQ seems totally uninterested in the Kickstarter campaign despite commenting all the time on IL2:BOS progress for example? Is it about money?

Does anyone know why a site like SimHQ seems totally uninterested in the Kickstarter campaign despite commenting all the time on IL2:BOS progress for example? Is it about money?

Not sure but I remember a review on simhq comparing the DCS mustang to the A2A FSX Mustang. I believe the A2A mustang come out on top. I have flown both and in my opinion the DCS Mustang is head and shoulders above the A2A mustang.

There you go :):

* US:

Top 15 Most Popular Video Game Websites - September 2013:

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

- http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29446240/dcs-wwii-europe-1944---kickstarter

- http://forums.gametrailers.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1358013

- https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/50165/dcs-wwii-europe-1944#latest

* UK:

- http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7461

* Germany:

- http://www.gamestar.de/community/gspinboard/showthread.php?t=429844

- http://forum.pcgames.de/action/9325000-dcs-wwii-europe-1944-kickstarter.html

- http://forum.4pforen.4players.de/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=137269

... to be continued

(disclaimer: not all of the above have been created by me :))

Lots of money floating around at the RSI forum, so getting the word out there could pay big dividends!

Well something needs to happen because DCS 44 has really hit the buffers in the last two days…

I don't want to be overly pessimistic but less an $5k per day isn't good.

Luthier needs to post some something, I was expecting him to do that yesterday.

They needed to be ready to post new stuff each day. 30 updates, pictures, videos, blogs.

Luthier said he'll posting a new video today, if not, tomorrow at latest. "A detailed look at EDGE"!

Starting an off topic thread at the RSI Star Citizen boards is a good idea. Anyone post there already so it'll look less like spamming?

Theres one already there! ;)

Great stuff. Decent reception as well it seems :)

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/50165/dcs-wwii-europe-1944

Very good job,Mogster !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I followed the link you posted and saw that some people over there at Star Citizen are interested in 1944 kickstarter and backed allready.

Hi chaps please gather some more momentum by commenting on this post please :)

 

http://n4g.com/news/1349667/dcs-wwii-europe-1944-kickstarter-live

 

Kudos to whomever started this :thumbup:

I posted that days ago, it nearly failed to get approved but I did some 'I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine' deals by approving other people's stories to get it done, if more people comment the hotter the story gets and it may appear on the front page if it already isn't deemed too old

Very good job,Mogster !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I followed the link you posted and saw that some people over there at Star Citizen are interested in 1944 kickstarter and backed allready.

I just linked to it, I can't take any credit :)