You should totally give a discount for ludum dare

Kavex

Dec 5, 2014 at 6:32 pm

Even tho I already own it I think it would be a great idea to offer discounts during Ludum dare. I think it would be a good promotion for you.

http://ludumdare.com/compo/2014/11/01/ludum-deals-for-ld31/

I really like pyxel editor but I feel not enough people know about it

smokingbunny

Dec 12, 2014 at 9:20 pm

i think that suggestion is nice. but really pyxel edit is insanely cheap. i mean its $9, which is £5.73, which is something like 11 mars bars. or 5 cokes.

its quite cheap and really feel that its cheap enough for people to buy.

i would imagine that the price you can buy at its cheapest is more than fair enough.

but really thats just my 2 cents on it. it is a great application, all that it needs is forum posts and people talking about it rather than making it cheaper than it is for a short time

Kavex

Dec 19, 2014 at 12:57 am

It doesn't have to be anything huge. It could be $.50 savings. I'd say that 50 cents we would be well worth promo on a ludum dare site. Just thinking of ways to promo this great program to other indie devs. It's a great tool for making quick pixel art for things like ludum dare or other game related contests.

HeadClot

Dec 19, 2014 at 5:35 am

I learned about this through the official LD site. I will say though that it is insanely cheap. I do not think that a promo should be offered.

That said I will be picking this up next payday.

gomi

Dec 19, 2014 at 7:24 pm

Personally, I think finding other ways to promote awareness about PE would nothing but beneficial. I wasn't familiar with Ludum Dare until just now.

inkBot

Dec 19, 2014 at 10:45 pm

I would agree that it's pretty cheap to put a discount on. Another idea could be to approach game jams that run like contests, and straight up contests, about having it as a prize (or one of them). That way a discount wouldn't dilute the profits from the sales, even if maybe a handful of copies were given out for free and it would still get some exposure.

jwucher

Dec 21, 2014 at 2:20 pm

Not only is it already quite inexpensive, I would pay for it again if I could get a feature or two that would cut 1/2 hour off my work flow.

Kavex

Dec 22, 2014 at 4:29 pm

I would agree that it's pretty cheap to put a discount on. Another idea could be to approach game jams that run like contests, and straight up contests, about having it as a prize (or one of them). That way a discount wouldn't dilute the profits from the sales, even if maybe a handful of copies were given out for free and it would still get some exposure.

That is not a bad idea.

Whether it's a small discount or not. I'd like to see more promotions of pyxeledit. I've been spreading it around the indie dev community for a bit now but that is only a small portions.