Armagetron Promotion Ideas?

[BiggySmalls]

Hello everyone,

Today I was thinking to myself, "why is the armagetron community so small?" Sure it entertains me for hours on end, but the community pales in comparison to what it used to be ~5 years ago. There was more size, a larger diversity of game types, and so forth. Maybe this is just my opinion because I was younger back then and now I am used to the game, but I don't think that can explain it all.

So, I was curious about how to promote the game. It seems to me that everyone knows what armagetron is, from the movie too now, but nobody has any idea people play it still. I know promotion costs money, but there must be some cheap ways to spread the name a bit and get some new members into the pre-existing community. I'm sure a lot of people would be able to assimilate quickly; the game is quite intuitive.


Any suggestions/ideas/criticisms/comments about promoting the game?

[Clutch]

Here we go again

[DaGarBBaGeMAN]

Here. we. go. again. indeed.

[BiggySmalls]

Maybe we could actually do it this time?

I'd happily chip in some cash.

[takburger]

Maybe we could actually do it this time?

I'd happily chip in some cash.

I invite you to take the lead for the team as mentioned there:

http://forums3.armagetronad.net/viewtop ... 3&start=30

best luck

[delinquent]

Maybe we could actually do it this time?

I'd happily chip in some cash.

Fancy throwing $100 at steam for us? There's a kickstarter happening next month if you don't, which means it might not happen.

[Venijn]

Finding 10 people willing to donate $10 might be easier.

[AI-team]

getting the game on steam would be great, but that would require probably most of the code to be rewritten

[takburger]

getting the game on steam would be great, but that would require probably most of the code to be rewritten

It has been discussed in many topics before and apparently not

[Agility]

I hope something happens, I love this game and I am going to keep my hopes big.

[takburger]

I hope something happens, I love this game and I am going to keep my hopes big.

then do something

[delinquent]

getting the game on steam would be great, but that would require probably most of the code to be rewritten

Nope, wrapper in idora or something equally obscure. They've got libs for C#, and there's ways to make C# play nice with C++

[Pr3]

Promotion through YouTube can also contribute to our stagnating community.
I've thought about remaking this : http://youtu.be/BuvpVXhmahI (but with proper light cycles & not green ~ Apple phase)

I have another YouTube account with over 1mill views and 255+ subscribers, once I remake something acceptable I'll post some sort of promo video. Unfortunately, most the videos on my Tron YouTube account doesn't get a lot of activity being that 1) you have to search for Armagetron (though I tried to get attention when the Tron movie was released), and 2) I only post links on community forums.

[bilbo baggins]

i had an idea to get in touch with some big gaming youtubers with lots of subscribers and see if they would get a ladle team together or review the game or something but i doubt they would do such a low end game, worth a shot though, your montage was hilarious pr3 more of them please

[|CPU|]

A sexy tron calendar filled with pictures of yours truly. The only way.