Could I be heading towards the right direction without ROBLOX site ads?

Hello, so I’m a solo dev that’s going to release a horror game soon that my small community on my Discord server of about 50 people right now that are hyped for the release of it (even the creator of The Mimic is in my server) with very good support/feedback from the trailer and the sneak peeks. I have 3 YouTubers (one with 8k subs, 4k subs, another with 2k, and another one with 14k who apparently Flamingo plays the horror games that he uploads) who have agreed to making a video on my game. If the guy with 14k subs actually plays the game and makes a video on it, it’s likely that Flamingo will see the video. My horror game is a multiplayer one too which they usually do better than single player ones.

I also have a friend that’s in some Discord servers that I’ve joined before with hundreds of Discord members (200-300 people) and he says that trust that he’ll promote the heck out of my game everywhere in his servers when it releases since he also loves the game. I also done a poll in my Discord server where I asked who’s going to be there for the game release day (I’m releasing on a Saturday) and about 22/50 of the people in my server said that yes. From the support and everything that I just told you, does it seem to you like my game is can head towards the right direction right now without ads? Keep in mind that like how I said, this is already only WITHOUT website ads. I want to see the community’s POV on my situation and what they think.

PTSD - Official Game Trailer (ROBLOX) - YouTube | Trailer

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I personally think you have to be careful with this one because first of all, the youtubers could make trash content. You also have to think about inactivity. 200 - 300 People in a server, that can easily be 150 or 75 because there can be inactive people. But personally, you can go big with the right planning! Try and host community events or other stuff like updates. Also if you can get more youtubers to play on it, it will get bigger! Good luck bro!

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Thanks for the advice, I’ll take what you said in consideration.

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Also those youtubers should have good click rate. Subscribers are not always the best! They can have 4k subs but only get 100 - 200 views. Also keep In mind not all people will be interested in the game and will click!

I’m also planning to use TikTok since I’ve seen numerous times games blow up with advertisements there.

Adding on to this, one EXTREMELY important thing is timezones. If you release in the morning but for most of the server its night, you wont get the best click rate. I would ask the server the best time to release the game!

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Great choice too! Very unique idea never seen that before.

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I mean, if you have a hyped audience… but you need to trap your players in the game for this. But I still think you SHOULD run ads.

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Agreed ads are important but it can be challenging to have the perfect ad.

Of course, of course, but an ad never hurts, what 'bout it @EchoWinds?

Yup, if the game has good feedback after release I’ll make sure to run ads, I’m thinking of a sponsor since my icon is interesting. The thing is though, I have roughly 10k robux as of now and am not trying to lose all.

Great trailer you made just looked at it!

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Ima hop off its pretty late, see ya

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Take care, thanks for your feedback!!

omg… that trailer… love the music, love the atmosphere, love the logo.
imagine having PTSD

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Thanks so much, here’s a link to the game (it’s privated) that you can check the description of it for now if you’re interested.
https://www.roblox.com/games/6457735347/PTSD-Horror

Loved the trailer so much might show it to my friends!

Thanks! If you’re interested, you can join my Discord server since I keep my fanbase updated often on things relating to the game.