Ways to increase my game's session time?

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Hello everyone

I’m working on increasing my game’s session time, which has unfortunately been quite low. I suspect the need for 2+ players to be online simultaneously might be the main problem affecting the retention rate.

Since I’ve been heavily playtesting the game myself, I feel like I might be too close to it to see the bigger picture. I’d really appreciate some fresh perspectives from anyone—any insights or suggestions would be helpful

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  1. Add bots so people can play (as noone else is playing the game and you have to invite your friends to have a good experience)
  2. The tutorial was just too hard on the eye, there was too much text make it simpler (add a training course?), also if someone selected the PC option for the screen, don’t give them mobile instructions, same applies vice versa.
  3. Make the ball easier to get.
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I personally think this can be solved with a player wave, bots seems like overkill.

I agree that there’s too much text. Simplifying the instructions would be helpful and could make a difference.

Could you elaborate on this part? There are mutiple maps with varying starting positions for the ball.

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Better go hard on the advertising!

Maybe give players easy maps at the start? There was one map which was too hard there were 4 walls shaped like a square.
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Ah I see which one you’re talking about, I suppose some changes can be made along with all the maps. I am probably too skilled at my own game to be testing the maps :sob:

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Yeah this post is more of an test to see if there’s anything major affecting the playtime before it’s advertised to the public.