Why is my game failing?

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#1

I am not sure if this is the correct area for this question if it isn’t please let me know where this should go, anyways I just finished making my first game, it took me a couple of months and I think I had a really good idea and presented it well.

It is like a mix of Roblox obbys and fall guys. Fall guys game format, using roblox obbys as the maps. Everyone who has played it has really enjoyed it and I have been able to build a very small community of around 100 people, about 60 people in my Roblox group and 60 in a discord server.

I have a really good like ratio, and a lot of favorites but the game isn’t taking off at all, and I might know part of the reason.

How the game works is when players join the game they are in a lobby server and can join a queue to start the game. Once the queue fills up with the specified number of player (right now is 15) the game starts and all of the players in the queue get teleported to the game place.

Once they are in the game place a map spawns in and they have to compete against other players to qualify for the next round. 5 players get eliminted each round until there is 5 players left. This is the finals and whoever finishes first wins. Once you get eliminated you can spectate or teleport back to the lobby place.

So I think partly the reason the game is failing a bit is because it needs a lot of players to actually have fun. Right now players don’t need to wait for 15 to start I added a 60 second timer and everytime the timer is done everyone in the queue gets teleported to the game place. This is so players can acually play the game.

But even if you get a group of like 3 players together it isn’t fun because it is a such a small group and not very competitive, the only time I have had a group of 10+ players they stayed for about an hour because they were having a lot of fun.

I tried running ads but since Roblox removed advertising for players under 13 I am not really able to hit my target audience. I am currently trying to make tiktoks videos but it isn’t working very well.

Does anyone have any ideas on how else I can get this game going because I honestly believe it is a fun game and a lot of people told me it is a lot of fun and I don’t want to just give up on it.

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#2

Well, it would make sense if your game is having a rough start because of this. If only a few people are joining, then there is not as much competition, therefore not encouraging playas much. I would try advertising a small amount, just enough to where it may start concurrent players. Then you can build from there.

Games have to start somewhere, right?

#3

Issue with advertising is my CPP is extremely low because not many players 13+ wanna play an obby game. My CPP was literally about 0.01%

#4

Wait, does the sponsored section on the front page still appear on the front page if an account is under 13?

Otherwise, I’m not sure what else you can do. It sucks that Roblox made ads for >13 users only.

#5

No I don’t think so, For ads and sponsored games you can advertise to anyone under 13 so I assume the sponsored section just isn’t there.

#6

I would try reaching out to smaller content creators on platforms like YouTube that play games like yours. If you can get someone like that to play your game, you can have quick growth.