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Where Shadows Slumber is in TechRaptor’s Holiday Gift Guide!

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Here’s a quick “in the news” update about Where Shadows Slumber – our game was included in TechRaptor’s Holiday Gift Guide for 2018!

This is a new initiative that they’re trying over at TechRaptor, so it’s nice to be included in the inaugural issue. Robert Adams, who compiled this guide, reviewed Where Shadows Slumber when it launched last month on Android. We’ve been in touch with him since we met him years ago at a Playcrafting event in the city, and he was super excited to try the game.

It’s nice to see that it made such an impression on him, and we’ve already noticed a small bump in popularity since this guide went live. Thanks for giving us this publicity, Robert! We won’t let you down [ *_*]

Here’s a quick snippet of the catalog:

 

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From the description:

For the first time, we’ve sat down here at TechRaptor and made an official gift guide. Put together by Robert N. Adams, this gift guide features a variety of technology, video games, board games and more that we hope you’ll enjoy along with a few words from yours truly.

Scroll down a bit to see our highlight! I don’t want to include it here because I want you to actually go to their site [ ^_^] (They helped us, so let’s help them out!) Along the way you’ll see some good deals on games, peripherals, and nerdy collector’s items.

See the full gift guide for yourself right here!

 

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One More Thing – Ask Us Questions!

This was a short blog post, so I wanted to include a small addendum. I’m hoping to compile a list of some frequently asked questions for a future Q & A blog post. That means you better start asking some questions frequently!

If you comment on this post (on WordPress, Facebook, or Twitter) with a question, I’ll add it to the article I’m working on and you’ll get a full, complete answer at some point in the future. The benefit of this is that I can pose programming questions to Jack and music questions to Alba and Noah, so we can cover a lot of ground.

What would you like to know about the development of Where Shadows Slumber? No question is off limits! Please submit your questions and I’ll put that blog post together for mid-January. Thanks everyone!

 

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Where Shadows Slumber is now available for purchase on the App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon App Store!

Find out more about our game at WhereShadowsSlumber.com, ask us on Twitter (@GameRevenant), Facebook, itch.io, and feel free to email us directly at contact@GameRevenant.com.

Frank DiCola is the founder of Game Revenant and the artist for Where Shadows Slumber.

The Reddit Roundup

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Now that our game has launched on Google Play, I’m making the rounds on Reddit showing it off to as many communities as possible. Do you have a Reddit account? Would you mind giving these posts a boost?

I realize this is kind of scummy – the whole point of Reddit is that the community decides what to upvote and downvote based on their hive-mind interest. But… we’re part of the community too, right?

Also, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to brag about how popular our game is on the /r/IndieGaming subreddit after posting just one GIF. Read on, and thanks in advance for the help!

 

 

Boost These Reddit Posts!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to upvote the following posts:

/r/IndieGaming – My friend (dev) and I (art) made a game where shadows change things

We did really well here already. Shout-out to Grant for recommending we post here and giving me advice about how to get on the top page. My initial post was boring, long, and corporate – we shortened it to basically just a website link and let the game speak for itself. Nearly 5,000 people viewed this, and it only cost me a few minutes of my time. I’ll have to come back to this sub more often!

/r/Gaming – New mobile puzzle game where shadows change the environment

This post was dead on arrival, sadly. For a community as large as /r/Gaming, you’d expect more upvotes and comments. I doubt your help will get us on the front page, but you’re welcome to try. The front page of this sub is usually gaming memes or really popular titles.

/r/AndroidGaming – [DEV] Where Shadows Slumber (Creepy / Puzzle / Adventure) just launched on Google Play!

This one didn’t do too badly, though I was hoping for more from a sub with this many subscribers. Plenty of comments though!

/r/IndieDev – Our indie team made it to Google Play! [Where Shadows Slumber]

Solid engagement here from a community that I confused with /r/IndieGaming. This sub is all about the developers, and the process of making games. People seemed to like our trailer!

There’s more where that came from. Comment below with your favorite subreddit – if I can somehow tie it to the game, I will. Next up, I’m going to post rainy GIFs to /r/ImaginaryRain and see if there’s a snow subreddit too. (I’m not kidding! Tell me your favorite subreddit and I’ll work a plug in somehow. As long as it isn’t a NSFW subreddit…)

 

 

BONUS: Robert Adams of TechRaptor Reviewed Us!

We met Robert a loooong time ago during Playcrafting’s Spring 2016 arcade event. He’s kept in touch with us all this time, eagerly awaiting the game’s release.

I feel bad that it took so long to get a build out to him, but he’s on Android instead of iOS. So when our game launched on iOS first, it took a while to get him a copy. Now that we’ve released the game on Google Play, he published his thoughts on TechRaptor. Here’s a sneak peek:

Where Shadows Slumber is a game that I’ve been following for some time. I first saw a tiny poster with intriguing art at a Playcrafting event and got to talking with one of its developers. Since then, I’ve anxiously followed the game’s progress and was finally able to get my hands on the final release. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely.

Check out the full review here:

Where Shadows Slumber Review – Colorful Cliffs & Dark Depths

Thanks for your patience all these years, Robert! We hope you enjoyed the game [^_^ ]

 

We have some cool marketing stuff in the works right now, but nothing to announce yet… stay tuned, and thanks for your support!

 

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Where Shadows Slumber is now available for purchase on the App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon App Store.

Find out more about our game at WhereShadowsSlumber.com, ask us on Twitter (@GameRevenant), Facebook, itch.io, and feel free to email us directly at contact@GameRevenant.com.

Frank DiCola is the founder of Game Revenant and the artist for Where Shadows Slumber.