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The show and tell section of the forums can be a great help, if you use it the right way. Here are some tips:

1. Give it a good title!

If you're posting an ad, people won't want to look at it if it says something like "LOOK HERE QUICK!" or "Check out my project". The key to getting more views is to be specific, for example, if you had a two player shooting game, post your topic as "Two Player Shooting Game". That way, if somebody is particularly inerested in shooting games, they'll accually look at the topic, instead of just ignoring it under a different topic name such as "My game", which could be a game about anything.

2. Post some information

Once you've come up with your topic, post some information about the project you're trying to promote. For example, don't just post a link to your project and nothing else, give a little information to get people interested. For example, you could post your project notes, with the example of the shooting game, you could write: "Here is a two player shooting game I made. It's controlled by the mouse and the arrow keys, space to shoot..." For me, that makes me interested, and I want to look at the project to see what it's all about. It also makes me think that you put a lot of work into the project.

3. What do you want?

For me, just getting views isn't enough. I like comments! So when you post your topic, post what you want people to do. Sometimes "Please Comment"  is sufficient, but if you want more detailed feedback, write what you want, forr example: "Do you think the game is to fast paced?" or "Do the sprites work with the theme?" It just depends on what you want to get out of people looking at my projects.

Always remember not to spam! When you spam a topic, nobody looks at the project anyways, and forum moderators will just delete it.

Have fun! I hope these tips help you in the future!

Last edited by greenflash (2009-08-20 15:12:20)