The developers of a new survival game on Steam recognize that the huge open world alone will not be enough to attract players. Therefore, they present exactly the feature of their game that will convince people within seconds.
Which game is being talked about? It is the survival and open-world game “Guardians of the Wild Sky” by Blue Isle Studios, which will be released on Steam, as well as consoles. Players must survive in this world full of flying islands, build their own bases and custom-built airships, and explore their surroundings, whether by land or air – as the focus here is primarily on conquering the sky.
In this world, there are also magical beings known as the Guardians, with whom you can befriend. These can be small, cute plush creatures, but also much larger and more fearsome-looking monsters.
That the developers know exactly who their target audience is, is proven by their presence on social media. On TikTok, they posted a video to promote their game that could excite users of the platform in just a few seconds: “Those were three very convincing seconds, my friend.”
Here you can see the trailer for Guardians of the Wild Sky by Blue Isle Studios, which also showcases the mentioned feature:
The developers know what people find much more important than a huge open world
What do players find so great? In the mentioned TikTok video, the developers promise to get viewers to add their indie survival game to their wishlist in 3 seconds. They then show that in Guardians of the Wild Sky, players will be able to tame different types of dragons.
You can see the video from the TikTok channel of Blue Isle Studios here:
Under the video, various users’ comments demonstrate that the developers did everything right with this post:
- “3 seconds to convince me? I’m skeptical – ‘Tameable dragons’ – okay, I’m listening” (Joseph Squires)
- “Developers who understand the difference between dragons and wyverns? I’m in” (Ayden)
What further information do the developers provide regarding the dragons? While many people are convinced by the aspect of tamable dragons alone, there are some users who want to know how strongly the developers’ hearts beat for dragon nerds.
In response to user executionbunni’s question about whether one can have a whole stable full of dragons, the developers confirm that you can definitely build one in the game.
Also, user daltondale has an important question and wants to know if players will gain the ability to turn into a dragon in the game, to which the developers only respond with a wink – but later confirm in another response.
The team at Blue Isle Studios proves that it is worth not only knowing but also understanding the interests and wishes of its target audience. On their TikTok account, the video featuring the tamable dragons has currently 316.3K views, making it by far the most viewed video they have posted. Another developer proves that being close to the community can be particularly valuable and is rewarded just a few days after the release of his game: Solo developer releases his first game on Steam, has 30,000 players 5 days later: “I’m going to eat a hell of a lot of spaghetti tonight”
