Spent two solid weeks on a small project...

[dangoball]

Manage your expectations.

He's right, you know.

Heck, I write for fun and I'm always looking for constructive criticism. I have to hunt people down to actually give me any. There is nothing more crushing than absolute apathy towards ones creation, but that's what you'll be getting most of the time. That and "It's cool I guess". I spent a week writing a story for which I researched Scandinavian mythical beasts and translated some shit into Swedish for authenticity. All I got was "It's nice".

If you want feedback on your work, I'd suggest looking for a site that is more focused on what you do. Escapist is a big hot mess of topics.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Well if you are aiming for popularity then rule no.1 is to give shit a really stupid name, "Banjo Kazooie Gone Sexual!!11!" or something of that nature. Hell you have been on this site for long enough, just read some news article titles and you should get inspired for some good marketing BS.

If you want people to take your work seriously on the other hand don't do the marketing dogshit.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

Yeah OP, I can understand why it's really discouraging thing to happen, but the odds weren't stacked in your favor for that thread. Forum traffic's in the toilet recently, it's an old game (Even if there was a recent collection release and it was cult classic), and the existence of high res screenshots is unfortunately one of those things that you don't appreciate until you can't find them. It's like sound design in games, loads of work goes into it, but generally if it's done well you don't give it a second thought.

Even though I haven't played Banjo Kazooie myself, I always appreciate the people who do stuff like this. I wouldn't consider it wasted effort though, there's Wikis for the game, and there are going to be people who are just driven mad with being unable to find screenshots of the game who'll stumble upon yours. I know that there's been many occasions where I wish someone did something like this

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Gave me at the very least a little perspective.

It's pretty normal.

Remember one thing: 80% of success is good marketing. 20% of it is the actual quality of the product.

Sad thing is, you're kinda right. XP Out of curiosity though, did you or anyone like the shots I made at all?

 

[Snotnarok]

I've been doing a sci-fi webcomic for ...well it's going to be 5 soon and I don't see many comments at all. Even friends and family will just like the facebook update post but ignore the website.

I've come to accept that if no one is commenting, that can be a good thing since 90% of comments seem to be how you screwed up or how they hate your stuff.

Now any fanart I create, that gets liked and retweeted and my original stuff just sits there. ....Yeah I'm a bit bitter, but it's how it goes. It's why you see more reboots and sequels and less new stuff.

That said, I think someone tried to share the comic here and got a warning for "self promotional posts" yet he/she has nothing to do with the creation so...Hooray? I'm sorry fan! D:

My ignored love letter to the scifi world.
http://www.antarescomplex.com/