What new players? Its the same 100 old fluffs that has been playing this game since 99. I'm a realist not a boomer, if you think advertisement will save a 25 year old game that's been slowly dying every year will magic bring back 1000s a players then your a fool.

Retro games are super popular. You are an idiot.

Fair enough but this place still needs a flow of enough players to keep it functioning. 62 players in primary is when it’s time to start seriously considering taking action to bring some new guys in. I don’t know the owners but my understanding is they saved the game out of love for the game. So I also want to see this place prosper. I dislike half of the people here but that’s another convo.

I just want to say for the record I am not involved in this nude hobo conspiracy

What need to be done is market this place right.


Why NOW Is The Golden Age Of Retro Gaming!


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJph5yZtA4



Someone reach out, send an email to the large YouTubers in the retro gaming community. They are getting a substantial amount of views (10’s of thousands) of people looking for this stuff.

There is an entire community, just contact all of the channels. Boom
There’s thousands of potential new players who you know are interested.

I have 3 jobs, boomer. Shut up.

I bet it would be cool if someone, I don't know, did a podcast about it to mark 2025? I'd drop a link but my traffic numbers tell me everyone here already listened 😂

Maybe a YouTube account for the game? I tried to look up videos on YouTube and only found 1.

If you make YouTube shorts with music in the background the algorithm would spread it.

Do your podcast and splice it with cuts of the game. I bet that would bring a few players in.

Oh, three jobs? Wow, look at you, the ultimate overachiever, except it’s not ambition, it’s desperation, isn’t it? Congratulations on working three times as hard to barely scrape by. Ever heard of efficiency? Maybe instead of collecting jobs like Pokémon, you could focus on finding one that doesn’t leave you running around like a headless chicken. But hey, at least you’re consistent, overworked, underpaid, and still somehow bragging about it.

Well get it done, bring back the people. Ill believe it when I see it.

Is there anyone in charge of marketing and running this stuff? Who contacts people and manages growing the game and public relations?

If there isn’t someone then that maybe should be something to consider as a start. I’m
Down to help compile some lists of contacts if there’s anyone that decides to take this job on.

Would I be right in assuming there is zero effort being dedicated to this? If so then that’s the biggest problem this place has and may be the only fix that you need is a good PR manager.

Hey Doctor Phil/D Trump. Please leave the seething out of this thread. If you want to help then cool you are welcome but let’s not fill it up with drama and have at least one thread dedicated to growing the player base. The going back and forth will just make it harder for anyone who wants to help try. If we don’t get some new players it won’t be long before you don’t have anyone except your two accounts to seethe at yourself back and forth in your admittedly well managed case of schizophrenia.

Well, bless your heart, partner. That’s a whole lotta words just to say, “Please stop overshadowing me.” I hear you loud and clear, you’re desperate for this thread to stay on track, but instead of leadin’ by example, you went ahead and lobbed an underhanded jab at me. Real productive. Here’s some free advice: if you want people to focus on growth, maybe start by droppin’ the passive-aggressive digs. Otherwise, you’re just addin’ to the drama you’re so worried about.

Drow knows about “boomers”, he was on the rescue boat headed for titanic.

Boomer lol

However our military men and women of display a service hat or anything like that, if you’d them a boomer I’d smack them in the back of the head and advise them find some respect. That’s where I draw the line. The baby boomers that fought and died deserve better. They were the greatest generation this country has ever seen and likely the last.

It honestly sounds like you're confused about which generation is the baby boomers. They were born AFTER world war 2. Those who fought in said war are called "The Greatest Generation." A bit aggrandizing, I know, but I wasn't consulted on the naming conventions.

The greatest generation was based. I cannot begin to describe the things I witnessed from that generation. I mean I literally cannot for it is too based for tv.

You know what? You’re right. Grandpa still is alive. I misspoke and you and he corrected me. My apologies. My sediment for name calling for the cute old folks with their NAVY hats and kids making fun stands lol

Thanks. I should have have known. My mom was I guess a baby boomer too? She’s 58. Both grandfathers and great grandfathers were in the war and Korea.

I know my service isn’t even close to what some endured. But Vic I stand educated lol tho for some reason I almost had it right. Thanks

Millennials are the greatest generation!

Cathankins, you are correct: Zero marketing goes into this game. It's almost always been like that. It's why it's never grown ever since Swirve peaced out.

Sorry, I had another kid in 2024 and it's sort of sucked down all my energy and availability :(

I did get a better dev environment mostly done using Docker so it would make it easier to build the game, but haven't had time to finish that.

congrats on the new addition to the family!

Understandable Pang. Totally.

With the YouTube algorithms on shorts the way they are now, I think we could possibly get some people to come if we create shorts with a fairly small amount time or effort. Just tag it as a retro game and online game and it will get spread. Music in the background helps I think as well. Just a 15-30 second video saying something brief and then showing gameplay or whatever.

You have an ever so slight presence already and there is 3,000 views on this video now. So someone out there is looking and remembers or is interested. I think there could be a lot more potential here.

I have no idea who Anthony is but maybe it will ring a bell to some of you.


How to stock as a farmer in Earth: Empires

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jieh52Iq9F8

Are you a computer guy? Or do you know a guy who knows a guy by any chance who can do this stuff and has the time and willingness? That question goes out to anyone lurking as well.

I would consider myself a computer guy, but if you mean that in the sense if I can program, then no, I cannot.

But you don't need to code to market - that's more PR, and it is something I can actually help with (but I'm not in Marketing as a profession - if someone else is, they should step up).

I think the biggest issue with this game is that why would anyone in the year 2025 play this text-based game? There are no images and the UI is awful.

I've seen the beta and while the UI is better FOR US, it is hideous to an outside gamer who has no idea what EE is about.

If you want to market the game, there needs to be more pizazz and artwork. It needs *something*.

And that's no disrespect to Pang, QZ, and Slagpit - they are working to keep the game we all know and love working with new enhancements to keep it interesting. But what's interesting for us isn't interesting for a Gen Alpha kid looking for a new game to play.

Awesome ^^ now we are talking. I actually love the game the way it is. I don’t think you should force it to be anything other than what it is. It’s perfect like chess. Just my humble opinion. There’s plenty of games out there like that. This place has soul and a community though and nowhere else captures that feel that I’ve seen. It’s unique in an of itself. Lot of jerks here as well but there is always light and darkness. How ironic.

would anyone in the year 2025 play this text-based game?

> text-based game?

You answered your own question. I can play this game in places it’s not appropriate to play games. I can play it anywhere and not disturb people like in movie’s or offices.

It being a possible app on a phone is really perfect for that.

You have now been selected to market the game.....with all of your back-to-back post it is obvious that you have the time and effort to succeed. Congrats on your new position!!! Make EE Great Again!!

Realistically, we need to do gorilla marketing and invite old players back.

The emails have been relatively successful over the past several years. They returning players went to a variety of clans and that has stabilized some of the player losses. The database of the players that joined Earth empires is still there for the moderators to go through

Many of us have been playing for a long time and don't necessarily want to see the game die. It's relatively free fun. It's a niche, there are retro gaming boards out there and I have posted on the majority of them. Blackhole had some decent luck on 4chan.

People come back and check in; we don't always give them a compelling reason to stay.

https://sabadvertising.wordpress.com/...11/01/gorilla_at_work.jpg

Here is what you seek leto

Click Here to Purchase a Self-Serve Ad Campaign


https://www.4chan.org/advertise



Page impressions per month: 500,000,000+
Unique visitors per month: 20,000,000+
Posts per day: 900,000-1,000,000


If there is even a tiny amount of truth in this claim that’s a substantial amount of players.

Reddit has similar advertising. I think BH was right about that being a possible good source of gamers.

https://www.business.reddit.com/advertise

I’m not sure if
This is the right link but they definitely have ads available.

Congratulations Pang!

Congrats on the new little one Pang. Got all my kids out the way a long time ago, So I will eventually get to enjoy my freedom :P

lol

now thats worth posting for - coming home dagga?

Lost track of the thread. WeeZy has the answer to the topic.

Play with the little man in the boat :P

holy fluff dagga is back???

The current plan (subject to change) is to reform the account sign up process after we're able to send outgoing email again. We will attempt some level of advertising after that.

I'd also like to receive a personal recruitment email from Ivan.