After getting permission from Hopes, it's my pleasure to present to ya all, the Steam trailer for "The DeLuca Family: Soldato Edition (Season 1):
Thanks TripleJ.
It's an honest trailer, given that all images used are also a part of season 1, but it's also a modest trailer.
The landscape has changed so much over just the past 3-5 years, Movie producers spent more on advertising and marketing than on the actual making of the movie and it's becoming more and more like that in the gaming world aswell.
Steam is such a hit or miss proposition and it often doesn't have all that much to do with the quality of the product (which is obviously outstanding in this case), especially on low budget pricetags like around the 10$ mark, but much more on people finding the product among the millions of games.
A professional trailer can be a very worthwhile investment, it generates hype, gets spread around and it can reach a lot of people.
Now having said all of that, I obviously dont know Hopes financial situation and if a professional trailer was ever even an option, but given that it can make the difference on the game grossing 3k-5k-10k or 30k-50k-100k, and my believe, that the high story quality of the game
should sell if the game has a chance to be noticed, I am a bit bummed that Hope either decided not to go that route, or didnt have the ressources to do it.
I have
some contacts, and I'll try to help as best as I can with bringing attention to the game, once it reaches a critical mass it should grow just on it's own merit.
Nonetheless, I'm gonna be rooting for you
HopesGaming and you can already spend the money for 5 sold copies, because as soon as it's on steam, I'll grab it and I blackmailed 4 buddies into buying it aswell.
Best of luck, fingers crossed, knock on wood, break a leg, fuck a duck !!!
Go get 'em !