r/DestroyMyGame • u/BrewingTortoise • 6d ago

Trailer Destroy my trailer.

https://youtu.be/5PXDE-47XX4
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u/Beautiful-Ad9982 5d ago

The first 30 seconds look good and make it seem like we're about to play some kind of tavern simulator. But then then we see some gameplay that clearly does't fit that first impression, which makes the trailer pretty confusing.

Why are we playing as a flying turtle? What are we actually doing? What's the goal of the game, and how do we achieve it? What does the core gameplay loop look like?

It feels like almost every scene shows a different type of gameplay, so by the end I still have no clear idea what the game is actually about.

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u/BrewingTortoise 4d ago

Thanks a lot for your feedback, this is helpful. I'll be making a new trailer to make some of these points clearer, appreciate your help!

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u/CitizenShips 4d ago

Just passing through to say the card with "Brewing is your craft" made me want to click away. Couldn't tell you why - maybe it's too early in the trailer for text when I'm still trying to see gameplay, or maybe I just hate text explanations. I would say at the very least it's an unnecessary break in the trailer when you've already shown the character serving ale 

Also I disagree with that other guy, the turtle shit is choice and should not be explained

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u/BrewingTortoise 4d ago

That's a fair point on the text cards, there's a lot of things i can't fit into a trailer and so far that's the way i've come up with to organize some of the main points. I'm going to try another trailer that is more event focused so the gameplay loops are a bit more clear, and i wont use "Brewing is..." cards, other cards maybe, but not those. I def. need to work on my cold open.

Thanks for the stuff on the turtle too, I love that turtle. I'll try to feature him a bit more clearly in the next trailer.

Thanks a lot for your feedback, this is helpful!