Guys can you tell me what hype is and how to make hype
Hype is the feeling your team gets when the game your developing gets media. For example : You get an interview about your first mature game , that event gets you hype because your game gets into the media , another example is the G3 ( a game convention that gets held ever year later in the game ) everytime the G3 is held while your developing your game , you get hype , because your game gets media attention. You can even do marketing for your game which produces hype. Hype makes your game better because your players are happy about the media attention your game gets. In short hype makes your games better.
Ok thanks for the help, Do you get a bonus for having alot of Hype
The more hype you have , the better your game is.
Correction, the more hype you have, the more sales your game is likely to have. It has NO impact on the review scores of your game.
Hype can be harmful if you build up a lot of it and then release a turd of a game. This is because a lot more people will buy it initially and see that it sucks. Releasing bad games makes you lose fans. Releasing a bad game with a lot of hype makes you lose a LOT of fans. If you are going to spend the money to build up hype, you better be sure the game is going to be a good one.
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Just to confirm what Pinstar said.
Hype does not increase the quality of your game, it will increase sales.
As for AlotOfMoney… Where did you get that information about hype, or did you came up with it yourself?
More Hype = More Sales =/= More Review Scores
Just like Pinstar said, if you release a bad game, but you built up a lot of hype, you can lose fans, get loss from the project, and make your game like Big Rigs : Over the road racing.
You make Hype by going to conventions, making your own conventions, marketing, making a game console, and random events through out the 25-35 years of gaming. Hope that helps!