Building Game Communities From Scratch
summary
Step-by-step playbook: identify where your audience already hangs out, recruit early members person‑by‑person and by partnering with bigger communities, and seed channels with content so there’s no empty dance floor. Use platform features (Steam events, Discord, Facebook groups, Twitch scheduling), run private betas and giveaways, and moderate tightly — one project reports 10–20 founding members who become moderators and organisers. Tactical example: replied to every Reddit mention to redirect users to forums. Success looks like members helping each other, mentoring, and running support.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Building a Massive Community
- 3:39Know Your Enemy
- 5:30Recruit People
- 8:03Hosting
- 11:25Keeping the community alive
- 16:57Authenticity
- 22:35Talking to each other
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