I've been trying to figure out how to make my Discord bot actually grow
I've been working on a Discord game for quite a while now. It's basically a car collecting / RPG game where you can collect cars, race, trade, do jobs, complete achievements, and progress over time.
The game itself has gotten pretty big at this point. There are way more systems than I originally planned to make, and I keep adding things whenever I think of something that could make it more fun.
But honestly, the part I'm struggling with now isn't development.
It's getting people to actually play it.
I've spent a lot of time building and balancing everything, but getting new people to discover it has been surprisingly difficult. I know having a lot of features doesn't necessarily mean people will care about the game, so I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong on the promotion side.
For people who have built Discord bots, games, or other small projects:
How did you actually get your first active users?
Not just people who played once and disappeared, but people who kept coming back.
I'd genuinely appreciate any advice, even if it's criticism. I'm trying to figure out what I should focus on next.