u/puchi_mentos

I’ve been trying to do more game idea testing with AI, mostly to move faster in the early stages.

The thing I keep wanting is a tool that can fully do iteration for me. It's such a slow process, and I need something that gives me 5 different variations from a game mechanic or idea I described. Then I could pick the most promising one, tweak it, generate another round, and test from there.

Curious what you think about a tool like that. Maybe there is a tool that does this already?

What features should it have to not just be another AI toy, but to actually help with real games?

Also curious how people are currently testing early game ideas. Do you usually build one rough prototype, make several variants manually, test, and ship, or something else?

I just really hate the iteration part and want to make it easier lol :D

Our startup wants to build a tool that is basically focused on a niche within a niche. We've done secondary research to validate the idea, but now need to find ways to interview users so we can start building the product.

The issue is, none of our existing customers or contacts really operate in the mentioned niche. So, I've been sending cold emails and trying to ask random people in online channels.

However, as we know, cold emails don't work that well, AND most of our users are on Reddit and Discord, so asking in these communities immediately gets flagged as spam/promo and deleted.

Can you recommend a way to contact relevant people for research? How do you usually do it?

Thanks for any help!

Are you working on mobile sorting games? I'm conducting research for a new product and want to better understand how sorting game developers build, test, and iterate on ideas. I’d love to hear about your day-to-day work, what slows you down, and what you wish was easier.

Comment or send me a message if you're open to a 15-min discussion. Thanks!

Are you working on mobile sorting games? I'm conducting research for a new product and want to better understand how sorting game developers build, test, and iterate on ideas. I’d love to hear about your day-to-day work, what slows you down, and what you wish was easier.

Comment or send me a message if you're open to a 15-min discussion. Thanks!

I'd like you to answer this from a customer perspective, not as the marketing manager.

Most people who work in marketing have said that email is their number one channel. Which I get, if people have given you their email, then they have shown at least some interest in the product or service.

But how often do you yourself actually read marketing emails? Or is the secret in something else, such as building loyalty trough other channels?

Also, side question, how useful is emails marketing for a startup or company, that has just started and does not yet have a list of thousands of emails? Is it a good strategy to tackle if there's no customer base?