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The idea of an academic organization "fixing its hermeti⁣cism" is thought provoking.

Were these nerds toiling to the benefit or tune of some charlatan, some _Trismegistus_ -- or were they too much the hermit, one who toils without the clutch or gearing for meshing with the gears of society? With the central limit theorem their sovereign then probably both I guess, instinct says more the latter.

The way you file the teeth of your gears is a real struggle. I wish there were more resources for it, AI has an opportunity to fill a gap here. I know the path of salvation is doing my normal do _just more aggressively and in public_.

I managed to carve out a real small niche making an indie game publicly over a year and a half, posted a few hundred videos. Some knocks and I lost the momentum for constant publishing. The work hasn't stopped, but the ephemeral threads of a narrative feel harder to grasp. Do I just start posting things out of nowhere, acting like I never stopped? Do I montage the unpublished backlog? Do I wait until I've achieved some scientific breakthrough?

I've got videos of flood fill lightning and neural networks and sheep shapeshifting and explosions and probably 100 other things I've forgotten. Maybe the problem is that I never knew who my audience was. Shouting into the canyon is harder than it looks.



> Maybe the problem is that I never knew who my audience was.

Knowing your audience is indeed step one. Truly.

Build at least one Ideal Customer Avatar [0]. Don't skip the step about visualizing them, even if it feels silly - it helps.

Maybe start a monthly newsletter, mostly so people are reminded you exist once in a while. Your unpublished backlog is probably a great resource for this.

And yes - just start posting again.

Good luck with the game, looks fun.

0 - https://gibbonet.co.uk/5-steps-to-build-your-ideal-customer-...


Thank you for this, ideal customer design is within my wheelhouse, I'll give it a try. I rationally get the benefit of newsletters but I need to nail some things down first.

I think this is a good first step you've pointed me towards.


got a link to it?


https://twitter.com/leapjosh is where I posted most of my things. I've got a small demo here -- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1537490/Tentacle_Typer/

Basically all of my textual content ends up here on HN :)


Wow this is one of those gems on Steam I was looking for last night... I hope you release it one day because I've never seen anything like it: a Lovecraft-ian white-collar spell-casting acid trip?


I appreciate this. Will do my best. :)


I second this motion. Really interesting idea.


that is one weird looking game... I'll keep an eye out on it.




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