Stickers and Plushies:
For marketing, I aim to produce two simple items of merchandise based on the characters in my game. These will be stickers and miniature plushies that could possibly turn into keychains - the latter of which I intend to ask a textiles student for some support and guidance with. This will be line with my target audience as these are items that a general 8-15 age range show interest in.
Some examples of my vision can be found here:
Website:
Additionally, I have created a website for my game, which can be found here. This will be updated frequently and feature not only finalised pieces, but development processes too. I will be sharing it around via social media and Discord channels to get more advertisement.
https://cjl1u19.wixsite.com/petsim
Publishing:
As this game is being designed for a iOS platform, I plan to publish it to the Apple App store once completed. However, I am aware that there are some costs involved as a developer account is needed. I will look more into this later on in semester two, but could look to fundraising through tools such as Kickstarter or GoFundMe in order to cover the price.
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Other forms of marketing I will be considering:
https://www.rebornmarketing.co.uk/over-30-ways-to-market-your-business/