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Next Fest starts at 10am PT. For your demo's Twitch streams:
1. List them daily from your category
2. Log channel, day, language
3. Note the minute of each stumble
4. Watch within a week; small channels keep VODs 7 days
5. Crashes: look now. Design: check a 2nd playthrough
Not knowing what to do or where to go: 51 problems in Twitch streams of 28 of the 46 indie games I analysed.
When a streamer asks chat where to go, note the minute and watch it with your level map open.
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36% of 258 Twitch streams of 46 indie games I picked in late September weren't in English, most often Russian, German or Japanese.
Next Fest starts tomorrow. Look for your demo's streams in every language.
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In 23% of 906 problems in 259 Twitch streams of 46 indie games, the player seemed unsure about a rule, control or item effect.
Next Fest starts Monday. Note each moment a player seems unsure what something does, then check what your demo shows there.
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Tedious chores came up in 29 of 46 indie games I analysed from Twitch streams: 49 problems, 10 of them in more than one stream of the same game.
When the same chore frustrates a second player, count how often your demo asks for it.
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In Twitch streams of 46 indie games I logged 256 specific things streamers praised, next to 906 problems. General "this is fun" doesn't count, so it's not a measure of how much they liked the games.
The specific praise is your list of things not to cut.
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How do you find Twitch streams of your demo during Next Fest? The category page, search, a tool, or streamers telling you? Asking because I'm deciding what to build next.
Twitch highlights don't expire, but since April 2025 a channel keeps only 100 hours of them, and the least-watched go first. A streamer can also delete one any time.
If a streamer highlighted your demo, save what you need from it.
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Funnel Runners: in 3 of the 8 Twitch streams I analysed, players got hooked on the dart minigame in the lobby, and its achievements came quickly.
Something to do while you wait for friends to join.
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Next Fest press preview opens today. Of 257 indie game VODs still up when I checked, 77% were on affiliate channels, normally kept 14 days.
A stream from today may be gone by the 22nd. While it's up, note the minute and what the player struggled with.
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