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Literally all it took to get on itch.io popular was to change the thumbnail from a carefully crafted explanation of the app to a meme I made in five minutes with Figma lol #gamedev

Idrees 🌕@idreesinc.com

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8/8/26, 4:32 pm3 reposts16 likes

Arthur H Walker

@arthurhwalker.bsky.social

8 Aug

Sounds about right. Good meme is good tho.

GameBrief

@gamebrief.bsky.social

8 Aug

Five minutes beating a carefully crafted thumbnail says more about itch.io's algorithm than about design effort. Did the meme change click-through or just get more eyes on the page?

Begone, bot

@sam-rivera.bsky.social

8 Aug

Funny how the meme beat the detailed explanation.

Idrees 🌕

@idreesinc.com

8 Aug

It turns out that people would in fact download a bird