Feedback on video

[velvet schooner]

i noticed my videos had garbage view times and wanted to improve that.
Can you give me some improvement ideas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBq3WLtZ1AY

[hasty phoenix]

Okay so let me say some things

1. you are very monotone, you have a nice voice but its very flat there doesn’t seem to be any sound of excitement or joy, it sounds like you are bored yourself. So try to be a bit more enthusiastic, this doesn’t mean shout, just make the way your words sound more interesting

2. the visuals themselves are quite dull, not saying the game is boring but you hang onto scenes for a little too long sometimes

3. it’s 1:50 but the outro starts at 1:20 meaning your video only has 1:30 of content, people like seeing a little more. If you update people on every little thing you do, then ofc some updates are going to be more mundane. My tip, update people when you make several changes, and big ones, that way you always have something interesting to talk about

4. its a part 2 video, people will be like “oh let me watch part 1” then when then come to this video thats when points 1-3 happen

So all in all your major issue is you sound monotonous which in turn makes it sound boring. And your content has no depth to it, its all very surface level. So to fix it

1. practice saying your words with emphasis

2. post longer videos with bigger game updates. focus on releasing good quality content, 1 very good 15 minute video with lots of interesting things will do better than 15 kinda boring 1 minute videos.

Hope this helps

[median elm]

As someone who is "sorta in this space", ill add a little to this. I'd go further and say , the video ends at 0:57 seconds in. No one needs to see "what your plans are" in a powerpoint-like presentation in a youtube video. And the outtro as stated, is filler, which will destroy your retention.

I initially planned on my channel being a dev log channel for my software. I immediately changed course bec of how difficult it can be. No one really cares about "what you are going to do". They want to see "what it can do now". So my channel is now much more interactive, and I removed the dev log style a long time ago. On YouTube, people want to be entertained, or educated.

[velvet schooner]

So i should like add the code and tell em briefly what it does?

[velvet schooner]

Thatnk ill try to work on that

[median elm]

That would be MUCH more interesting, esp if your audience is more technical

[velvet schooner]

Well i used to make content around programming in general

And i want technical people to be atracted

[median elm]

i guarantee you that no one watched your outro, or cares about the outro, i think that mainly destroyed your avd.

[velvet schooner]

Avd is 20 seconds

[hasty phoenix]

Tbh i clocked out during the outro

[velvet schooner]

Fair enought

[median elm]

Its "no offense" , the issue is, the outro has no significance to the video

[velvet schooner]

I need to remove this historic piece of my channel 😦

It is gonna be for the better

[median elm]

I dont know your channel's history, which means, your viewers also dont know the history

You used to be a robot channel?

[velvet schooner]

Nah

[hasty phoenix]

The outro needs to do two things

1. wrap up the video, quick summary

2. quickly let the audience know what you will do next, not in a powerpoint slide way

[velvet schooner]

Alr thanks

Next devlog will be better

After i improve my spagetti ah code that is

I mean it works

But flextape

[median elm]

That's fine! show them the spaghetti code, but tell them what makes it " a mess". thats part of the entertainment and educational aspects

[hasty phoenix]

You could do a quick before and after scene with it such as a “This was the code before i cleaned it” and “This is it now” and you can go over a few major changes that you did

[median elm]

I also want to give you some positives.....I was legitimiately interested in your video, while you were showing your game

bec of the "cool" factor. I was asking myself...wow, you really made this?

[velvet schooner]

I think i should add like a 3 second or less waring on the video that its technical

Cuz ppl outside of tech will not care about me cleaning my code up

[median elm]

That's something you have to experiment with

[velvet schooner]

But is it a bad idea

[median elm]

Make the video for the audience you want

[velvet schooner]

And youtube will adapt?

Will youtube match my content to the right audience?

[hasty phoenix]

It will try its best to do this

[median elm]

I think if you are changing an audience, you dont want to "notify your subs"

it depends on who your current subs are, and what you are aiming for

[hasty phoenix]

YouTube’s algorithm is extremely good, it will find the people but its up to you whether those people click and stay on the video

[velvet schooner]

My audience is technical

[median elm]

Then you have a good head start

[velvet schooner]

But idk about their interest in game sev

[median elm]

If they are tech, i think showing code isnt a bad idea, just make it easy to follow

[velvet schooner]

Fair enough

[median elm]

like you mention a bug where the item falls into the ground, would be cool if you clarified what caused that

[velvet schooner]

I think i will be able to transfortm my code in like under 2 hours

[velvet schooner]

If i knew this

[median elm]

you will figure it out eventually tho to fix the bug, it could be a video idea for you

[velvet schooner]

Yeah

If i wont be able to ill make it a feature

And like add some cool mechanic to if

[median elm]

lol, you'll get it

[velvet schooner]

If it is my issue then yes

If it is on godot engine i am cooked

[median elm]

ahh

fair

submit the issue

[velvet schooner]

It is probablt with me tho

[median elm]

or , there may be a workaround

[velvet schooner]

Or maybe an item shouldnt be characterbody2d

[median elm]

Either way i think what you are doing is really cool.....you should test a 5 minute video, explain you are using the godot engine, and go thru your thought process on how you started the game

test the waters

see if ppl are interested in the details

dev logs are boring, but going thru the engineering process is super fun