Fandom Promotion Post!

[crantz]

The great part about Yuletide is how your tiny fandom finally gets its time in the sun!

But sometimes it needs a little help for other people to know about your fandom in the first place.

This is what this post is for! Tell everyone about your fandom! Tell them what's great! Why they should fic it! What makes it special!

EDIT: I found a much better posting guideline while searching for an old post!

Completely optional format that you don't have to use:
<b>Fandom:</b> (name of fandom)
<b>Category:</b> (the category it will be in)
<b>Comments:</b> (any comments you have about why people should get into the fandom)
<b>Links:</b>
1. (links to any sources you think will help a potential writer get into the fandom, such as wikipedia pages, legal sources for download/viewing, primers, etc.)
2.
3.
4.
5.



Note: I won't be making a spreadsheet for this since I feel this post is best for browsing through to find shinies, but if anyone else makes one I'll happily link it!

Useful links: Evidence Post, Nominations Trading Post and Nominations Tutorial!


LJ post!

Comments

[raininshadows]

Fandom: Monument Valley
Why this fandom rocks: First, actually getting the game. It's cheap. You can buy the complete game, including the Forgotten Shores expansion pack, for slightly under six dollars. It's easy to get. Any iOS or Android mobile device can play it. If you have a smartphone, you can almost certainly play Monument Valley. Finally, it's quick to play. Even on a first playthrough, it shouldn't take more than three hours.

Next, what's actually in the game. Its main character is named Ida, and she's on a quest for forgiveness. What exactly she's being forgiven for is revealed over the course of the game. The other character, Totem, is a yellow-and-blue friend of yours who joins you during the game. Gameplay involves manipulating the environment or your perspective to create paths. The art style is geometric and minimalistic and very simple. The story is revealed slowly, and when you get to the end of the game you still don't feel like you have the whole thing - plenty of space to write fic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcZDQnPONQ

This is a link to a video guide to my favorite level in the base game, The Box. It's a good example of what the game looks and plays like. It's also absolutely gorgeous, like the rest of the game. If this level looks interesting enough to play through yourself, consider picking up the base game - it's only $3.99.

[tlvop]

Seconding this suggestion! I played through it on a friend's phone -- didn't realize it was available on Android, so I'll be buying it later today. It's such a wonderfully atmospheric game, with so many things unsaid.