6 months work on a video I didn't post until my mindset shifted 180°

Hey guys I wanted to share a big win and realization with you!

So 3 years ago I uploaded a few gamedev videos.

The best one got ~700 views over years.

Recently I spent 3 months rebuilding a Yoshi’s Island-style game from 2D → 3D. It’s actually the base for a bigger project, so I decided to document it properly.

But then I didn’t post the video. For another 3 months.

Not because it wasn’t finished but because I was convinced it would get 0 views after all that work.

So instead I:

Re-edited the video twice (trying to improve retention). Got feedback.

Built a Steam page for the game so the video actually leads somewhere.

After I finally posted it in ~2 weeks it got:

~6,000 views

+60 subs (120 → 180)

~240 hours watch time

CTR ~5–6%

Avg view duration ~2:25 on a 12 min video

One interesting thing:

I tried to “push” it: Posted in Discords. LinkedIn, X which only accounted for maybe 5–10% of views. Most traffic (~80–90%) came from YouTube itself.

The biggest realization though:

I used to think every video had to be perfect because new people would judge all my content.

But it feels like people mostly just see your recent 3-5 posts max. Everything else disappears really fast.

Your profile on Social Media is not a one page portfolio I think it is an endless stream of content and you stick out with your recent work that you actually show! and since I posted some shorts randomly twice over a week on Tiktok and got 100-300 views where a few got 1000+ views but I have not clue why:

I’m now experimenting with:

Posting more consistently

Lowering the quality bar to (“good enough”)

Making the most out of my work (videos into shorts...)

I'm curious did you had similar experiences with overthinking?

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