That was a very interesting read, @shayne. My son and I are also attempting to make a game. My son has quit his job and is working full time on the game and has moved back home in order to survive without money. Our game is still a long way from being anywhere near finished. We need a good artist that can draw the independent body parts of characters for animating in 2D. The artist we thought we had was not able to meet requirements, so another delay. I can surely relate to the issues you faced.
I have to admire your dedication to this current job producing content for Steemit. I suppose if I were in your shoes, I would likely have done the same thing. I'm currently posting things that interest me and things that I believe could be useful or of interest to others, however, I don't have much of a following and I'm likely not using titles that grab people's interest or curiosity so that they actually read my posts when they show up in the "new" category. Either that, or I'm just posting at the wrong time of day and my posts get buried by the time others go to check what is new.
I think that the real disappointment for me is that I'm not achieving the engagement and following that I had hoped for. Having said that, I do understand that I have held my account for less than a week and I should give it some time. I'm actually quite impressed that I went from 25 to 34 reputation in just a few days. I'm not sure if that is normal or if I'm doing well. Anyway, I'm still having fun and I do have other things that eat up my days, so at this point I'm not in a position to make writing for Steemit my priority. I suspect that as the game gets closer to being playable, I will have a lot to say about the game and where it stands in its development. In the meantime, I will continue to post things I feel are interesting and see how things go.
You should read my 6 part Guide to Getting Started with Steemit:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@shayne/beginners-guide-to-getting-started-with-steemit-by-shayne-or-or-introduction
What you're experienced is normal for a new account, so don't worry.
If you focus on building a following at first, and THEN producing good content regularly, you will be off to a good start :D
Thanks Shayne. I read your entire tutorial set and will likely use that one for showing to anyone interested in joining Steemit. It offers up a lot of information in a concise package without becoming overwhelming.
You mentioned in the tutorial that there is no limit to the number of daily posts. Someone else wrote that it is not a good idea to overwhelm your followers with too many posts. On Facebook, I have a 'friend' who posts a lot and I have considered dropping him because of all the posts he makes; it just takes too long to clear all those notifications from him. To be honest though, his posts are not adding any value to me because he posts in a language I can't read most of the time, so I'm not sure if that counts! Anyway, someone else posted that after 4 posts per day, each post after the 4th gets less earnings (a penalty) that grows with each additional post. Where they get this information from is unknown by me, but 4 posts seems like a reasonable number.