When is my game ready to submit to Poki?

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Hello, how have you been?

I would like to know when I should apply my game to be published by Poki (and similar websites). I took a look into their website but I couldn’t find any resource on what they usually expect to be submitted (an early prototype? a mature demo? a finished product?). From your experience, when do I know it is the right time to try and make a move?

Precisely, I already have a somewhat working game I plan on submitting. The game’s current stage still has some bugs (specially regarding UI). However, already has a localization feature for Brazilian Portuguese, English and Spanish (but not everything is localized yet), works great on keyboard, mouse or touch and offers both portrait and landscape modes. I even started implementing the SDK support (just to test, I’ve never used any ad SDK before)

Last year a really early build won 3rd place on the sports category during a game jam on the http://gato.us website.

What could I do to make it standout and improve my chances on getting accepted?
Also, I will be linking the game bellow so you may provide feedback. It would extremely helpful, thanks!

https://newbornstudio.itch.io/kites

Thank you so much!

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As early as possible! Poki has a great Play Test tool that puts your game in the hands of a small audience of players. You will be able to get metrics early on and get a feel for what works and what doesn’t. You should join our Discord and reach out to Denis (Poki dev rel) if you want to learn more.

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Thank you for the encouragement and recommendation!
I will be asking Denis for advice on that and hopefully I can share my game with them!

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