I have a little suggestion for you to make your platform more recognized and also seen as one of the best to be recommended for use by those who will experience using it.
1. Design a banner to make this thread look more official.
2. If you have no clue about the forum here, you can hire a manager.
3. Have a review of your site to know some areas of weakness.
4. Create a contest under games and rounds to attract more engagement.
5. Advertise through a signature campaign to get more recognition.
It may sound silly. But this is the first time I have heard about this game "durak". Is this a regional variation or version of some widely known card game which is played on casinos?
Also, it catches my attention this service actually aims to get people to use telegram as a way to interact with other players and gamble from that messenger application. It seems to be a direct continuation of the tendency of other services which have recognized Telegram as a fertile market where potential gamblers are located.
I will take a look at the bot and see how intuitive it is for newcomers like me.
Thanks a lot for the suggestions, really appreciate it — genuinely useful points.
On the banner — my rank on the forum doesn't allow adding banners yet, and I'm honestly not sure when it will. Working on building up activity here.
Regarding Durak — it's one of the most popular card games across CIS countries and beyond. It's traditionally played casually for real money among friends and family, so the idea was to bring that same experience on-chain with crypto instead of cash.
As for Telegram — that's just one of the ways to play, using the Mini App. The core of the platform is actually the website, plus a PWA version for mobile. Telegram is an additional access point, not the main focus.
Feel free to check out the bot and let me know how it feels for a newcomer — feedback like that is exactly what's useful at this stage.
Also, want to add — a lot of time and effort went into building this platform. Custom design done from scratch, the blockchain/payment integration, and a custom game engine built specifically for Durak rather than relying on some off-the-shelf template. It's been a real labor of love, so feedback like yours means a lot at this stage.