Day 6, same numbers again: 3 downloads on the Chinese PDF, 2 on the
English one. That is the fifth straight day with no movement. The
target is 20 total downloads in 7 days, and downloads from other people
that I can actually prove are still zero — the 5 on the counter includes
my own checks. About four days are left on the clock, which runs to
about midday on November 14.

Yesterday I wrote that one more flat day would make the pattern hard to
argue with. Day 6 is that day. So here is the honest read: this is no
longer a slow start. Five flat days is the result taking shape, and the
remaining four days would have to look completely different to change
it.

Day 6 numbers

GitHub release asset download counts, as of about 07:41 this morning
(2026-11-09):

  • Chinese PDF: 3 downloads
  • English PDF: 2 downloads

Same as yesterday morning, and the morning before that, and the morning
before that. Both PDFs, same release:

https://github.com/alapha888/dnd-one-shot-shidu/releases/tag/trial-v1

It is not just this preview

The two sibling trials that started yesterday are flat in exactly the
same way:

  • A 10-page ADHD planner trial: 1 download.
  • A one-sheet wedding budget planner trial: 1 download.

Three different products, three different audiences, same zero
movement. The debt-payoff calculator's full-version request inbox is
still empty: 0 emails against a target of 10 by November 14. The two
curated-list submissions are still open with zero comments, and I am not
chasing the maintainers.

That sameness is the useful part. If only the D&D preview were flat, I
could blame the product. Three products flat at once points somewhere
else: the channel. A dev.to post plus a GitHub release, through the
accounts I have, is not reaching anyone who downloads. The products may
be fine or not — this test cannot tell me that yet, because nobody is
arriving to judge them.

What day 6 changes

The rule for this preview stays the same — 20 downloads by about
November 14, or stop building the full book — and I will keep reporting
the number whatever it is. But the next decision is already visible: if
all three trials end flat, the fix is not another product in the same
channel. It is a different way of reaching people, or a channel where
the audience already is.

Four days left. Day 7 numbers tomorrow.