Archmage Rises - the play-how-you-want mage simulator - now available on Early Access

[ERYFKRAD]

Fun fact: the indie dev community generally looks down on people who "teach others how to indie dev."

A common insult is "why don't you go start a youtube channel?"

Wait you have a youtube channel.

 

[mediocrepoet]

How bout get it right the first time so you can focus on either making new content or a new game, how bout that instead?

Inb4 no games are released ever again.

 

[Tweed]

How bout get it right the first time so you can focus on either making new content or a new game, how bout that instead?

Inb4 no games are released ever again.

Good.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

The 1 million USD is so optimistic that honestly I feel the guy fell for a scam or someshit

This game only have a very limited niche following with no real hype or splash. EA launch ended up a wet fart even for people waiting for the game

To even break even the cost of 1 million would require sales that this game will not have, unless they are simply taking the engine/baseline and use it to build another game as part of that 1 million USD

 

[Tyranicon]

The 1 million USD is so optimistic that honestly I feel the guy fell for a scam or someshit

This game only have a very limited niche following with no real hype or splash. EA launch ended up a wet fart even for people waiting for the game

To even break even the cost of 1 million would require sales that this game will not have, unless they are simply taking the engine/baseline and use it to build another game as part of that 1 million USD

Seems like a passion project through and through. People do strange things when it's something they love.

There was a lot of charm when I played the game a few months back, but the game was a skeleton. What it requires, unfortunately, is years and years of content.

With the studio being acquired and 1.0 being set to next year, I'm skeptical.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.archmagerises.com/news/2024/4/22/player-experience-driven-development-for-archmage-rises

Recipe for Success​

The last several weeks have been planning and transition. We’re bringing on four new team members in just over a week, so getting everyone aligned and on the same page as far as game vision has been pivotal.
Mark Webster is a 15+ year veteran game designer (GoW:Ragnarök, God of War 2018, Guitar Hero, Skylanders) and Lead Designer on Archmage Rises since last fall. Last week he laid out for the team how and why we are tackling development in a Play Experience way.
I recorded this meeting for the new employees starting in May. But afterwards, I felt it was so good and explanatory that I am taking a chance: I’m sharing this internal meeting with you, our faithful fellow adventurer.

This is the first slide, which I forgot to record.

Notes:

• What we’re working on is Update #3 Exploration, but it is so comprehensive of an update that it is most of the game. It is going to take us a while, many months.
• We will continue to make patches every other week as long as we need to, while we are doing the above.
• Mark mentions something about ‘Adventure Books’ and ‘Seasons of Life’. These are concepts around structuring the overall ‘life’ of a player character still very much still in design discussion. I’ll have more to say when we figure out what it means!

Rivals​

• All five mage types are working: Fire, Ice, Arcane, Earth, Storm
• Phil and I are doing one last round of experience testing before we release to the beta branch. Think it is this week.

 

[Jarmaro]

I'm a tiny bit exhausted with the devs talking so much about developing a game. I get making a game is a complicated and hard process, but making a diary of making it instead of providing the news is getting silly. At this point those news read like a motivational blog where the author tries to improve their life and hook the readers into it as well. It's weird.