Never was about money. Sometimes smart people come to discord to suggest monetization ways, Madoc's responses are often hilarious. He also stopped reading publisher offers because they are all the same.
Goddamn
Not really. He said that extra money would make no difference in development speed because he can't manage even more people. They really don't care about releasing it on some random arbitrary date. It's done when it's done because they make the game without compromising their goals. Players can wait and they can play something else. Devs will do their own thing, in their own way.
We already talked about it. The scope of the game changed. But it changed because of original players. People who stuck around after Kickstarter picked everything apart, and everything had to be better. So it did.
I do think that by initial he meant the initial sale of the game (as a point to the guy who said they delay it on purpose to earn more that way...somehow). Since they sell it much cheaper because of early access all people who play on steam right now paid discounted price. Once the game is complete and pricing is increased all who bought it before won't pay extra naturally but still will get full value. As for cooking the numbers dunno, but they are registered in Italy and the studio is located there too, not in UK.
It will take forever but I fully expect to see the game one day and play early builds in the coming years. Once multiplayer is in for Exanima and the game is feature-complete - it will explode. So their money problem will go away.
He didn't though? You say it like they are closing down. Game is successful, there is a passionate community, modding emerging and madoc said corona was kind to them (people sit at home and play more games) so they float some cash right now. Things are good, 1.0 is closer than ever.
Blasphemous is that 2D game? Is that a good comparison? What do those games have in similarity but the most obvious things like general development process? I think you underestimate the profound effect of technology Bare Mettle uses. The physics aspect which is the core of the design is extremely complex. They went with it because Madoc had expertise and talent to support it and the team had desire to make a very physical realistic game. There were no easy or cheap solutions for some fresh devs. After Kickstarter it took nearly 3 years of development to nail the combat system alone and lose that prototype jank animations feel (drunken combat). And for many years other devs could only afford to work on the game part-time. It is easy to backseat develop and offer advice in hindsight, but we don't know their situation. From what I saw, I believe they did the best they could.
I do not think they need help. Only render engine rebuild was unplanned. Otherwise, they follow internal roadmap and implement things in order, prioritizing their tasks. As for the pain, it comes from feeling frustrated over people who come with nothing but hate in their words oblivious to sacrifices and struggles they endure for their passion. Madoc practically never complains, but he despises idiots. What I showed was likely a case of a bad day becoming worse.
Does Italy have their version of Companies House? And what do you mean the studio is located in Italy, not UK? Why have an UK business then, with so much assets?
Why yes, yes it does. Thanks to the lovely https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-registries/overseas-registries, and for some reason via https://www.infocamere.it/en/home we get to paywalled info on Bare Mettle.
Do notice that first part of messages was said almost two years ago.
Pretty much. Having a more business-minded approach would have allowed them to better manage their resources and downsize their initial promises to some lower expectations. Always start small when you're a small company at the beginning of your journey. At least they've already managed to deliver more than the Realms Beyond folks.
