The problem is that the game is tuned for some play styles but not for others. We like this and want to keep it that way but admittedly the balance is sometimes off. In Game Dev Tycoon you can create a good game from the start but you can also create a bad game with a great team. Game Dev Tycoon has similar elements but the core mechanics don’t work like that. In those games you can just level up this, spend money on that and while there is some strategy involved, it largely doesn’t matter what you do as you’re guaranteed to succeed. That’s probably the reason why most social tycoon games simply rely on grind-mechanics.
When we developed the mechanics for Game Dev Tycoon, we noticed early on that creating a sophisticated rule-set is hard. Listening to player feedback – We want to do better From the feedback we received and from watching players play the game we can see that there are some flaws which hinder the game’s potential and lessen the game experience. We would have released on Steam as soon as possible a few weeks ago, but since our story was reported we had a big influx of players (both paying and pirates) and, while it’s clear that many players enjoy their experience with Game Dev Tycoon, we also saw some frustrations and have to admit that Game Dev Tycoon could use some more polish. Steam is a big deal it’s one of the few systems where a lot of players genuinely support developers and, unlike in app stores, any new game is vetted for potential and featured on the front page when it releases. The big news is that Valve gave us the green light so Game Dev Tycoon will come to Steam! Our blog post about piracy caused a lot of reactions and we plan to publish a follow-up blog post about it but first we want to talk about the future of Game Dev Tycoon. We will still have to remain a small and lean start-up, focusing on small-ish games – the funds we have would evaporate extremely quickly if we suddenly started hiring a team of game developers – but we are very grateful that we can continue our path. The support from paying players (who are still outnumbered by pirates) is what makes all this possible.
#Tavern tycoon potential full#
I’m happy to report that my brother Daniel can finally transition out of his full time job to focus exclusively on Greenheart Games. Thanks for sharing our story, for supporting us by buying our game and for voting for us on Steam Greenlight! Your support means that we will not only be able to spend a little more time on Game Dev Tycoon, to improve and adjust it based on player feedback (more on that below) but it will also be likely that we will create a bigger and better sequel some time in the future.
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