Out today, Manor Lords, one of the most wishlisted games on Steam, has amassed more than 2,000 'Very Positive' reviews in a matter of hours.
Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse announce that their city building sim Manor Lords has sold over two million copies since launch.
Still waiting for its first patch which is worrying. I know it’s been a single man developer but there’s really no excuse for no updates being released since launch. I’ve been part of many single developer releases that are updated daily, sometimes hourly. This’s hasn’t had a single one yet….
There's a rumor going around that this developer once went by the name of another alias, and released a game without any further updates afterwards. Tis an eye worth looking at.
If you want to talk about Manor Lords mods on the game's official Discord, you'd better be prepared to incur the wrath of the moderators.
MonsterVine: "For a one man passion project that’s in Early Access, while allowing for things like “There’s only one map,” Manor Lords is in pretty good shape."
Indies are the only ones innovating.
The whole industry is upside down right now. AAA games that are always play it safe and are usually pretty bad or $70 whereas pretty decent to great indie games are usually $40 or less.
One of the big 3 will purchase this company too.
AAA games almost always plays it safe. There are exceptions, but it's certainly not the rule. To be indie and have the same expectations, means you don't sell games. It's quite a different dynamic between the two.