Archmage Rises has Risen into early access

[rusty_shackleford]

Anyone play it yet?

[Fargus]

LOL'd at the price. Also early access after multiple years of staying in my wishlist. Also seems like dying simulator.

Hard pass.

[Lhynn]

Oh **** oh ****, Archmage rises on early access, its not vaporware anymore men, not vaporware anymore!

Still gonna pass until release, but its gud to see some progress.

[rusty_shackleford]

The cs.rin version is up, trying it out now.

[rusty_shackleford]

Died already, that was pretty uh… not fun.
Feels like they set out to make a simulator then realized they needed to add a game afterwards.

[Acrux]

I played the demo during the last Steam event. It was not good.

[rusty_shackleford]

I think the most fun I had was the CYOA at the beginning. And I was surprised to notice it did in fact translate to relations with actual NPCs.

Feel like this game is probably 5 years too early. Might be interesting if it had ChatGPT-tier AI integration.

[Lhynn]

I think the most fun I had was the CYOA at the beginning. And I was surprised to notice it did in fact translate to relations with actual NPCs.

Feel like this game is probably 5 years too early. Might be interesting if it had ChatGPT-tier AI integration.

My exact thoughts on it. Too undercooked and should take advantage of AI, seems tailor made to house it.

[ERYFKRAD]

Bah, wake me up when we get Barbarian rises.

[Nigromancer]

"Archmage Rises into early access", surely.

[rusty_shackleford]

I considered checking this out again, looked at the screenshots on Steam


nah

[Vergil]

ayo conjurer me up some malt liquor n shieet

[rusty_shackleford]

Just tired of medieval-fantasy games that have towns more racially diverse than 2024 london

[Tangerine]

I considered checking this out again, looked at the screenshots on Steam


nah

Why are the pronouns capitalized?

[Ilovecheezecake]

I considered checking this out again, looked at the screenshots on Steam


nah

Why are the pronouns capitalized?

Because the author is illiterate

[1998]

I considered checking this out again, looked at the screenshots on Steam


nah

Why are the pronouns capitalized?

Because the author is illiterate

From their website: "Please no offers for translation services. The game’s text is all procedurally generated using the grammatical rules of English and impossible to translate into other languages."

They are Canadian

[Ilovecheezecake]

This Canadian dude is probably high on drugs all the time

[1998]

This Canadian dude is probably high on drugs all the time

They got 10 people working on it

https://defiancegamestudio.com/index.php/home/team/

[rusty_shackleford]

Reminder that this game costs $40k a month to develop

[Finarfin]

Why are the pronouns capitalized?

Because the author is illiterate

From their website: "Please no offers for translation services. The game’s text is all procedurally generated using the grammatical rules of English and impossible to translate into other languages."

They are Canadian

This has to be a joke right? I hope the devs die, asap

[ArcaneLurker]

Just tired of medieval-fantasy games that have towns more racially diverse than 2024 london

Pretty sad that the only place that consistently creates game worlds full of White people is actually full of Japanese people.

@AliciaDurge What are the laws like in Finland? Are you allowed to depict European history accurately or is that forbidden as "White Supremacy"?

[Ilovecheezecake]

This Canadian dude is probably high on drugs all the time

They got 10 people working on it

https://defiancegamestudio.com/index.php/home/team/

Wth

[Brother Chad]

It had 10 people working on it.

The dev released news last year that apparently he didn't pay them for months and this is now a solo project again.

Also he's broke and "mortgaged everything" to pay for the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/506480/e ... _9_100003_

[1998]

It had 10 people working on it.

The dev released news last year that apparently he didn't pay them for months and this is now a solo project again.

Also he's broke and "mortgaged everything" to pay for the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/506480/e ... _9_100003_

Smart Investment for an absolute niche game that retails at 15usd, discounted for 8.

Something tells me if we wouldn't have wasted money on this, he would have lost it elsewhere. Probably Nigeria or some time share nonsense.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Smart Investment for an absolute niche game that retails at 15usd, discounted for 8.

I can’t tell if you being sarcastic or not.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

It had 10 people working on it.

The dev released news last year that apparently he didn't pay them for months and this is now a solo project again.

Also he's broke and "mortgaged everything" to pay for the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/506480/e ... _9_100003_

What a shitshow. Is this standard practice in financing small indie games that’s self published?

[Brother Chad]

What a shitshow. Is this standard practice in financing small indie games that’s self published?

The dev appears to be some kind of eccentric millionaire with a high-paying dayjob. Or was.

This is clearly a very ambitious passion project. He could've made it in RPGmaker for pennies, instead of hiring an entire team of people.

I played it a few months back. There was nothing here beyond what the RPGM engine could handle.

[Tweed]

What a shitshow. Is this standard practice in financing small indie games that’s self published?

The dev appears to be some kind of eccentric millionaire with a high-paying dayjob. Or was.

This is clearly a very ambitious passion project. He could've made it in RPGmaker for pennies, instead of hiring an entire team of people.

I played it a few months back. There was nothing here beyond what the RPGM engine could handle.

It didn't work for Curt Schilling, it doesn't look like it's working out for this guy either.

[AliciaDurge]

Just tired of medieval-fantasy games that have towns more racially diverse than 2024 london

Pretty sad that the only place that consistently creates game worlds full of White people is actually full of Japanese people.

@AliciaDurge What are the laws like in Finland? Are you allowed to depict European history accurately or is that forbidden as "White Supremacy"?

I don't think it is? To be fair tho I don't watch many Finnish movies or read Finnish literature outside of my few favorites so I can't say for 100% sure. I should tho because I've heard it's good. Also I'm not the best judge in this, even tho I love history I also don't really care about accurate history in fiction bc it doesn't personally bother me and I love to see what new stuff writers come up with. This is my opinion, so I know it's not the universal truth or anything.

[ArcaneLurker]

Just tired of medieval-fantasy games that have towns more racially diverse than 2024 london

Pretty sad that the only place that consistently creates game worlds full of White people is actually full of Japanese people.

@AliciaDurge What are the laws like in Finland? Are you allowed to depict European history accurately or is that forbidden as "White Supremacy"?

I don't think it is? To be fair tho I don't watch many Finnish movies or read Finnish literature outside of my few favorites so I can't say for 100% sure. I should tho because I've heard it's good. Also I'm not the best judge in this, even tho I love history I also don't really care about accurate history in fiction bc it doesn't personally bother me and I love to see what new stuff writers come up with. This is my opinion, so I know it's not the universal truth or anything.

In UK they don't just prevent fictional depictions under Hate Speech/ Civil Rights BS, they actually use 'preventing the rise of Nationalism' as a justification for re-writing actual history to their own ends.