So, it’s release day. Holy shit.
I’ve mentioned some of the following points in previous articles, but hopefully there will be a bunch of new people to the game visiting now. I’ve been developing Samphi for roughly 5 years now, so it’s crazy to see it finally released. I just want to summarize some key points about the game.
Samphi has been available on Desura for a couple of years. In that time, it had great reception. (8.5/10 which I’m very happy with), and I got some great feedback from the players. The feedback drove the game forward so much it was crazy. It’s now at the stage where it’s a very solid foundation to give to people and start that conversation back up.
One of my main goals with Samphi is to create a truly community-driven game. Every content change will be polled, and all feedback/suggestions will be addressed by myself. You guys/gals will have as much of a say in what happens to Samphi as I do: you’re now my co-developer.
So Samphi is pretty cheap, and the reason is pretty straight forward. It’s not cheap because I want to make a quick buck, quite the opposite. It’s cheap so we can get the largest player-base possible and create a sustainable game. As a one-man indie studio, I don’t have huge overheads, or crazy bills to pay, or staff wages, it’s just me.
I simply have no reason to charge any more than I am. I know games are expensive, and there’s a bunch of games I want but aren’t in the position to drop £40/$60 on games. So I’m in the position to not charge a lot for the game so I’m taking it.
SOOOOO much. I often forget that people don’t see Samphi how I see it. When I look at the game I see everything I want it to be, and it’s easy to forget that everyone else takes it at face value.
Here’s a list of things that are coming. These are just off the top of my head:
- Multiplayer – Coming very soon, in the next week or 2. I’d have liked to have launched with it, but since I don’t have enough testers I couldn’t promise reliability.
- A full story mode – Don’t think any other game of this genre has done a solid story mode? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
- Bigger worlds
- More skills
- Emphasis on Farming and micro-managements
- Many more items
- Art updates
- Focus on skills
- More pets
- User suggestions.
- LOTS MORE
This is just the start for Samphi. Thank you if you’ve joined us on this journey now at this early stage. If you’re not quite tempted enough yet, or Early Access puts you off (again, I don’t blame you) then please come back in a couple of months and see if we can’t entice you. :D
Welcome to Samphi, and welcome to the team if you own the game.
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Until next time, ciao.