but this game should've taken off.
I've been on this site for several years now, during those years i've come across many games and devs.
A lot of the games I play have been from word of mouth, tagged in by other forum dwellers or from the dev shilling their game in various threads. A lot of games get noticed by forum sigs.
Yet, as much as I enjoy this game, I stumbled on it when I was bored and scrolling one night not long after it launched.
I don't see it talked about, I don't see the dev promoting his stuff and if there are any sigs around i've yet to see one.
You can't just release something into the ether and expect it to get noticed, it needs help. It needs word of mouth and a lot more self promotion. I see no sign of them in their own thread trying to keep conversations going nor do I see them anywhere else on the site trying to draw attention to their game.
Piracy taking away from sales has been debunked time and again. A copy pirated isn't a lost sale, chances are they wouldn't have paid for it.
It's also a shit on theory considering every game on this site is pirated yet some of them are earning a hell of a lot of money.
If this game hadn't been put on this site, i'd never have heard of it and chances are neither would many others that play it.
The main issue is, after being burned by shitty devs so many times a lot of people will not back on subscription sites like Patreon. Personally I only give devs money through Steam or GoG.
Piracy isn't this devs biggest problem, promotion is.
Not only that but it's in a good place now to be sold on platforms like Steam and GoG. First book is finished so get it out there and get it noticed.
Sitting back saying "piracy is bad mmmmkay" isn't going to bring in the money.
