Hey Everyone,
Lets start by saying this game is NOT abandoned...
As many of you know I have spent quite a bit of my time recently on trying to get a 3rd game out:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/593490/Empire_Architect/
I had to get a 3rd game out because, despite how much I and many of you love the game, Zavix Tower has not been profitable (in fact it is in a financial hole that I am not sure that it will ever get out of). In order to avoid bankruptcy (which would have forced me to abandon the game) I had to make Empire Architect. Sometimes you have to make hard decisions in life and business and this was a very hard one for me to make. Zavix Tower is one of the games I have wanted to make since I was a kid, and taking a break from it was very painful for me...
But there is the good news!
Empire Architect seems as though it will be profitable in a reasonable amount of time! What does that mean for Zavix Tower you ask? Well it means that when Zavix Tower makes money most of it can go back into the game to improve it! Right now the sales are VERY slow for Zavix Tower, but they are there. As they continue to come in I will continue to set aside both money and my time in order to make updates for the game.
The updates will start off slow, but there are things I still want to do with the game, and there are things you guys want. I am not promising you guys will get everything you want, but I will start to get the update train rolling again :)
What can you guys do:
1) If you want the updates to come faster the game has to sell more, and to do that it need more traffic. What increases traffic? Positive reviews, playing the game more, and sales themselves...
2) Tag the game (in the tags section on game's steam page)
3) Tell your friends about the game.
4) Talk about it on forums (both on steam and off).
Confusion about me not keeping my "promises":
Here is the deal guys. I did everything I promised I would do for this game. In fact I refused to start a 3rd game until the Druid was in the game (which all came out of my pocket due to the game not being profitable) because I had promised it. The Ranger and the Warlock were "Would like to haves", and I would still "like to have them", but I NEVER promised they would be in the game, I always said I would like to have them. There are many other things that I mentioned that I would like to have, But absolutely every Item that I promised (both in early access and there after) is in the game. I will always keep my promises to users, but me saying that I want something to be in the game, or that it would be cool to have XYZ, is not a promise...
I will always take promises very seriously...
What is next:
Now that that is cleared up, I should be able to get a patch out this month (I am hoping to so at least) that will clean up some of the issues and bugs that have been found. After that I want to add a Hardcore mode next, so provided the game can pay for me to do that work, I will be adding that next.
From there I will be listening to what you guys want (even though I cant be on the forums all the time anymore (and responding rapidly), I will be reading it all eventually and taking it into account. I may even start a poll from time to time in order to figure out what is next on the list.
Thank you all for sticking with the game! I hope to keep improving it over time
