We hear you!
Although we are very happy about the positive feedback we get for the game itself, we have noticed that some of you are not satisfied with the restrictions for free users. Complaints about "Pay to Play" are coming up.
Let us explain:
We do not have any purchases that can be "consumed", you cannot pay to recharge your tokens and then spend them again. This would be the easiest way to cash in, but we don`t want that. We are not a gaming Behemoth fishing for whales in the F2P world, we are a small Indie studio in Sydney trying to bring our RISK game to Steam. On popular request. With an option for all current mobile players to keep their account and purchases, and for the new players to have them on PC as well as all their phones and tablets (yes, multiple).
The only thing we offer regarding the tokens is the Premium DLC, which grants not only unlimited games (for many sporadic players just a nice side effect) but also 6 additional maps and 8 avatars. Steam users cant watch ads, the only other token:revenue stream we have on mobile.
The total you can spend on the game if you buy everything, is still less than what "heavy users" (not whales!) spend on average in an F2P per month. The cap for what we can earn is quite low, and still we need to pay our development team, office and of course for the RISK license. It`s a delicate balance to keep the wheels spinning and developing the game further.
However, we understand that Steam is a different world, and so we have decided to implement those new rules as long as you play on PC / Steam:
- Scenarios don`t cost tokens anymore. Go crazy, play our Mini-Campaigns as often as you want.
- Custom Single player, local coop and friends play is down to 5 tokens per game
- Global Domination is down to 10 tokens per game
- Total tokens per day is now 25 (after you exhaust the initial 200, which will recharge while you play, too)
What does that mean?
Now you can play - after you spent all the initial allocation - unlimited scenarios and a minimum of 5 single player games or 2-3 multiplayer games per day. Likely more, because we expect you to win some tokens back by finishing a few of your games as winner.
However, if you like the game, support us and go Premium and / or look at the map packs we have to offer. Toss a coin to your developer...