Hey all
Im sorry I havent been posting much updates recently but I assure you, my lack of communication is due to me working hard on the game.
Rather than spending time, effort and money on publicising and marketing the game, like what many other indie companies do, I would very much rather spend that time actually working on the game, some indie companies settle with making development vlogs as a way to market their game and build hype which will then generate revenue that would go into developing the game. In my opinion, all this are just things that would get in the way of actual development, because when I get home every day, I only have a few hours left in the day to be productive, please keep in mind that Malus is for the most part a solo development, and while I would very much like to have a team working on malus, hiring people means that I have to pay them.
Recently I discovered an early access indie game on steam that was recently fully released called "Kenshi" and I learned that the developer of this game, Chris Hunt, worked on Kenshi solo for 6 years, and only after that 6 years was he able to get a small team together, and then continued to work on his game for another 6 more years, which is a total of 12 years of development. Now Im not saying that its going to take 12 years to release Malus, but just keep in mind that Malus is still quite early
So here are some screenshots of some of the things currently being worked mostly level design, next update will be a big one, alot of changes to items and equipments and new areas
Thank you all for your support, Im sorry that there hasnt been any update recently, hopefully I will be able to release an update in mid March, if everything goes well.
If you are eagerly waiting for an update because you're bored and want an RPG game to play, please check out Kenshi, I tried it for a few hours recently and its actually a really cool RPG, (though its not an ActionRPG) i think for anyone who are into non-hand holdy, old school type of games would really enjoy it, it has some really interesting mechanics that make it unique, from what I understand, theres not like a main story or anything, however, its a sandbox RPG, things will just happen, bandits will attack you and when they run out of food, they will steal your food, and you if you get hit unconcious, some NPC may enslave you and then you gota find a way to escape, its all real cool. This isnt a paid promotion, i just think its a cool game. Its around $20 USD i believe, IMO, well worth the price, I just feel bad for the people waiting for updates on Malus and Im just suggesting an alternative for the time being.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/