Hi everyone!
It’s all coming down to one single event. One of those rare occasions where everything you’ve done in your life for the past few years will be reviewed and judged. One single event that may change your future. A rendezvous with destiny.
We in the dev team have put our blood, sweat and sometimes tears, into this game for a long time now. It’s been a rollercoaster ride, full of the highs of success and lows of failed ideas.
At the end of last year we took over PGM and we tried to make it work. But we had too small of a team and way too little time to be able to sort through the rocky foundations it rested upon. We took a shot, and failed - miserably. That is the hard truth. We all make mistakes, and believe me, we’ve made plenty during this journey, but we’ve also learned - a lot.
And here we are. With a product I’ve personally invested a lot into, in terms of cold hard cash, but also in countless hours. But NOTHING would be of any value at all for me if it wasn’t for the fantastic team I’ve managed to create. A team that on a daily basis works their as*** off for this project, and for one another. For these people I have nothing but respect. I can’t code to save my life myself, I can barely do math, but I love games with every cell in my body, and everything that comes with it. And because of this, I chose to invest everything I own in all of this.
And I couldn’t be more proud of our accomplishments. These past 5-6 months, with this team of 14 people has been the best of my life. And I doubt that I will live to experience anything close to this again if this fails.
To make up for past mistakes, and to show our gratitude to all of you who’ve supported the idea from the start, both the original game and this one, we decided on letting our long time supporters get the new game for free. That means that a lot of people should be getting this game automatically in their Steam library tomorrow when we press the button. We hope that this small gesture will make up for past mistakes so we can put them behind us, as well as earn back your trust in the project which might have been tarnished.
- I have never, ever, trusted people a group of people more than I trust this team.
- I have never, ever, loved a group of people more than I love this team.
If this fails, no one can question the capability of this team. Ever. Question me, not them. It’s my decisions along the way which have led to this point. And if this goes well, all credit should go to these people who have put in their all everyday to make this game great.
We know the game won’t be perfect tomorrow when we release it. We know that we have a long way to go before we reach the heights we’re aiming for. Both in terms of production and in building trust with the community. We are determined to see this through and make PGM 2 the best management game there is. And we hope you’ll all tag along for the ride.
/Eyoel Lundberg