Quick note for newcomers:
- Despite being released on April 1st and being free, this is a real game i've put real effort into. I'm seeing too many reviews from people who played ~0.3 hours and didn't give it a chance. Free price tag creates a false prejudice about poor quality which is enforced by any problem ran into. If you're encountering any problems or have criticism please contact me first.
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As some may have noticed, i've been a bit silent for the last few months. For more than a couple months there were no updates to the game.
This game is dead, you may think, looking at the latest build version and seeing the emptiness of the game's News section on Steam.
This picture may start to form if you've never visited the most convenient place to get the latest news about this game, Drunken Wrestlers 2 Discord server.
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Few months ago i was actively pushing updates almost every day. It was mostly small bugfixes. I was fixing and improving the game for 3 months straight after the release. I think it was a success, seeing the positive reviews rise from 75% on release up to 92%.
At some point, i decided it was finally time to start moving forward with major features i was promising since the beginning.
And so, for the last months, me and my girlfriend were working on expanding customization options and building inventory and shop.
But a around a month ago, out of nowhere
Steam reviews started to suddenly go down
- I don't know the reason but I can imagine people starting to think this game is abandonware or the development is going nowhere.
That is not true, and I have great plans for this game! We're currently in the middle of preparing a big update that will include a lot of new cosmetics and finally a way to spend ingame currency. On top of that, in the near future, i'm planning to implement programmable workshop game modes support, which would give a lot of new possibilities and things to do in this game.
Other sad news is that
DLC sales no longer cover maintaining costs of the servers for this game.
- A few russian youtubers/streamers had picked this game up and RU region got filled with players. But, regional prices in Russia are almost half the prices in USD, so Russian players do not bring any money.
Drunken Wrestlers 1 got removed from Google Play.
- An outdated ad SDK was violating their policies. Just like that I lost my main source of income. At this time i have no way of updating that game and appealing the removal. If DW2 monetization fails, it may be game over. So, any in-game purchases in the beta will be greatly appreciated.
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Anyway, as i said before, we're in the middle of preparing a big update. That implies that we still have a long way to go before this update is finished and ready to release.
But you can help us make this update ready faster and also get a glimpse of what this update will offer in terms of customization, by participating in the beta test:
- Go to http://discord.gg/dw2
- Use command !beta
- Follow instructions
Here is how patch notes for this update look so far:
A quote from DW2 Discord server for people concerned with low amount of players in the game:
Playerbase may be dead, but the dev is very much alive. I admit there is not much to do in this game right now. That's why we're currently hard at work on a big update for this game which will include programmable game modes and the shop. It will take time. Once that update is released, i will use a Steam Visibility Round/try to contact Steam to promote new update to players, and hopefully online will go up a bit. At that point the game should offer more things to do and a bigger incentive to play.
Please remember that this game is still in Early Access, and still deep in development.
- Oleg