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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2024
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The thing about this game is, that it's given me something a lot of games no longer manage to do: continued immersion. It pulls me in, makes me forget my surroundings and makes time fly by. And at the end, I feel relaxed, happy & fulfilled. There is no frustration, just pure bliss. The game manages to give me the emotions that got me into gaming 2 decades ago.
Manor Lords is the perfect example that size doesn't matter, it only needs to be good.
My expectations for this industry are so low that my first reaction was "thank the gods they didn't completely screw this up."
That last bit about the Hooded Horse bylaw is actually incredible. Shareholders have become nothing but leeches in todays world. Sucking up all the good out of a company/product and killing it for a short term dollar. We actually need more things like this in place, where are legal goal isn't to drain the life out of people for profit.
The fact that these small teams are able to out perform AAA multi media conglomerates is just *chef's kiss
Dude prepared a button that said "become millionaire" for 7 years, imagine the relief by the end of the launch day when he did indeed become suddenly a millionaire.
Manor Lords is fantastic. Does it have bugs, yes. Does it have jank, yes. Is it incomplete, yes. Can it be frustrating when the Sawmill just stops making Planks which in turn blocks you from progressing, also yes. And with all of that I'm completely addicted to this game.
Hooded Horse really deserves the praise. We need those shining examples to set a new course for the future of gaming industry, exploitation has gone long enough.
I am a tester for Nebulous fleet command another game published by hooded horse and I can confirm they take a very hands off approach. The lead dev Mazer has done something very similar to greg having a couple other people do work on the 3d models, sfx and other things while he focuses on the core game design and balance, in fact hooded horse has taken on a UI designer that they are lending out to their developers saving them that expense. I have seen the conquest game mode be born day by day feature by feature with no impression of any external pressures.
a historian told me that the look of the buildings is very accurate for 14th century franconia. the economy isn't, obviously. most of the people back then were self-sufficient, they would go find their own firewood, make their own clothes, gather their own berries. Markets only took place once or twice a year in towns, not villages. But that would have made for a very dull game.
this just shows that a game doesn't have to be a hyperactive multiplayer tryhard fest to succeed. And it makes me happpy as a singleplayer slow paced game enjoyer😊
I like Manor Lords, I think it has a lot of potential and I'm ok with it's progress so far with it being early access. Right now after 10 hours, don't know what else to do really, can't progress further and that's ok. I've had fun with it and will wait until it's developed more to jump back into it.
Hooded Horse is definitely one of the few good guys in publishing. There's an interview with the founder on RUclips that I recommend listening to. They take good care of the devs and they deserve every success.
I think more cred should be given to Hooded Horse as the other titles that have chosen to work with them have also been given creative freedom. It's so rare these days and it is proving itself time and time again. Software development happens best by humans who are comfortable, not stressed out.
most cozy and atmospheric game i ever played. so chill
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Imagine being a “Triple AAA” suit seeing percentage gains like this from a team of 1 that had a little help here and there 😂.
Ok, I never thought I'd actually love a publisher but Hooded Horse sounds awesome.
Always exciting when indie devs shows everyone how to make good games.