Any updates here?

[scottz63]

Been since an official update here on this. June I think.

[LiverLump]

Biggest updates so far were the development roadmap for the early access and the AMA.
Roadmap: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oncelostgames/the-wayward-realms/posts/4194997

AMA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TP8lA99x-4

[oncelostgames]

It is generally hard for us to post updates consistently here on Steam. We suggest following us on your favorite social media platforms. You can find all the relevant links here on our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/oncelostgames
We do post several times a week, so there is plenty to see.

[spartanspud]

Originally posted by oncelostgames:

It is generally hard for us to post updates consistently here on Steam. We suggest following us on your favorite social media platforms. You can find all the relevant links here on our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/oncelostgames
We do post several times a week, so there is plenty to see.

This isn't a challenge, just genuine curiousity, but why is it hard? Is it difficult to post it centrally or hard to remember to do it or something?

[oncelostgames]

We automate our posts for the other platforms, and there simply is no way to do that for Steam. We schedule them ahead of time for several weeks at once, so keeping up with Steam on the day and time of the posts is just not very doable for us.

[spartanspud]

Originally posted by oncelostgames:

We automate our posts for the other platforms, and there simply is no way to do that for Steam. We schedule them ahead of time for several weeks at once, so keeping up with Steam on the day and time of the posts is just not very doable for us.

Oh interesting. So when we see something, it was already completed a few weeks in advance generally.

[oncelostgames]

Yes. For instance, our November posts are already planned out, images created and ready to schedule, minus one or two posts that are still being worked on, but those will post later in the month.

[scottz63]

Interesting for sure. Thanks.

[Lupin III]

So a media manager would be a solution for this. It would increase awareness and future profits by having a human in charge as opposed to automation. Also seeing as you plan to distribute from here it would be somewhat a higher priority to keep it up to date I would think

[Player 9000]

I give you devs credit for even engaging on the steam boards lol.

i enjoy steam, reminds me of older days like gamefaqs and gametz but way more whinning in every steam board, its like people love to hate nowadays. idk maybe its always been like this

best is people buying a early access game then complaining or demanding mp in games that never planned to feature it, or in the case of this game, the guy demanding everything be voiced, but i havent scrolled the boards to see if hes still around.

now the thing about voiced lines, i'm assuming since alot of the quest are random, that the npc will be random, will their be flags to determine the quest issuer race/gender/age if someone wanted to mod in voices? you'd have to record everyline atleast 2 times just for male and female versions (thats insane, also ai icky, who knows what a modder will pull off)

game is so far out from being realized that i check on here once every few months, then maybe the subreddit too.

[spartanspud]

Originally posted by Lupin III:

So a media manager would be a solution for this. It would increase awareness and future profits by having a human in charge as opposed to automation. Also seeing as you plan to distribute from here it would be somewhat a higher priority to keep it up to date I would think

I imagine that's something they'll be more proactive about in future. But at this early stage it's an extra salary for not much return. It's an indie game so it needs to prioritise what gets spent.

Originally posted by Player 9000:

I give you devs credit for even engaging on the steam boards lol.

i enjoy steam, reminds me of older days like gamefaqs and gametz but way more whinning in every steam board, its like people love to hate nowadays. idk maybe its always been like this

best is people buying a early access game then complaining or demanding mp in games that never planned to feature it, or in the case of this game, the guy demanding everything be voiced, but i havent scrolled the boards to see if hes still around.

now the thing about voiced lines, i'm assuming since alot of the quest are random, that the npc will be random, will their be flags to determine the quest issuer race/gender/age if someone wanted to mod in voices? you'd have to record everyline atleast 2 times just for male and female versions (thats insane, also ai icky, who knows what a modder will pull off)

game is so far out from being realized that i check on here once every few months, then maybe the subreddit too.

If you have looked into the Skyrim AI mod it's impressive what AI can do in that regard already. I think it's probably a matter of time and trying to get around the ethics of it to find a way people aren't screwing over each other by using AI for everything.

Edit: Of course, with mods that's less of an issue because it's generally done for free anyway.

[Lupin III]

Originally posted by spartanspud:

Originally posted by Lupin III:

So a media manager would be a solution for this. It would increase awareness and future profits by having a human in charge as opposed to automation. Also seeing as you plan to distribute from here it would be somewhat a higher priority to keep it up to date I would think

I imagine that's something they'll be more proactive about in future. But at this early stage it's an extra salary for not much return. It's an indie game so it needs to prioritise what gets spent.


That’s making the assumption of hiring a professional media manager. If cost is that much a worry have a team members wife or girlfriend do it. You want quality you pay for it but anyone doing the job would be better than nothing. Little in return? Dude getting the word out is what brings in the money

[spartanspud]

OK, so now someone's wife or girlfriend has to be kept up to date with everything and has to prepare all the media etc.

They have platforms where they share information. Steam forums aren't the main source. It would be a bonus to add things here. But it's not especially necessary or advantageous at the moment.

Anyone doing it not to a good enough standard isn't helpful.

For example, because you embedded your reply when you quoted me, I almost clicked off of what you said without realising you had even replied.

Again, when there is more to share I am sure someone will pay more attention here. But devs generally ignore Steam discussions. And I think up to a point that is even preferable. There's too few places these days where you're allowed to talk to people without having to worry too much about a moderator stepping in. I have never been banned from a discussion board for anything. But I find people tend to be overzealous.

As is, they're answering questions people post here. That's good enough for a game which is at least a year from an early stage early access release.

Edit: I am pretty sure the update pinned discussion has some links to their socials etc. anyway.

[oncelostgames]

Unfortunately, the Steam forums ar e not a priority for us because they simply don't have the same reach as other social media platforms. There will be a lot of activity when the game launches, but that will likely be in the form of bug reporting or more questions on the game, so we will continue to be on here doing what we are already doing.
We will of course share major updates or information here, but just not everything that we share elsewhere.