Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding

https://lemmy.world/post/39660005

Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

He’s been talking about it on Mastodon for quite a while now. It’s a shame.
It’s a shame, but also, there’s billions of games and RPGs out already. The game industry is so oversaturated, it’s not even funny.

And the discoverability pipe is breaking.

  • No one reads oldschool curators like RockPaperShotgun anymore. They’re barely afloat.

  • Generic algorithmic social media like YouTube tends to snowball a few games.

  • Forums are dead. Reddit is dystopian.

That leaves Steam’s algorithm, and a sea of sparsely used solo curators. But there are billions of people ignoring passion projects they’d love, and playing AAAs or phone games instead.

For finding new games Steam peek is pretty good. And playtester io isn’t bad either.
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