How A Text-Only Game Became A Steam Hit

This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona, an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game (that was written to a single code file with 700K lines of code). Links to my Guest ➤ Play Warsim on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/ ➤ Dim Parcio (Band): https://www.instagram.com/dimparcioband/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Why WARSIM worked 1:52 - From tiny sales to quitting the day job 3:09 - Sticking with a "failed" game 5:06 - Obsessive Updates 10:10 - Procedural Generation and Emergent Stories 12:17 - The Throne Room’s Birth 17:11 - Roleplaying a ruler: many playstyles 20:59 - A 700k-line monolith 26:56 - Follow-the-fun workflow, 500 co-designers 31:16 - Moving beyond ASCII: new studio, higher stakes 33:12 - Text games: should you make them? 37:59 - Marketing a game with no graphics 42:42 - Word-of-mouth and biggest wins 46:39 - Slumbox reveal: city vs wasteland 50:18 - Choosing GameMaker over Unity 51:46 - Timeline, team, delegation, funding paths 55:56 - Life outside dev: band, GDC adventures, merging music and games 58:11 - Becoming a “real” game dev and balancing identities 01:00:10 - Advice for devs: persistence, build what you love, design smart, community 01:04:02 - Proc-gen principles and writing tips 01:10:09 - Jonas’ advice for Slumbox 01:12:01 - Jonas’ next project and goodbye My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ

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