1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Bloom - Labyrinth Update

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Dec 2, 2018.

  1. RPGWatch

    RPGWatch Watching... ★ SPS Account Holder

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2010
    Messages:
    30,415
    Likes Received:
    30
    Remove all ads!
    [​IMG]The release of Labyrinth on Ich.io was not a success so, it is coming to Steam.

    [​IMG]​

    Bloom: Labyrinth is NOT Bloom: Memories.

    These are two very different games, that play completely different, with different assets and a very different world. Even the camera angle isn't the same (one is closer to isometric, the other is straight top down).

    Backers here supported Bloom: Memories and bought copies of that (delayed as it may be from the mess of people coming and going). They do share a lot of under the hood stuff though, which is why I went ahead with Labyrinth in the first place (such as save system or merchant system being work we can carry over into Memories later. That type of sharing of base engine and systems between games from the same company is very common in gaming).

    "Bloom" is just the IP name....like "Assassins Creed".

    Just figured that needed clearing up. I've seen so much confusion about what was happening lately....this is NOT the release of Bloom: Memories, just a small detour to hopefully help in a variety of ways.

    Postmortem

    Anyhow, now that the first bit has passed....time for a postmortem of how release went! -drum roll-

    [​IMG]
    Obviously this time of year was horrible timing for release (sadly, not too many options), and itch was a poor platform to bank on (especially since they deal with more game jam games and different type of audience). So....I think it's safe to say this experiment was a failure haha.

    So....time to shake things up and take off the gloves!

    First price drop. I was far too bold in pricing (especially with how important sales are in the short term). It's already been done on itch (not that it matters there too much).

    Second, steam! Yup, it seems the best option is to go limping back to the big platform and just help do my part to get Gabe to his 6 billion. Really though, if you think about it....he deserves it, he revolutionized the world with innovative innovation.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 4, 2018
    RPGWatch, Dec 2, 2018
    #1
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.