The game, which has launched in early access, has been in development for years with more than 3,000,000 wishlists on Steam.
The Manor Lords team do not mind engaging in blue sky thinking from time to time, 'especially when people ask him about expansions'.
Manor Lords lead developer Grzegorz "Greg" Styczeń doesn't want to release minor updates to the city builder, instead aiming for big patches.
I'm with it. I'd rather wait for large patches than to have these incremental fixes for minor issues. I've put the game on hold now while it gets better. It's definitely going to be worth coming back to.
Major ones for sure but things like animations not finishing completely or horses not leaving trails in the dirt is kinda unnecessary.
“Hey everybody, buy my game in early access…however I plan to not update it very often as I’m off doing my own thing but I’ll feed you drips and drabs from time to time… cheers for buying the game by the way…cya.”
Absolutely no excuse to not update the game as soon as you have updates available when selling your game as an early access title. People are still paying you their money for the game upfront. You don’t get the option to hold out until you feel you “want” to provide the content.
Manor Lords' third-person mode is one of its most innovative features and could set a precedent, but it's held back by some glaring technical issues.
They know how to make a solid game. I might get in on this, but I'm worried. Games like this tend to take over my life.