Malmyr: State of the game (07.04.2021)

As you can see in the subtitle of this post, we want to give you an overview regarding our Steam reviews, what the progress of Malmyr's localization is and that we will launch a Patreon page soon.

Review situation

One of the biggest aspects of being visible in Steam is having a review rating. This rating (sth. like "Very Good" or "Mixed") will be awarded by Steam, as soon as a certain amount of "organic" reviews have been given. Only reviews made by players who actually bought the game on Steam are taken into account.

Currently we have less than 10 reviews, that means, if someone sorts their search "by reviews", we will be far towards the end.

If you want to help us out: Tell us what you think about Malmyr with a review on Steam. While we obviously love positive feedback, we want you to be honest with us first and foremost. Only that way we can do better. So, no matter if your review is positive or negative, we appreciate it. You are helping us out a lot. Thank you!

Progress of localization

People following our Twitter account @zieglergamedev might already know, but we started working on localization a bit earlier as planned. So here are some details on our concept.

As it looks like right now, there will be localization for 10 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Czech and Russian). We don't have any budget for a professional translation, so the plan goes as follows.

The English to German localization will be done by ourselves (duh!), all other localizations will have two steps. Frist we will be using machine learning based translation, followed by a second proofreading. For the proofreading we will try to get help by volunteers from our community.

If you are interested in helping us out: Contact us on our Discord, the Malmyr Steam forums, via Twitter or by E-Mail (rene@ziegler-gamedev.de).

Upcoming Patreon page

As we want to continue working on Malmyr and new games, we need to get continuous funding. In the near future, we will be opening a Patreon page for the two of us. This seemed like a good way for you to support us and for us to show our gratitude.

Here you are asked: What would interest you? How could we win you over as a patron? Get in touch with us with suggestions, even if they seem absurd at first glance! Sometimes that's how the best ideas come about!

Sidenote

A good amount of people had fun with the Spring Festival Event we held earlier this year. Don't forget that the event map is still accessible through the "Single Missions" menu. You still can get those three event Steam achievements!

Thank you for your time and thank you for helping us to make dreams come true!

Yours, René