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[pwei]

Wow! Congratulations!! I saw your article on HackerNews and it got me back into these forums, which I haven't visited in over 5 years (real life got in the way of my indiegame dreams).

I remember this thread! I also remember thinking the game was no good ... but your hard work has paid off, and what I'm looking at is an exciting game I want to play. Well done!

Next time release it faster

[pwei]

I think you need a website/presence/SEO -- googling MoonQuest gives the steam store page as the first hit, but subsequent point at other things.

[Rusk]

I saw your article on HackerNews and it got me back into

Oh really, what article? Do you remember the title?

these forums, which I haven't visited in over 5 years (real life got in the way of my indiegame dreams).

Hah! Same here :D

[pwei]

I saw your article on HackerNews and it got me back into

Oh really, what article? Do you remember the title?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17535861

[Rusk]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17535861

Thanks, good read.

[Mark Mayers]

Played for a few hours today. Congrats on your EA release!

[vikepic]

EA release!

Sorry for the potential obvious question, but what exactly is an EA release? I keep hearing it everywhere 

[Schrompf]

Early Access Release. Congrats are in order! I never bought a game on Release, but I shall make an exception!

[vikepic]

Early Access Release. Congrats are in order! I never bought a game on Release, but I shall make an exception!

Ohhhh right. Thank you very much
Yeah, the game looks awesome enough to give it a try!

[Rarykos]

no way, why?

i dont believe this for a second...

well, shit now i have to buy it

[Hempuli‽]

Huge congrats on the Early Access release!  It's been a grand journey

[ActualDog]

Yeah! Congratulations!! It's so exciting to see this on steam!

[eigenbom]

Thanks everyone, sales are going really well and it seems like the game is pretty stable and working as intended. Going back through this devlog is giving me nightmares about all the work that was required to get to this point!

Hope you all can find some time to play the game, even if only for an hour or two. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of seeing those early screens and gifs, and seeing how far the game has come. Big plans for updates this year!

[alvarop]

Just went through the first 20 pages. It's amazing how far you've come with this project. Def something to be proud of.
I feel like you had a very naive and just "let's try shit out" approach during these pages, and seeing the community participating and making silly fan art is a nice touch.

Worth revisiting for sure.

[seras]

Fingers crossed for you. I read some parts of your devlog and you went an impressive way For now game landed on my wishlist on steam, but as soon as I have more time, for sure I'll give it a try.

[eigenbom]

Thanks!

[strobosaur]

Bought it. I agree with the others, it's been really impressive to see this project coming such a long way. Allthough i wasn't entirely convinced from the start, i agree with that quote, the game has always had an "inviting strangeness to it". And now it just looks awesome!! Well done, and congratulations on the release 

[shibainuchan]

Hi i can see this topic got almost 200 page of discussion. I think this game is very great. But when i visit steam page, only 45 reviews! People does not buy this game actually?? 

[Flatgub]

The ratio of sales to reviews for ANY game on steam if phenomenally low, most games have no more than 10% of players who bought it actually write a review, usually significantly less (Dota 2 for example has a players to review rate of approx. 3%), just because there are few reviews doesn't mean there are few sales.

[Schrompf]

Even if you multiply 45 reviews by a 1:10 ratio or a 1:30 ratio, it's still a sad state of affairs. But eigenbom mentioned somewhere on twitter that "it sold well enough to allow him to continue", which implies way more than the meager 1k units estimation.

Good luck.