It's been a week since Travians officially and finally closed its operations. The game just fizzled out of existence, like it was never there, kept alive only by a few videos, a few pictures, and some fond (and not so fond) memories held by former players. Travian Games has closed its game, offering players to instead try out their new game, Miramagia, which some of us wouldn't even touch considering we were still miffed with the company regarding how they treated Travians. But, surprisingly, a new game rather similar to Travians, but graphically superior, is on the horizon: Travianer Dorfleben.
Travianer Dorfleben is a fan made game based on Travians. So far, little information has been released regarding the game, save for the fact that, graphically, it resembles Travians while at the same time surpasses it by being far more detailed. So far, the game isn't even on the Beta stage yet; it's still being developed.
Not much else is known about the project, aside from the fact that it IS approved of by Travian Games, it will NOT be commercialized, and it will be run by the fans of Travians. What this means is that the game is for fans, BY fans.
I for one think this is a GOOD thing, because the game is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a labor of love. This is a group of people working out of their own pocket to somewhat revive, and improve, a game that they had emotionally invested in. This is a game that will never make them a dime, and not to sound cynical, but it might never break the one thousand players total mark. The Facebook page where the game is being announced has 500 members total, myself included. And this is a non commercial work, so I don't see any money being poured into advertising. The game will have to depend on good word of mouth just to get any recognition.
So, why? Why bother making the game? As I said before, it's a labor or love. It's a game made by fans, because they want their favorite game to, one way or another, keep on living. Because they saw the wasted potential that Travian Games did not.
One thing that I'll forever criticize Travian Games of doing is that they did not listen to their player base. When the players asked for more missions, Travian Games gave them a night and day cycle (which, according to my sources, was already produced by a third party programmer.) When the players kept asking for new missions, Travian Games gave them new furniture sets to buy, which were already designed by many fans of the game. And when the game started dying, Travian Games played the fiddle as Rome burned. All the players wanted was content of value, something to keep them playing, and TG failed them. Miserably.
But now, Travianer Dorfleben is being run by those very same fans. And best of all, since it won't be a commercial game, it truly will be Free to Play! No more need to spend real money on the game, the game will be free!
I'm of the opinion that, when the game launches, even if the game won't be popular, it will at least be good. Who knows? It might be even better than the original! All the evidence seems to point towards that notion!
Travianer Dorfleben is a fan made game based on Travians. So far, little information has been released regarding the game, save for the fact that, graphically, it resembles Travians while at the same time surpasses it by being far more detailed. So far, the game isn't even on the Beta stage yet; it's still being developed.
Not much else is known about the project, aside from the fact that it IS approved of by Travian Games, it will NOT be commercialized, and it will be run by the fans of Travians. What this means is that the game is for fans, BY fans.
I for one think this is a GOOD thing, because the game is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a labor of love. This is a group of people working out of their own pocket to somewhat revive, and improve, a game that they had emotionally invested in. This is a game that will never make them a dime, and not to sound cynical, but it might never break the one thousand players total mark. The Facebook page where the game is being announced has 500 members total, myself included. And this is a non commercial work, so I don't see any money being poured into advertising. The game will have to depend on good word of mouth just to get any recognition.
So, why? Why bother making the game? As I said before, it's a labor or love. It's a game made by fans, because they want their favorite game to, one way or another, keep on living. Because they saw the wasted potential that Travian Games did not.
One thing that I'll forever criticize Travian Games of doing is that they did not listen to their player base. When the players asked for more missions, Travian Games gave them a night and day cycle (which, according to my sources, was already produced by a third party programmer.) When the players kept asking for new missions, Travian Games gave them new furniture sets to buy, which were already designed by many fans of the game. And when the game started dying, Travian Games played the fiddle as Rome burned. All the players wanted was content of value, something to keep them playing, and TG failed them. Miserably.
But now, Travianer Dorfleben is being run by those very same fans. And best of all, since it won't be a commercial game, it truly will be Free to Play! No more need to spend real money on the game, the game will be free!
I'm of the opinion that, when the game launches, even if the game won't be popular, it will at least be good. Who knows? It might be even better than the original! All the evidence seems to point towards that notion!
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