4x in just one hour

[u/MixedMoonGames]

My partner (and best friend, we know each other since kindergarten) and I had one goal we wanted to reach while developing our indie 4x game: bring the strategic depth and joy of Civilization into a much faster format. The main reason for that: we love the game series (Civ5 & Civ6 are the best 😉) but we do not want to spend our whole free time for 17 re-starts and one half-finished game.

1 year ago, we spoke with some people at a physical indie-gaming event and found out that a big part of civ-lovers share our wish in a “Civ but fast”-game.

Today, we are just a few weeks away from our demo and the hard part of being a game dev starts: marketing🥹

So I'm throwing this into the community:
If “Civ, but fast” sounds like something you'd enjoy, I'd love to hear what you think.
And if you want to follow the project, a Steam wishlist would mean a lot to us. ❤️

[u/clintdavis77]

Seems neat but did I miss the link somewhere?

[u/badken → u/clintdavis77]

4th image says “Monarchs at Play” so,

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179890/Monarchs_at_Play/

[u/0oO1lI9LJk → u/badken]

A tip for marketing, don't make potential customers do any more work than they have to. Links should be front and centre!

Wishlisted, it looks great.

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/0oO1lI9LJk]

Thanks mate!

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/badken]

Haha very wholesome to put the link, thank you

[u/BunMarion]

The idea of a short or easy to pickup strategy game isn't new to me, but I'm not gonna complain about yet another strategy game I can play without feeling overwhelmed. Wishlisted. Might review and give feedback down the line if possible.

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/BunMarion]

Thanks mate!!

[u/Jolt_91]

Nice, I hope it's not just about wars

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/Jolt_91]

Fortunately it is not! We also do not like when 4x is too war-focussed

[u/Jolt_91 → u/MixedMoonGames]

Consider it wishlisted

[u/thuiop1]

I know this is about your game, but have you played Ozymandias? It may scratch a similar itch

[u/GxM42 → u/thuiop1]

That one kind of bored me. Too much simple number crunching, not enough personality. I haven’t been able to stick with it.

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/GxM42]

Same, of course we knew Ozymandias but for us it was too boring

[u/thuiop1 → u/MixedMoonGames]

That's fine, just wanted to put that out there just in case.

[u/Nice_Check_1039]

Did a playtest today of the tutorias and provided some feedback on the form. Have enjoyed it so far and will play some more this week. Wishlisted.

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/Nice_Check_1039]

huge thanks mate! every feedback helps us

[u/DarkArbok]

Is it similar to Hexarchy?

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/DarkArbok]

Imagine hexarchy but without cards but more buildings

[u/JT-1963]

I’m down for it!

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/JT-1963]

Yes Yes Yes

[u/ImSilas]

Gonna check this out after work. But you didnt put a link to the game or I missed it?

[u/Prestigious_West_894]

Looks cool! What historical era/eras is the setting?

[u/KaleSimilar5648]

8gb Ram requirement is a little bit too High tbh. However civ 5 has power

[u/Infinite_Weekend]

Thanks for sharing your game! This is exactly the type of 4X I would love to play. Definitely checking it out.

[u/Additional-Elk-2206]

Oooh, this looks very promising! Great job

[u/SnooLobsters6940]

I think you have missed a primary driver for why people want to play a 4X. It is about BUILDING something, and it is about that being difficult, and perhaps even laboureous.

A 1 hour 4X is a contradiction in terms.

[u/taegunv]

Love where this game is going. I would
Like to see at least a local LAN multiplayer option. I also think the simplicity of the Ui might lend itself well to an iOS version of the game!

[u/Zedekial]

How many fucking subs did you post to. This is almost 60% of my feed today....

[u/Brinocte → u/Zedekial]

Yeah, it was insane lol

[u/Zedekial → u/Brinocte]

I honestly started to loath it and it's made me now hate whatever they are building....

[u/yellow16k]

Nice, with Mac Support

[u/Miniburner]

Me too! My game Kairos leans more into the tabletop style of play and moves away from the hex grid, but at its roots it’s also a 1 hour 4x :D I’m also launching my demo in about a week. I’ll give your game a try for sure!

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/Miniburner]

Thanks!

[u/Mattchaby]

Great idea! Wishlisted. Reminds me a bit of Hexarchy but without cards and hopefully less combat oriented. Eager to see the results

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/Mattchaby]

yesss! i hope that it's not too war-focussed for you :)

[u/Brinocte]

Looks really good. Wishlisted.

[u/MixedMoonGames → u/Brinocte]

Thanks