Current Events > Hippothetical Scenario: You're a game dev and the game you just released is

(+) Yeah! (+)

A big hit. Maybe not Witcher 3 or Hideo Kojima big, but great enough to get a lot of gamers to rise up for you

What's your next move? Do you make a sequel to that game or do you make another unrelated game?

---

maybe improve on the game first.

like, story/content DLCs, expansions, patches, etc.

not gonna say I'd want to milk it, but I'd wanna make it as full of a package as possible.

---

g0ldie posted...

maybe improve on the game first.

like, story/content DLCs, expansions, patches, etc.

not gonna say I'd want to milk it, but I'd wanna make it as full of a package as possible.

Alright but after that <__< Sequel or another IP?

---

Work on some low-budget original titles to accrue more revenue and build a good reputation with the core gaming community, while peripherally supporting the original game with DLC.

Come back with a sequel after about 5-6 years, with a part 3 already ready to drop one or two years later to ride the momentum of the second one.

Idk

---

Tell me, in this hypothetical universe where I'm a game dev and I actually have a choice, was my game a self-contained story or did I leave it open for more?

---

I blow all the money from the first game on marbles. I then post cryptic messages on social media for a couple of months that fans will spend years deciphering for hints to my next game while unbeknownst to them, I turn to the life of a traveling street performer to fund my marble addiction.

---

Depends on if I still have ideas for things I didn't get to implement in the first game or not.

---

Heartomaton posted...

Tell me, in this hypothetical universe where I'm a game dev and I actually have a choice, was my game a self-contained story or did I leave it open for more?

I'll leave that up to you ;)

---