Vault Dweller: Age of Decadence needs to sell 45,000 copies to be successful

[Killzig]

I told Vince years ago no one's gonna buy this game if the price tag is what it is.

I'm nobody and I just bought this game.

:mrpresident:

 

[khavi]

Waiting until official 'release day' so I can get the shirt. I get a shirt, right? I mean, I don't want to have to say, "I waited 11 years for Age of Decadence and all I got was Age of Decadence."

Plus

 

[GloomFrost]

I'm nobody and I just bought this game.

:mrpresident:

So did I, so did a lot of people on Codex. Doesnt change anything. The price is still a bit steep for an an unknown indie game. (yeah I know its going to be awesome but most of the steam users dont)

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

The price is still a bit steep for an an unknown indie game. (yeah I know its going to be awesome but most of the steam users dont)

Plenty of room for future discounts on Steam sales,.

 

[Goral]

So did I, so did a lot of people on Codex. Doesnt change anything. The price is still a bit steep for an an unknown indie game. (yeah I know its going to be awesome but most of the steam users dont)

Or maybe they will think that since it's 28 euro/30 USD it must be really good (especially after reading Steam reviews).

 

[GloomFrost]

Or maybe they will think that since it's 28 euro/30 USD it must be really good (especially after reading Steam reviews).

Well they certainly will not think that graphics look nice (yes it is very important for a lot of gamers). Also compare it to the price to other similar indie titles like Shadowrun, Banner Saga, Dead state, Legend of grimrock etc. Oh and lets not forget about another Post Ap indie RPG called the Underrail

 

[Excidium II]

Yeah AoD is p. overpriced specially for our third world wallets but what can you do. I wonder if it will be on sale on christmas?

 

[likaq]

Also compare it to the price to other similar indie titles like Shadowrun, Banner Saga, Dead state, Legend of grimrock etc. Oh and lets not forget about another Post Ap indie RPG called the Underrail

Don't ever dare to compare AoD to shovelware like shadowrun, banner saga and grimrock.

 

[Excidium II]

For the average consumer it's all the same. AoD also has really strong euroware looks.

 

[GloomFrost]

Don't ever dare to compare AoD to shovelware like shadowrun, banner saga and grimrock.

OMG I m not comparing the quality of the games, I know that AOD is better then all of them put together but for people not familiar with AOD price could be a decisive factor and it could affect sales big time.

 

[Goral]

Well they certainly will not think that graphics look nice (yes it is very important for a lot of gamers). Also compare it to the price to other similar indie titles like Shadowrun, Banner Saga, Dead state, Legend of grimrock etc. Oh and lets not forget about another Post Ap indie RPG called the Underrail

There is a demo which shows that graphics are irrelevant. If someone will bother to download it there will be a very good chance they will buy it. Happened to me, I also thought that a game with such old graphics probably won't be anything special - how wrong I was. And now I find graphics very pleasant and beautiful even.

I would be more concerned with this game not having localization (other than Russian). That will deter a significant number of customers (either kids or older gamers who would gladly play it otherwise).

 

[Tigranes]

Pre-ordered two years ago. Vault Dweller can I assume the BMT link is updated to latest? I can't wait so started playing again.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Pre-ordered two years ago. Vault Dweller can I assume the BMT link is updated to latest? I can't wait so started playing again.

It's been updated on Sep 17th. We'll update it on the release day, of course.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

The price may as well be 60E for how much replayability it has, but obviously you have to buy it in a first place to know that it has replayability.

AoD is really hard to sell to the uninitiated. Its a game that needs to be explained. I've been attempting to write a preview for gaming forum where I routinely do RPG previews, and so far I came up with nothing. Its not easy to keep reader's attention in a long piece that explains things properly, and short piece won't explain it nearly good enough.

 

[Lurker King]

I would be more concerned with this game not having localization (other than Russian). That will deter a significant number of customers (either kids or older gamers who would gladly play it otherwise).

Older gamers, which have the capacity to master AoD, can read in English. Kids nowadays would only touch this game by mistake, or if they were drunk or high on drugs*. The localization project is only good to get players involved and promoting the game in their own country, nothing more.


*Exactly, drunk and high kids.

 

[SniperHF]

The price may as well be 60E for how much replayability it has, but obviously you have to buy it in a first place to know that it has replayability.

Obviously solution, 3 backgrounds included by default; The rest sold as DLC

 

[Anthedon]

Every Codexer just needs to write a Steam review once the final release happens. Apropos, do reviews reset once a game leaves EA?

 

[darthaegis]

Every Codexer just needs to write a Steam review once the final release happens. Apropos, do reviews reset once a game leaves EA?

No, they get an "early access" tag.

 

[Goral]

No, they get an "early access" tag.

Anthedon, you can always (fake) edit your review after it gets released and it won't have this tag any more.

Older gamers, which have the capacity to master AoD, can read in English.

Not in Poland and I assume that it's the same for many other countries. There is a difference between learning the system (which you don't need English for) and enjoying AoD complex story, characters and dialogues. As for kids, I've had in mind those above 14+ old. There are intelligent gamers among this demographic that would enjoy AoD if they had known English at a certain level.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

15,000 is 15,000. Now they know what mistakes they made and have leveled up their skills and codebase. Next time it will be 30,00 most likely, and so on.

 

[Grotesque]

Age of Decadence: The Definitive Version:
- with overhauled graphics more in tune with the third millennium
- rebalancing of game mechanics to feel like a badass in the lategame
- with new price tag inversely proportionate with the number of years in the making

 

[Cadmus]

for the time VD has spent on this, it should cost 2000 EUR at least, Grimoire going on 15 000 EUR already.

 

[covr]

Hey Vault Dweller, how did the sales of your game increased before release? Or maybe it's calm before the storm?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Went from 3-5 to 25-40 a day.

 

[covr]

So you should postpone release until 2017 - it can give you 10 000 sold copies per year. Think about possibilities, so much time to redesign combat, add some minigames.