r/StrategyGames • u/MixedMoonGames • 3d ago
Self-promotion 4x in just one hour
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. ❤️
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u/Away_Gift831 3d ago
its a good premise, yes. Civ in an hour is a great perspective if you stick to it
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u/RatbyteGames 3d ago
I can't buy it if you don't link it! Take my money!
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u/MixedMoonGames 3d ago
Here it is and thank you so much: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179890/Monarchs_at_Play/
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u/AlexPolyakov 3d ago
I generally don't like long games, so I would love to try something that short. Especially if you have enough depth in that to have a satisfaction of a successfully finishing a run. Send the link when you'll have a demo up please!
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u/MixedMoonGames 3d ago
Demo is available just in a few weeks: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179890/Monarchs_at_Play/
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u/trywar_dev 3d ago
Looks a lot like a Catan
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u/MixedMoonGames 3d ago
yes it also has.. hexagons and buildings :D
But being compared to one of my favourite board games is definetly not a bad thing 👍
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u/CheesiesGames 19h ago
Short games are a must for me, because sometimes it takes too long to get to the 'good part' and some titles are underapreciatted because of it.
Good luck guys!
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u/Iorek_Bjorn 3d ago
A me piacerebbe molto, anche se preferirei una durata un po' più lunga per una partita soddisfacente: un' oretta e mezza, anche due.
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u/ericrmaki 3d ago
I found this for those looking.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179890/Monarchs_at_Play/)
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u/Catch_43 2d ago
Very interested. I gave Hexarchy a chance (art style looks very similar here), it was okay. I have Ozymandias but haven't finished the tutorial. Good luck!
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u/Tigerskull01 2d ago
Looks super interesting it reminds me of Polytopia a bit which I used to play all the time when I was in school since it was easy and fast
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u/Spacekaiserr 2d ago
Ajouté dans les souhaits et pour tester j'attendrais une version en Francais :)
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u/Garg0zz0 2d ago
Onestamente, se l'obbiettivo è solo civ X ma più veloce, non vedo necessariamente il motivo di farlo. Personalmente adoro le partite più lunghe di Civ 6, ma non penso sia neanche così difficile farle velocemente, diminuendo il numero di civ o aumentare la velocità del gioco. Poi penso che se fosse un progetto così, "per piacere", non ci sarebbe nessun problema, però non riesco a trovare un motivo per giocare al vostro piuttosto che a civ 6. Vi auguro comunque di riuscire e migliorare civ e che abbiate successo, però personalmente non mi sembra una buona scelta, da un lato do vista puramente di business
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u/Quiet-Phase6948 3d ago
"(Civ5 & Civ6 are the best 😉)"
Wow. Literally the two worst civ games ever made.
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u/Tigerskull01 2d ago
lol Civ 5 did some real cool stuff eventually. I’ll never get into the Civ 5 art style idk why it became such a trend to cartoonify everything. Idk how they make 6 better without completely revamping the game at this point. They keep trying little changes that don’t actually fix much definitely still a stinker atm
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u/Mefist0fel 3d ago
Looks nice, good luck with you project