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Manor Lords, the middle ages city-builder that’s run widespread over Steam’s wishlist charts in current weeks, was made by a single designer who called their studio after a Witcher 3 meme.
In an interview with Unreal, Manor Lords’ single designer, Greg Styczeń, was asked the story behind their studio name, Slavic Magic. It’s a quite basic tale – Styczeń states he was motivated by a Witcher 3 meme that recommended that the video game was developed off the back of “vodka and slavic magic.” According to Styczeń, “it actually resonated with me as an indie dev from Poland with a little budget plan however big enthusiasm.”
The earliest example of that meme that I can discover is from a 2017 9Gag post, which compared Mass Effect Andromeda’s uncomfortable facial animations to an image of Geralt of Rivia, recommending that the previous video game was made with a $40-50 million spending plan, and the latter was the outcome of “vodka and Slavic magic.” There are a number of things worth unpicking from that meme, not least that The Witcher 3 dealt with a number of efficiency concerns at launch, and had an overall reported budget plan of $80 million. Accounting for marketing budget plans, in truth, Andromeda and Wild Hunt expense relative total up to make, however do not let realities obstruct of an excellent joke.
Styczeń’s Witcher-fueled motivation is far more wholesome than its source may recommend, and points to Poland’s growing effect on the international video games market; CD Projekt is definitely the headliner, however studios like Dying Light designer Techland likewise punch above their weight. As simply one designer, Styczeń may not have rather the very same reach as those video games, however he’s proof of the fantastic grassroots and indie scenes that can emerge around significant designers.
As as the hotly-anticipated city-builder strikes Steam, have a look at our Manor Lords evaluation
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