Frustrated developer changes his game's name to 'Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, a creative building sandbox' because Steam users keep tagging it as a strategy game
Seeking to quell confusion about what his new game really is, indie developer Tomas Sala has renamed his latest release to "Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, a creative building sandbox," because players on Steam kept tagging it as a strategy game.
«Bulwark is [a] chill builder that just looks like it would be a cool deep strategy game, but it's not,» developer Tomas Sala tweeted. «I just don't like cozy fucking designs, but this is basically chill sandbox. You make some cool fortress with some light resource and strategy gameplay to make it feel alive. You do that for a few hours then build something else.
»I will add more cool stuff to the sandbox, but it is a sandbox. when you start the game, there is me in my voice saying it's a sandbox. That is my artistic intent, a sandbox to play in, that looks epic and not like some cozy fairy tale ok. sandbox… saaand booox… Alright… now you know."
Sala said the full title is now, «Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, a bloody creative sandbox not a fucking strategy game, build some cool shit expect no endgame cuz a sandbox,» which isn't quite correct, although it does more aptly express some of the frustration he was apparently feeling about the confusion than the title he ultimately went with.
Which, to be clear, is now the real, full title:
Some of that confusion over exactly what kind of game Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles really is also appears to be impacting the game's rating on Steam: While overall user reviews remain mostly positive, recent reviews are mixed, with some complaining about a lack of depth or complexity. Sala has been responding to negative reviews, explaining his intent and offering guidance, but he decided to go with the title change after discovering that user-applied tags were overriding the ones he'd applied, making it appear more like a strategy game than a «relaxed, casual building sandbox.»
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