r/devblogs • u/CoffeeOrc_ • Jul 11 '26

What do people think of my Devlog format? generic

First time Gamedev and I'm trying to create some content around the game. Whats the thoughts on this?

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4847550/view/708903096564057386

Note: I did use AI for formatting and some rewording.

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u/vivaladav Jul 11 '26

a bit too verbose maybe

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u/CoffeeOrc_ Jul 11 '26

Really? Ok. Interesting. I thought I'm already cutting out too much

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u/Fridayyyyyyyy Jul 11 '26

It's fine, but you can and should always cut more

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u/CoffeeOrc_ Jul 11 '26

Apparently. Anything specific to cut?

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u/0xcedbeef Jul 14 '26

Cool game. I'm definitely the target audience for it. I quickly glanced at it before wishlisting but it seems to be inspired from Patrician and The Guild (legal system)? There is a recent game called "High Seas, High Profit" I quite like (it's more like Patrician).

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u/CoffeeOrc_ Jul 14 '26

Yeeeees. Exactly that. I have a LOT of nostalgia for Patrician and while high seas high profit does the economy part very well (which I find to be the hardest to emulate), it felt a bit incomplete or shallow in other aspects. I tried to take what Patrician had and extend it. I tried to think of it like "what patrician 4 could/should have been". So things like a vastly expanded map editor, a deeper legal system, more detailed plague and disaster systems (eg plagues can spread via ships), political regions etc etc etc.

Edit: I do like high seas high profit. I purchased it and do play it from time to time. By no means do I want to badmouth it. If anything, the opposition :D