Vampire Survivors developer Poncle was forced to release his game on mobile devices “ASAP” after several exact clones started appearing on the market.
According to the report of gi.bizThe original Poncle tried to bring Vampire Survivor for mobile devices after it Successfully launched in 2022 above computer and Xboxbut having difficulty in finding partners who share views on making money.
“Shortly after the initial success of VS, I started looking for a business partner to work on the mobile version of the game,” writes a new blog about the game. steam page. “Unfortunately, no one I spoke to joined the monetization method I had in mind for this platform: non-predatory.”
However, after these conversations, unlicensed versions of the game started appearing on mobile stores. “Months went by and a huge number of real clones – not ‘games like Vampire Survivors’, but actual copies with stolen code, assets, data, progress – started. popping up everywhere,” the post continued.
“This forced us to release the game on mobile as soon as possible and put a lot of stress on the dev team, who didn’t even need to worry about mobile in the first place. “
Mobile version of Vampire Survivors was released on Android and iOS in early December 2022. However, the need to release the game quickly resulted in some features – including cloud servers and save transfers – being dropped from the initial release. .
According to the Steam post, Poncle is still looking to implement these features as they work across multiple fixes, but in the absence of backend engineers, they could take “longer than expected” to export. presently.
For now, the mobile version of Vampire Survivors is completely free to play, with gamers having the ability to view optional ads at the end of the run to earn more gold or revive their character.
On December 15, Poncle Releases First DLC for Vampire Survivors, Legacy of the Moonspell, on PC and Xbox. In the new blog post, the developer admits that they are still looking to bring DLC to mobile devices.
“The problems we are facing are the same as mentioned above: how do we make it fair but also accessible to players who are only in the free games. We’ll figure something out and publish the DLC as soon as possible.”
Going forward, Poncle has announced that they plan to continue updating Vampire Survivors and have committed, in terms of the game’s main mechanics, that “none of the key features will be gatekeepers.” The developers also said that more DLC content packs will be released in the future that will bring more characters, weapons, and levels to the game.
In our reviewIGN gave Vampire Survivors a score of 7/10, saying “It may look super basic, but if you give Vampire Survivors’ smart single-stick shooting idea a chance to get ingrained in you it can get in the way. won’t let go for a while.”
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