Warsimlikes! (It just keeps getting better)
[h3]The state of Warsimlikes[/h3]
Hello everyone,
So a little while back I did an article on Warsimlikes, these are games inspired in part or in whole by Warsim. Some of these were little project demos, and some were attempts at full fledged games.
Incredibly after the article nearly all of the devs hit me up to say that they'd had massive boosts to their total downloads, some had received donations, and new support!
Several of these projects were abandoned by the time the article went up and as far as I'm aware since it went live all of the projects returned to being developed which really shows you how important feedback and support it.
I remember it well back in the very early days of Warsim 2015-2016, I'd go weeks without a comment on my Itch.io page and I remember sometimes thinking... Why am I even doing this, then someone would appear out of seemingly nowhere and give me a few drops of dopamine!
I want to thank everyone who went and checked out these great games as you are the lifeblood of these projects as much as the effort of these wonderful devs is!
[h3]What Warsimlikes are out there?[/h3]
I'm gonna shamelessly copy the contents of our old Warsimlikes article here, but also include the new projects that have bubbled up since then!
[h3]CULT GAME[/h3]
The very exciting looking Cult Game, made by a good friend of mine and a dude who singehandedly saved Warsim from a huge bug by helping me through an issue that I couldn't wrap my head around personally, absolute hero. Check it out here.
[h3]Heroes of Book & Paper[/h3]
The only one of these games that is actually on steam, fun fact about this. It's the only other game on steam that references Aslona (nice little easter egg) and the developer is a longtime Warsim community legend LeMachinga, who came up with a redesign for the mushroom men faces that became the standard, leading to a possible mushroom name for shroomling characters 'LeMushinga'. Check out the awesome game here on steam.
Here are some of his shroomlings
[h3]END OF EDEN[/h3]
This game is one that used the Warsim generators that were released as a free tool for DMs and other game devs a little while back, here we see one of Warsims Underling faces and it's awesome to see our generators go to use like this! Check it out here.
[h3]Crusader's Quest[/h3]
A python based text rpg based on Warsim and Oregon Trail. Another promising project that I watch with interest. Check it out here!
[h3]Dark Path Wanderer[/h3]
This one feels like a mix of Warsim and my old game the Wastes (rip) the screenshots look really cool and I'm excited to see how it develops. Check it out here.
[h3]The Wastes[/h3]
Adding it here as an honourable mention, this game was made after the initial warsim demo but before I took on Warsim properly and began turning it into a game. This proc gen wasteland explorer game was worked on intensely for 6 months before I had the source code wiped... Didn't keep any backups back then like a bloody idiot but hey lessons learned...
[h3]IceBound Zero[/h3]
A new entry to the list and honestly the reason for this article, I saw this post pop up on the Warsim subreddit this week and it seems like someone is working on a Warsimlike where you play a small time drug dealer. A very interesting early project that I hope continues to grow!
[h3]Future Warsimlikes...[/h3]
And beyond that, I had a number of people like this lad message or post to share that they too are working on some Warsimlikes that may rear their heads in the future!
And as with any of them, I welcome them all with open arms and will always be happy to help and support these projects, it's a badge of honour that any game would be inspired by my passion project and It brings me endless joy!
Respect and love to you all
Huw
Ps, check out some active Warsimlike development over on our discord in the Warsimlikes room! And if you have your own project please post all about it there :) - https://discord.gg/YyFAkry98w
Hello everyone,
So a little while back I did an article on Warsimlikes, these are games inspired in part or in whole by Warsim. Some of these were little project demos, and some were attempts at full fledged games.
Incredibly after the article nearly all of the devs hit me up to say that they'd had massive boosts to their total downloads, some had received donations, and new support!
Several of these projects were abandoned by the time the article went up and as far as I'm aware since it went live all of the projects returned to being developed which really shows you how important feedback and support it.
I remember it well back in the very early days of Warsim 2015-2016, I'd go weeks without a comment on my Itch.io page and I remember sometimes thinking... Why am I even doing this, then someone would appear out of seemingly nowhere and give me a few drops of dopamine!
I want to thank everyone who went and checked out these great games as you are the lifeblood of these projects as much as the effort of these wonderful devs is!
[h3]What Warsimlikes are out there?[/h3]
I'm gonna shamelessly copy the contents of our old Warsimlikes article here, but also include the new projects that have bubbled up since then!
[h3]CULT GAME[/h3]
The very exciting looking Cult Game, made by a good friend of mine and a dude who singehandedly saved Warsim from a huge bug by helping me through an issue that I couldn't wrap my head around personally, absolute hero. Check it out here.
[h3]Heroes of Book & Paper[/h3]
The only one of these games that is actually on steam, fun fact about this. It's the only other game on steam that references Aslona (nice little easter egg) and the developer is a longtime Warsim community legend LeMachinga, who came up with a redesign for the mushroom men faces that became the standard, leading to a possible mushroom name for shroomling characters 'LeMushinga'. Check out the awesome game here on steam.
Here are some of his shroomlings
[h3]END OF EDEN[/h3]
This game is one that used the Warsim generators that were released as a free tool for DMs and other game devs a little while back, here we see one of Warsims Underling faces and it's awesome to see our generators go to use like this! Check it out here.
[h3]Crusader's Quest[/h3]
A python based text rpg based on Warsim and Oregon Trail. Another promising project that I watch with interest. Check it out here!
[h3]Dark Path Wanderer[/h3]
This one feels like a mix of Warsim and my old game the Wastes (rip) the screenshots look really cool and I'm excited to see how it develops. Check it out here.
[h3]The Wastes[/h3]
Adding it here as an honourable mention, this game was made after the initial warsim demo but before I took on Warsim properly and began turning it into a game. This proc gen wasteland explorer game was worked on intensely for 6 months before I had the source code wiped... Didn't keep any backups back then like a bloody idiot but hey lessons learned...
[h3]IceBound Zero[/h3]
A new entry to the list and honestly the reason for this article, I saw this post pop up on the Warsim subreddit this week and it seems like someone is working on a Warsimlike where you play a small time drug dealer. A very interesting early project that I hope continues to grow!
[h3]Future Warsimlikes...[/h3]
And beyond that, I had a number of people like this lad message or post to share that they too are working on some Warsimlikes that may rear their heads in the future!
And as with any of them, I welcome them all with open arms and will always be happy to help and support these projects, it's a badge of honour that any game would be inspired by my passion project and It brings me endless joy!
Respect and love to you all
Huw
Ps, check out some active Warsimlike development over on our discord in the Warsimlikes room! And if you have your own project please post all about it there :) - https://discord.gg/YyFAkry98w
