The creator of roguelike Vampire Survivors, Luca Galante, says that he has “no thought” why the indie Steam survival recreation has confirmed so widespread, saying it was “unimaginable” to be nominated for The Recreation Awards, following the launch of the primary Vampire Survivors DLC Legacy of the Moonspell.
Starting growth again in 2020, Galante launched the total model of Vampire Survivors in October 2022. Since then, it has acquired over 165,000 opinions on Steam, incomes the coveted “overwhelmingly constructive” standing, and a nomination for finest debut indie recreation at The Recreation Awards. Requested why Vampire Survivors has confirmed so widespread, Galante says he has “no thought”, making the sport’s success appear “actually scary”.
“Since launch I’ve been making an attempt to not take a look at numbers or at what’s taking place on-line particularly to not get too carried away,” Galante tells IGN. “[I] stored my head down and stored engaged on the sport and on the corporate, focusing nearly fully on the suggestions from the gamers in Discord and the Steam boards. The one factor I’m positive made a distinction although is our group managers who did and are doing an unimaginable job at preserving communications open with the gamers”.
Galante additionally says it was “straight up unimaginable” to be nominated at The Recreation Awards, and discusses the ethos round Vampire Survivors DLC. “As a participant, I completely am into the thought of having the ability to maintain getting content material for the video games I like, however fairly often these days I really feel like DLC is designed round monetisation moderately than round a great service to the gamers.
“Having a unfavorable preconception of DLCs, I used to be very hesitant to attempt to make one, however I additionally couldn’t simply maintain including stuff to [Vampire Survivors] for enjoyable whereas there’s an organization to consider. My best hope is that we managed to make it a good deal for the gamers they usually’ll prefer it”.
Regardless of its title, its full launch, and now its first DLC pack, Vampire Survivors nonetheless doesn’t function any precise vampires – amongst all of the enemies and monsters you battle in its roguelike ranges, not one in all them is a verifiable bloodsucker. Galante nonetheless can not affirm whether or not Vampire Survivors will ever function vampires.
“Our advertising and marketing crew mentioned we are able to’t reply that,” he explains. “The issue is our authorized crew mentioned the identical. Additionally, what’s a vampire?”
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