Runescape developer Jagex's publishing wing has picked up a promising indie release for RS Gold their Jagex Partners label, which makes Melvor Idle an independent now. It's an idler game that's similar to games like Clicker Heroes or Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, made its debut on Steam this year, and wears its influence from Jagex's top game Runescape with pride.
Melvor Idle is a detailed multi-track idle game that seeks to reimagine "the core components that comprise the RuneScape franchise in a manner that can be played without a lot of effort," says the publisher. It's an extremely loaded with features idle game that has a lot of different things to make and progress, as well with a strong emphasis on no quality mechanics, which require a restart.
Jagex was reportedly aware of the game in the early part of 2020. It was also evident that a large portion of its staff loved it even before the official Steam launch in the month of October the same year. As you'd expect that the game's creator is satisfied to have a connection with the developers of one of their favorite games. "Being capable of working together with Jagex to directly work on this has been an amazing dream come true," said Brendan Malcolm, the solo developer in charge of Melvor Idle studio Games by Malcs.
Malcolm posted a lengthy question and answer to players on Reddit community, making clear that he will maintain total creative control moving forward while also ensuring that the game's single purchase monetization model wouldn't be altered. Jagex has stated that it had "no intention" to runescape gold cheapest alter anything regarding Melvor Idle. The agreement on publishing will include Jagex handle the marketing, localisation tech support, localisation, and the QA of Melvor Idle.