The future of Outwitters

[Pharmafan]

I know that talking about Outwitters 2 isn`t that new and that there were a lot of threads dealing with this issue but I like to open a new one and try to mainly encourage Alex and Adam to perhaps rethink if it isn`t worth it and to air my opinion that you (OML) have a gem in your hands with this game which you really shouldn’t throw away cause it has the potential to become really valuable!

When you published the “leftovers” and declared the end of the future advancements of Outwitters I was quite shocked cause I discovered more and more what a stroke of genius the development of this game was and I really thank you for that!

You really managed to keep a game simple so that everyone can just start playing and at the same time you invented a game which is so complex and strategically deep that you can spend hours to think about critical situations (if you really like to….). I don’t want to compare Outwitters with chess cause the game is really different not only thanks to FOW and sometimes completely unknown Wit-amounts of your opponent (things that I love and that give the game the final edge!) but I really think that you can compare the strategic level. I don’t know how many players really often enough tried to think some turns in advance in Outwitters…..that`s really a challenge which can melt your brain…. Doing it in chess-games is normal and chess is for sure a fantastic strategic game but single turns are not that complex.

What I try to figure out is that in my opinion you not only made an App with a fun game but you invented a new and absolutely fantastic strategic game with high quality which deserves to be known by all those players in the world who love to play strategic games online.

Of course there are several steps necessary to achieve this. At the moment Outwitters is only open to users of iOs-devices and only playable on them. You will reach absolutely huge amounts of players when you not only open it for android also but if you create a desktop version.

But to promote such a step I think we really need Outwitters 2 cause you always can talk better about a complete new game “Outwitters 2” (or a complete other name maybe!) than about an update which sounds smaller and not really newer to the ones purchasing the game. You only get promotions with new games!

I know that the income you had through Outwitters wasn’t what you hoped for and you also explained that perhaps you should have used another concept when you started with Outwitters to make sure it will pay out…..well perhaps it´s not too hard to make a restart and to make all these things right or better this time?

When you rename main parts of the game and the game itself (just a suggestion!) you can perhaps keep the game mainly like it is, add some new stuff like another race and some more map-packs and keep the necessary efforts low but you get the chance to reach all those people who missed the news when Outwitters was promoted and earned titels like “best App” in 2012. You can`t hope that the popularity of this game will have a comeback out of it`s own and I really fear that the community will decrease over the years without new stuff.

You don`t have to reinvent this wonderful game and you don`t have to alter it that much cause it`s perfect. It always needs some new editions, new functions (like perhaps tournament functions in of the game which you can also use to earn money or other modes), new art or something like that to keep a game alive and to give the community enough fodder to talk and think about or just to enjoy it.

Outwitters is 2 years old now and I enjoyed it that I always had more or less games ongoing since I downloaded it. I spend huge amounts of my slim free time enjoying this game and I thank you for that!

Please don’t worry about game balances when adding new ideas or new races/maps/functions……you have all of us who are your community to give you feedback about the balance of the game!

Please rethink the options and capabilities (also the financial potential!) that you have in your hands with a game like this and perhaps just give a shot!