Making the jump from hobby into fan project was certainly scary But looking at my current situation, and the kind of RuneScape Gold support I've received from the beginning of Games by Malcs as an emerging studio, it's certainly worked out for the best."

Despite the close connection between Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the direct involvement of Jagex The publisher decided to keep the game an original IP, rather than making it an official RuneScape spin-off. In part, this was acknowledgment of the fact that Malcolm was successful in a place that Jagex did not.

"We actually considered making the idle RuneScape game a few years ago when we launched RuneScape: Idle Adventures," Pfeiffer elaborates. "In Alpha, we stopped development to focus attention on main RuneScape games.

We've always believed in RuneScape's potential in the idle game, and Melvor Idle has proven that RuneScape can provide a thrilling idle game. But Melvor Idle stands up on its own merits as we wanted to remain in line with the concept of the game that Brendan did when he first started designing the game."

Pfeiffer also cites the popularity of Melvor Idle to show that potential talent can emerge from any game's community, something Jagex has discovered already. "We've always found it to be the RuneScape game community an excellent resource of potential talent to Jagex not only as game developers but also in the many roles within a games studio," he says. "RuneScape has seen over 300 million accounts created over 20 years, and the talent pool that have been a part of the game is immense."

In the wake of the partnership that was successful that was formed with Games By Malcs, Pfeiffer says he's looking forward to working more with independent developers across the world if they're working on project that "align with RuneScape's design philosophy and Jagex's fundamental values" And he hopes Melvor Idle's success can inspire many indie developers to reach to the studio.

With version 1.0 of Melvor Idle now available, Games By Malcs and Jagex are working on future content, and more potential titles set in Melvor. Melvor universe. Malcolm remains grateful to Jagex for its ongoing support, especially when it is OSRS Fire Cape Buy about bringing new players to the game.