2005 Sillysoft Games Year in Review
2005 was an explosive year for Lux. It was the first full year with a Windows version, and with me working for Sillysoft full time. I got to show off Lux at GDC in March as an IGF finalist, where I also met a bunch of other games industry people. I got some solid press hits spread through the year, and search engine rankings have increased a lot since last year.Overall sales were more then double 2004, plus Lux was moved to the higher $24.95 price point. So revenue was up even more. The number of online players increased significantly during 2005. There have been some growing pains, but that's par for the course. Map of the Week has been growing online use of non-classic maps, and the second annual Luxtoberfest went well.
Thoughts on 2006:
The development of American History Lux has been ongoing (albeit slower then desired) and it's going to be released in early 2006. The goal is to get it distributed by all the biggest games websites across the net. I've been seriously considering growing Sillysoft by finding another full time programmer or few to form a small development team. This would help immensely with the development of new products (I have one in mind) and provide more push to Sillysoft. I don't want to destroy the awesome flexibility that my current situation provides me though. I've been debating between living with some roommates and setting up a separate office environment, or finding a place for myself to serve as a home and office. I'll see how the chips fall after I've been in Vancouver for a bit.
| Posted by dustin on January 3, 2006 with category tags of shareware games lux |
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