This, however, was the case for Brendan Malcolm RuneScape Gold for sale, the one-man team from Australian creator Games By Malcs, whose idle RPG Melvor Idle is being published by Jagex which is the developer of RuneScape the game that was the main motive behind his own venture.

Melvor Idle strips away the 3D graphics and environments of RuneScape and similar MMOs and reduces it into a simple idle-type game where players are able to manage their inventory, skills and quests. Activating combat encounters and winning awards XP and loot that can later be used to purchase any level of skill tree or upgrade players select, while doing repetitive activities like woodcutting or crafting can yield the same benefits.

Malcolm has played RuneScape since he was a child, and has also played various of the top idle games, including Clicker Heroes, Cookie Clicker and NGU Idle. While he enjoyed them, he felt the genre could be doing more that could be rewarding in the same way to Jagex's top RPG.

"So I set out to design my own game without even imagining how it would end up being launched, let alone becoming the kind of game that is so popular," he tells GamesIndustry.biz. "I wanted to create something different from the conventional idle game mould with a feature-rich game, and gave players some real options in how they wanted to move forward rather than simply increase numbers on a constant treadmill.

After toying with ideas for bit behind closed doors I started combining ideas and mechanics from classic MMOs alongside the well-loved idle game strategy, creating something fun to play by casually and on the go, and fit it into the player's hectic life."

He continues: "While the numbers and statistics stuff isn't something that all players really enjoy about MMOs However, it's what fans of the most dedicated players tend to stick to after exploration is done. Since it's typically central to what the long-term players are focused on it was logical to adopt this as an essential element of Melvor's game's concept old school rs gold. Furthermore, it blends perfectly with the design elements that are common to most idle games."