Rogue-like shooter Nuclear Throne has made more than $1 million though Steam Early Access.
"Of course, this doesn’t mean that the two of us now just have a million dollars sitting in our bank account," said Vlambeer's Rami Ismail. "A good part of that number goes to our amazing crew – Paul, Jukio, Joonas and Justin – and making sure that they can work on the game comfortably too. Quite a bunch of it has already been spent on travel and conferences and meeting and events, so that we can meet you and negotiate over future platforms for the game to release on. Part of it has been spent on developing the game further and extending our development process beyond the original six months that we had planned."
Nuclear Throne started out as a game jam prototype which garnered enough interest to convince Rami and his team to expand on it over a quick 6 months project. The project then took a life of its own and kept going on for more than two years over which the development team released 70 community updates.
@Over the past two years, all of us have gained an idea of where the game needs to end up, and we can finally say that we’re slowly getting close to a final game" said Rami Ismail. "We just wanted to let you know once more that this project would not be possible without your support, not just in very concrete ways like helping us pay our rent, but also in terms of spreading the word and giving us feedback."
