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It launched earlier this month but even its Early Access version proved this formula is popular with Buy OSRS Gold fans, having been downloaded more than 600.000 times on Steam and both of the major online mobile apps stores. It was way above and beyond what Malcolm's expectations were when he began his journey. Naturally, he was hoping that his strategy would succeed but it wasn't a 'endgame for his game in mind.

"Luckily the enjoyment that fueled those first few months have stayed with me through the last few years of work. Being the only person to work closely with Jagex in direct collaboration on this is an amazing opportunity," he says. "I would never have imagined that I'd get support from the very studio which inspired me in beginning.

Making the move from hobby to fan-driven project was certainly a daunting task, but looking at my current situation, and the support I've received since establishing Games by Malcs as an up-and-coming studio, it has surely worked out for the most successful."

Despite the intimate connection that existed between Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the involvement direct of Jagex The publisher decided to keep the game an original IP, rather than to make it an official RuneScape spin-off. This was in part recognition of the fact Malcolm was successful in a place in a place that Jagex failed.

"We actually considered developing an idle RuneScape game a few years ago, with RuneScape: Idle Adventures," Pfeiffer says. "In Alpha, we stopped development in order to concentrate upon the main RuneScape games.

We've always believed in that RuneScape's possibilities are vast in the area of idle games and Melvor Idle more than demonstrates that RuneScape can be a great idle game. But Melvor Idle stands up on its own merits, as we wanted to stay as true to the original vision of this game Brendan first began creating it."

Pfeiffer also cites the popularity of Melvor Idle as proof of how talent can emerge from any game's community that Jagex has already discovered. "We've always discovered this RuneScape Gold 2007 crowd to be an excellent opportunity for talent at Jagex and not just in terms of game developers, but all the roles within a games studio" he declares. "RuneScape has over 300 million accounts created in more than 20 years, so the number of people with talent who have played the game is staggering."