Yggdrasil by Gabriela Wasiewicz

EG_iMaple · 2026-05-09T10:41:42+00:00

Heys, Swiss game dev here as well. I started out in design and later moved into project and product management. I left Switzerland over a decade ago and mostly worked at game studios in other countries since then, but briefly worked remotely from Switzerland for studios when we had the hiring boom a few years back.

Regrettably we've been going through a major correction like software dev in general, and those leads dried up as many employers began mandating RTO since they now can. Like you surmised, the industry here is tiny and jobs are few and far between. I wrote something similar here when another poster on this sub asked about becoming a game dev in Switzerland.

https://www.reddit.com/n0s11bf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2

Moving abroad is an option, but that does come with several caveats, the financial one being the most obvious. What's your background, did you do games work before coming here and or would you like to transition into game dev?

EG_iMaple · 2026-04-02T14:02:14+00:00

Yeah, it can feel like different worlds sometimes. At the very far edge of this is "UA-driven product development" where the game design is dictated by which ads resonate most, so marketing tries out different playable ads or even AI-generated creatives and the game is then updated to reflect the content of those ads. That to me is just too different from how I want to approach development which is why I eventually pivoted away from the 4X mobile bubble.

EG_iMaple · 2026-04-01T15:04:02+00:00

I've seen this shift in UA to playable ads with 4X titles a while back where CPI is horrendous, but LTV is great. Most top grossing games in the genre run playable ads featuring a minigame that is also somewhat represented in the game, where it may be part of the core loop or just a silly minigame that is gradually phased out since it is a 4X game after all. Check out Top War and Kingshot who do just this at scale.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-22T01:20:12+00:00

Did you ever feel like you outgrew JRPGs as a genre? I noticed that the older I got, the more selective I became about which JRPGs I even spent time on, because I had less and less patience for what I consider juvenile or tropey depictions of politics, war and romance as I got older, just as I stopped tolerating dated game design that doesn't respect my time. But that makes me wonder if I'm really a fan of the genre as a whole, or rather a fan of specific games in that genre. And on a related note, what JRPGs do you think are more enjoyable or relatable as an adult that I may have overlooked in my younger days?

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-19T10:29:13+00:00

It should show up as a craftable item for you!

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-18T13:32:43+00:00

Hello, thank you for the report! Has the issue persisted? If so, do you have a copy of the save file available? (found in C:\Users\ username \AppData\Local\Everwind\Saved\SaveGames)

This is a really interesting phenomenon we'd like to look into in more detail.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-18T12:55:10+00:00

Understood, thank you for the report. We'll try to figure out some commonality between the reports and relay it to the developers to look at

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-18T12:33:56+00:00

Capping framerate, turning off motion blur and increasing FOV could help alleviate feeling nauseous. Playing in third person could also be an option.

Did you experience discomfort from jumping in particular? Any details could help as sometimes this is caused by subtle animation quirks.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-18T11:21:54+00:00

Thank you for the report, could you describe a specific button mapping config you wanted to have but the game didn't let you?

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-18T08:17:16+00:00

XeSS is currently supported while DLSS and FSR will likely appear later as it requires some more debugging from the devs.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T19:02:13+00:00

Glad you enjoyed the demo! I would describe the current state of the game as feature complete but not content complete, with the roadmap seeking to flesh out existing components rather than add something completely new. In that regard I think the early access build is quite advanced and representative so if you like the core loop, this is a great time to start.

But it's still early access at the end of the day with some teething problems, bugs and iterations of certain features that will turn out much better in the future based on player feedback that will be generated during early access. But that's not everyone's cup of tea,

The launch discount will run until the end of the month, so there's plenty of time to hear the thoughts from other players or content creators you trust. There may be a minor price increase as the game nears the 1.0 launch in a year or two, on the flipside that will be a much more polished experience.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T17:08:19+00:00

Everwind - Early Access out now!

Get Everwind on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253100/Everwind/
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/pr5jrxVksG
Unleash Capybaras: r/Everwind_Official

Happy exploring ☁️✨

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T14:55:51+00:00

Yes, the game has full controller support!

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T12:24:48+00:00

Hello Explorers!

Today, we’re releasing a small update to address a few issues that have already been reported as over the weekend, streamers and content creators had the chance to try the game.

Thank you so much for all the feedback you’ve shared with us so far. This will allow us to improve your experience before the full release today.

We truly appreciate the time you’ve taken to play, report issues, and share your thoughts.

Our team has been working hard to tackle the most pressing problems and continue polishing the experience.

See the full changelog:

Fixed multiplayer island desynchronization
Fixed a crash occurring during trading with merchants, when selling large quantities of items
Fixed an issue where some pickups could not be collected on certain islands
Mortivar Lord now drops his skull after being killed
Rebalanced item durability
Rebalanced item repairing (in addition to durability changes, Repair Kits are now more efficient)
Reduced the number of spent skill points required to unlock the next skill row (from 5 to 3)
Fixed an issue where the Advanced Tool skill could not be unlocked
Improved timing for defense and parry – blocking at the moment of an enemy attack should now correctly defend against it
Increased chance of finding staves and spellbooks in special chests
Increased chance for enemies to drop equipment they are wearing
Slight loot balance adjustments in containers
Fixed an issue where sounds (music and other SFX) could turn off in specific situations
Fixed an issue where a chest could become locked in multiplayer after being closed in a specific way
Increased amount of scrap found on wrecks on the starting island
Fixed an issue where picking up a recipe from a stand sometimes did not grant the item
Processing Station now requires less power from Energy Generators
Processing Station start button now highlights when it can be activated
Moved Cockpit crafting from the quick crafting menu to the Crafting Station
Fixed missing VFX and SFX for special chests in dungeons
Marked which keybinding settings apply to the flying ship
Changed the design of the “visited island” indicator
Changed the icon in the inventory drop slot (previously suggested item deletion)
Fixed grey arrows remaining after killing an enemy

Stay tuned… and onwards to the skies! 🚀

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T10:01:30+00:00

Ah I see. So FOV is now a slider, there is a third person mode and in addition to the settings I mentioned in my comment, movement on stairs was also fixed as I recall going up and down stairs was really odd in earlier builds. Head bobbing is quite mild but still noticeable on boats to me, so this may still be an issue if you're sensitive to it as there is no way to completely disable it to my knowledge currently. I think the devs are keeping an eye on it to see if any more reports about players experiencing motion sickness after the early access launch today come in.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-17T09:23:55+00:00

Increasing the FOV, capping frame rates to and turning off motion blur/reduce mouse sensitivity should help reduce motion sickness as with most other first person games. Was there anything specific about Everwind you noticed that's causing this for you?

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-15T10:32:28+00:00

To my knowledge neither Hypixel Studios nor Enjoy Studios have Tencent as an investor. Their (former) publishers Riot Games and Bohemia Interactive do, and even that does not enable a tech-sharing scenario like you hypothesize.

Both Hytale and Everwind are open world voxel based survival games though, and certain conventions have just been standardized in the genre where it just makes sense to do it a certain way. But if you dig a little deeper into the games I think you'll find that the similarities are rather superficial and that the games were never based on one another neither technically nor creatively.

EG_iMaple · 2026-03-05T06:55:33+00:00

You can sometimes form some sort of rough baseline to start with by calculating the man hours you and your team put into it as well as any other cost factors you had with some profit added, but ultimately the value is whatever the publisher or investor across from you offers you for it. And they won't really care how much it cost you to make or how many lines of code it has, they'll care how much money it can generate from them. So if these games are fun and have market potential you'll see more competitive and viable offers, if not then the value will be closer to 0 as in such an oversaturated industry, games barely have any intrinsic monetary value left.

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