Pfeiffer cites the popularity of Melvor Idle to prove from spring's blog

Making the jump from hobby into fan project was definitely a challenge, but looking at the direction I've taken, and the help I've received from the beginning of Buy RS Gold Games by Malcs as an up-and-coming studio, it has definitely worked out for the best."

Despite the close connection between Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the involvement direct of Jagex The publisher decided to keep the game as an original IP instead of create an official RuneScape spin-off. In part, this was an acknowledgment of the fact that Malcolm had achieved in the place Jagex itself had failed.

"We considered the idea of creating an inactive RuneScape game a number of years ago, with RuneScape: Idle Adventures," Pfeiffer shares. "In Alpha, we stopped development to focus attention on main RuneScape games.

We've always believed in RuneScape's potential in the area of idle games and Melvor Idle proves that RuneScape can provide a thrilling idle game. But Melvor Idle stands up on its own merits as well so we wanted to remain faithful to the idea of the game that Brendan first began making Melvor Idle."

Pfeiffer cites the popularity of Melvor Idle to prove that potential talent can arise from any game's community and this is something Jagex has already discovered. "We've always found it to rs gold site be the RuneScape community to be an excellent opportunity for talent at Jagex, not just in terms of game designers but every other role within a games studio" Pfeiffer affirms. "RuneScape has over 300 million accounts created in the last 20 years, and the talent pool who have been a part of the game is immense."