Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

In their defense, they are doing this with a MUCH smaller team than is typical for these projects.

Kirun said:

In their defense, they are doing this with a MUCH smaller team than is typical for these projects.

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Oh no i don’t have any expectations or knowledge of how long these things take, or how many folks they take. It’ll be done when it’s done.

They said recently the staff is up to 42 people now. How much they’re all working, I have no idea. Also have no idea how that compares to a typical indie mmo team size.

But ya the time scales on these things are just nuts. This thread is nearly 6 years old and i bet there was foundational work being done on the game for a year+ before that.

Flobee said:

When I made the thread the game was floating capsules on a landscape with some greyboxing that became Nightharbor. They may have had some stuff in place outside of what was shown, but I doubt it was very much.

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Ya man - at least 5.5 years to beta.

Big time dedication.

Flobee said:

When I made the thread the game was floating capsules on a landscape with some greyboxing that became Nightharbor. They may have had some stuff in place outside of what was shown, but I doubt it was very much.

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The first test I got in 2 or 3 years ago, Nightharbor was still like 40% grey boxes. But the models and gameplay was solid enough to hook me, and it's pretty amazing how far it's come from there with only like 3 "full time" people and a ton of work being done on the side. They definitely have more people working on stuff now, systems and skills are rolling out at a decent clip.

I don't think they're planning on having a super lengthy beta before EA, but probably a couple months at least. i guess we'll hear about that in a couple months.

bolok said:

I don't think they're planning on having a super lengthy beta before EA, but probably a couple months at least. i guess we'll hear about that in a couple months.

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Quaid said:

Beta & Early Access Update — Monsters & Memories

Hi all! As we mentioned in the last update , we’ve been a little quieter than normal after November’s 12-day playtest. Aside from just catching our breath after the long playtest, we’ve been super focused on Beta related work and updating our planning for 2026. This update should clarify things,

monstersandmemories.com

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Derp i actually looked at that. Must have glossed over the posted EA date. So probably Aug or so for deep gnomes. Sadge.

bolok said:

Derp i actually looked at that. Must have glossed over the posted EA date. So probably Aug or so for deep gnomes. Sadge.

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I think August is optimistic for module 1.

in Nick’s most recent stream he mentions ‘the first major patch’ in EA as being separate from ‘module 1’. Given that, I’d be surprised if module 1 was launched before Q4 2026, but who knows.

It’s possible the influx of cash speeds development time, but i imagine they’re anxious to pay off the ~$100k in expenses they’ve incurred and pay for a bunch of deferred labor expense. Expenses are gonna go up once players are playing full time too, so time will tell.

I bet the first $250k in EA revenue is already spent, so i dunno if there’s gonna be much left to do hiring unless they’re SUPER chill about money.

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