How I decided to make a game inspired by Heroes of Might and Magic and lost money (part 3)

This story consists of three parts, because I have released three games:

● Beasts Battle

● Necromancer Returns

● Magicians Legacy

For those who prefer to watch rather than read, I have prepared a video of this article.

In the previous installments, I talked about how I came to develop the hexagonal turn-based game Beasts Battle and how my expenses on the game Necromancer Returns did not fight back.

Here you can read the first and second articles. 

False start

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