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Adam-One 18 Feb @ 3:50am
It the game dead? No more custom maps
Hello,
I am really enjoying the game but what made creeper world games fun for me was it's longlivety through user lcreated levels.
But I've managed to play all of the custom levels so far (few of them I didn't for the quality reasons) but that never happened to me in previous entries. There was just way too much.
Is this game dead already in a sense that creators are not interested enough to create content for it?
It is really sad because I was hoping to see some interesting ideas with the sand physics and / or combinations of elements. :(
I would suggest to developer to make some sort of research into demand for next kind of game - whatever it will be.
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AirRevenant 19 Feb @ 1:21pm 
Life is a little busy out there, if you haven't noticed. The game is released, and if you want to create maps, please do, no one is stopping you.
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Adam-One 19 Feb @ 2:14pm 
Originally posted by AirRevenant:
Life is a little busy out there, if you haven't noticed. The game is released, and if you want to create maps, please do, no one is stopping you.
So you are saying that I should create maps for me to play? What?
I was tring to create an discussion about longlivety of creeper world games and how creative the community surrounding creating custom maps is.
Last edited by Adam-One; 19 Feb @ 2:14pm
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bob2chiv 20 Feb @ 6:32am 
2
Alright, let's do a comparison; which may (or may not) clear things up.

TLDR:
I'd say no

Summary:
CW IXE is less than half as popular as CW4 but has only been out for 70 days.
CW IXE averages over 2 custom maps per day; this is above average but less than CW3 and CW4.
At the moment, the *average* person, who is currently playing, uploads more maps than any other previous game. The same is true for any player who has ever played (excluding CW1/CW2 [which peak player data is extremely suspect]).
I think these numbers tend to decrease over time, and I don't have the patience to gather that historical data for other games to account for that.

Data:

Release dates (based on google search):
CW1: July 27/2009
CW2: May 14/2011
CW3: October 4/2013
Particle Fleet: September 29/2016
CW4: December 03/2020
CW IXE: December 12/2024

Days since release:
CW1: 5687
CW2: 5031
CW3: 4157
PF: 3066
CW4: 1540
CWI: 70

Number of custom maps (based on website/forum/discord #):
CW1: 6741
CW2: 3089
CW3: 11417
PF: 2063
CW4: 5486
CWI: 155

Maps per day:
CW1: 1.185
CW2: 0.614
CW3: 2.746
PF: 0.673
CW4: 3.562
CWI: 2.214

Steamdb peak players:
CW1**: 168
CW2**: 88
CW3: 3303
PF: 932
CW4: 3828
CWI: 1760

Steamdb players right now*:
CW1**: 18
CW2**: 25
CW3: 171
PF: 38
CW4: 177
CWI: 52

Maps per day per 100 peak players:
CW1**: 0.705
CW2**: 0.698
CW3: 0.0831
PF: 0.072
CW4: 0.093
CWI: 0.125

Maps per day per 10 now* players:
CW1**: 0.6583
CW2**: 0.2456
CW3: 0.1606
PF: 0.1771
CW4: 0.2012
CWI: 0.4258

*Now data depends on date/time of day; data retrieved for Feb 20 13:00 UTC, 2025
**CW1 and 2 were uploaded to steam well after their initial release; as a consequence, their data may be suspect (especially regarding Peak players).
Last edited by bob2chiv; 20 Feb @ 6:41am
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Gra̶bz 21 Feb @ 9:14am 
Allow people some time to get acquainted with the scripting API's. We only got the full documentation around a month ago. Some really unique and interesting modes are already popping up in the custom maps, which is actually really soon compared to the previous games I believe.

It's undeniable this game is not as popular as CW4, but even Particle Fleet accumulated a sizable collection of maps despite being the least popular KC game ever made due to poor branding.
Last edited by Gra̶bz; 21 Feb @ 9:15am
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Adam-One 26 Feb @ 5:07am 
Thank you for the responses! I am comming back to the game once per week to play newly added maps.
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bob2chiv 18 Apr @ 9:46am 
Updated comparison for April 2025

Summary:
Once again, CW:IXE falls below CW4 and CW3; but still well above the 'dead' games (CW1,CW2,PF).
As suspected, the average maps per day decreases over time - all games have a considerable lower average over the past 56 days than the average since release.

Opinion:
IXE is slowing down, but still not 'dead'. I expect that IXE will end up above CW1,CW2,PF but well below CW3/4. Based on recent trends, I suspect that IXE will NOT reach 300 custom maps by the end of the year; but it should be well above 200.

It is my (very?) personal opinion that the Quality of IXE maps is much higher than the average map from the other games.

Number of custom maps (based on website/forum/discord #):
CW1: 6743
CW2: 3089
CW3: 11472
PF: 2064
CW4: 5572
CWI: 184

Days since release:
CW1: 5743
CW2: 5087
CW3: 4213
PF: 3122
CW4: 1596
CWI: 126

Maps per day since release:
CW1: 1.174
CW2: 0.607
CW3: 2.723
PF: 0.661
CW4: 3.491
CWI: 1.460

From 2/20 until now (4/18) that is 56 days, which is:
Maps per day across 56 days:
CW1: 0.04
CW2: 0
CW3: 0.98
PF: 0.02
CW4: 1.54
CWI: 0.54
Last edited by bob2chiv; 18 Apr @ 11:44am
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75Karsten 21 Apr @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by bob2chiv:
Updated comparison for April 2025

Summary:
Once again, CW:IXE falls below CW4 and CW3; but still well above the 'dead' games (CW1,CW2,PF).
As suspected, the average maps per day decreases over time - all games have a considerable lower average over the past 56 days than the average since release.
Interesting analysis - Thanks @Bob2chiv
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XiaoBaiMalz 28 Apr @ 6:36am 
Takes me about 1 to two weeks to make a fun an enjoyable 30minute to 60minute map if u want more maps honestly learn to make them also and you can also become part of the fix for more maps to play :3
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