Idle Frontier's success wasn't an overnight phenomenon. The response was phenomenal, with players embracing this customization and striving to stand out among their peers.” We introduced Leaderboard cosmetics - a feature that allows players to customize their nameplates with banners and badges earned through event achievements. “Events introduced leaderboards, allowing players to test their skills against others. “We wanted to add a competitive edge to the inherently solo nature of idle games,” Jorge explains. The game's standout feature is the limited-time events, where the theme of the Wild West expands into other genres in a race against time. How long should a level last? What should the progression curve feel like? How can we structure that progress so it feels rewarding to the players and not just an incremental game where the numbers go up? These were all questions we tackled head-on during production.” “We wanted to look at the balance between engagement and fulfillment. “When we began development on the game, we took a very granular approach into what hooks a player into an idle experience and built around that,” Jorge Gonzalez Ezquerra, Senior VP of Games, tells us. We applied all the learnings we had gathered over the years to create Idle Frontier.
Buildings and townsfolk helped to bring the characters and the township to life, and the unique art style had a charming quality drawing you in.īut Idle Frontier isn't just about aesthetics it's about delivering a well-balanced and engaging gameplay experience. Unlike many idle games at the time, Idle Frontier utilized an immersive camera view that added depth and authenticity to the game board, making players truly feel like part of the story. Developed in-house, Idle Frontier took the idle gaming community by storm, launching in 2019, and has been a staple of Kongregate’s idle games portfolio ever since.
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