[h1][b]Devlog 001: [/b][/h1][h3]The Harsh Truth of Indie Development[/h3][p]If you’ve been around Steam long enough, you’ve seen it: A promising indie game appears a striking trailer, a cool-looking demo. You wishlist it, maybe even follow the Devs, hoping this is one of those rare gems that makes it.[/p][p]And then… silence.[/p][p]No updates. No Devlogs. No social posts. It starts to feel familiar. Another project, another good idea, gone. Swallowed by the same uncertainties that haunt indie games everywhere.[/p][p]As gamers ourselves, we know that feeling all too well. We’ve clicked Wishlist on those same projects, wondered [i]what if[/i]. Even when the demo is rough, unfinished, or broken, you still imagine the potential. The version that could’ve been, the game that never made it.[/p][p]It’s easy to assume the worst. “They must have quit.” “Maybe the hype wasn’t enough.” “It probably got abandoned.”[/p][p]We’ve been there. We’ve thought the same things. That’s why this post matters.[/p][p][b]So… Are We Dead?[/b][/p][p]No. We’re not dead. But after 15 months of near silence, we owe you an explanation.[/p][p]Firva is not abandoned. After all it was our beloved creation.[/p][p]It has changed maybe a lot that what you expect even more than what we could have hoped [/p][p]When we started building [b]Firva[/b] a cinematic, story-driven fantasy game about intertwined destinies we had no idea where the journey would lead. Like countless teams before us, we dove in with nothing but passion, a dream, and that foolish indie optimism.[/p][p]But dreams collide with reality. Resources run thin. Life gets messy. And in our case, life got really messy.[/p][p][b]Team changes. Endless obstacles.[/b][/p][p]And yet… we’re still here.[/p][p]Today marks the start of our weekly Devlog series an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how we’ve fought to keep Firva alive, and how it’s evolved for better or worse.[/p][p]We’ll talk about:[/p][list][*][p]How this all began: The vision, the first prototypes, and all the versions you never saw.[/p][/*][*][p]Why this game matters to us. The gaps we saw in the genre. The unique story we felt had to be told.[/p][/*][*][p]Our core pillars: Cinematic storytelling. Tight, impactful combat. Deep world-building.[/p][/*][*][p]How the team has grown and sometimes shrunk. The hard lessons learned along the way.[/p][/*][/list][p]This is our story a story built between setbacks, through uncertainty, written in the margins of chaos.[/p][p]We’re not dead. We’ve been quietly rebuilding. And now, we’re ready to show you where Firva stands.[/p][p][b]Thank you for sticking with us. Let’s begin again. This time together[/b][/p][p][/p][p]👉 Join our Discord:  [/p][p][url="https://discord.gg/jwc5bq9CkN"]https://discord.gg/jwc5bq9CkN[/url][/p][p][/p][p][/p]