Merek's Market Steam news

• Latest observed playersNot available
• SteamPulse tracked peak4
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
• Revenue (VGI)No data available
• Review score96% positive
• Total reviews23
• Release dateSep 15, 2021
• DeveloperBig Village Games Ltd
• PublisherBig Village Games Ltd

Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation

Company pages: Developer: Big Village Games LtdPublisher: Big Village Games Ltd

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Merek's Market Steam news

Merek's Market news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Designing the Haggling Mechanic - 25 January 2022

  We’ve spent the last 2 years working on Merek’s Market, a game about running a medieval shop and I thought it might be fun to do a deep dive on the development of the haggling mechanic and how that mechanic changed over the course of development. We’ll be looking at it from a design perspective so don’t worry, this won’t get too technical. This post is also available in video format here: Let’s look at haggling from a high level. What should this mechanic be? It should start with an introductory chat with a customer. There should be an element of reading the customer, either what they’ve said or what they’re wearing before you pick a price. It would be fun to get strong responses too. Perhaps a customer starts shouting if you try to overcharge them before they counter with a lower offer. And if we convert this into some sort of rule set we’d get: A customer comes in and requests an item…

• What are Boss Crafts? - The Statue - 2 November 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! One of the features in Merek's Market that players love is bosses but with only limited real estate on the store page they're not showcased in much detail. So let's take a dive and see what makes up a boss craft. Short Description: "Boss crafts are challenging multistage crafting challenges under time pressure". Taking the first boss craft, the statue, as an example. An eccentric customer rocks up and asks Merek to make a lifelike statue of him by the end of the day. Merek has to start by making some wooden shoes, then a chest piece and so on, building up a hefty statue. All boss crafts feature minigames to give you that little extra challenge when trying to get things done as fast as possible. For every statue piece Merek crafts and places he's shown a button pattern than must be memorised and repeated. Easy enough but also easy to make mistakes if it's rushed too m…

• Review Round Up - 24 September 2021

  It's been just over a week since launch and we've been lucky enough to recieve our fair share of good reviews and impressions for Merek's Market. Here are a few of our favourite quotes: "One of my favourite indie games I've had the pleasure to play this year" XboxEra - 8/10 "If you're looking for a fun arcade-style crafting game with a hectic gameplay loop then Merek's Market is just what you need" PS4Blog.net 8/10 "Filled with a lot of bad puns" Geeky Hobbies 8/10 Brimming with pride from that last one.ːsteamhappyː We're interesting in what you have to say too. Drop in the Discord and chat to us! Until next time.

• New Patch! - 17 September 2021

  What's Changed? 1. The colouring of the sandstone icon has been tweaked to differentiate it a little more from the sand icon. It was easy to get confused when making glass for the first time. Hopefully this should help. 2. Button remapping scroll view now has a sensible scroll speed when being controlled by a mouse wheel. 3. Fix for final boss not pathing correctly when playing in some regions. We've still got a few very minor issues to patch up but if you see anything that isn't right, get in touch on the forums or come jump in our discord. See you on the shop floor!

• Developer Stream Starting Now! - 15 September 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! Come along and watch the developers play Merek's Market. Over the full stream there will be both singleplayer campaign and co-op campaign playthroughs. If you want to watch us be absolutely awful at the game we developed and communicate incredibly poorly with each other make sure to catch us in co-op!

• 3 Days to Go. Come Find Out What's in Store. - 12 September 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! With just 3 days to go, the queue of the super fans has started outside Merek's Market ahead of the grand opening. We travelled down to interview some of these fans. Doreen, 74, said "Where am I? I'm trying to pick up an a cake for my grandson. Will this shop sell one? Can you smell eggs?" Frank, 32, was positively squirming with excitement. When asked he said "Is this the queue for the toilet? I'm busting." Barty the only dog in the queue had very little to say but was generally in good spirits. And that's that. Such high acclaim can only be a boon for the new establishment. Bag yourself a bargain in Merek's Market on September 15th.

• 7 Days Until Opening. Merek Busy in Preperation. - 8 September 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! It's just 1 week until Merek throws open his doors. While that sounds like plenty time to me and you, Mereks is rushed off his feet in preperation! There's stock to buy, furnaces to stoke and the shop cat to settle in. Grand opening on Steam September 15th!

• Order your Stock. Grand Opening in 20 Days! - 26 August 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! Merek's Market opens just 20 days from today. If you need a little preview, check out the Discord to try the last few days of the demo.

• Merek's Market Coming September 15th! - 7 August 2021

  Hey there shopkeep! The grand opening of Merek's Market will take place on September 15th. For you, our most loyal and respected trader, Merek's Market will be available for $19.99/£14.99/€17.99. To sweeten the pot and get you excited for the big day, here's a gameplay trailer. Enjoy! And I'll see you at the sales counter. Merek.