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I decided to ask Admin to have an intreview with me, He agreed and here we are
Hi admin, or should I call you Kacper
? thanks for having this interview with me, it's a real honor to interview you.
Hi Eran!
Yes, I like my name
Thank you for this interview - usually I get such proposition once per year from players.
Congratulations for your courage!
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
My name is Kacper, I'm 30 years old and was born in Poland.
I love dancing latin dances, riding bicycle, gym, swimming.
I'm fascinated with history, personal development and business.
Currently I stay in Cambodia with my Khmer team of developers
Four years ago you launched e-Sim, how did you come up with this idea? Were there any obstacles standing in your way to launch it?
This is really simple.
I was playing erepublik and noticed, that there is huge demand to open similar game, but with fresh, new server.
Every crappy erep clone had huge baby boom on day 1, so I decided to try it as well... it worked well because I put much more efffort than other clones.
Unfortunately it's not working anymore, game market is more mature now.
In the beginning the game was running fluently, Huge community and a very fun experience for the players, But then you opened two new servers(Secura and Suna), do you regret opening them/one of them?
First server had vast community of 10.000 players. Currently there is only 28.000 players on 4 servers.
Yes! I regret it
Ok seriously - thing I regret the most is releasing first server without buy gold option. The game wasn't earning money
and I couldn't hire developers to help develop your game. There was no money for marketing and the game had constant problems with the server, because there was no administrator.
Player who buy gold here are the ones who make the game running.
People who know me in real life know I ride bicycle and live in rented room. At this moment I stay in Cambodia and train developers here. Got here 34 degrees C in the afternoon and no hot water. Thats your rich greedy Admin
Many articles were written about your game management, primera pepole are thinking that you are investing more (Money, time) in suna server, Do you?
Many articles in Soviet Union wrote, that workers starve in USA and they send ships with food
When we develop updates, the code is used on most servers, so it doesn't really matter.
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Fortunately these ships from SU have arrived and now there is no starvation in USA.
Btw - Do you know when Soviet Union will be as rich as USA? When USA introduces communism.
One year ago (day 1124, exactly one year) primera server had a reset, can you explain why you did it, for what cause?
The reason was simple - there is still huge demand for new servers and fresh start.
However we cannot open more and more servers, because other servers depopulate (players prefer to play in new server).
On the other hand new players don't want to play on old servers and compete with old players so very little players try to invite their mates on old servers...
We got idea to get players stats to zero and 'start fresh' server without starting a new one.
At this time we went one step ahead and start real fresh servers and merge them with old ones.
Is it going to work? Will see after europa merge
When you have spare time, Do you login to the game and look at what people write and think?
Sure I do!
Also special thanks for The more the bigger I grow
Can you tell us about the developers team? What is their job? Is the game going to have any new updates?
y are extreamly devoted professionals who can do multiple tasks at the same time.
One developer takes care of mobile app and servers, the other one makes these handy graphics and styles, other is taking care of marketing and PR.
All of them are below 30 years old and e-sim was their first job in IT.
I started making e-sim alone, but now I can't imagine this project without them - I think thats the biggest lesson of mine: start being team player.
About updates - wait for the info from most notable players!
Two months ago you gathered over 2500 euros in fundraising for the development of the mobile e-Sim app, you asked certain sums of money for certain features, to be honest, I dont think Military units, Elections , Messages in threads and Login to multiple servers worth 2500 euros, can you tell us about the costs of an app?
If you got somebody who does this job for 2500 EUR on all three mobile platform - contact me with such person
Few days ago, an article was published in secura. The writer contender that he offered you 25 million dollars for e-Sim. Since then three articles were published about it, and the players are curious, is that a real offer? What will be a offer for e-Sim that you might consider agree?
This picture hold the truth
The only offer which I had to buy e-sim scripts were like 100$ or 200$... Buyer was truly mad when I rejected it
This story can be amusing for some players, but once in primera we had a player who created ponzi scheme and cheated hundrets players: link
I don't know, I never wanted to sell it.
If I wanted I would first do research how much such projects are worth and then negotiate directly with potential buyers.
Thank you kacper for this interview
*special thanks to
LenMe who helped me with this interview
Thank you for reading
Hope you liked it.
Eran
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
