That's the routers business model though
A) discord
B) make friends with one person that does this or plays with other groups, then join them when they are playing with others
It's probably a single dev that made the decision, then moves onto something else. They (probably?) don't have the ability to just raise a recurring PO etc to easily pay you and don't care enough to worth through the paperwork.
If you had a paid licencing model they may have done it, or just found another lib/ wrote their own.
'cool' is relative - the have to water the roads they build over the top to stop them melting!
This makes me want to play crusader kings again, ck3's earliest start is 40 or so years after this?
What is their monetisation plan? Currently they don't seem to have anything other than donations?
You want to make it harder to vote just to get faster unofficial projections?
I'm here for a ham podium!
2 pit stops behind already
Wow, this is a long read. Well worth it for anyone who got caught in Rome TW2's hype and subsequent disappointment.
Would be good to see what other games he later worked on. Will try to remember to look him up on linkedin when I have time