**The Fifth Family** officially launched March 29th across Desktop, iOS & Android. Nearly 8 weeks in, here's the ***honest*** state of things.

# Where we're at

We have proven that a market still exists, players still want to see new RPG's, I had my doubts at the start going with the Mafia genre - there are games releasing every week in this exact genre and have been for 20 years straight. It's hard to succeed. Now, I'm not saying we've succeeded - we've had a very fortunate release around some very good people we met along the way, they have helped drive and shape the current community - we're doing well - 2,000+ registrations shows exactly that.

# What's been tough

The standard things that every game struggles to balance - **monetisation**. We're always actively working on ways to reduce "P2W" mechanics and albeit we haven't yet perfected it, we're heading in the right direction. We've fully wiped RMT and enforced strict TOS regarding - an element that falls into this category. We've refined obtainable daily Mafia Gold amounts so F2P players are never locked out, every single aspect of the game is unlockable/obtainable for F2P players, that's the first step and to ensure we enforce it consistently forever. **Loot Boxes** are one of the most questionable things to add into a game, but when we did it, we knew we had to make sure there are free routes to the best ones. You can do exactly that **DAILY**.

# What's next

Userbase scaling is coming more naturally and is compounding week on week. We've sent out a player survey to over **1800** players for feedback & we're finishing refining our next 3 phase plan to create depth. A whole new system of five NPC families where every action within this game is recognised by one of the five. You grow your reputation, choose your own direction and shape your own journey rather than being on the exact same path as every player.

We're not perfect, we've got so far to go in this journey & if you haven't already, we'd love to see you come check things out. The community actively helps onboard new players and provides direction - you'll never get stuck. If you plan to stick around and try the game deeper as you level, absolutely join a family - those crime uccess, combat perks and much more some of the established family have deeply upgraded will make a huge difference.

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Almost 8 weeks into releasing our Mafia RPG - here's where we're at