Despite the strong connection with Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the involvement direct of Jagex The publisher decided to OSRS GP keep the game an original IP, rather than create the official RuneScape spin-off. This was in part an acknowledgement of the fact that Malcolm was successful in a place that Jagex itself failed.
"We considered creating the idle RuneScape game a few years ago, with RuneScape: Idle Adventures," Pfeiffer says. "In Alpha, we stopped development and focused all our energy on main RuneScape games.
We've always believed in that RuneScape has a lot of potential in the idle game, and Melvor Idle is a great proof that RuneScape can be a great idle game. However, Melvor Idle stands up on its own merits too, as we wanted to stay in line with the concept of this game Brendan was able to envision when he began creating this game."
Pfeiffer also cites the popularity of Melvor Idle as evidence that talent can be found in the community of any game which is something Jagex has discovered already. "We've always discovered this RuneScape group to be a great resource of potential talent to Jagex not only in terms of game developers , but every role in a studio for buy OSRS gold games," Pfeiffer states. "RuneScape has seen more than 300 million accounts created over the course of more than 20 years, which means the number of skilled players who have played the game is massive."
