M2H_Mike

Well, overall I can't say 100% (there's no trench foot/endless waiting, and just having 1 life - it still needs to be an enjoyable game as well), but we did want to make a big effort on the realism part so that you can really catch a glipse of the WW1 experience.

As for individual aspects:

We do nail uniforms and weapons 100% (sometimes if we do miss a tiny detail our community quickly points it out and we'll address that) We also have native voice actors for all our factions, so the french actually speak french, buglarians bulgarian etc. Gameplay wise, we did want the more realistic 1 shot kills, instead being able to catch multiple bullets like in the bigger titles. Because WW1 was so much about trench warfare, we wanted the battles to be actual trench warfare ;). On the western front at least (Verdun). Overall we're really trying to stick to the facts and only "improvise" if it's required to still make it an enjoyable game.

Thank you! Well we’re still in the process of wrapping up Tannenberg first. We’re definately exploring the future of the series but have nothing to share right now; all focus on TB :)

Start right now! Never doubt too long or ask too many advice, you'll learn best&quickest by just going for it and possibly(/probably!) even failing a few times.

I can't recollect a specific thing that I really wish I'd knew before starting, except of course that every step on the way was in hindsight so valuable and I wish I'd done that sooner (for example hiring extra freelancers).

What is it that appeals to you about starting a gaming company? The business side, programming/art..or do you already have a specific game in mind?

Well we did very briefly consider adding female soldiers to the russian army as those were actually present (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Battalion). However relatively speaking they were few in numbers, we did not want to over exaggerate it but stay true to history.

We’ve briefly considered it sometimes, but expanding the WW1 series remains our priority as there’s still more we can cover here