"Luckily the enjoyment that fueled the initial months of RS Gold development has stayed with me throughout the last couple of years of development. And being the only person to work alongside Jagex in direct collaboration on this project is the ultimate dream," he says. "I never imagined that I'd ever get the assistance of the studio which inspired me in the first place..

Making the leap from a hobby into a fan project was certainly a scary experience However, when you look at where I've ended up, and the help I've had in establishing Games by Malcs as an new studio, it's surely worked out for the most successful."

Despite the strong connection to Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the direct involvement of Jagex however, the publisher decided to maintain the game as an original IP, rather than create the official RuneScape spin-off. In part, this was recognition of osrs cheapest gold the fact that Malcolm had achieved in a place that Jagex itself had failed.