The team ran a successful IndieGoGo campaign last year, and at the time of writing, the Runescape game is sitting on 28,756 copies sold at at least 10 euros each.But that doesn't tell the whole story see, most of those copies were actually sold in the last couple of months, and just the last weekend alone saw over 2,000 copies sold. After the February 2013 crowdfunding campaign, the Factorio team found themselves struggling for cash, even with a purchasable alpha version available."We did the Indiegogo campaign because we needed the money and the reality check," notes Kozelek. "Obviously, we have totally underestimated the work and budget for completing the Runescape game. So for almost a year after the Indiegogo we have struggled to get through with alpha sales barely covering living expenses.""We totally underestimated the work and budget for completing the Runescape game. http://www.rsgoldshop.com For almost a year after the Indiegogo we struggled to get through with alpha sales barely covering living expenses."2014 has seen alpha sales gradually increase, due to the Runescape game being closer to completion and more feature filled. But it was the recent trailer that really did the job for the Runescape game, and has shifted sales figures into overdrive.During the last few days I've been putting this article together, alpha sales have jumped by around 1,500 copies. It's no Minecraft sales, sure, but for a small team that has been on the ropes for quite some time, it's incredible how a little trailer can help so much."The influx of new Runescape players has been quite hectic," says Kozelek. "We've spent a lot of time on support, but the situation has stabilized a bit recently. The recent sales gave us the stability to continue developing the Runescape game.""We can now safely hire two more people one for programming and one for graphics and still keep a solid reserve," he adds. "This saved us from a lot of stress we have been dealing with before."You can check out the generous demo for Factorio on the official website. Free to play game company Nexon announced a partnership with Austrian studio Socialspiel today, signaling the company's intent to continue bolstering its portfolio of Western mobile Runescape games.As part of the agreement, Nexon will make a cash equity investment and take a minority stake in Socialspiel, as well as nominating someone to the studio's board of directors. More importantly, the partnership affords Nexon exclusive worldwide publishing rights to Socialspiel's upcoming mobile Runescape games. Nexon recently cut similar deals with Robotoki and Vanguard Runescape games, presumably in a bid to boost its flagging financial performance in North America and Europe.“This long term strategic partnership combines Socialspiel’s experience and track record of developing unique, high quality game play experiences for Western audiences with Nexon’s extensive free to play experience, global publishing platform and international user base,” stated Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney in a press release announcing the deal. You may remember Socialspeil as the Vienna based studio founded in 2010 by former members of Deep Silver and the defunct Rockstar Vienna.