Bandwidth Barons

Devlog

• Nobody buys your modems for you anymore
  October 09, 2026 by semihsmg

  Everyone’s in a price war Every long playtest went the same way. The player matched the cheap rival’s $14.95, or went under it. The rival cut to a dollar under. The copycat went a nickel under the... Continue reading
• Google Play wants 12 testers before it lets me in
  October 08, 2026 by semihsmg

  Bandwidth Barons is in closed testing on Google Play, and testers play the full game for free: everything in the demo, plus the Holding Company and the second era I’m still building. Stay in for the... Continue reading

  
• I built a bot that plays as badly as I do
  October 07, 2026 by semihsmg

  Every number in Bandwidth Barons is a guess: what a modem costs, when the NOC shows up, how angry your customers can get before they leave. The last post said the pacing was retuned and checked agains... Continue reading
• Otto Pilot has been let go
  October 07, 2026 by semihsmg

  Grow one district at a time Dale’s Dial-Up served three districts, so that’s where you start. The rest of the city is on the Map from day one, but nobody there can sign up yet. Click Expand… on... Continue reading
• The demo now ends with a golden parachute
  October 05, 2026 by semihsmg

  The demo is about three times longer now. It used to stop right before DSL. Now it runs all the way to the moment the owner grabs the money and leaves. Here’s what changed. The demo now goes all the... Continue reading
• Now you can overcharge customers from the bus!
  October 05, 2026 by semihsmg

  Bandwidth Barons now runs on Android. Same free demo, same questionable business practices, now in your pocket. The whole game takes place on NetOps 98, so fitting it on a phone held upright took more... Continue reading
• My ISP doubled my bill, so I made a game about it
  October 04, 2026 by semihsmg

  A while back, my ISP raised my monthly bill. The reason? Fiber cables are apparently very hard to maintain. I'm sure they are. Hard enough to nearly double the price, anyway. So I did what any reasona... Continue reading