Do you not believe in supporting games earlier by paying more into it and getting a bit more play time? Cuz that's how prices for games work. Over time things get cheaper, sales let more people get the game, and you still have had more play time than anyone else.
5 years ago(+5)(-9)
this is exactly why pirate sites stay up . beta games are for testing and giving feedback to the developer so they dont need to PAY employers to do the testing . these days WE the gamers have to PAY for TESTING nothing to do with playtime. supporting games that are great i dont have a problem with , what i DO have a problem with is PAYING MORE to be a betatester so the regular gamers that dont give a shit about testing that PAY to play a game. have a lot less of a buggy game for less MONEY
5 years ago(-4)
What does this have to do with more playing time? I see it just like Wackoamd1. The same price as in the beta is ok but not over 10% cheaper on Steam. I have no problem helping someone for a good game in my eyes. I find it just strange that 500 people finance the game so that someone can finish a game to then distribute it to the masses cheaper. With 10000 one finances so that someone can complete his play in peace and thereby earns even more. He has earned his success but a beta tester should have a small advantage and not a disadvantage.
5 years ago(+15)
Hi! I'm really sorry about this - I didn't intentionally change pricing or try to deceive anyone, it's just that Steam has default regional pricing adjustments that I enabled by default. This means that the $20 USD beta, which was $20 USD when launched into early access, resulted in different regional prices. Itchio doesn't have that feature, AFAIK.
So my plan wasn't to charge beta purchasers more, and if it was, I definitely would have let people know. I guess I just forgot about this regional difference. Hopefully the game is worthwhile, and that the earlier peek & ability to provide formative feedback made up for the extra cost.
5 years ago(-6)
That's not really how this should work. Mainly for the reason that SO MANY early access games just disappeared after making enough money during pre-alpha. Happy to pay $5 for EA and test the game and give feedback. But if you pay full price and the game is in alpha or beta for a year that's not really cool. Would also be happy to pay $5 for EA and then full price on release. But you don't get to play the game "more" as most feature are not even included or games are buggy before release.
Again: Happy to support indie games but charging full price for alpha or even pre-alpha is a bit ridiculous
4 years ago(+1)(-2)
You know what Qramf, this game is worth so much more than what is being charged & as far as early access/betas being free (although there are a few that are) most aren't because the developers (in this case they're is only 1 developer & they need support. If you're that upset don't play it. There's plenty of others who will gladly pay for it, especially when you have a developer busting his ass, constantly adding features, fixing buugs and replying to people. He's very present & engaged so I respect the hell out of him & his dedication. So stop bitching, nothing in life is free.
4 years ago(+2)(-2)
Did you even read? I supported quite a few games paying "full price". And then those games just died. So I paid for a not even nearly finished game and was never able to play the full version.
I'm not bitching. I also don't care if someone's "downvoting" me. That's actually bitching...
4 years ago(+2)
Hi, developer here - I'm a bit confused because people who purchased an early copy of the game on Itchio got a Steam key, as well as all future updates within Itchio, so is there some technical issue that is preventing you from being able to play the full version?