The reporting on itch.io is very good, however it's missing what I believe to be a basic feature, that is total sales by period. I can know how much one game sold in a certain period of time, but unless I missed something obvious, you cannot know the total money made in last week/month/year etc.
I think should be a useful addition to the analytics tools :)
Hi, I have a question, I looked around but can't find an answer (even if I'm pretty sure it's a common question).
User bought base game for X. I have added content that requires X+$2 to unlock. Can user just pay the difference and not the full amount again? Since they already paid for the base game? Thanks
I just got the email about the new fees. I am fine with it, but I only wanted to point out regarding the new Paypal fee, that I believe it's possible to have 0$ / no fee when sending paypal payments, through the "mass payment" system. I know because the vendor I was using before and others use it, they were from USA too, and I always got the payment without any fee.
Not sure how it works exactly but I think worth investigating, since paying a fee of $20 each payment when it could be avoided could be annoying :P
You can just email me and I'll send you a new download link (or Steam key) :)
https://www.winterwolves.com/info.php
Why not use existing rating system like the IARC?
https://www.globalratings.com/for-developers.aspx
developers like me who have their game on Google Play could just re-use the rating they already have (it's required on Google Play) so it would be instant.
Ah OK sorry if I misunderstood :) As I posted in my forums in this specific game I think allowing full customization to the character might have been the cause, since for a writer (even if I didn't write most of the story) is much easier to write if you have a specific character with past history than trying to write a story that fits both an human, elf, dwarf, etc. Under this aspect I think it's honestly too hard to have a game with a gameplay like open world + full character customization and also write a very compelling story (since I'm limited by the gameplay/system). I feel only if I'll make again VNs for example like Bionic Heart I can concentrate fully on the story without being constricted by gameplay. Thanks
Well, I'm sorry that you didn't like the game :(
I'll try to answer quickly to some points:
- "stop caring about the art". You might not believe it and you're free to not believe it but I put a LOT of effort on this game. So if you think I just made it quickly without passion you're wrong since I even wrote myself 1/3 of the game (with a proofreader help of course). Probably this is worse for you since if a game I put so much passion is so mediocre (in your opinion) then I'm doomed lol
- good storytelling or good sales: who said are independent? since I'm on the "other side" of the fence and I know exactly how much each game made I can tell you that you simply CAN'T have good sales with bad storytelling. An exception could be SOTW where there was so much RPG gameplay that some people might have bought it for that, rather than the story.
- you mention you follow me from Heileen times, and I thank you for that :) however I am wondering... you say that I am always declining, I can't believe you think that Heileen series had better writing than this game, right?
- Zachary and Valery are liars. THEY say they're centuries old ;) Remember how they're lying to the main character of Cursed Land about why they're helping the whole time? That is just one of their lies, not a plot hole.
As I said I'm sorry that you didn't like it - my goal is to make stories that people like (maybe even love but probably that's asking too much). However you can imagine that as author, I need to view the whole picture. I had a lot of people tell me all different things: SOTW is much better than Loren, Loren is much better than SOTW. Cursed Lands is my best game, more than Loren. SOTW is better than Cursed Lands. Insert any other combo here :P
So I have to accept that I can't make a game that everyone will like and for sure depending on people's tastes, some will like certain games and others will like other games. But I acknowledge when I didn't do a good job, when for some games I never got so many positive comments or when sales weren't that great (QoT or Amber for example). If you criticized those two games I would have to agree sadly. But this one? It's got a lot of praise/positive reviews, and it's doing better than all the games released in last 6-7 years. Especially in a indieapocalypse climate like this one, it doesn't happen randomly, believe me :) Thanks
Yes, but even the censored part is nothing omitted, only the romance CG instead of being full naked, the characters are still dressed. That's the only difference and maybe a few lines of texts describing the scene (I don't remember exactly now).
Buying here you also get a free Steam key, so you get both versions in any case :)
Can you send me the save before it shows up? You can find the savegames in a folder called saves in the install directory. Thanks!
More detailed instructions on how to send a save here: https://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=2971
A specific example:
- I do maybe a beta/alpha/pre-order for a game and set the full download for $10
- people buy that for $10
- after X months I raise price from $10 to $15 (as often some developers do) as the game gets near completion
Question: people who paid $10 will still get access to that item? or they need to pay the difference ($5)? or they need to pay again $15? It's not clear to me how this works :) thanks
Check this guide in my forums: https://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4113