Why is this free?

[pete3great]

I would have gladly paid 2.99-4.99 USD for it.

[Zammy]

Because dev is AWESOME

[eastpaladin]

Because people will play and playtest it for free. This game (how wonderful it is), has lots of bugs.

[pete3great]

Originally posted by eastpaladin:

Because people will play and playtest it for free. This game (how wonderful it is), has lots of bugs.

Yeah, figured it needed some serious refactoring when it took forever just to launch. Still, great game for free.

[Shaihulud]

I am hoping for a dlc or something in the 3-5 dollar range that i can pay or something to help. This game is far too good, bugs and all for me to not give something. I am having a blast!

[Fluttermind]

It's free because I honestly thought nobody would want to play it. And it ran fine on my machine with zero bugs. At no point did I think I'd have hundreds of thousands of players, nor see the huge variety of bugs they've all found. No cynical reasoning at all. I was just... unprepared.

[BravoZulu]

$3-$5? More like $15-20. The aesthetics and music are so good, and there are so many wonderful QoL choices and design decisions here. I'm taking a break from BG3 to play this, that's how compelling it is. For reference, other excellent Ultima-adjacent titles (Nox Archaist, Realms of Antiquity) go for $20. And those games were written (and run on) the original hardware of their respective platforms, but not everyone strongly cares about that.

[daggaz]

oh man the music in this game is just spot on brilliant. also if people dont know it, the talking goose is named Cthulu if you find him while mad. facts, people. just the facts.

[daggaz]

Originally posted by Fluttermind:

It's free because I honestly thought nobody would want to play it. And it ran fine on my machine with zero bugs. At no point did I think I'd have hundreds of thousands of players, nor see the huge variety of bugs they've all found. No cynical reasoning at all. I was just... unprepared.

you should get prepared and bump it up a notch. make like a second version with like, a better credit screen and no bugs, and then charge some cash. ill gladly buy it from you like that and im pretty sure at least half your player base is going to, too. credit where credit is due, my man.

[Madcap Magician]

Originally posted by Fluttermind:

It's free because I honestly thought nobody would want to play it. And it ran fine on my machine with zero bugs. At no point did I think I'd have hundreds of thousands of players, nor see the huge variety of bugs they've all found. No cynical reasoning at all. I was just... unprepared.

I'll pay for it. I want a sequel too :)

[GoodSnek]

Originally posted by Fluttermind:

It's free because I honestly thought nobody would want to play it. And it ran fine on my machine with zero bugs. At no point did I think I'd have hundreds of thousands of players, nor see the huge variety of bugs they've all found. No cynical reasoning at all. I was just... unprepared.

Well, now you have legions of people who will gladly fork over money for your next game, lol. Count me among them.

[Aldath]

Originally posted by Fluttermind:

It's free because I honestly thought nobody would want to play it. And it ran fine on my machine with zero bugs. At no point did I think I'd have hundreds of thousands of players, nor see the huge variety of bugs they've all found. No cynical reasoning at all. I was just... unprepared.

Honestly the only reason why I do not play it more often is because of bugs, but even then being your first free, independent game, you put many publishers and devs to shame just with the sheer ammount of content and love you put into it.