Redeem Code?

[BangPowBoom]

This showed up on the main menu when I start the game up (right under where it says Dromad Edition), and I have no idea what patch it came in or what code its for. Anybody know? Or is it some kind of secret?

[Via]

I believe they would release Caves of Qud Golden Cucumber Edition.

[Acegiak]

It's for if you are supporting the game on Patreon. Supporting it at a certain level gives you access to a different special pet each month, which is what the codes redeem.

[BangPowBoom]

Originally posted by Acegiak:

It's for if you are supporting the game on Patreon. Supporting it at a certain level gives you access to a different special pet each month, which is what the codes redeem.

Oh I see. Well, that makes sense then. I was hoping it was something more exciting, but it does make sense.

[Via]

Originally posted by Acegiak:

It's for if you are supporting the game on Patreon. Supporting it at a certain level gives you access to a different special pet each month, which is what the codes redeem.

Really? But...I haven't seen any annoucement. Okay, joined.

[Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant]

Originally posted by Via:

Originally posted by Acegiak:

It's for if you are supporting the game on Patreon. Supporting it at a certain level gives you access to a different special pet each month, which is what the codes redeem.

Really? But...I haven't seen any annoucement. Okay, joined.

I get the feeling that launching a Patreon to make a game that people still have to pay for on Steam to play wouldn't go over well with a lot of people. I don't have a problem with it, but I can see it being a big source of outrage that the game really doesn't need right now. Or ever.

[Via]

Originally posted by Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant:

I don't have a problem with it, but I can see it being a big source of outrage that the game really doesn't need right now. Or ever.

I can follow that. Anyway, I'll accept what the devs believe to be better about these matter. They may just forgot to announce, though:P

[burdfishdemon]

Originally posted by Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant:

Originally posted by Via:

Really? But...I haven't seen any annoucement. Okay, joined.

I get the feeling that launching a Patreon to make a game that people still have to pay for on Steam to play wouldn't go over well with a lot of people. I don't have a problem with it, but I can see it being a big source of outrage that the game really doesn't need right now. Or ever.

While I think you're right about the outrage, it would still be a bit silly to be mad about, especially considering the only content perks are one pet each month (first one dropped today) and earlier access to builds (for a game that updates nearly every week outside of that). CoQ has been a labor of love in terms of content, and that's why I'm supporting it additionally through Patreon. Giving the devs additional money is only going to help the game in the long term.

[BangPowBoom]

Originally posted by burdfishdemon:

Originally posted by Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant:

I get the feeling that launching a Patreon to make a game that people still have to pay for on Steam to play wouldn't go over well with a lot of people. I don't have a problem with it, but I can see it being a big source of outrage that the game really doesn't need right now. Or ever.

While I think you're right about the outrage, it would still be a bit silly to be mad about, especially considering the only content perks are one pet each month (first one dropped today) and earlier access to builds (for a game that updates nearly every week outside of that). CoQ has been a labor of love in terms of content, and that's why I'm supporting it additionally through Patreon. Giving the devs additional money is only going to help the game in the long term.

While I'm not really in a financial position to donate money, I will agree that its a silly thing to get upset about. We already get an insane amount of content for free, and it sounds like the donation content is pretty fair.


I'll keep supporting the game the best way I can: by recommending it to anybody i know who might be remotely interested in it. This is one of my favorite roguelikes, and certainly my favorite retail, non-freeware roguelike. The amount of work put into this game stuns me, and it feels like it really does a lot of things in its own, unique way that most games don't really even try to do.

[ein]

It's not a silly thing to be upset about extra paid content being added to a game in Early Access. There was nothing about this mentioned when the game was first being sold.

We already get an insane amount of content for free

The game costs $15. What in the world are you talking about? You might defend the addition of Patreon content on grounds of necessity, but don't turn that around and try to argue that content added to a for-purchase game during its development is free. That's crazy.

In any case I'm sorry to semi-necro here but there's no other thread about this, and what I'm really here to ask is if the previous pets are available or if they've been shunted into some vault, so that it's already impossible to ever own the complete game.

[burdfishdemon]

Originally posted by ein:

It's not a silly thing to be upset about extra paid content being added to a game in Early Access. There was nothing about this mentioned when the game was first being sold.

We already get an insane amount of content for free

The game costs $15. What in the world are you talking about? You might defend the addition of Patreon content on grounds of necessity, but don't turn that around and try to argue that content added to a for-purchase game during its development is free. That's crazy.

In any case I'm sorry to semi-necro here but there's no other thread about this, and what I'm really here to ask is if the previous pets are available or if they've been shunted into some vault, so that it's already impossible to ever own the complete game.

It's literally just the pet, and the pet dies laughably early. No one in the Discord can keep any of the pets alive for more than a couple levels.

As for the codes, I'm not sure if you get them retroactively if you subscribe.