Making people pay for promise certificates...genius

[Broso]

Just in a very devilish way.

[zarf_home]

Thanks! I was hoping people would be amused.

(And I hope some people will put down money for it, of course. But that's not a requirement.)

[👽🐬 Old Black Nerd🐬👽]

I think it's cute and I see the tryhard l33t "I beat Dark Souls in an hour" bros buying it.

very clever and I hope Steam forum posters see it as just a joke and don't pull out the pitchforks on you, because Steam forum posters are really, really, really dumb.

[Broso]

It's not just the Steam forums though... The internet itself tends to attract people of a rather toxic attitude.

[Abstract Yellow]

I'm not interested in the game, or DLC. Only saw this on 'new releases', and it caught my eye because it was a high price DLC.

I get that it's a joke, but you're probably gonna get a few angry folk buying it because they don't read and think it's a DLC full of content. It's a cool idea though, I guess it can act as a method of donation if people like the game enough to feel they wish to reward you further. But maybe the price is a bit too high?

I might follow this DLC just to see what happens.

[Treadlight]

I personally see and appreciate the DLC for what it is; I think it's kind of amazing.

However, the rather high pricetag on it—and the fact that it can actually be purchased—seems to make the people I show this to feel slightly unsettled by it at first...

[Gaz Blackheart]

yea I was like lolwut are they seriously charging like 4 times the price of the game for nothing.

[👽🐬 Old Black Nerd🐬👽]

This is a hilarious joke and if anyone gets mad at the DLC they are complete idiots.

[👽🐬 Old Black Nerd🐬👽]

then again, this is the Steam Forums... the cesspool of the internet.. we're not exactly dealing with bright people here.

[zarf_home]

Really, I think everyone gets the joke. I haven't gotten any really angry comments.

Sure, there's always someone who says "It should be cheaper!" but that's true of every price tag on Steam. You learn not to sweat it.

[Broso]

Will probably go on sale at 99% off at some point anyway.

[Namekujisennin]

I feel obligated to tell the author that Steam seems to be posting the DLC free: a bad-intentioned soul could save the image, edit the watermark and print it!
Edit: Ah, nevermind, I didn't notice the smudged signing.
(By the way, awesome work on the client: the autosave on quit is such a wonderful luxury.)

[Broso]

Do you mean the big fat watermark that says "SAMPLE"?

[zielo3]

I Promise i bought this DLC in next 2-3 weeks when i will work in McDonald for Got money for this <3

[zarf_home]

Autosave: thanks! This feature is also available in the Lectrote interpreter (an IF interpreter for Glulx games, which I used as the base software for this app.)

I can promise that the DLC will never go on sale. :) In fact maybe I should increase the price slowly over time...

Yes, the sample certificate image has a rubbed-out signature as well as the watermark. I also reduced the resolution and washed out the fine detail, just to make the point.

[Broso]

Please release the DLC sale numbers at some point. I would love to know how many people actually let themselves be suckered into buying it.