Episode 2 available to download on its own???

[The-Skull-Will-Conquer]

Can we purchase episode 2 seperately from the season pass????.....................episode 1 was available to download by itself so it would only seem logical?????
If not then thats not very good in my books (and other peoples as well) as look at other episodic games that never got finished.................Blues and Bullets anyone!!!!!! (And I bought the season pass for that myself.........and we will never see the remaining episodes!!)
It does happen and will happen again.................if you aren't releasing the episodes on their own then sadly I will have to pass!! :(

[Fobeus]

No, Skull. You can't. Developer already answered the question in this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/541570/discussions/0/1457328392100848879/

I agree, this is not good and I'm not taking a chance. I too would buy them separately, I no longer buy content that hasn't been finished/released yet. Blues and Bullets is a good example, also the vast majority of Early Access titles that never gets completed. I'll wait until all the episodes are out before I buy the season pass.

[SteveGabry]

Hi guys, thanks for the interest in Sally Face. I can understand your hesitation and wanting to wait until all episodes are finished. All I can do is promise that unless I'm dead or horribly mutilated that I will finish this project. So I hope you will return once the fifth episode comes out. I'm pretty excited about telling the full story.

This thread has more details about why I chose the Season Pass approach, if interested: http://steamcommunity.com/app/541570/discussions/0/2592234299565044082/

[Bogie]

but i cant afford it :( waaaah, ....lol

[Andrew R]

My take: First of all, Sally Face is good. Very good. :) However, I own episode 1. Basically, I'm going to spend 11.99 to play episode 2 for 2-3 hours than WAIT a month or two or three for the next game??? WHAAAAAAA?

[Andrew R]

But will I still buy it? YES. :)

[The-Skull-Will-Conquer]

@ Betty Boop - Thats very sad for you............me I could buy it ten times over if I so wished but like I say a lot of games I have bought the season pass for have never been finished and just like Fobeus (and plenty of others I dare say) I am not willing to take the risk anymore!!
When episodic games are released they should have the option for us to buy episode by episode and not just as a lump sum as if the devs/company do go belly up we wont be out of pocket and left with a game that will never be finished!!

[The-Skull-Will-Conquer]

@ Andrew - The first episode was GRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT and for me its not about waiting to get to play the further episodes as if it was I woulden't want to buy them episode to episode I would just wait for all of them to be released and then buy the season pass!!
And for me will I buy this or any other game in future that sticks to this way of releasing episodic content????............................NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Kitty]

Yeah I was very disappointed too. Finished episode one and was all set to buy two but i'm not paying for a pass.

[The-Skull-Will-Conquer]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Kitty:

Yeah I was very disappointed too. Finished episode one and was all set to buy two but i'm not paying for a pass.

You would have thought really that each episode would have been available to buy on its own as if you can do it for episode one then why not????
And with the way a lot of episodic games have gone of late (Goodbye fair Blues and Bullets) you would have thought that releasing each on its own was a given!!!!

[Andrew R]

It depends if I hit it big at the casino. :P

[The-Skull-Will-Conquer]

Any chance we may get to see the episodes seperate to buy anytime at all in the future???
Heres hoping you have changed your mind on that one?? ;)

[SteveGabry]

Ursprungligen skrivet av The-Skull-Will-Conquer:

Any chance we may get to see the episodes seperate to buy anytime at all in the future???
Heres hoping you have changed your mind on that one?? ;)

Hey, I appreciate your interest in Sally Face. If I could go back in time, I may have done it a little differently. I probably won't go the route of doing a season pass with future games. I had good intentions and tried to make what I thought was the best decision for users and for development. However, I think I was a bit overwhelmed in the beginning and was overlooking the obvious issue of trust; with this being my first solo project and all, people don't know me. I take yours and everyone's feedback into consideration.

At this point, with how the project is built, it'd require a huge overhaul to make it work as standalone builds for each episode. Plus anytime I'd have to do an update would be a nightmare: 3 builds per episode (win, mac, linux) X 5 episodes X 3 platforms (steam, itch, game jolt) and possibly more in the future. If I weren't a solo dev on this, I may have tried to release them separately, but I don't think that would be a good decision at this stage, just because of the amount of time it would add to development.

So my hope is that once this game is finished, people will continue to enjoy it and that those who were maybe on the fence will come and give the full game a try :) Then for my next game I can re-evaluate how I release it and sell it, without reliance on a season pass.