Does this ever go on sale?

[Alexomenos]

I know I could get the free version, but:
A) I like the mouse based UI
B) I want to support the devs, even though 30€ is a bit out of my reach for the moment.

I've had this on my wishlist for a while, with the intent to buy at a sale, but it just hasn't had one that I was notified of.

[Fel]

The free version has the same mouse-based UI (for version 50 and above), just with ascii decoration.

For sales they are relatively frequent, the last one was in may (from the 9th to the 15th).

When a game in your wishlist is on sale during a "sale" that has many other games, it isn't always specifically included in the e-mail (it will show a few games and say something like "and 11 others") you get but your wishlist has a filter for discounted titles that can be useful at those times.

Steamdb is a good place to check the price history, including sales:
https://steamdb.info/app/975370/

[Alexomenos]

Originally posted by Fel:

The free version has the same mouse-based UI (for version 50 and above), just with ascii decoration.

For sales they are relatively frequent, the last one was in may (from the 9th to the 15th).

When a game in your wishlist is on sale during a "sale" that has many other games, it isn't always specifically included in the e-mail (it will show a few games and say something like "and 11 others") you get but your wishlist has a filter for discounted titles that can be useful at those times.

Steamdb is a good place to check the price history, including sales:
https://steamdb.info/app/975370/

That was the best responce I could have, thank you.

[Horrow]

At this point, you're honestly better off just sticking to the free version. Don't waste your money on this, in its current state.

[Fel]

Originally posted by Horrow:

At this point, you're honestly better off just sticking to the free version. Don't waste your money on this, in its current state.

It is everybody's freedom to pick what they play and what they spend their money on.
Maybe to you the current condition of the game makes it not worth the money, and that's fine, but it would be nice to respect that others might not feel the same.

For example, not everyone is ok with ascii, making the steam version much more valuable than the free one, especially if like OP they want to play with a mouse rather than pure keyboard on version 47 (since that version has plenty of pretty good tilesets so ascii isn't an issue).

I know that pure ascii is a no-go for me at least, and what is currently in the game is enough for me to have fun with it.
At first I made the purchase half for the game and half for ToadyOne but I definitely got more than enough fun out of it already to be happy with my purchase.

I would love to be able to say the same about any game that was inspired by this one, including successful ones like Rimworld (that game is a chore to me, I tried a few times and never had fun in it).

At the end of the day, personal taste plays a huge role on if we find a purchase worth it or not, even the most broken games (and I mean really broken) will have a few people be content with their purchase because they had fun with it.

[2chuu4u]

I think they just had their first sale last week, didn't they?

Of course, I bought it a week before that, lol!

[Fel]

Originally posted by 2chuu4u:

I think they just had their first sale last week, didn't they?

Of course, I bought it a week before that, lol!

Have a look at the link I posted earlier, the graph at the bottom shows all price changes, including sales.
So far there were 15 periods of time where the game was discounted, by 10% in the first year, by 15% since then.

[kiwihotaru]

It's 10% off right now, with an extra 10% if you already own RimWorld or Caves of Qud. We won't do more than that again til Christmas at the earliest.

[Tictactucrac]

If 30€ is out of your reach, playing video games should be the least of your concerns, respectfully, but i guess it's not my place to tell you this.

[Alexomenos]

Originally posted by kiwihotaru:

It's 10% off right now, with an extra 10% if you already own RimWorld or Caves of Qud. We won't do more than that again til Christmas at the earliest.

Thank you!

[Alexomenos]

Originally posted by Tictactucrac:

If 30€ is out of your reach, playing video games should be the least of your concerns, respectfully, but i guess it's not my place to tell you this.

Do you think us poor people just stare blankly at a wall while we're not working? We still play videogames.