Massive respect to the developers of Darkwood [Official Site, Steam, GOG]! They've released a news post about how things have gone for them and inside is a link to an imgur post, containing a little story and a free torrent if you can't afford the game right now.
Here's what they said
Steam lets you refund a game if you haven't played it for more than 2 hours, and as a developer we can see the reason why people refunded it. When we read the explanation from someone who wrote that he needed the refund because he didn't want his parents to be stressed out when seeing the bill at the end of the month... well, it made us feel quite bad.
So we decided to do something about it! If you don't have the money and want to play the game, we have a safe torrent on the Pirate Bay of the latest version of Darkwood (1.0 hotfix 3), completely DRM-free. There's no catch, no added pirate hats for characters or anything like that. We have just one request: if you like Darkwood and want us to continue making games, consider buying it in the future, maybe on a sale, through Steam, GOG or Humble Store. But please, please, don't buy it through any key reselling site. By doing that, you're just feeding the cancer that is leeching off this industry.
Here's the torrent link. However, it's only for the Windows version currently. If you do use that (dual booting?), I urge you to support the developer with a purchase in future, they seem worthy of the support.
Credit to wolfyrion for posting it in the forum.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I thought key reseller sites are selling keys that are generated by publishers?
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tuxisagamer Aug 25, 2017
Quoting: LeopardI thought key reseller sites are selling keys that are generated by publishers?The bundle sites like Bundlestars, Indie Gala, Green Man Gaming, Humble Bundle, etc. do. But there are sites that specialize in users reselling their keys that have lots of fraud.
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I was on the fence about purchasing, but this has helped me make up my mind. Buying this now.
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I read this and immediately purchased it on steam. I can't afford to do it with every game, but these guys deserve it.
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Metallinatus Aug 25, 2017
Quoting: LeopardI thought key reseller sites are selling keys that are generated by publishers?You might want to take a look at this:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/buy-games-from-g2a-you-should-just-stop-already-tinybuild-lost-out-on-approx-450k-of-sales.7468
There have been a few more recent articles showing some change in that respect, but the problems with key resellers in general still exist, so that article is as relevant today as it was back then....
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TheRiddick Aug 25, 2017
Half the YT gamers support G2A and embed ads to them, the other half think their the spawn of Satan. Honestly you can't win, I will use G2A if I miss a special on something, and from what I have seen most games are fine on G2A its just a few developers that get hit with credit-card fraud and charge backs.
IMO those keys should be forcibly invalidated and then G2A will need to provide a new key, this is doable if you pay via paypal because there are big repercussions if they don't deal with it correctly.
IMO those keys should be forcibly invalidated and then G2A will need to provide a new key, this is doable if you pay via paypal because there are big repercussions if they don't deal with it correctly.
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ertuqueque Aug 25, 2017
I tell you this, I'm from a country where almost nobody can afford games, even at ~3$ or something like that (you can guess the crappy country I'm at)... But as soon as I can (a couple of months or less), I'll pay for this game, hopefully full price and not on a sale... or even better, they could sell it directly from their site and get a better chunk of the money. I'll see what's the best way to thank those guys for such a humbling decision!... As Liam said, massive respect for the developers!
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Comandante Ñoñardo Aug 25, 2017
Quoting: chancho_zombieI never thought it that way publishers prefer to get pirated than you to buy from g2a or kinguin. Sometimes I buy a few keys from g2a because other sites they simply don't like my money I use a visa debit card and argentinian currency is banned in some sites. Some sites will ban currency exchange from ARS to USD or EUR, or whatever. Is the price I've got to pay for living in unstable country with 30 per cent of inflation, my money is worth nothing so I'm lucky that g2a takes my money.
I am from Argentina too and I buy games on GOG, Steam, humble, Greenman and Gamersgate using a VISA DEBIT card without any problem.
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Te pesifican la compra con el tipo de cambio del momento en que hacés la compra, y no como las tarjetas de crédito que te pesifican recién al cierre.
Yo uso VISA ELECTRON de Banco Patagonia.. no se cual Banco usaras vos..
Yo uso VISA ELECTRON de Banco Patagonia.. no se cual Banco usaras vos..
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Very nice to see this! =D Gonna buy this game for sure now, as well as help seed the torrent.
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orochi_kyo Aug 25, 2017
Quoting: chancho_zombieI never thought it that way publishers prefer to get pirated than you to buy from g2a or kinguin. Sometimes I buy a few keys from g2a because other sites they simply don't like my money I use a visa debit card and argentinian currency is banned in some sites. Some sites will ban currency exchange from ARS to USD or EUR, or whatever. Is the price I've got to pay for living in unstable country with 30 per cent of inflation, my money is worth nothing so I'm lucky that g2a takes my money.I dont want to sound or be harsh towards you but your excuse sounds lame, I live in a third world country too, Costa Rica, and I have bought games on GMG, Steam, Humble bundle and GoG with my debit card, the most simple debit card the bank can give.
You say a company should never take on users but sometimes users abuse of devs and companies, and buying on g2a makes you an abuser...
And as you can see it seems other user here from Argentina also reports that he had no problems buying with his card, so, I smell something fishy here...
Last edited by orochi_kyo on 25 August 2017 at 11:35 pm UTC
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Quoting: tomaszgThe torrent seems to be Windows only :(That's where the pirates are :)
In light of their statement though, the Linux version would make sense to include as well.
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MKN-dev-LINUX Aug 26, 2017
I have had this game on my wish-list for some time now. I saw this post and instantly picked this title up ($14.99 USD). To take a large financial hit by offering a DRM-free version is something. Respect.
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Quoting: CybolicFortunately, it seems to work nicely in Wine (but I've been playing it for some 15 minutes only).Quoting: tomaszgThe torrent seems to be Windows only :(That's where the pirates are :)
In light of their statement though, the Linux version would make sense to include as well.
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Quoting: Asuomg just do a sale lol... don't put up a torrent.
I think it's refreshing. Look the game is going to be torrented anyway (probably already was). There isn't a single game on the market that doesn't get pirated. It might take marginally longer if they use cutting edge DRM but the end result is inevitable. They already lost sales from those who either won't or can't pay for the game.
For those who do want to support the game and devs, this is a great way to create good will. I use to donate more for humble bundles also before they tanked the cross platform support and started introducing "beat the average". If you try to nickle and dime us we will try to nickle and dime you right back.
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Mountain Man Aug 26, 2017
Quoting: tomaszgThe torrent seems to be Windows only :(Well that sucks.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Aug 26, 2017
Quoting: Mountain ManQuoting: tomaszgThe torrent seems to be Windows only :(Well that sucks.
They did that because they know that 80% of windows users are pirates.
And they know that MOST linuxians like to pay for the games.
Quoting: chancho_zombieyou are wrong nothing fishy comandante ñonardo is right that Humble Bundle and GOG take ARS with paypal over debit card. But sometimes I like to purchase with debit card with a none paypal associated card, that's when I have basically no choice other than g2a. On the other hand I will be more than happy if the steam store had the half of payment options that Brasil steam store has.
I use my VISA DEBIT DIRECTLY on the mentioned stores, no via paypal...
But again, I think it depends on the bank.
By the way, I discovered that my VISA debit works on those sites just RECENTLY.. Before that, I was a casual G2A steamwallet code buyer.
About Steam Brazil. Valve has a local partner there, We don't have a local partner.. At least not yet... maybe after the Elections of October, if the Macrism wins and CFK goes to jail.
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Randall_Linux Aug 26, 2017
I fall into the "for those who can't afford it" category, house hunting/buying/moving/furnishing is very expensive and my resources are stretched thin. but it is on my gog wish list and is a top priority purchase when my finances finally get back in black
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