Clockwork Knight
Arcane
Noelle Does Her Best is published by Kagura Games. The entry barrier is way lower for a known publisher than one guy making a game in his garage.
Nah, Itch.io is great for experimental and unique game, not for "games to make money". It's not like every other store is not full of degenerate people working there. Do you think most people working at Valve don't donate to BLM too? kekFuck that platform.
Yeah, they gave Japanese publishers the middle finger by refusing their games. I remember their refusal of Mushihimesama (an STG by Cave) making some waves. Needless to say, the publishers then stayed away for a very long time and even now their contribution is absolutely miniscule.Back when? There was a fuckton of shitty game being released around the time they denied Cleve's game.GOG used to have higher standards of curation back in the day
That was like months after they refused Grimoire.What? But I have Grimoire on GOG.
See:
AndSame thing happened with Grimoire: https://af.gog.com/wishlist/games/grimoire_heralds_of_the_winged_exemplar?as=1649904300
Guess which one was rejected by GOG :-/
I have no issue with these anime JRPGs or VNs or whatever they are, but i can't see how one can accept the game at the left side and reject the game at the right side. Perhaps instead of some robed old dude Hands of Necromancy should have had some big breasted heroine instead - GOG does carry Hedon after all and Hands of Necromancy is pretty much as good as Hedon
Zoom Platform has offered to carry the game at least.
They said that "it's not a good fit for GOG" and the request was fullfilled only after it got around 1000 votes. Pathetic.
Since this has become a disconcerting trend from GoG's curation, let's compile a list of decent indie RPGs that we know were rejected by GoG's idiotic curation team:
- Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
- Vigilantes
- Legends of Amberland
- Das Geisterschiff
- Lurking
- Titan Outpost
Those were all made by Codex posters who informed us directly on the Codex that GoG rejected their games for reasons such as "not high enough production values" when the games look about on par with all the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s games GoG has founded its store on.
Post others ITT when you know about them.
EDIT:
Other games rejected by GoG that posters in this thread found out:
- Steam Marines
- Warlock of Firetop Mountain
- Swords and Sorcery: Underworld
- the PC port of the Japanese Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
- Aeon of Sands
- Voidspire Tactics
Go on.The story behind this game's creation is much more interesting, as usual
Interesting. Really liked Dropsy.Hypnospace Outlaw is the next game after Dropsy of the same dev.
I haven't found much. But according to the wikipedia, this is an old project that started in 2008 on Something AWful in a CYOA style, based on a flash game from 2004 you can still find somewhere.Go on.
These indie games get pirated anyway. Thinking that Steam DRM will generate sales for a game that was cracked 6 monts ago -- is delusional.GOG's standing among indies is kinda 50/50, some indies outright reject getting their games released on GOG because the lack of any form of DRM makes them so easy to pirate, which has been a real concern for them.
These indie games get pirated anyway. Thinking that Steam DRM will generate sales for a game that was cracked 6 monts ago -- is delusional.GOG's standing among indies is kinda 50/50, some indies outright reject getting their games released on GOG because the lack of any form of DRM makes them so easy to pirate, which has been a real concern for them.
I think that some indie studios just cannot be bothered to spend 2 days to prepare DRM free version for GOG or Zoom.
And it does not convince me that authors have any confidence in their title. I may as well not try it at all. It's not like there is shortage of indie releases on any of digital distribution platforms.
There's been indie devs that have stated they do NOT want their games on GOG for the ease in which you can pirate them. Sure you can pirate Steam games just as easily, but they probably have better insights about the digital literacy of people in general.I think for most it's just the convenience Steam offers over GOG.
I've read the same argument in Antic magazine from 1984: We are not releasing the game on your (less popular) platform because of 'piracy'.These indie games get pirated anyway. Thinking that Steam DRM will generate sales for a game that was cracked 6 monts ago -- is delusional.GOG's standing among indies is kinda 50/50, some indies outright reject getting their games released on GOG because the lack of any form of DRM makes them so easy to pirate, which has been a real concern for them.
I think that some indie studios just cannot be bothered to spend 2 days to prepare DRM free version for GOG or Zoom.
And it does not convince me that authors have any confidence in their title. I may as well not try it at all. It's not like there is shortage of indie releases on any of digital distribution platforms.There's been indie devs that have stated they do NOT want their games on GOG for the ease in which you can pirate them. Sure you can pirate Steam games just as easily, but they probably have better insights about the digital literacy of people in general.I think for most it's just the convenience Steam offers over GOG.
I think that's definitely part of it. I know some devs get pissy about releasing on GOG because it's too much of a pain to have to worry about multiple versions of a game on various stores. I think the guy who made Northern Journey indicated he wouldn't mind releasing his game on GOG but not until he considers it completely finished; i.e., no more bug-squashing updates.I think for most it's just the convenience Steam offers over GOG.
Pretty much. The idea that some indie devs have is that GOG installers are too "plug and play" for their liking. Once you have one, you don't even need to have an account to play the game.So, by easier to pirate they mean like me just downloading my shit and handing a geekstick of games to them eh?
"Yo! I heard you have BG3 with all the sauce and potatoes! Can i have a plate of that?"
"Sure! Why the fuck not Fred! Go get you some Sven Gayte. Here's the latest patch. I bought it so why not share?"
You'll have to eat the full price. That tactical Terminator game is 10% off I think.Still no Terminator: Resistance sale.
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
System:
Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i7-4790 or Ryzen 5 2600
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel Arc A380 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 4 GB
Storage:
51 GB available space
Other:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
This game features intense violence, blood, gore, strong language, sexual themes, use and glamorization of fictive drugs.
Recommended system requirements:
System:
Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel Arc A770 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6800, 16 GB
Storage:
51 GB available space
Other:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system