Not going to lie: when I read this post I cringed. This is also the nature of gaming: games that have not been worked on/have been out for years are made free to the public. It's a gesture of generosity on the part of developers and ought to be viewed as such.
On 12/28/17, Milos Przic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Dark, > I get your point completely and I can't say that you are not right as those > are the facts. But it is one thing to live in the UK or in the US and > another to live in a developed country. The difference is that, for many if > not most people in the UK or US, buying a game is like paying for a cup of > coffee, while here buying a game is an investment. No problem if a game is 2 > or 3 dollars, at least for me, for someone else it also can be a big issue, > but if I spent 40 dollars on a game just to see it free after a few monthhs, > I hope you can imagine my feelings. I get the technical issues, but the > question is, when and how can they conflict with some ethical issues. > Best, > Miloš > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dark > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 03:26 AM > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Entombed is now free for all. > > > Hi Milo. > > > > I’m afraid I must disagree completely. Lots of people (including me), > bought lots of games back in the day that are now free, superliam, judgement > day,Bsc titles etc. However if the status had remained paid nobody would’ve > been able to get hold of them when they were no longer on sale. > > > > The fact is software updates, requirements change and developers cannot > always keep their games uptodate with the latest operating system changes. > Of course, there are plenty of compatibility fixes and the like that mean > people can still play them, (indeed this is one of Jim Kitchin’s greatest > contributions to this community, since without him getting a lot of older > titles including his to run on windows 7-10, would be far more difficult), > it gets harder and harder for developers to keep them up to date. > > This is why Q9 ended up being sold off to an unscrupulous hack , and why > games like the original Klango pirate memnory game are not available > anymore. > > > > Contrast the situation on’ windows and Ios. > > > > Judgement day celibrated it’s tenth anniversary the other day, and there > are people who are new to this community who downloaded and played it this > year. > > On the other hand, games like the pappasangre 1 and 2, Solara and soul > trapper which are barely 7 years old are now utterly inaccessible thanks to > Apple’s closed development system , people’s inability to maintain the games > when their life circumstances change, and the fact that the games can no > longer be bought. > > > > And of course, don’t forget that just because one game from a developer > is free, it doesn’t mean that developer drops off the Map. Ian is still > producing games now which I will certainly support, and Jason Alan of > Entombed is going on to work on a sequel which will likely be bigger, > badder, better and also a paid game. > > > > As someone who was around with Entombed’s development from the very > beginning, was a private alpha tester, contributed ideas and moderated the > entombed mailing list, I’m really happy people will be able to go on > enjoying the game for years to come. > > > > All the best, > > > > Dark. > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > From: Milos Przic > Sent: 27 December 2017 19:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Entombed is now free for all. > > > > > > Hi all, sincerely I would not like this, and I will explain why, risking > being linched by the community. > > I baught 3d vilocity and it went free after some time. I baught Entombed > and it is also apparently free. I also baught Misissipi and I think anyone > can play it legaly. Some time ago, people baught Tarzan Junior, for, > Inspector Cyndi series, and some other games. Now is it fair that someone > pays and someone else has it for free after some time? For example, I was > excited yesterday when I found out that the Inspector Cyndi series was free. > But on the other hand, I know that somebody else paid for it and has the > same as I do have now. Does the money lose its value just because the time > passes? Not sure. Or is it worth waiting because, sooner or later, > everything will go free? Since Tom and Jim are no more, the Windows > audiogame community is slowly but surely getting Balcanized, as Barack Obama > put it today in an interview. Speaking of which, I must remember a time when > Charles was saying that I was promoting piracy on the Audissey list. I > didn't do that, but the developers themselves do just that by being unfair > to those who paid. > > Best, > > Miloš > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Keao Wright > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 02:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Entombed is now free for all. > > > > So does this mean I get to create an account now to go in to the shops? > > > > From: Paul Lemm > > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 12:05 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [blind-gamers] Entombed is now free for all. > > > > Hi,, > > > > Just received the below email from the entombed mailing list from Jason > alan who made entombed, I still think this is a great audio game and thought > I’d share the email/news from Jason with everyone: > > > > Hi everyone! > > Sorry for being absent for so long. I'm essentially a slave to my job, > hah. I've had a lot of success over the past few years making casual games > for mobile players (unfortunately, these haven't been accessible) but I > haven't had a break out hit where I could dedicate some time for other > games. I'm currently in the United States away from my development > environment in Australia so it's possible I messed this up, but you should > be able to log in to your account and have full access if you didn't have it > before. If you create a new account, that should be automatically upgraded. > I also reset all the scores, so hopefully that is working again too. > > The server I've been running this on is extremely expensive compared to > the ones I use today for my games so I'll eventually migrate it over. Maybe > with a new release if I can manage it. > > Every time I get some spare holiday time, I try to dedicate some time to > accessible game development and I have made some cool stuff - sadly, none of > it release-worthy yet. > > For anyone who has had issues purchasing or delay in communication, I > apologize. Due to the legacy nature of the game, I try to queue up a lot of > fixes at the same time. > > Cheers! > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Entombed Discussion (Roguelike game for blind and visually > impaired)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/entombedgame. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > -- Justin M. Jones, M.A. [email protected] (254) 624-9155 701 Ewing St. #509-C, Ft. 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