Hi Eleanore,
I get your point completely. From your point of view it is completely
justifiable, and thanks for keeping the games up. Allow me to take this
occasion to congratulate you on your Inspector Cyndi series! It is something
totally original! Also, thanks for understanding my point of view.
Best,
Miloš
----- Original Message -----
From: Eleanor
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 03:46 PM
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Entombed is now free for all.
Milos,
The reason that 7-128 Software has made all its computer games available for
no cost is that it was costing us so much to keep our direct sales going that
we had no funds available for any new development. We are currently working on
mobile games that will sell through the App stores and not cost us directly.
We could have just pulled our games from our website and not made them
available to the blind community, but opted to keep them available for those
who could not afford them previously but wanted to try them. I do understand
the concerns you expressed in your post, but making even the simplest game
costs money. In order to continue in business, one has to make enough to cover
your costs, even if you don't pay yourself a salary, which we don't. That was
just not happening so we had to find a way to be able to keep making games or
close up our company. We chose NOT to close the company, but to try to find a
way to continue to make accessible games.
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
On 12/27/2017 2:40 PM, Milos Przic wrote:
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
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