If the game is free, then why do they keep asking for money Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 29, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Milos Przic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 >> -- >> 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. > > > Virus-free. www.avg.com >
