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.
Quoting: DribbleondoQuoting: chancho_zombieDevelopers like to point the finger on users. But this is actually a steam problem, steam is suppose to by the solution for the middle-man problem. If there is something I learned from reading the linux kernel mailing list, is that you never take it on users.
How...how is this a Steam problem? The devs set the price, not Valve.
But he wasn't talking about the price, I thought? I understood him to be referring to Steam's lack of support for his credit card.
appetrosyan Aug 26, 2017
What about a "pay what you want strategy"? I'm sure Steam could accommodate that, if not, at least, why not put it up on GOG.com. Why a torrent site?
Quoting: appetrosyanMassive respect, but also, there has to be another way.
What about a "pay what you want strategy"? I'm sure Steam could accommodate that, if not, at least, why not put it up on GOG.com. Why a torrent site?
Pretty sure the people they're targeting with this would probably be on those torrent sites to get a cracked copy. This is a useful, pain-free method of addressing the issue. Well, apart from the fact that the UK blocks torrent sites, I suppose. VPNs for the win.
slaapliedje Aug 26, 2017
I actually bought this long ago while it was in Early Access. Sadly they don't natively support the Steam Controller, but at least some of the community have already created a mapping that works well under Linux, and it's not a case of broken controller support like 12 is better than 6, or Hero Siege.
Sir_Diealot Aug 26, 2017
PublicNuisance Aug 26, 2017
Quoting: chancho_zombieAnd let's not make only about me why do you think g2a is so popular here and in other countries?? Because the school boys/girls that play gta V or overwatch (that don't have a debit/credit card) can pay their games on cash.Another option in Argentina is using Ripio, you can charge your wallet in ARS and buy on Steam with Bitcoins.
Last edited by aldy on 26 August 2017 at 7:25 pm UTC
Quoting: maxRunnerI think it's refreshing. Look the game is going to be torrented anyway (probably already was).
There are both Windows and Linux cracks out there from the usual suspects.
I wonder where Liam stands on downloading the cracked Linux version vs. downloading the officially free Windows version? ;-)
For the record, I have paid for my Linux copy!
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