Update from Pencil Test (for backers):

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armikrog/armikrog/comments?cursor=11259628#comment-11259627 [External Link]

In response to the backers who have been disappointed that there was not an option to receive your game through GOG, we spent the last day working with the Humble Store, GOG and our publishing partner Versus Evil to try and address the issue. There is now an option on your Armikrog download page to download the game from GOG. If you go to your page you'll see a tab marked GoG next to the Steam tab. Enjoy.

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Quoting: Mountain ManYes, but the game is not actually available for sale, which makes things rather murky.

It's not murky for EA. They don't care if it's available for sale or not - they own a lot of such stuff and it's precisely why creators of Armikrog couldn't make a direct sequel to the Neverhood.

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Neverhood is owned by EA which clearly exists. Please vote here by the way:

* https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_neverhood [External Link]
* https://www.change.org/p/electronic-arts-ea-please-release-the-neverhood-on-gog [External Link]

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Quoting: Mountain ManWell, this is a disappointing review. The Neverhood was such an awesomely quirky game, but I guess it's hard to catch lighting in a bottle twice.

I think you should try the game for yourself. It quite lives up to the Neverhood spirit. Bugs will hopefully be fixed.

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For the reference, DRM-free FLAC soundtrack for Armikrog is available here: https://danielamosboots.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-armikrog [External Link]

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I think length wise it's around the same size as the Neverhood. I.e. I didn't expect it to be much longer. And it is very hard to make (don't forget, they use real clay and build scenes from real materials for it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1nMoiNw42s [External Link]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXHeCQb7lx0 [External Link]

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I'm one of the backers for Armikrog, and I was waiting for it for a long time. It was disappointing that they didn't provide GOG versions for backers, but at least they provided HB ones as DRM-free (seems it's some kind of exclusivity deal there).

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Quoting: untriangleThe Neverhood, now abandonware and works quite well with Wine

Neverhood doesn't need Wine anymore - it works perfectly in ScummVM (on multiple OSes including Android even).

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Looks promising. I'll probably buy it once it's on GOG.

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Quoting: metro2033fanboyAint a real DRM as it doesnt force people to be connected!

DRM is any artificial restriction that happens after you already bought the game. If you need Steam to install it and can't install it from backup which you made after the purchase - it's already DRM. If you need Steam to run the game (no matter whether you are connected or not) - it's DRM.

DRM-free means the opposite - no artificial restrictions on whatever you do with it after you bought it.

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