this is exactly why pirate sites stay up . beta games are for testing and giving feedback to the developer so they dont need to PAY employers to do the testing . these days WE the gamers have to PAY for TESTING nothing to do with playtime. supporting games that are great i dont have a problem with , what i DO have a problem with is PAYING MORE to be a betatester so the regular gamers that dont give a shit about testing that PAY to play a game. have a lot less of a buggy game for less MONEY
What does this have to do with more playing time? I see it just like Wackoamd1. The same price as in the beta is ok but not over 10% cheaper on Steam. I have no problem helping someone for a good game in my eyes. I find it just strange that 500 people finance the game so that someone can finish a game to then distribute it to the masses cheaper. With 10000 one finances so that someone can complete his play in peace and thereby earns even more. He has earned his success but a beta tester should have a small advantage and not a disadvantage.
Hi! I'm really sorry about this - I didn't intentionally change pricing or try to deceive anyone, it's just that Steam has default regional pricing adjustments that I enabled by default. This means that the $20 USD beta, which was $20 USD when launched into early access, resulted in different regional prices. Itchio doesn't have that feature, AFAIK.
So my plan wasn't to charge beta purchasers more, and if it was, I definitely would have let people know. I guess I just forgot about this regional difference. Hopefully the game is worthwhile, and that the earlier peek & ability to provide formative feedback made up for the extra cost.