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Mike's full of shit then. Itch.io offers free Steam key distribution services.

Thank you for being one of the only logical people on this thread. This is exactly what I'm saying!!

I understand it. I'd like the game I purchased to have the same amount of features as people who buy it later, not less. Multiplayer is a pretty big deal for "the only paywalled feature"!!

and he just decides to say "fuck you" to the people who got it discovered, I guess? No discount or free sample for you, gotta buy it brand new just like everyone else and pay more money than them.

How long has itch.io been the site for us suckers who foolishly thought the people we support would support us back?

What the actual fuck is your problem, man? Why do you have a stick up your ass about every single person who has a valid complaint about this decision? Who are you to tell people how to spend their income and act high and mighty that they "aren't spending wisely"??

And I wouldn't have bought the original version at all if I had known that more features for the same game would be paywalled.

If you're gonna be an asshole about it, then don't bother commenting in the first place. Grow the fuck up and accept that pulling a shady move like this isn't gonna go uncontested.

I would like to have a version of the game that supports multiplayer and the features that come with additional updates without getting scammed, thank you very much.

Yeah, you are just lucky! You've defended the price multiple times - and yet, curiously, it just so happens to be a price that's extremely cheap for you.

It's not about the money, dude. It's about supporting your supporters and it's a shitty thing to leave them with no compensation whatsoever for being the reason the game got a new update in the first place.

That's exactly what I'm saying! It doesn't matter the price, a developer stabbing their early supporters in the back in favor of new buyers is a shitty move (and frankly, I'd argue the people against it are more hypocritical than they realize — after all, if "it's a three-dollar game, not a twenty-dollar game" is their defense, aren't they the ones who would only stand against this if the price was an issue? It's a matter of money, not principle, to them.)

I'm sorry, we're talking about it being a "waste of money" for the DEV? The players are the ones literally being forced to rebuy the game with no compensation whatsoever.

Yeah, but nobody knew the Steam version would exist when they bought this one. You're blaming the customer for ordering a cheaper sandwich with less meat because a new version of the same sandwich (that was not advertised at all) was gonna release in two months. (And even then, a sandwich is a one-time-use purchase while this game is gonna continually get better on Steam while itch.io gets shafted, so it's no perfect analogy.)

At what point does a principle become "worth standing for", then? 10 dollars is only 7 more than 3, and 30 is only 20 more than 10, and 50 is only 20 more than 30...

I'd certainly appreciate a Steam key, but I wouldn't want it as the result of a harassment campaign against Mike by any means. It's unfortunate that I don't know of any ways to contact him directly, but I would hope anyone who does is willing to be polite and reasonable in their explanations (though I doubt they will be :/).

...Okay? That's great news for you, but not everyone is getting a cheaper version.

EDIT: Okay so you're completely changing the angle of your comment, I guess. I can't speak for anyone else - and I haven't read too far down into the comments, so maybe I'm missing some super disrespectful posts - but I don't think it's unwarranted to be disappointed in Mike's decisions here, given how many people supported the original version of the game in comparison to how many people heard about it and didn't buy it, but will now do so for a better version of the game and a smaller total sum.

I'm just disappointed that people who bought the game in its infancy will either end up having to spend more money than those who show up later or deal with a feature-incomplete version (no multiplayer, delayed updates). It's not a LOT of money, sure, but it's about the message of supporting people who supported you.

I'm a little disappointed in the lack of Steam key or other form of support for early purchasers but nonetheless wish you well in future development on the game!