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Love of Magic

An adult game about romance, magic and poker. · By droid productions

Bought on itch and have steam key

A topic by UK_John created Aug 29, 2022 Views: 373 Replies: 8
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I have paid my $15 a month ago, on Itch.io, Itch tells me book II+ has been released. Nothing on Steam though. If I install the Itch version, do I get book II and II+, or does book II+ cost $15? EDIT: I have installed the Itch version and it says it's version 1.0.8.B So I am confused!

Developer

The three books on Steam will eventually be three different products. Because I like to share as I develop, I put Book 2 on the Beta branch of Book 1, so everyone who has a Book 1 steam key  also has a Book 2 steam key. I'm doing the same on Book 3, so it currently exists on Book 2's Steam Beta (as well as a standalone download here). To play Book 2 on your Steam Key, just opt into the Beta branch, and it's there and complete. 

I'm still not 100% sure what the final solution there is... Steam's pretty strict about selling the game on other platforms for less than what it's sold for on Steam (to the point of terminating your account); if I give away both Book 1 and Book 2 steam keys for $15 I'm basically undercutting them by 50%, not something they'll take with any kind of good grace if they find out.  I don't want to raise the price to $30, and it's kinda late in the day to do it as 3 different products.

I know most users don't care, and honestly if I hadn't given away a Steam key it would be a none-issue, so maybe the solution is to remove that.  You still have  access to books 1-3 here on Itch.io, so maybe that's the 'most fair' option. As always, it's fun trying to balance this between platforms, especially if your personal goal is to have everyone share stuff as soon as possible. 

But you didn't answer my question: Why does my Itch version only say 1.0.8B And that version is confusing me, based on the versions you're talking about. You also didn't explain that if I already paid $15 on Itch why doesn't my install have book 1 and book 2+? Meaning it wouldn't be 1.0.8B!

Developer

Itch.io has several downloads; book 1, 2, and 3 are different downloads.  You can download them straight from here.  

These are the compete versions of Book 1 and 2, and the first Act and Act+ of Book 3 (the rest of Book 3 will be uploaded here as it's getting done). I wouldn't worry TOO much about the version number on Book 1; the steam build got some steam specific fixes after release (dealing with steam specific issues, like achievements); it was content complete at 1.0, and if anything was actually broken I'd upload another build here. 

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Well, i'll wait, all I know is loved Book 1 so much, bought it on Steam too - to give you some extra income!

Developer

Glad you're enjoying it :)

I've genuinely been surprised how many people seem to love it... I've been a game programmer for a long time, but this is my first time really doing all the creative side of things.

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Well, there you go. "Care and make millions - don't care and make pennies", as the saying goes!

I have heard alot about it but I have a problem I downloaded it from a site and there is a problem with the app when I go in it and is in the loading screen it kicks me out I am using an Android 9 device I emailed the site owner and they said only the developer can fix it

Developer

Hmm... Android's always going to be a fun platform to debug. What kind of device is it?