Aquaria hit the P2P

[kawsper]

Gah.. It was doomed to happen, but Aquaria is on the P2P networks and it hit the networks about 7 hours ago. I am not posting the name of the release.

Its just like Defcon from introversion, pirates cant stay away from indie-games. And it makes me sad, these games have so much atmosphere and love, that they're worth the money. People should pay for quality Chris from introversion have said that there were around 10x their sales of the games being used by pirates. I hope that enough of the true fans will be supporting Bit-Blot.

[Don Andy]

Heh, I was really only counting the minutes till the release. It isn't where I was expecting it to be, but oh well.
One of the games I'll be neither downloading, nor seeding.

Go Indie gaming. You guys deserve the money.

[Stalfos]

I hope that enough of the true fans will be supporting Bit-Blot.

I'll buy 5 other copies of the game then... (+ the soundtrack, if they start releasing it )

[kawsper]

Heh, after the P2P release i have started an aggressive advertising campaign among my friends, and it is working 

[Derek]

Bound to happen eventually.  Thanks, guys, for your support!  All we want to do is keep making games.

[bovi]

At least it wasn't out there before it got released, like some others... But there would be no stopping it regardless of what measures were taken. The people who download there are probably not among the ones who would buy the game in the first place. Those who enjoy the game enough to buy it will do so though. I often try a pirated version first and then buy the game when I see it is any good. Not necessary in this case as the fantastic demo is more than enough to convince me.

[Eosphoros]

It is sad. As Alec's friend irl, I can attest that he has dedicated his life to Aquaria for the past 2 years. He only does it because he loves it. It's a shame people don't consider how much time and work went into the game. If indie developers weren't passionate about what they're doing, they wouldn't be dealing with unstable finances and long work hours. They would just go work for EA. Support the people behind the game so they can live another day to bring you more.

[Crizzle]

I guess all we can do is hope that those who really enjoy the game have the decency to pay for it in the end. If I see it anywhere on Torrent sites I'll definitely be posting to encourage people to buy it.

[okcomputer]

Someone that's registered where it is hosted should say it's a virus file in the comment. At least it'll stop some people from stealing the game.

[Crizzle]

Meh, that would work for a bit but it would quickly be confirmed as virus-free.

I've posted messages on several torrent sites...perhaps people will listen to their conscience when it comes to downloading this game. Like I said before, I hope that if they appreciate the work of art that this game is they'll come back and buy the game after downloading it.

[Quemaqua]

Bound to happen eventually.  Thanks, guys, for your support!  All we want to do is keep making games.

Believe us, that's all we want you to do too.   

I plan to buy at least a couple more copies as Christmas presents as soon as I can spare the finances.

Also, good on ya', Crizzle.  Messages like that are good, and often you'll see others chime in that they too believe the games should be supported.  I've actually been surprised at the number of people who regularly pirate stuff but actually do buy it if they feel it's truly worth the money.  Hopefully the number of people so impressed by the game that they want to buy it will counteract, at least to a degree, the number of people who refuse to pay for the benefit of enjoying someone else's hard work.

[RvLeshrac]

You can't stop it - there's no point in trying, since it wastes effort you can devote to more worthwhile things.

The best you can do is hope that the people who play it will eventually pay for it. Keep in mind that the majority of people who pirate it _never_ intended to buy it (or can't afford it, $30 is a ton of money to some), so you aren't really 'losing' many (if any) sales.

[Crizzle]

Of course you can't stop it and I don't think Alec and Derek will personally go out and spend time trying to stop people but I think as part of the community we should at least try to encourage people to buy it. It doesn't take that much effort after all. Like I said, I posted a couple messages around on torrent sites and that took me all of FIVE WHOLE minutes haha.

[Szoltomi]

There is just one "minor" problem with the file in the p2p. They say in the comments that it doesn't have a serial/keygen/crack in it. 

[Don Andy]

There is just one "minor" problem with the file in the p2p. They say in the comments that it doesn't have a serial/keygen/crack in it. 

Hah, then technically it isn't even a bad thing, is it? I mean, if you lost your setup file you can always get it through P2P again. Provided you bought the key.

I mean, OK, in about one week we will have a keygen/crack for this thing, but up till then, it is technically good :p