There's a disturbing pattern of small devs using Itch as a springboard, and then as soon as the game gets traction they sell out and leave all of the Itch users behind with crappy or zero support.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the exclusion of leaderboards on Itch, since leaderboards need to be centralized. But multiplayer doesn't need to be centralized. And it sounds very much like multiplayer's only coming to Steam, with always-online DRM, even though netplay could easily be allowed on private LAN or VPN.

So us who bought the game DRM-free on Itch are being told to buy again at full price if we want the new features, and also those features are going to have horrible DRM tacked on.

There are a lot of simple kids out there who downplay stuff like this by saying it's "just $3", but it's more about the principle than the amount. Devs who get used to doing scummy things in their $3 games will go on to do scummy things in their $30 games.

Any dev who pulls a fast one and takes $1 of your money would take $60 if he could; he just doesn't have the budget to yet.

Bought it here for 6 dollars, paying another 3 dollars for it on steam, wonderous. Really liked it when Worldbox, that I bought before it was on steam, provided me with a steam key upon them switching sites.

I'll put my two cents here since it seems most comments out here are people e-begging for Steam keys just because they feel like they are entitled to them for early support, or expressing similar feels

While sure, it would make sense to add a discount or something of the sorts to early supporters or even a Steam copy(and I'm partially in that camp), one needs to understand Mike Klubnika would be most likely violating Steam Keys Rules & Guidelines, more importantly that this would be deemed as Itch buyers getting a better deal than those who are buying the game on Steam release. (not anymore since the game was adjusted to $3 here too, but still applies to those who got it for $1.20, including myself). Also, since Mike is not self-publishing the game but rather releasing it under the publishing label of Critical Reflex, I think it's fair to assume they have a say in generating Steam keys as well.

Another point I'll address is the price change or ideology of 'not having to buy the game twice' - you guys are literally ragging to get a Steam key worth $3, and the argument of living in poorer countries is not really a point either, because if you cannot afford $3 for a game, then I question your ability to afford a $1.20 game, which means you may have bigger problems to handle if that's the case. If this was something like a $20 or even a $10 game I'd agree on the idea of getting a Steam key as it'd suck to buy the game twice, but if that were the case not only I would've considered not buying the game for that price but previous reasons would still apply(violation of Steam rules + publisher possibly having a say).

Similar argument comes for feature parity between Itch and Steam versions. Assuming the developer even wishes to make them compatible, that would mean adding and linking another platform between both versions, whereas focusing the efforts towards the Steam version having these features would be a lot easier since Steamworks simplifies the process a lot.

Anyway, that's my two cents about this. Congratulations to Mike Klubnika for the success of this game, and I'll be eagerly waiting to see how the multiplayer mode plays out!

>support indie developer
>their game blows up thanks to your support
>developer releases game on steam
>does not provide updates and new features to the original supporters
>does not give steam keys either

never again. i'll just pirate indie games as well from now on

Does it update itself or should I install it again?

hey no problem..its good to see that the itch kickstarter project was a success. i dont get people complaining about 3bucks extra on steam and on the other hand running arround with a 20$ fortnite skin :))

i like the game and saw its potential.

bought it here and 6x on steam.

mark my wordsi'll buy this game on every platform and every device of where it would be released in the future.