Iron Lung developer David Szymanski is defending the value enhance of his extensively in style Steam indie sport, telling folks he desires “to earn more cash,” and that if anybody doesn’t agree with the value they will “go pirate it or one thing.”
Should you haven’t performed Iron Lung, the indie Steam horror sport takes place in a small submarine in an ocean of blood on an alien planet. It’s essential to navigate the ocean from throughout the tiny sub with barely any viewpoints to the skin, and it’s a really well-liked quick, efficient sport.
Szymanski has now upped the Iron Lung value by $2 on Steam, from $5.99 to $7.98, and responded to criticism over the value change. “Since folks hold making an attempt to gotcha me over this… as soon as once more, Iron Lung’s value went up as a result of the sport is price $8 so I need to cost $8, as a result of I need to earn more cash. Should you don’t agree with this value, I don’t need your cash. Go pirate it or one thing [I don’t care].”
“‘He’s solely doing this for the cash.’ Sure, no f**king s**t, I make video games for a dwelling. If I didn’t need to earn cash from them I wouldn’t cost cash for them. I just like the enterprise mannequin of ‘I would like cash so I make one thing that I feel is price cash, and also you pay me that cash and also you get the factor, and we’re all joyful.’ That’s it. There’s nothing difficult or hidden right here.”
Szymanski does go on to say that if gamers don’t assume Iron Lung is now definitely worth the cash, that’s “okay,” including that gamers can simply not purchase the sport, watch for a sale, “or go the sneaky route and get them free of charge or no matter, and please inform me that so I can modify the costs for no matter I launch subsequent.”
Within the feedback of his post to X, Szymanski responds to participant queries about his future video games and the value enhance on the whole, with one particular person asking why he’s doing it now. “It’s simply that a part of indie dev is pondering a number of years upfront since even small video games have a comparatively lengthy turnaround time.”
Szymanski additionally developed retro boomer shooter Nightfall, which 5 years after the preliminary launch simply had a free HD replace on Steam. The proceeds from Nightfall gross sales for the subsequent month on Steam might be going to the 2 foremost builders of the free HD replace too, with Szymanski saying “Firstly: We love you and we hate cash. Secondly: We work exhausting.” Whereas each Iron Lung and Nightfall are developed by Szymanski, the latter is revealed by New Blood, with Iron Lung a self-published sport.
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