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The least you could do is not action a refund. Where you can clearly tell the developer put blood, sweat, and tears into this game. The problem is we're left unsatisfied that it didn't last longer.

As gamers, we all feel somewhat betrayed, or jaded when a game releases and it takes you a few hours to finish. I think that this is one of those things that although you paid for it, and beat it in a rather abrupt amount of time, i feel the coin would be alot different had you NOT enjoyed this game and wanted a refund. I like to pop onto various message boards to hear what others have to say about a game, even if i don't plan on buying. I've not play this game yet, and unfortunately, it's not my style. All I ask is that maybe sometime in the future, when the game goes on mega dirt cheap sale, you could gift tthe experience to someone else you think will enjoy it like you did.Īnd what an incredibly cool insight from this developer. It's on me to learn not to care too much. So I supopse in conclusion, if you do refund, I am not upset. That's why we asked for $18 too, because money is something we could all use more of. Or even it isn't a lot, why shouldnt' you try to get the most out of it? That's a fair desire. I don't know your financial circumstances. It is ok if people don't like the game, but it affects me personally a lot, when people feel like it was not -worth- the time they engaged with it.īut do I blame you for wanting to get the most out of your $18? No. So yes, I am sad when people think this game is not worth the money we asked for (which we thought was a fair ask). At the end, if this was a commercial failure, all we have got is what we have made. All we could do, was try the damn hardest to make something we are honestly proud of. We all gave it our all, to make this weird thing, and we had no idea if it was any good to anybody else. I have been in this industry for 15 years almost, and this is the hardest I have ever worked. The dev team got to be like family, because that's how making an indie game is, you are all in it together, through thick and thin, supporting one another bc if you don't, there is no way in hell this game would get made, let alone any chance of it to be worth more than a bucket of ♥♥♥♥. Life happened during those two years: there were big breakups, profound illnesses of loved ones, a baby, etc.

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It is just a small room full of computers and a used microwave and $10 office chairs we luckily got from craigslist. It is not a glamorous thing, making an independent game. We are all crammed in a tiny office, sharing one bathroom. Let's give this a go, worst outcome is we all hate each other and go back to various money jobs, but we all could say, WE TRIED.

We seemed to like each other ok, so we all took a big leap of faith. We all could have had much better paying jobs elsewhere, but we all thought this game idea had potential to be something special. The 11 of us all took a lot of risk to make this, and sacrificed financially to give Firewatch a chance. Sorry if it's a bit stream of consciousness because I want this to come from the heart. You seem nice and I figured what the heck, why not have a conversation about this, now that I have read it and it's right here in front of me. I thought about not responding, because normally ppl who want to refund are rude and unpleasant and I choose to not engage and dwell on it. I mean seriously, have you seen how active they are on theese forums? What other dev is that connected to their community? I want to support the developers, but there was so much more i could of got with my 18$. It was a unique game with awesome narration and storytelling. But here is my problem: I loved this game. I feel like there could of been more, and im thinking of refunding. I purchased it because i enjoyed games like this. I'm writing this here for proof, since I'm going to be on the page on Kotaku / reddit answering questions in comments, or there.

#Firewatch dev free

Feel free to talk about games/this game/developers/morals/refunds or whatever, but i will not change my decision.ī: Oh my god, a forum post that isin't an absoloute warzone.ĮDIT III: Nope, nevermind, it's a warzone.ĮDIT IV: HEY MOM IM ON THE NEWS, AM I COOL YET Campo Santo had more balls than Donald Trump on steriods to make this game, and they deserve the money. EDIT: I have made my decision to keep the game.