Vitrum [Feb 1st - 4th]

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The main character is an android designed to convert energy from crystals into powers. The android can absorb energy in each of his hands, allowing him to combine different powers. One of the coolest powers is the ability to invert the gravity, because it’s 3d and because the player can freely choose when and where to use it!

Vitrum takes place in a desert laboratory full of different colored crystals. Some crystals grant powers, others are harmful to the android. The player will have to figure out how to use the crystals, solve the puzzles and finish each stage.

Game Keys and Bonus Content:

Pay more than $1 to receive a Desura key for Vitrum (and a Steam key if greenlit). Beat the average price to get the game’s original soundtrack.

Featured Charity: Child’s Play

Developer, 9 Heads game studio has selected Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity to receive 10% of the proceeds of this 96 hour sale.

Grab this Game now till February 5th for whatever price you want!

It was on Build a bundle 4 already...i have it, nice game.

I purchased that game only for OST and...i found that it licensed by Creative Commons (CC-by), that means
"You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
to make commercial use of the work"

Dont IGS as well as developers feels a little of shame here? Yes, CC-by allows them to use music in game, but same license allows anyone to get that music free of charge. Technically, i can upload it on some hosting and post link here - that will be 100% legal.
I'm not even saying that OST dont even have tags inserted in files!

Toyotame wrote:

It was on Build a bundle 4 already...i have it, nice game.

I purchased that game only for OST and...i found that it licensed by Creative Commons (CC-by), that means
"You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
to make commercial use of the work"

Dont IGS as well as developers feels a little of shame here? Yes, CC-by allows them to use music in game, but same license allows anyone to get that music free of charge. Technically, i can upload it on some hosting and post link here - that will be 100% legal.
I'm not even saying that OST dont even have tags inserted in files!

And that's a bad thing?!

Content creators are finally realizing that silly restrictions tend to hurt them a lot more than they help. What reason do you have to complain about it?

Vercinger wrote:

And that's a bad thing?!

Content creators are finally realizing that silly restrictions tend to hurt them a lot more than they help. What reason do you have to complain about it?

No, I think the point Toyotame is making is that it's stupid to sell it as a BTA bonus when it's free.

Almost all digital content has been freely available for years. At this point, we most often pay for things because we want to support the developers, not to get access to something. There are exceptions, like online multiplayer access, but OSTs and other bonus content certainly don't qualify. I've always thought of buying these extras as just a way to support a game you particularly enjoyed.

Vercinger wrote:

Almost all digital content has been freely available for years. At this point, we most often pay for things because we want to support the developers, not to get access to something. There are exceptions, like online multiplayer access, but OSTs and other bonus content certainly don't qualify. I've always thought of buying these extras as just a way to support a game you particularly enjoyed.

I'm not sure who you're referring to when you say "we". I most definitely don't buy games or other digital media to support the developers. I buy them to legally acquire something that I may enjoy. Sure, for some games that I have quite a lot of interest in, I may buy them to support the devs.. but in most cases, I don't. The BTA bonuses are really just an incentive to get me to pay more to get more content, be it exclusive levels, an exclusive build of a game, and if the music is good enough, maybe a soundtrack, but 99% of the time I don't BTA just to support the dev.

Vercinger wrote:

Almost all digital content has been freely available for years.

Not sure where you're getting that from... Do you follow the Judith Griggs idea of copyright? That everything on the internet is public domain?

So all the games on Steam and all the music on iTunes and all the books on Amazon are actually free and the people paying for them are just paying for the convenience of downloading them from those services? You don't really understand how... anything works do you?

SirPrimalform wrote:

Vercinger wrote:

Almost all digital content has been freely available for years.

Not sure where you're getting that from... Do you follow the Judith Griggs idea of copyright? That everything on the internet is public domain?

So all the games on Steam and all the music on iTunes and all the books on Amazon are actually free and the people paying for them are just paying for the convenience of downloading them from those services? You don't really understand how... anything works do you?

I didn't understand what he meant by that either. Maybe he was referring to piracy? Not sure.

SirPrimalform wrote:

Vercinger wrote:

And that's a bad thing?!

Content creators are finally realizing that silly restrictions tend to hurt them a lot more than they help. What reason do you have to complain about it?

No, I think the point Toyotame is making is that it's stupid to sell it as a BTA bonus when it's free.

Exactly. There is also some question is it legal, since i dont found any info about OST authors on game homepage. I dont sure is it ok with CC-BY license, but in example SpaceChem, that use CC music do clearly states it on their hoe page with all info and links to soundtrack author.