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Posted January 28, 2016
Excellent hand-picked games, 14-day refund policy, always DRM-free.

We want GOG.com to be the home of games that are both excellent and really worth your time.
In today's gaming world, we're seeing more and more titles that become hits before development dwindles down. We want to give you a way to enjoy what these games have to offer, a way that's comfortable and fair to you — the GOG.com way: that means evaluating each and every game, a 14-day no-questions-asked refund policy, and more.




That's why today, we're introducing the first five games in development:
Starbound (-33%)
Ashes of the Singularity (-25%)
Project Zomboid (-40%)
TerraTech (-30%)
The Curious Expedition (-15%)







The GOG.com way.
First and foremost: we're hand-picking only the games we can truly stand behind. Offering a selection of the most promising titles, and those most highly requested on the Community Wishlist, is our way of avoiding bloat and ensuring that every game will be worth your time.

It takes some confidence to discover games that are still being shaped — and to build that trust, every game in development comes with a simple refund policy: 14 days, no questions asked. It doesn't matter if you're having technical issues, if you don't think the game is sufficiently fleshed out, or if it simply doesn't click with you — all games in development can be returned for any reason within 14 days of purchase.

The GOG Galaxy client should also come in handy for games in development. It lets you control updates manually if you want, while the rollback feature allows you to easily restore any earlier version of your game if an update breaks something or makes unwanted changes. For games in development, rollback will also track and create historical snapshots throughout a game's development. That means you can always revisit any point in a game's history — for fun, or for science.






It's your call.
For those of you who prefer to wait for the final release, nothing will change. Once a game leaves active development, we will be making the announcement and giving the newest release proper exposure. Basically, business as usual.






More info.
Surely you have questions. You'll find many of the answers in the <span class="bold">games in development FAQ, including more details on the new refund policy. Our User Agreement has also been expanded to accommodate games in development — check out sections 6.12, 6.13, and 6.14 to find all the new information.




Enjoy your time with games in development!
Post edited January 28, 2016 by Konrad
Posted January 28, 2016
I expected GOG to add such games to compete with Steam. Some developers today try to use this method to fund their games. My take on this? It's not the right way to do it. Consider this - in the past people were paid by studios to test their alpha and beta games. And today they want people to pay to test such games before they are released. Ugh, OK, but it sounds backwards. If developers really need extra funds to support their development, they can turn to crowdfunding. But of course they are free to attempt such thing, and apparently there are enough people today ready to pay for testing games in development.

Another point to consider - I prefer to avoid playing alpha / beta versions of story intensive games, especially RPGs, adventures and such. It's too spoilery, since unfinished games are likely to change before the final release.
Posted January 28, 2016
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micktiegs_8: I hope GOG likes Kenshi... That'll hit beta soon apparently.
Kenshi is the game which is single-handedly responsible for the fact, that I don't buy "Early Access" - games.

I own that game since 2011(?)...and it's still Alpha.

;o)
Posted January 28, 2016
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toxicTom: EA games are clearly marked, nobody is forced to buy them.
Good thing, I don't buy games from Electronic Arts.
Posted January 28, 2016
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Maxvorstadt: It`s sad news. Incomplete crippleware comes to GoG. RIP complete games.
Sir, I'm safely in the fuck Early Access department, but that is a bit of a slippery slope argument.

I stand by all my reservations in my wishlist entry (and see a whole lot of them confirmed judging from the initial batch of games), but the 14 days money back guarantee at least makes sure that customer interests come first at all times.

That guarantee, in a DRM free environment, is damn risky for GOG. Damn, damn risky. :|
Posted January 28, 2016
This is bad business and not something I want to see transacting at Good old Games.


Game developers make a product in order to receive money.

When the developers receive money beforehand the incentive to complete a product is either reduced or completely lost as their motivation is to make money.

IF someone wants to high risk fund the developers with no guaranteed return that is fine, take it to Paetron, Kickstarter or multiple other places to do this.


To the GoG staff please do not go down that dark path. The more focus on profits leads to the sacrifice of standards, ethics and morality.


Please treat your customers with care and consideration and we will stay with you for many years to come.
Posted January 28, 2016
Hmm... Not a huge fan of Early Access, or whatever you want to call it on GOG. I can see why you had to do this (lots of people already own the games on Steam before they're being released, so you can't even try to compete for Day 1 sales), but I don't like the whole concept of it. It's just wrong when a developer is selling you the promise of a game at 66% off (happened very often during Steam's huge sales) :/

There's only one Early Access game I've ever bought (and this on Day 1 :P ): Lego Worlds. And that's because I always dreamed of a Lego sandbox and because I trust Lego and Warner to ensure a finished product (two huge companies who don't want bad publicity connected with their names). I ignore everything else that's Early Access.
Posted January 28, 2016
To add to what I said above - I'm not against testing games, I just don't consider it to be proper to charge people for such testing. Developers benefit from alpha / beta testers. So a better idea is to make some limited alpha / beta program for those who are interested in helping developers before the release. And such thing should be free of charge.
Post edited January 28, 2016 by shmerl
Posted January 28, 2016
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HypersomniacLive: On a side note - I see that the pages of the Games in Development include a link to each game's specific forum. Since this feature is clearly nth difficult to implement, I'd say it's high time it's added to all game pages.
Hey, I didn't notice that - thanks for pointing it out. I assume it has to do with the time needed to implement the change to all game pages.
Posted January 28, 2016
1) Early Access.... EA.... humm
2) Achiements for these? I hope so!
3) It seems to me that these days a LOT of released games are quite broken, and this "early access seal" just clarifies the whole deal.
4) Count me in. I bought a couple of EA games in the past and zero regrets so far.
5) CRAWL next week, plz ;P
Posted January 28, 2016
I'll have to peruse this thread a bit later. But for now, I guess it's a way to keep the steam people here. I'm not a steam person and never will be, so I can't really relate.

But I will continue to wait until these games actually exist. This is tricky, GOG, these certainly have the APPEARANCE of existing, but it's merely smoke & mirrors. :) I look forward to picking these games up when/if they are released.
Posted January 28, 2016
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Vainamoinen: That guarantee, in a DRM free environment, is damn risky for GOG. Damn, damn risky. :|
Is it? I wouldn't even see something like Origin's money back guarantee as something "risky" for GOG. A copy of a refunded game from GOG is equally ilegal as a pirated copy from some weird torrent site. So why would someone bother with paying for a game, downloading it and asking for a refund, if getting it from a pirate site is easier?
Posted January 28, 2016
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vicklemos: 1) Early Access.... EA.... humm
2) Achiements for these? I hope so!
3) It seems to me that these days a LOT of released games are quite broken, and this "early access seal" just clarifies the whole deal.
4) Count me in. I bought a couple of EA games in the past and zero regrets so far.
5) CRAWL next week, plz ;P
2) Achievements - if a game has them, then it will be listed in the "Features" section :)
Posted January 28, 2016
Nice! About time. I wish GoG had this a little sooner for things like Darkest Dungeon.

I am glad to see they have it at last. There's Early Access done right and GoG should certainly support that!

(Also, what? No Torment?)
Posted January 28, 2016
I hope that all the cynics here don't discourage GOG from continuing this.
Posted January 28, 2016
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So no new games today?
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