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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
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real.geizterfahr: Okay, now I know what you meant with "risky"... But I still don't think that it's really THAT risky. GOG's way to reject developers with "Your game is too niche for GOG.com - come back when it sold a lot of copies on Steam" sounds a lot riskier to me ;)
Granted!

Then again, we have all the strategy games and Witcher III DLCs to make up for it.
Posted January 28, 2016
There can never be a guarantee for a game to be released, be it Early Access or a regular ("normal") game. How will a 14-day refund help ANY customer with this? You do not know WHEN and IF a game will be finished. It'd be false to assume all the games here were to be released within 14 days so the user just gets an early look and may already buy it. No, this will and can not be the case.

Starbound is in EA for an eternity and it took some ugly turns along the way. Now just think about it. A game has been in EA for more than two(!) years and is still not finished. Two freaking years! Just no. GOG would have to offer a refund at any time without restrictions to be pro-consumer. This would be nice and also unrealistic so we are stuck with this eyewash 14-day refund option.

Don't fall for it.

You know the devs and believe in them? Get it.
Your friends are playing a EA game and having fun already? Get it.
You don't know anything about a EA game? Stay away.
You have a huge backlog and think this game looks interesting? Stay away.

Make sure you are fine with paying for an unfinished product, a product which is potentially never fully released, a product which could change its direction (balancing, design, etc.) several times along the way and so on. Just be sure because then this is a thing for you.
For everyone else: Wait for the release date and sip some tea or coffee.
Post edited January 28, 2016 by Wurzelkraft
Posted January 28, 2016
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MBiL_248: According to ThomNG: The Mystery of the Druids and 15 Days, Painkiller Overdose, ArcaniA and SpellForce 2 Faith.
...so GOG has little interest in completing series that are on here as well. That's just great.
Post edited January 28, 2016 by ReynardFox
Posted January 28, 2016
Instabuy Project Zomboid, despite that it's almost 1,5 years in Steam early access, over 4 years in total development and that I already own it on the de-funct Desura and Steam.

Don't like it? Don't buy it. That simple.
Posted January 28, 2016
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GOG.com: The GOG.com way.
First and foremost: we're hand-picking only the games we can truly stand behind.
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DrearierSpider: As long as that doesn't include games from Tim Schafer/Double F*cked Productions, I see no problems.
Errrr... the problem, as is evident from a gazillion other developers on that platform, isn't the developer, but the Early Access concept.

Double Fine could have let Spacebase DF-9 rot on Early Access untouched for all times just like 75% of all Early Access projects, and there probably wouldn't have been even remotely the outcry we've eventually experienced when DF came forward with the hard truth.

On GOG, I'd rather have developers like Double Fine, devs who man up and TELL YOU their sales elicited nowhere near the funds to complete their game with all the features envisioned.

I'm not a big fan of what Double Fine does and how they do it, and Spacebase DF-9 was a veritable disaster, but at least they're honest.

But don't worry. You'll never get a Double Fine game on GoG's games on development project. You'll rather get developers like Digital Homicide.
Posted January 28, 2016
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DrearierSpider: My only major request is that these games have a big, bold label denoting them as in development. This should be on the store page and the title cards on the front page.
Yeah, I have no problem with GOG doing its own version of "early access" as long as they make it clear that's what it is.
Posted January 28, 2016
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Siannah: Don't like it? Don't buy it. That simple.
You do realise that this "argument" (or rather the ultimate lack of one) could as well be used to justify everything? If one day GOG releases DRMed games here, well- don't like, don't buy it.
Posted January 28, 2016
edit: Seems my post was on a different page... damn the changes to the CSS and pages, screwing with my browser >.<
Post edited January 28, 2016 by rtcvb32
Posted January 28, 2016
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I don't want to see games in development. Please add an option to the settings to hide them until they're released, and we can go on being friends.
Posted January 28, 2016
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DrearierSpider: As long as that doesn't include games from Tim Schafer/Double F*cked Productions, I see no problems.
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Vainamoinen: Errrr... the problem, as is evident from a gazillion other developers on that platform, isn't the developer, but the Early Access concept.

Double Fine could have let Spacebase DF-9 rot on Early Access untouched for all times just like 75% of all Early Access projects, and there probably wouldn't have been even remotely the outcry we've eventually experienced when DF came forward with the hard truth.

On GOG, I'd rather have developers like Double Fine, devs who man up and TELL YOU their sales elicited nowhere near the funds to complete their game with all the features envisioned.

I'm not a big fan of what Double Fine does and how they do it, and Spacebase DF-9 was a veritable disaster, but at least they're honest.

But don't worry. You'll never get a Double Fine game on GoG's games on development project. You'll rather get developers like Digital Homicide.
Some fair points, but frankly I expect better from a storied developer with over 25 years of experience. Also remember that Psychonauts, Brutal Legend and Broken Promises all had funding/deadline issues, so this isn't a one off thing. I don't know why you think we'll get devs like Digital Homicide on here though.
Posted January 28, 2016
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I respect the new logic, but I seriously hope people won't buy any of it and this soon will be dropped.
Any early access shenanigans is a slippery slope leading to lots of risks for the customers. For more, I always considered this to be a very bad display of work-method.

I salute the 'refunds-no-questions-asked" tho.
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dwalin: I don't want to see games in development. Please add an option to the settings to hide them until they're released, and we can go on being friends.
QFT
Post edited January 28, 2016 by Potzato
Posted January 28, 2016
Will these "early access" games have some kind of timeline that will tell users when the full game will be released?
Posted January 28, 2016
Well, I guess I was a bit too harsh in my first comment, seems like GoG has done something to reduce the risk for their customers.
But my complaint is not totally invalid, because there`s still a risk that games will never be released fully. Which is also a problem for GoG because such incidents can pretty fast demolish the reputation of a distributor.
So, forget my first comment, it was in a bit of rage mood written and feeded by the experience that another *cough* Steam *cough* distributor gave their customers.
But I would suggest not to call it "early access", cause this name has a bad reputation, but "Try ´n`Buy" or some similar instead.
Posted January 28, 2016
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DrearierSpider: Also remember that Psychonauts, Brutal Legend and Broken Promises all had funding/deadline issues
We do not disagree concerning Double Fine's budgeting.
Posted January 28, 2016
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Starmaker: Some games with achievements still don't have the actual achievements -- for example, Deponia.
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JudasIscariot: Are they not showing for you or are they not listed in the Features section?
Deponia has achievements. At least they worked for me just a few days ago.
They do seem to be broken for witcher 2 though.
Post edited January 28, 2016 by omega64
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