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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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Maxvorstadt: 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.
They're going with "games in development" right now, which isn't exactly a striking title.

I still think venditio praecox is great. :p
Posted January 28, 2016
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ReynardFox: Wait, what Nordic games did GOG reject?
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MBiL_248: Let me quote myself:

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MBiL_248: According to ThomNG: The Mystery of the Druids and 15 Days, Painkiller Overdose, ArcaniA and SpellForce 2 Faith.

Source
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MBiL_248:
Arcania, what a mess, I "bought" that on Steam and it has sat in my library unplayed thanks to bugs.

Not as bad as Risen 3 (/me shudders), mind you, but it still needed more work before they released and re-released it.

I'd love to see Arcania here, but I wouldn't until I could reinstall my Steam copy and see it not be a buggy mess.

Curating does annoy at some times, I really wanted to see Dex here but had to buy a DRM-Free version from Humble. I admit the game isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it, and GOG sells Jack Keane...

As for advance games I recently bought How To Survive 2 over on Steam, it's still in a pretty sorry state, but the quality of the original makes me suspect my money won't have been wasted.
Posted January 28, 2016
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IronArcturus: Will these "early access" games have some kind of timeline that will tell users when the full game will be released?
Voted!!!!

:)
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.
Ummm there is a rather large label just above the price for each game In Development, the games are marked "In Dev" in the NEW tab, and there is an "In Dev" right next to the game's title in your library :)
Post edited January 28, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted January 28, 2016
I think it will be a good idea to adopt a wait-and-see policy for this one. I've yet to purchase a single Early Access or even Kick-starter game. A good part of it, is because of reading negative accounts of people's experiences, and thus making the personal decision to exercise caution for myself. Also, there so many finished games in the market. Why don't I reward those developers who saw their games through right up till the end, instead of those whom you don't know if they would?

However, GOG has always been different, and it's not just being DRM-Free. Unlike other companies, GOG assumes personal responsibility over the games they sell. When a game goes up on GOG, everything about it is their business, including technical support. Unlike, Steam/other places, for example, where they will tell you that a game is none of their business, even though they allowed the game to be sold right on their storefront. Although, that changed a little with steam's refund policy.

However, the draw-back with GOG is that it seems, customer support could get a little swamped with handling everything. Well, in other words, I believe GOG will do their part to keep the developers honest, and not allow them to bail out of a project and run off with everyone's simoleons.
Posted January 28, 2016
Something.. something.. Torment. I was tempted about Steam Early Access, but decided to wait for the full version on GOG. That said, I'll buy it instantly if you release it under development.
Posted January 28, 2016
This is big - I pretty much never buy Early Access titles but the no-questions-asked refund does mean it's actually a try before you buy kind of thing, and not a 'help us test the beta' scenario. Those of you complaining about "EA making its way here" are looking at it wrong, because GOG's approach is as a store, for consumers, not as a platform, for gamers.

GOG does need to make the 'in development' tag very, very clear in the store page, though. The current version should be enough, but just in case it could be in a slightly bigger font for those people that mindlessly click on the 'add to cart button'.
Post edited January 28, 2016 by tapeworm00
Posted January 28, 2016
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tapeworm00: This is big - I pretty much never buy Early Access titles but the no-questions-asked refund does mean it's actually a try before you buy kind of thing, and not a 'help us test the beta' scenario. Those of you complaining about "EA making its way here" are looking at it wrong, because GOG's approach is as a store, for consumers, not as a platform, for gamers.

GOG does need to make the 'in development' tag very, very clear in the store page, though.
We did do so :) Please see the attached image :)
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Posted January 28, 2016
As long as the early access releases don't decrease the number of finished games releases, I'll be OK with this.
Posted January 28, 2016
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JudasIscariot: We did do so :) Please see the attached image :)
Make it signal red and add skull and crossbones? Pretty please? :)
Posted January 28, 2016
So, GOG is going along with the times and gets Easy Access. Hope it works out for both GOG and the developers. Galaxy needs to be developer friendly enough for them to be able to update the games efficiently - do they even have access to the builds etc. like they do on Steam?

Oh and you guys need to bring Torment over here too (not that I could play it anyway T_T)
Post edited January 28, 2016 by Reever
Posted January 28, 2016
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tapeworm00: This is big - I pretty much never buy Early Access titles but the no-questions-asked refund does mean it's actually a try before you buy kind of thing, and not a 'help us test the beta' scenario. Those of you complaining about "EA making its way here" are looking at it wrong, because GOG's approach is as a store, for consumers, not as a platform, for gamers.

GOG does need to make the 'in development' tag very, very clear in the store page, though.
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JudasIscariot: We did do so :) Please see the attached image :)
GOG also makes something else very clear :
In the User Agreement" right side next to 6.12 - 13 and 14 it clearly says : "The games in development really are in development"
So can we take that as a guarantee that the "Games in development" "really are in development" ? - as opposed to being kind of abandoned or they just wait to abandon until we gave them our money ? (in which case the user agreement clearly says that we of course have to take stuff as is)....
Post edited January 28, 2016 by FiatLux
Posted January 28, 2016
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FiatLux: GOG also makes something else very clear :
In the User Agreement" right side next to 6.12 - 13 and 14 it clearly says : "The games in development really are in development"
So can we take that as that the "Games in development" "really are in development" ? - as opposed to being kind of abandoned or they just wait to abandon until we gave them our money ? (in which case the user agreement clearly says that we of course have to take stuff as is....
So what will GOG do if the game dev decides not to update the game anymore after X amount of months? Will the early access game be pulled? Will everyone get their money back if it's over 2 weeks?
Posted January 28, 2016
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Zojokkeli: Something.. something.. Torment. I was tempted about Steam Early Access, but decided to wait for the full version on GOG. That said, I'll buy it instantly if you release it under development.
Me too!!!
Bring Torment here!!!

And Grim Dawn...
Posted January 28, 2016
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FiatLux: GOG also makes something else very clear :
In the User Agreement" right side next to 6.12 - 13 and 14 it clearly says : "The games in development really are in development"
So can we take that as that the "Games in development" "really are in development" ? - as opposed to being kind of abandoned or they just wait to abandon until we gave them our money ? (in which case the user agreement clearly says that we of course have to take stuff as is....
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IronArcturus: So what will GOG do if the game dev decides not to update the game anymore after X amount of months? Will the early access game be pulled? Will everyone get their money back if it's over 2 weeks?
Of course they can't take the game back here at GOG unless people ask for a full refund , other would simply not be GOG , cause here the game is yours once you buy it , that's a fact , at least for now..
I just made a point of asking since GOG makes a point out of writing it ;)
Anyway , it's a matter of making sure that they game development is not dead / halted at time of sale... If it is then they at least should tell people and price should fit the situation and then people can make up their own minds ;) ....
Post edited January 28, 2016 by FiatLux
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