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Scripta manent.

<span class="bold">Epistory - Typing Chronicles</span>, an evocative action/adventure where you save a papercraft land, one typed word at a time, is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com, with GOG Galaxy support for achievements and leaderboards, and a 35% launch discount.

All writers dread the blank page. Its emptiness stares back at you, bursting with overwhelming potential, unclaimed glory, and a desperate search for the elusive muse. Epistory follows that very Muse, as she rides a giant fox through this wonderful origami world, giving shape to an untold story. Imaginative puzzles, horrifying enemies, and curious discoveries will unfold before her, as the papercraft world responds to your typing. Movement, combat, and all other interactions are fully controlled by your keyboard as every word you type dictates the flow of this enchanting adventure. The dynamic difficulty constantly adapts to your writing speed, while you struggle to overcome the writer's block and eventually uncover the story's hidden mysteries.

Ride through a breathtaking world made of paper, words, and torrents of wild imagination in <span class="bold">Epistory - Typing Chronicles</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.
The 35% discount will last until October 25, 12:59 PM UTC.


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Post edited October 18, 2016 by maladr0Id
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VirginRedemption: Oh! Maybe that's the reason why.. Thanks a bunch :)
Maybe others might come up with something different but to me it seems pretty normal. I appreciate the developer being present on GOG forum.
I have a question on the linux port. Did you cure it yourself or was it made by the guys at GOG? Is it a proper linux version or it runs through wine?
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VirginRedemption: Oh! Maybe that's the reason why.. Thanks a bunch :)
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Cecco: Maybe others might come up with something different but to me it seems pretty normal. I appreciate the developer being present on GOG forum.
I have a question on the linux port. Did you cure it yourself or was it made by the guys at GOG? Is it a proper linux version or it runs through wine?
It's a real linux version made by our wonderful programmer Thibz (I know he's hanging around :p) thanks to Unity :)
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Cecco: In Italy I have: 14.99 € full price, 9.79 € discounted. It says that I will get 1.10 € on my GOG wallet.
So it becomes 8.69 € if you plan buying more games in the future. And you plan.
It is made to round the price to something nice looking in the local currency, mantaining the same price. They call it the fair price package. If you click on the dollar symbol on the home to have a short explanation.
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VirginRedemption: Oh! Maybe that's the reason why.. Thanks a bunch :)
Just have to step in here because that is not correct.
The fair pricing package was introduced after gog changed their stance on charging the same price for everyone regardless of the location. And it is not used to make prices look nice or anything. If a game costs more in other countries than the basic US price, people there will get the overcharge back as store credit.
And this still does not explain the strange price system for this game. It is still possible to just have one price for everyone. Someone somewhere must have decided on this pricing scheme.
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VirginRedemption: Oh! Maybe that's the reason why.. Thanks a bunch :)
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moonshineshadow: Just have to step in here because that is not correct.
The fair pricing package was introduced after gog changed their stance on charging the same price for everyone regardless of the location. And it is not used to make prices look nice or anything. If a game costs more in other countries than the basic US price, people there will get the overcharge back as store credit.
And this still does not explain the strange price system for this game. It is still possible to just have one price for everyone. Someone somewhere must have decided on this pricing scheme.
I am investigating.
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moonshineshadow: Just have to step in here because that is not correct.
The fair pricing package was introduced after gog changed their stance on charging the same price for everyone regardless of the location. And it is not used to make prices look nice or anything. If a game costs more in other countries than the basic US price, people there will get the overcharge back as store credit.
And this still does not explain the strange price system for this game. It is still possible to just have one price for everyone. Someone somewhere must have decided on this pricing scheme.
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VirginRedemption: I am investigating.
Thank you :-)
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_Raka: Hey! How do you do to see all other prices in other countries on GoG? As an european, I only see the EU price, I'm curious.
You can either use which gives you (almost) every information about any game on GOG or you can follow [url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/good_news_price_updates]this thread where the prices get reported.

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Cecco: Maybe others might come up with something different but to me it seems pretty normal.
No, it's absolutely not normal. The Italian prices might seem like they are (because you get overcharged quite often, but the discounts are absolutely not. "Normal" would be a massive discount for the Ex-Soviet states and some Middle and South American countries and arbitrary overcharging for most European countries.

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VirginRedemption: I am investigating.
Thank you for investigating. Just in case that you really set new prices, please keep in mind that one of GOG's principles once was "One World - One price".

Regional pricing the way it is done is completely arbitrary and only works in favour to rich people in so-called poor countries and to the disadvantage of poor people in so-called rich countries.
I know there are market realities (piracy rates and the pricing system established by Steam) and I'm fine with the idea of giving "poor" countries a discount, but please don't overcharge countries, just because you (or anyone else) thinks everybody is super-rich there. Please keep the base price as the highest price and only give discounts to selected countries.
If you do so, I will buy your game right away. :)
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PaterAlf: If you do so, I will buy your game right away. :)
Have to say if they really change the prices after the investigation so that they are not overcharging anymore I would buy the game here. I mean I already have it on steam but that would bw worth it.
I really like the artwork of this game and the novel typing mechanics, wishlisted
Starting playing this last night, it's very lovely and quite challenging in places. Also has a good amount of hidden items to find, rewarding exploration. Some of the battles are a little tight, where you don't have control of the camera and the enemies don't have their words appear until they are close, but nothing unwinnable yet.

Also, I highly recommend unlocking the Fire power as soon as it's available. :)
Origami is one of my favourite pass-times and this looks beautiful. I also love the keyboard as interface. Bought.
Oh, I'm excited to see this made its way here, I love the concept!
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VirginRedemption: It's a real linux version made by our wonderful programmer Thibz (I know he's hanging around :p) thanks to Unity :)
This is just great! Good to know!
I don't know why some people always have to be upset about everything.
The Australian price and the Italian one are the same, given that in Italy there is a 42% discount once the wallet credit is considered. I presume that this applies to all the prices.

14.99 $, 35% discount: 9.75 $
14.99 €, 35% discount: 9.74 € (but GOG page rouds to 79). 1.10 € store credit: makes it about 8.70 €. Discount is 42 %.
It's the same price.
So as far as I know it's all as usual. I might be right, I might be wrong...Don't get mad for nothing guys.
Post edited October 20, 2016 by Cecco
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TheThibz: No, I don't use Dvorak, I use French azerty. If I had to switch, though, I would probably use a game or typing test on the internet to train the muscle memory.
Azerty - I can say I've at least heard of it, but I've not seen too many in this neck of the woods.

Hey, I read there's a Linux version here as well. Cool, thank you for that as well (I'm bumping the game up in the wishlist ranks now).

I'm curious about the development side. I heard Unity and Linux. Do you use your primary desktop as Linux and cross compile (with VMs for testing)? Or do you use macOS or Windows? I've used Linux and FreeBSD for years in both the work and home environment. Whatever the DE, I'm curious what Programming IDE you use, or if it's something you've home grown, or if you use a combination of both.

I'm swearing off WIndows 10a (bare metal installs on dual boot setups) after it 'helpfully' fixed my Linux drive's GPT partitions and cached a bunch of install and patch files all over the drive. Then it even more helpfully removed itself by zeroing the boot sector! I've had better behaved virus infections than that! To be fair, though, MS is being equal opportunity - they erased at least one guy's backup disk with an NTFS partition in a non-booting GPT drive.

Anyway, I wish you and your team the best. Thanks for a cool game, and thanks for taking time to reach out to your fans.