Posted April 02, 2013
high rated
Excuse the misspelling in the title.
I have the creator of the Dark Fall series Jonathan Boakes as a friend on Facebook.
I was very surprised to see a post by him on his games being sold on GOG.
Not only were the builds on GOG not the latest, but there was some shady business going on behind the scenes.
His Dark Fall games and The Lost Crown series are well worth playing.
Written on his wall:
"Very disappointed in GOG, the game download website. They have been selling my Dark Fall games and refuse to acknowledge me as the creator and copyright owner.
I still own the copyright on games called 'Dark Fall', but they insist some crooks called Nordic Games own them. Nordic say they bought them from Dreamcatcher, which simply isn't true. Dreamcatcher were issued a Cease and Desist years ago! Also, Nordic and GOG have failed to pay any royalties or provide sales figures.
It's very depressing. And, if I can't get paid what I am due, for my work, there is no point making games. It's a real shame, but I'm not sure I want to go through all this every time I make a game. It is soul destroying and makes me feel like I have wasted my time and provided plenty if cash for greedy suits with no morals or honesty.
If you have bought my games from GOG (Dark Fall retails at $5.99!!!) then I am sorry to report that not a cent actually made it to me; the only person credited in making the games.
Game people: anyone got any advice for me? "
This is very disappointing as I hold GOG very highly and this seems like a misunderstanding they really need to iron out.
**GOG has removed the games from the catalog.
Lets hope we can see them back on here including the new additions to the series.
I have the creator of the Dark Fall series Jonathan Boakes as a friend on Facebook.
I was very surprised to see a post by him on his games being sold on GOG.
Not only were the builds on GOG not the latest, but there was some shady business going on behind the scenes.
His Dark Fall games and The Lost Crown series are well worth playing.
Written on his wall:
"Very disappointed in GOG, the game download website. They have been selling my Dark Fall games and refuse to acknowledge me as the creator and copyright owner.
I still own the copyright on games called 'Dark Fall', but they insist some crooks called Nordic Games own them. Nordic say they bought them from Dreamcatcher, which simply isn't true. Dreamcatcher were issued a Cease and Desist years ago! Also, Nordic and GOG have failed to pay any royalties or provide sales figures.
It's very depressing. And, if I can't get paid what I am due, for my work, there is no point making games. It's a real shame, but I'm not sure I want to go through all this every time I make a game. It is soul destroying and makes me feel like I have wasted my time and provided plenty if cash for greedy suits with no morals or honesty.
If you have bought my games from GOG (Dark Fall retails at $5.99!!!) then I am sorry to report that not a cent actually made it to me; the only person credited in making the games.
Game people: anyone got any advice for me? "
This is very disappointing as I hold GOG very highly and this seems like a misunderstanding they really need to iron out.
**GOG has removed the games from the catalog.
Lets hope we can see them back on here including the new additions to the series.
Post edited April 02, 2013 by irishskrapper
