it reminds me of Consortium.
Right?

Whoa! The value for the deluxe edition seems WAY OFF! I don't mind people selling soundtracks and wallpapers, since this is no different than giving them away as rewards for backers in a Kickstarter, but the idea that such content is worth $14.99 is a little excessive for my taste.

$14.99 is equivalent to three classic GOGs, and it would be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to justify soundtracks and wallpapers as being the same value as three such classic GOGs. It would be fairly hard to justify them as worth a single classic GOG, worth $5.99.

Either the devs here are extremely greedy, or they a falsely inflating the value of their "deluxe content" to a price that they will NEVER actually sell it at.

I'm not too fussed about this game, to be fair, but the "deluxe content" just doesn't seem worth $14.99, so anyone who buys the deluxe edition (after pre-order) is essentially just backing the developer and giving them free money.

Ultimately, I would probably have more respect for the devs if they gave away the soundtracks and wallpapers with a "pay what you want" type deal.
I might just be being a little naive here, but what distribution rights would indie devs actually need to pay for to release a soundtrack with a game?

Surely, if the soundtrack is produced "in house," the devs already own it? Wouldn't the same also likely to apply to commissioned tracks as well?

I would expect that only licensed music would need paid for distribution rights, as they are not owned by the devs, but remain with the original content holder.

Am I missing something here?

I ask this, because if music has been used under license, then I can fully agree with the idea of an extra cost for the soundtrack. Although, most devs using music under license would actually used the musician for advertising purposes, even if they are relatively unknown.

Will the content merge into the game's extras or will it sit as a separate entry on the game shelf/ list?


And is it possible to also get a reply to my question here, please?

I'll go against the flow here and say that I'm fine with them releasing the game with normal & deluxe editions.

Sure it sucks you have to pay extra for bonus content, but most of the more recent game soundtracks are sold seperately for around $10, so I don't see any possibility for gog to just give them away for free.

Don't mean to be that guy, but anybody wanting a gog copy should probably pre-order, since the "regular" price of the Deluxe pack directly from the dev via Humble widget seems to be $30 (and it's $35 here? the pre-order price is the same). Which also comes with a key to that terrible service everybody hates on top of the DRM-free download, and the possible future Linux version, so... you know... *runs*
(5$ seems like a bigger difference than normal though, doesn't it? Or maybe it's just because the price is high in the first place)

*runs back* Ah, the plot thickens with GOG finally branching into Linux. *runs away again*

It depends on the agreement, and the more rights the musician/composer has to sign over, the more expensive it is. The actual process of composition, the rights to use it in the game at all, the exclusivity agreement, distribution rights, and rights to use it otherwise are all separate things you have to pay for.

Hmmm. I think it would be a lot easier to estimate the value of such deluxe content if we were informed of the details of the agreement up front.

I can see a future model where composers might be willing to produce music for games, if they were guaranteed a percentage of royalties from soundtrack sales. This would make it easier to stomach when you know exactly why you are paying for something, and where it is going.

$14.99 is still a lot for some soundtracks, IMHO, but it might be more acceptable if the devs are paying a lot of royalties to the musicians who made the music.

Ultimately, it comes down to this: Is the deluxe content worth $14.99? With the scarce details that we have been given, the answer for me is no. Others may disagree, based upon what they value, and what they know about the game.

Heh, so we are screwed if we buy late :)

Do you know the number of pages of the comic and the artist(s) involved in it's creation?
I'm a great comic fan and I could buy the game just for the comic.

Will certainly not pre-order the game, because the screenshots, trailer and gamecard tell me exactly nothing about it (neither story nor gameplay).

Also the price of $15 for the deluxe upgrade seems a little steep. I don't mind paying some extra bucks for a soundtrack, but that's a little too much.

O.o
Why should that matter at all?
It's not a future model, it's an existing model.

The hell? Should the devs also report whether they're spending your money on medicine for the sick mom or on hookers and blow?

Why? This does not compute. In fact, I'd argue that if the devs are already paying an arm and a leg to the auxiliary media creators from the sale of the base game (in which you were interested in the first place), deluxe content is just adding insult to injury. However, the usual case with indies is that the composer makes music for none to little upfront money and a small % of sales in exchange for retaining all other rights and promotion of the soundtrack in the deluxe bundle.

Well yes, it does.