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Posted March 11, 2014
Your stratospheric construction and adventure kit.

Windforge, an action platformer where you craft your equipment and build your very own airships to explore and conquer a procedurally-generated world hidden in the clouds, is available 10% off on GOG.com. That's only $13.49 for the first week.

The modern way of life on Cordeus is reliant on refined Sky Whale oil. Everything from the machines used daily, to the food that is eaten, is ultimately dependent on the oil. The citizens of Cordeus are so hungry for oil that the once abundant population of Sky Whales is dwindling. At current rate, the noble species will face certain extinction in a few short years. To avoid falling back into the dark ages, civilization must find a new source of energy. It is said that an ancient people named the Aetherkin had exotic sources of energy. Energy more powerful than anything any human has ever seen. Unfortunately, research related to the Aetherkin is strictly forbidden by law. In an attempt to save humanity’s way of life, YOU have been secretly hired to uncover this ancient energy source.

Windforge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation. Take off in fully customizable airships, and embark on a journey of discovery and survival that will take you to the heart of the world and beyond. A large, completely destructible procedural world with multiple environments awaits! With over 1200 craftable items, Contra-style action, and an epic storyline and quests that drive gameplay without constricting freedom, this title can keep you busy you for countless hours. Plus, this is the first game to include minable sky whales, and meat blocks!

Mine, craft, explore, exploit, and reign over the skies with nothing--not even gravity--to limit your freedom in Windforge, for only $13.49 on GOG.com. The 10% off release discount offer lasts until Tuesday, March 18, at 10:59AM GMT.
Posted March 11, 2014
So I can gut a whale and use the carcass as the chassis for my airship of destruction?!? Sold!!

Seriously though, this does seem very interesting but I will wait - if I can even run it (only have 256mb VRAM). It seems like a game that could be really good if they pulled everything off or really bad. I watched the video and the movement of the character, the animation, seems odd to me - especially the jumping. Not that I would reject a game for that, just looks a bit off. Maybe its the stark contrast between the detailed sprites and the blocky world they are interacting with.
Posted March 12, 2014
Just look at the first reviews... I think it's an appropriate destiny for a game with "mineable whales".

Personally I'd prefer see more of the GOOD OLD things coming on GOG than a heap of modern indi-stuff, often of dubious quality.
List of requested games cries out for help!
Post edited March 12, 2014 by Rodor
Posted March 12, 2014
gog should probably take this game down before too many people sink their money into it. (if what people AND reviewers say is true about the absolute bugfest)
edit: I should have stated that I plan to buy the game and am not just ripping on it for the sake of being a douche.
Post edited March 15, 2014 by micktiegs_8
Posted March 12, 2014
Another great release. Well done.
Posted March 12, 2014
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micktiegs_8: gog should probably take this game down before too many people sink their money into it. (if what people AND reviewers say is true about the absolute bugfest)
I haven't come across any game breaking bugs yet but if you check the stats screen after loading your saved game your character will ALWAYS be renamed 'Duke Wyndwalker' and NOT what you named him/her. Tested this out and it seems to happen every time.
Post edited March 12, 2014 by fortune_p_dawg
Posted March 12, 2014
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Rodor: Just look at the first reviews... I think it's an appropriate destiny for a game with "mineable whales".

Personally I'd prefer see more of the GOOD OLD things coming on GOG than a heap of modern indi-stuff, often of dubious quality.
List of requested games cries out for help!
Play FTL, Rogue Legacy, Valdis Story: Abysal City, Don't Starve, Blackwell Bundle, Gemini Rue, Trine (1&2), Unepic, The Cat Lady or Waking Mars and then please, try tell me with a straight face that indie games are of dubious quality.
Post edited March 12, 2014 by Magnitus
Posted March 12, 2014
Shame I'm broke, I'd buy it just to see if the reviews are right :P
Posted March 12, 2014
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Rodor: Just look at the first reviews... I think it's an appropriate destiny for a game with "mineable whales".

Personally I'd prefer see more of the GOOD OLD things coming on GOG than a heap of modern indi-stuff, often of dubious quality.
List of requested games cries out for help!
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Magnitus: Play FTL, Rogue Legacy, Valdis Story: Abysal City, Don't Starve, Blackwell Bundle, Gemini Rue, Trine (1&2), Unepic, The Cat Lady or Waking Mars and then please, try tell me with a straight face that indie games are of dubious quality.
Well, the matter of quality is rather subjective. From all of your list of ten games I have only one - FTL and I deinstalled it after a half of an hour playing. I don't say that all the indi-games represented here on GOG are slag. But judging by reviews of goggers, forum posts and sources outside of GOG, a decent part of these game definitely ARE slag more or less. Of course, ONLY FOR ME. I have a habit to express only my own opinion.

And slag games or buggy ones here is not GOG's fault, they must not test games instead of their developers. I only wish GOG not to lose its main course, reflected in its title - Good and Old Games.
Post edited March 12, 2014 by Rodor
Posted March 12, 2014
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micktiegs_8: gog should probably take this game down before too many people sink their money into it. (if what people AND reviewers say is true about the absolute bugfest)
I'd rather they give the developer a chance to fix it up first. I'm still interested in playing ( and buying ) it here, but if it's as buggy as some people say, then I'd rather wait for a patch or two before I buy it.
Posted March 12, 2014
So is it buggy as the reviewers say on the store page of the game ?
Posted March 12, 2014
I guess being able to use a whale carcass as a ship is not much of an option according to this review:
Unfortunately, in the finished game the whales inexplicably vanish upon dying. Curiously, though, the whales don’t actually entirely disappear, but rather their artwork does—you can still mine their transparent bodies and attach propellers etc. to them, but you can’t see them, meaning you can’t use them as a viable means of transportation. This essentially nullifies their presence, and while Snowed In Studios may later rectify this issue with a patch, I can only call it as I see it, and at the time of this writing I can’t see the sky whales at all.
Source: http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/windforge
Posted March 12, 2014
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micktiegs_8: gog should probably take this game down before too many people sink their money into it. (if what people AND reviewers say is true about the absolute bugfest)
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CharlesGrey: I'd rather they give the developer a chance to fix it up first. I'm still interested in playing ( and buying ) it here, but if it's as buggy as some people say, then I'd rather wait for a patch or two before I buy it.
That's kind of what I was trying to say, maybe hide the game from the public until the most important issues are fixed. I too wanted to buy the game but I cannot afford to drop the money and not be able to play it properly soon after.
Posted March 13, 2014
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CharlesGrey: I'd rather they give the developer a chance to fix it up first. I'm still interested in playing ( and buying ) it here, but if it's as buggy as some people say, then I'd rather wait for a patch or two before I buy it.
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micktiegs_8: That's kind of what I was trying to say, maybe hide the game from the public until the most important issues are fixed. I too wanted to buy the game but I cannot afford to drop the money and not be able to play it properly soon after.
A shame really, since it sounds like such a cool concept/ genre-mix. I wonder what went wrong. But if the reviews are to be trusted, then they really shouldn't have released it in its current state. :(

Are there any people here who bought a copy and are actually happy with the game and didn't encounter any game-breaking bugs... ?
Posted March 13, 2014
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CharlesGrey: A shame really, since it sounds like such a cool concept/ genre-mix. I wonder what went wrong. But if the reviews are to be trusted, then they really shouldn't have released it in its current state. :(

Are there any people here who bought a copy and are actually happy with the game and didn't encounter any game-breaking bugs... ?
Apparently, yes.

For my part, I'll just wait for a bug-free (or less buggy) version.

No point in getting a buggy mess now, when I can get a patched version later on with a nicer discount to boot.
Posted March 13, 2014
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micktiegs_8: That's kind of what I was trying to say, maybe hide the game from the public until the most important issues are fixed. I too wanted to buy the game but I cannot afford to drop the money and not be able to play it properly soon after.
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CharlesGrey: A shame really, since it sounds like such a cool concept/ genre-mix. I wonder what went wrong. But if the reviews are to be trusted, then they really shouldn't have released it in its current state. :(

Are there any people here who bought a copy and are actually happy with the game and didn't encounter any game-breaking bugs... ?
A lot of people do like the game, I've watched 'let's plays' and they tend to have positive things to say. I haven't seen them run into bugs but that's because they happen once you're in a certain area of the game. Save game corruption seems to be the major problem though, once that's fixed I think I'll buy. A bug like that might take some time to fix though :(
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