Chris Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) As some of you may be aware, we have been having some problems with Paypal. These problems involve them cutting off our only income stream and then freezing the $4,300 in the account for 180 weeks before they return it. The community has been very helpful during this period, both in terms of the community around the our project and the indie scene as a whole. There have been numerous suggestions about how we could circumvent the Paypal ban on pre-orders, but I was never particularly keen on going back to them. Fundamentally we were always going to struggle with their rules, I think – I was much more interested in finding a solution that was better aligned with where we were going as a project. This gave us two main options – Desura, or the new Humble Indie Bundle store widget. The HIB store widget was effectively exactly what we had before, but with lower transaction fees and the shield of another (better known) organisation between us and Paypal. Desura, for those who are not aware, is effectively an indie version of Steam owned by the people who run IndieDB/ModDB. I think both would have been good partners, but we decided on Desura because it allows us to outsource the pre-order process (saving me time) and will make it easier to actually deliver the final game when it is released – the plan is Desura or Steam keys for each pre-orderer. We’re currently working on integrating Desura with vBulletin so pre-orderers can get forum badges for buying the game, but pre-orders should be up again relatively soon, so sit tight. We’re announcing this on this site rather than Xenonauts.com because we’re having problems with that – the frontpage is frozen as it was when the site crashed from the Reddit traffic a couple of weeks back, so we’re migrating over here and will be replacing the current Xenonauts.com with something a bit more snazzy. EDIT - All pre-orderers will recieve a Desura key sent to their Paypal email addresses when the Desura pre-orders go live. Edited October 19, 2011 by Chris I am an idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Excellent news. Looking forward to sending you my money, now that you've got that nasty PayPal thing out of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 180 months!? But on a more serious note, its good to hear that the pre-order situation is going to get sorted out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterHavoc Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Excellent news about the pre-orders. I've only recently stumbled across Desura (through project zomboid) but I'm impressed with it from what I've seen so far. Looking forward to it going live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 180 Weeks Sathra, though even that seems a bit long. Over 3 years? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langy Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Pretty sure that's supposed to be 180 days, or six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Yeah, it is meant to be 180 days. Thought it was best to bring it up to clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jecrell Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I cannot wait to preorder. Accursed Paypal, they're no pals of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briann2054 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Somewhere, Steam was mentioned, is the game going to be available for download through Steam? I don't want to get another download service if I don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkyon Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Somewhere, Steam was mentioned, is the game going to be available for download through Steam? I don't want to get another download service if I don't have to. From what I've gathered, the current plan is to grant pre-order customers their choice of either a Steam or Desura key upon release. Pre-release versions of the game will be distributed exclusively through Desura, though. Edited to add: As far as I know, the Steam deal isn't inked at the time of this writing. I also recall Chris mentioning about being willing to work something out for those who want to steer clear of digital distribution platforms altogether. Edited October 29, 2011 by iamkyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Kyon's got it pretty much correct. Steam is going to be the preferred release publisher, with any others more likely to get it after its released on Steam. Nothing carved in stone on that yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost1082 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I personally was hoping for a steam release, but ill be happy just having a final copy. I havent gotten an email regarding the move to the new forums, so im not entirely sure of the setup process to get my sweet premium pre-order tag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkyon Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I personally was hoping for a steam release, but ill be happy just having a final copy. Steam distribution is still in the cards. The plan is to gift pre-orderers their choice of either a Steam or a Desura key upon release. I havent gotten an email regarding the move to the new forums, so im not entirely sure of the setup process to get my sweet premium pre-order tag... There's a thread on that here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost1082 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 EDIT - If you're a legacy pre-orderer (ie. you bought the game before Desura) please DO NOT connect your game to Desura. It gives a duplicate badge. Read that post... this was what I was concerned about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokik Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Argh, finally tried to pre-order the game, but seems I can't get Desura's website to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Desura should be back up now - I think the new indie bundle thing they were doing crashed the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokik Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Yeah, got everything done now, and seems that I got the badge too. Great to be part of making this game a reality. Now off to try Xenonauts for the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkyon Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Read that post... this was what I was concerned about... Aw, shucks. I didn't realise this was the very same thread I had replied to earlier. Mental note: sleep deprivation may be detrimental to your reading comprehension and other cognitive abilities. My apologies. It seems as though you got your badge, anyhow! Edited November 10, 2011 by iamkyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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