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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985293
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Thanks Mad.
Good Luck getting your GOG key. Hope you're playing soon!

Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: oldbroad] #985297
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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: Mad] #985301
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Originally Posted By: Mad
Well, I got my reply from Humble and it was that I need to contact Red Thread !! lol
So I will email THEM now.
[You had it right, oldmariner, but I wanted to hear their reply first as it was Humble that sent me the Steam key.]

I have very few Steam games, oldbroad, and only keys to two of them were sent to me from Humble, so I can only presume the others from Humble were GOG keys.


I may be wrong on this Mad, but I read somewhere that if you requested a GOG key when they had already sent one to Humble. You could keep both. Humble is the keeper of Steam Keys giving you a choice of drm free download or steam. You can't do both. If you don't Humble download you can use the steam key. You download from Gog. The question becomes can you then gift the steam key?

I believe it was Red Thread in one of their e-mails that said because of the corrupted files you can keep both the Gog and the Humble.

Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985319
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There have been occasions when a developer or publisher has specifically stated you can give a key if you get a steam and gog version but that was not the case here so far. They are giving *you* permission to use both, not to give it away. If everyone did that the sales would be significantly affected and without revenue they would not be making more games.


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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985323
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Originally Posted By: BrownEyedTigre
There have been occasions when a developer or publisher has specifically stated you can give a key if you get a steam and gog version but that was not the case here so far. They are giving *you* permission to use both, not to give it away. If everyone did that the sales would be significantly affected and without revenue they would not be making more games.


Exactly. I was able to keep all three of my keys, which I thought was extremely generous of them. Yes, there have been some problems with release, but things happen and they are doing their best to resolve all the issues. They are a very small team, so it takes a while sometimes. I was a bit frustrated with the wait, too, but I imagine the following episodes will have a smoother release.


Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.

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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985344
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A lot of people still haven't received keys, and they say they're still working through the hundreds of emails.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey/comments

Ideally that could have been avoided by having a better system in place for key distribution, but apparently they were more focussed on completing the game and getting something out there, even if it was only a corrupt copy at Humble. I'm surprised Humble doesn't have some sort of system in place to verify the game files weren't corrupt.

Apparently Red Thread puts updates on Twitter
https://twitter.com/RagnarTornquist

Some people don't like depending on Twitter, and would rather the updates be at the Red Thread website.
http://redthreadgames.com/forum/topic/678-kickstarter-update-67-goghumble-info/page-17

So much for "early access" though.
That's one thing they couldn't deliver, and it's too late for it now -- at least for the first Episode.

Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985348
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True, and I was a victim of that early access fiasco. smile Being able to keep all three keys more than made it up for me in the end, though. Hopefully the remaining episodes will go more smoothly. Thanks for all the links, Jenny. Sorry to hear that there are still people struggling to get their keys. I think it would have been easier had they made the GOG/Steam option a poll choice as other Kickstarters have done rather than having people send them manual e-mails for the GOG option. I was lucky to get mine right away, but when you're dealing with hundreds of individual e-mails like that, it has to make things a lot harder. Hopefully, they'll handle it differently next time if they have another Kickstarter.


Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.

Helena: Where are these mangoes?
Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: venus] #985375
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This is getting to be a very long thread - so maybe by the time it gets a bit longer I'll be able to return and report I've been sent a GOG key !!

Hope so rotfl


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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #985380
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I hope so, Mad!!


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Helena: Where are these mangoes?
Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: venus] #985388
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Me, too, venus wink


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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: Mad] #986756
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I have finally received my GOG key for Dreamfall Chapters - which came with this message :-
"Please note that this key is not for the GOG Special Edition, the additional content will have to be redeemed through Humble."

Does the "Special Edition" contain some thing I actually need ??
[I am rather loathe to get involved in messing with any more stuff lol]

And will I need a separate key for each episode released ??


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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #986768
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Mad, all of the special edition extras will be given to backers on Humble, which is why we only get the standard GOG edition. We are only allowed one copy of the extras. smile I would have preferred getting them through GOG, but I understand why they are doing it this way. You will not need a separate GOG key for each episode, as the key you were given was for a season pass, which is all they offer. So no worries there. Glad you finally got your copy. Hope you enjoy the game. thumbsup


Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.

Helena: Where are these mangoes?
Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: Mad] #986780
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Originally Posted By: Mad
Does the "Special Edition" contain some thing I actually need

To play the game, no.
The map might have been useful, but there will probably be walkthroughs available soon enough if you get lost.

If you decide you want any of the extra content, you can get the "upgrade" at ***GOG***
The extra content they list for the "upgrade" at GOG includes
Quote:
Reborn: The Art of Dreamfall Chapters Book One — a digital art book featuring concept art and illustrations from the first episode of Dreamfall Chapters

Journeys Birth — two short stories in PDF and ebook formats, set in The Longest Journey universe and leading up to the events in Dreamfall Chapters (available October 20th)

Digital soundtrack featuring music from Dreamfall Chapters Book One in FLAC and MP3 format (available November 1st)

Digital Europolis tourist map! Sponsored by Niyom Media and presented by Crowboy, everyone’s favourite crow cowboy (coming soon!)

7 HD wallpapers

5 digital avatars featuring characters from Dreamfall Chapters.

If you want any of this stuff downloadable from your GOG account, some of it isn't even available yet, so you might wait and see if the upgrade shows up on a GOG 75% off sale.

Having donated $110 for their Kickstarter (mainly to get the grossly overpriced "Boxed Collector's Edition" which won't be available for years -- if ever), I'm not inclined to spend another $10 for the upgrade. Even $2.50 (75% off) is barely tolerable because I feel like I already spent too much. I do NOT understand why supporters in the relevant tiers aren't provided with "Special editions" at their choice of GOG or Steam, and I will certainly remember that for any future Red Thread Kickstarters.

Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: Jenny100] #986943
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Thanks venus and Jenny100 thumbsup

I'm not at all bothered about the extras you describe so will be well satisfied with "just the game".
Once all the episodes are available and it actually IS a complete game, that is !! laugh

These Kickstarted "boxed" versions are way too pricey for me so my pledges never reach those giddy heights but I'm shocked to read that you fear you won't get what you pledged for, Jenny100 shocked


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Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #987018
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Mad, there's no reason to think we won't get the boxed copies. It's just that we have to wait until all the episodes are out. I've downloaded all my extras from Humble, though they have a tendency to hide them there, so I had to do some searching. Let me know if you do decide you want them and need help finding them. smile


Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.

Helena: Where are these mangoes?
Re: 'Dreamfall Chapters – Book One' Releasing Oct 21 [Re: venus] #987029
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Thanks for your kind offer of help, venus, but I'm quite sure I won't be bothering with any extras grin


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