Hello,
First, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who purchased this game — your help is invaluable and I am very grateful for it. Thank you. I hope you won't be too angry at me for what will be discussed below.
Creating games is not a way for me to make a steady income, but rather an outlet that I enjoy doing in my spare time. I find motivation for this activity not only in my own interest in this craft, but also from the feedback of the people who play my games. It makes me very happy to know that someone might like these. And it's even more satisfying when people start discussing some controversial/favorable elements — it gives me energy. However, the situation is that with the current method of distribution, hardly anyone knows about my games, but that's fair, since I have no money for advertising and no experience/knowledge in marketing.
For the reason described above, I want to do the following: distribute the game absolutely free, without cutting content and/or adding it by creating paid "cosmetic" DLC. In order to make this happen I will be discussing this possibility with Steam support over the next month (actually, it may take even less time), to make the game go from payware to donateware.
To put it in a nutshell:
- I'm discussing this possibility with Steam support — will take some time
- After a positive response from support, I make the game free
- I'm adding OST for a small cost. Think of it as a sort of donation opportunity for those who really want to do it. The OST itself is not something worth giving money for as something of value
Thank you for reading this to the end. Take care of yourself and your loved ones.
Regards, Mikhail