Legend of Grimrock sales have covered dev costs, patch coming

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• Woot! Hope to see more from them in the future that's for sure, I think it's still like 20% off on a ste... : one random winner
• Sweet! Game looks awesome and ppl seem to really love it, gonna get it as soon as I get a few of my older... : Navy Spitfire
• im glad it sold well, this game really is awesome. : Elsaispo
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  What's with all these PC games turning a profit after only a couple of days? Haven't they heard of p... : bill crystals
  • If only they had included DRM! : LoioshDwaggie
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    I know you're being facetious, but it's worth noting that the recent examples of this (Alan Wake, Legend ... : Schnapple
    • Naw, all Sony and MS would have to do is keep shipping the consoles to Walmart's competitors(Target, Toys... : jtthe2nd
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      While it's true that digital distribution is generally more convenient than retail, it seems kind of sill to think that Walmart can stop or really seriously dent the sales of consoles or that GameStop stopped carrying PC games because Steam pissed them off.
      
      In the first case, there are a myriad of places to buy consoles and gamers will simply go there instead. In the second, GameStop doesn't carry PC games and especially Steam games because they can't be resold the same way console games can and GameStop's profit comes from reselling used games.

      Apr 16, 2012 11:02am PDT
      While it's true that digital distribution is generally more convenient than retail, it seems kind of sill... : Herman Toothrot
  • Obviously games at $60 is still too cheap. : mobab
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    "All these PC games" = One indie game : Haxim
    • Dear Esther, Amnesia, Witcher, I could go on. PC games do well, and their development and marketing costs... : cptincognito
    • Alan wake is not an indie game but thanks for your post : g3dHorse
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      Come on, there are a ton of examples of this happening over the last couple years. : rudds
      • Yep, I just bought Sword and Sworcery and Legend of Grimrock just now. I love indie games a lot. : Grumbeld
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  6 hours in and I've just gotten to level 6. :S Haven't cheated yet tho! : mwasher
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    how do you cheat? I haven't played the game : sposh
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      He means just looking up guides and faqs. I strongly recommend avoiding both. : Poor Yurik
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        It's all static loot right? not dynamically generated.. ? : loboca
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          Almost entirely static. Food dropping from mobs is random. There's also a couple instances where mobs dro... : Talonus.
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            Hrm, wish I had known that going in. Guess I'll keep going anyway. : loboca
            • thnx for the info : loboca
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              For your first playthrough, there's really no difference between a static and a randomized dungeon, might... : Herman Toothrot
              • yup. and only $13, so not a big deal. Still, I'm an old school Eye of the Beholder player.. still have th... : loboca
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              This game is not designed at all for randomized content. The levels, puzzles, secrets, and loot distribu... : Poor Yurik
              • I like this game as it stands but I think some clever randomization could work out in its favor. : Herman Toothrot
• Seriously love this game. : Poor Yurik
• This game is excellent, well worth a look. Glad to hear they covered their costs looking forward to mo... : higround
• Fucking awesome, they deserve it. Looking forward to future games by them. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Bought the game yesterday, ended up playing til 2am. This is how old school games should be brought to th... : jtthe2nd
  • Yep. So many EoB flashbacks. Love it. : Ebu
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    so what they should have done with Diablo III? : uebersoldat
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      Ironically, I've had friends ask me what Diablo 3 offers over a game like WoW, which has a more tangible ... : FlatlineDixay
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        WoW was insanely fun to play 6, 7 years ago. : uebersoldat
        • It was... Kinda. If anything there are more buttons to press these days, in fact a lot more. I don't know... : FlatlineDixay
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  This game gets a lot more serious when you step down into level 4. I've had a few fights were I had one : Liquid
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    I am zealously avoiding all guides. So much of the game is about having a keen eye and being a good inve... : Poor Yurik
    • I didn't even know guides existing and I have no desire to even seek them out. That's pretty much the wh... : Gwyndion
  • The beginning of level 4 is kicking my ass :( : Herman Toothrot
• Fuckin' A, man. Fucking' A. :D : Ebu
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  I may need to pick this up and stream it after all. :) I hear pretty nasty things about the spiders on... : Draco
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    It's worth noting that when you buy it from the developer, the backend is being run by the Humble Bundle ... : Schnapple
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      Interesting. I assume you mean buying off of http://www.grimrock.net/buy/ I may just grab it from ther... : Draco
      • yeah, purchasing through there ultimately lands you at a humble-bundle page for Steam Key retrieval + som... : yAak
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  I'm always curious about the details of reports like this. I wonder what they consider to be development ... : OverloadUT
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    Well for that matter, is Almost Human a developer with an office and a payroll or is it a bunch of dudes ... : Schnapple
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      I thought when Remedy did the press release they were pretty deliberate in stating that it covered the co... : Haxim
      • Right, that's what I meant - the porting costs, not any of the sunk costs in making the Xbox version. : Schnapple
    • Yeah, exactly; it'd be nice to know approximately what their "costs" were so we know how successful this ... : OverloadUT
    • It's four Finnish guys that worked on the video games industry and quit last year to create Almost Human.... : guigr
    • http://www.grimrock.net/tag/almost-human/ : yAak
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    Someone asked this question on their blog. This was their response: "It’s the salaries, rent, hardw... : Conman89
    • That last sentence was from the department of redundancy department. : Schnapple
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      That exactly answers it! It includes their salaries which was mainly what I was wondering. I wasn't sure ... : OverloadUT
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        You can't really make a game like Legend of Grimrock in your spare time. Not really. And definitely not i... : SpaecKow
        • Not in one year like they did, but lots of indie games started as a "in our spare time" project and they ... : OverloadUT
• I'm terrible at these games now. I can't even get off of the first floor. : skinlab133
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  I just got buttfucked by a room full of spiders. I love this damn game. : squigiliwams
  • rule34'd? : uebersoldat
• This is great news to hear. They definitely kicked ass on this game. They made all the right choices an... : Gwyndion
• this is good news. i am so loving this game. : theWhite
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  Just getting ready to head down to level 10. Some of the puzzles are infuriating on level 9. : K0LM
  • heh the room with 4 alcoves around the crystal? wracked my brain for a bit, but happily got them before : biofrog
• shacknews is cruel to my wallet. : yAak
• good for them! : bolneze
• Glad to hear it. More games/devs like this please. : The Grolar Bear
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  how do you ressurect a player? : johnhead
  • Save at one of the crystals. : instaism
  • Use one of the blue, standing crystals which also restores your entire party to max health and autosaves : Poor Yurik
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  Okay I fucking love this game, but have not really played this genre and have looked up ZERO info other t... : nevlos
  • Fuck that, just got to level 4 slimes sticking to easy : nevlos
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  Such an awesome game. I'm sick of RPGs with tons of redundant junk loot. Everything you find in this ga... : Clone42
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    Really? I slept for a while past full health but it didn't go away... Do you just wait it out? : nevlos
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      Yeah, it goes away during a good long sleep. : GreggD
      • Now I'm running out of food though. And you can't sleep if you're hungry =oO : Clone42
• I bought this game because I saw a few people hyping it, and the fact that it only cost 13$. Its awesome.... : Thisispol
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  Know what I love? Re-usable flasks. FUCK YEAH! : nevlos
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    yea i love that, they really nailed the "use everything you find" feeling. i love how you start with a sh... : theWhite
    • Haha yeah I fucked my Mage builds a bit, and they literally were throwing pebbles for their first level, ... : nevlos
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  I made a mess of my Rogue 8-( For some reason I pumped points into Assassination to get the "hit from b : biofrog
  • huh how about that.. the devs originally did a different early concept game, called "Escape from Dragon M... : biofrog
• there is a list of spells for legend of grimrock here: http://bit.ly/grimrockspells : grimrocker