It’d be great if you guys could arrange another indie game sale on steam, now that it is out for Mac! I already own a bunch of these, but wouldn’t mind paying again to get Mac versions of all of the above!

Alex

Jonathan, I just finished Braid for the second time, this time locating the stars, and the gut-level feeling I got upon getting the eighth star was unlike anything any video game has has ever produced in me. For that, I’d like to thank you.

Braid just asks DirectX for what resolutions are available… if DirectX doesn’t know that your monitor can’t do something, then it is conceivable that this kind of “out of range” problem can happen.

I’m not sure what to suggest there… maybe there are settings in your video drivers?

Anyway, I was just going to ask if you’ve went beyond a phonecall and made some other kind of official complaint. They probably won’t change the policy, but if you push hard enough (I’m taking my experience of working in hospitality and extrapolating – I don’t do this sort of thing) they may give you some credit or something.

My name is Tony Z, and I am writing to you because I have purchased the Steam Indie game pack for $30 which you advertised and included your game, Braid.

While I am very happy that Steam had that sale, I’m upset at the way they conduct their digital distribution business. You see, I have previously purchased other games in the pack (such as Darwinia, World of Goo, and Audiosurf) and I was expecting to receive another copy of these games in which to pass onto my friends. However, I never received another copy of any of the games I previously owned.

When contacting Steam support, they plainly said that they don’t do that with games outside of their own. I found this to be an outrage, as I had just payed money for a game I already had, and never got a second copy. I first asked for them to please give me a copy of which to send to my Steam friends, which they outright denied. I sadly then asked for my money back, because I was paying extra money for a product that I was not receiving. They denied me this as well.

I would love to be able to pass on games that I already purchased to a friend of mine, and I send my experience to you in hopes that I reach someone influential enough to make Steam change their ways, and allow multiple purchases to be shared among friends.

Thank you for your time,
Tony Z

Hope many people who weren’t that much into indie game culture learned more about it through this deal.