{"id":781,"date":"2010-11-16T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T21:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/?p=203"},"modified":"2010-11-16T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T21:17:22","slug":"stealth-target-the-pre-orderbeta-explained-and-now-50-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/stealth-target-the-pre-orderbeta-explained-and-now-50-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealth Target: The pre-order\/beta explained (and now 50% off!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people were confused by my announcement 10 days ago. So I’m going to try and explain it a bit better!<\/p>\n

Stealth Target is not a finished game. If you look at the screenshots and video I’ve posted, almost none of the graphics you see are final, they are all free graphics or stuff I hobbled together quickly so as to get the game basically working. What you’re looking at is not what I will be selling to the general public when the game is finished.<\/p>\n

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I am a solo indie game developer. That means there’s just me doing the bulk of this project. My wife Nan helps with the testing and some of the ideas. And I contract out the art and music since I’m only so-so at those things myself. I don’t have a team of 50 Q&A guys in my basement who test my game for me non-stop. That’s what the beta is for, it’s a way for me to get feedback from the users who are interested in helping me out!<\/p>\n

I did, however, make a notable mistake in my beta release! I priced it at $9.99 (my planned full-price.) This was a goof-up on my part, since I really want to thank people who are taking a chance and trying out my games before they are done. I’ve changed this to $4.99 so people who pre-order get the special price. (The few brave users who went and paid the full $9.99 for the game last week I gave full refunds to, so they got the game for free!) And, yes, whoever buys the game at this pre-order price will receive the full desktop game when it is finished. (I’m also planning on releasing it for the iPad. A pre-order will not count towards that.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I want to give a huge thanks to the people who have played the game already and given me feedback. I’ve just posted a new build<\/a> of the game with a bunch of new features and fixes based on their feedback. You can check my blog<\/a> to see what all changes I’ve made and how the development has proceeded.<\/p>\n

To the people who wondered “Where is the demo??!” Don’t worry, I haven’t built it yet, but I think I’ll be making one available sometime soon. I’ll send out a mailing when I do so don’t feel like you have to rush and buy the game right now if you’d rather try the demo first :) <\/p>\n

So, all that said, if you’re feeling brave, go ahead and pre-order Stealth Target<\/a> for 50% off the full-price, today! For the less brave, feel free to wait it out until I have a demo ready.<\/p>\n

Thanks!
\n-Phil<\/p>\n

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