by: Colin Robinson
Just when you thought public relations with software pirates couldn’t get any weirder, Ace Team, the developers behind Zeno Clash, have started posting comments on a popular torrent tracker.
I’m one of the developers of Zeno Clash. I would appreciate you read this if you are about to download this file.
Zeno Clash is an independently funded game by a very small and sacrificed group of people. The only way in which we can continue making games like this (or a sequel) is to have good sales.
I am aware that at this moment there is still no demo of the game, but we are working on one which will be available soon.
We cannot do anything to stop piracy of the game (and honestly don’t intend to do so) but if you are downloading because you wish to try before you buy, I would ask that you purchase the game (and support the independent game development scene) if you enjoy it. We plan on updating Zeno Clash with DLC and continuing support for the game long after it’s release.
Thanks for taking the time to read this… hopefully it will make a difference.
Carlos Bordeu
ACE Team
It seems that following the comment it had a rather positive effect on the ‘pirates’, with many encouraging the purchase and claiming they will buy it. We wont link to the comment in question as a sign of respect, but it is certainly interesting to see how the developers are evolving to deal with massive pirate market.
How many people actually took the time to read his APPEAL & accepted it???
many...........doubt it.
