Berzerk2002: I just recieved an answer from Sobaka Studio regarding a GOG release of their new game REDEEMER.
Hi, Berzerk!
My name Dmitry i'm head of development team of Redeemer.
Thank you for your attention on our game, Appreciate it!
Unfortunately GOG did not give us approve to release game on their platform, they afraid it's not very good so they want to look at how it will perform on steam first!
Berzerk2002: Steam reviews are quite positive at the moment so maybe a future GOG release is not completely off the table yet.
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Of all the things that piss me off about gog, it's their approach to "curation" that takes the cake. The damn thing looks good and it's 5 bucks on the Chinese Steam storefront. This would be an instabuy that I wouldn't regret, even if the game turned out less than stellar.
You know, for all the shit I give indie devs for not keeping their games up to date here, I seriously can't blame them if they have to put up with this kind of haughty attitude. "Yeah, sorry, we can't be bothered to release your game, because we're a curated store and all and your game isn't fit for our awesome store. Yeah, tough luck, but if it performs well enough on Steam, we might reconsider." And after sending a shitty reply like this, maybe they will change their mind eventually and the dev can dump their game here and, months after their Steam launch, they'll probably sell 100 units or so. Only to have a bunch of whiners breathing down your neck to keep your game updated here.
Seriously, if I were an indie dev, I'd be like "Fuck those guys!"