Wesley_de_Waart: If I get nothing within a month I'm pulling the plug. This forum thread has been amazing but the way we are being left in the dark is far too frustrating and makes me hesitant to work together.

Wesley_de_Waart: Still nothing.

I must admit that I'm completely discouraged by this point. A 3 month wait is unacceptable and given how the automated email states that, after 2 weeks of not hearing anything, it is safe to assume that they (GOG) decided to 'pass on the game'. Fast-forward to 3 months later and we got nothing.

I've heard from other developers that the 2 week period is completely inaccurate and it baffles me that this has not been addressed / corrected on their end. An automated email is easy to adjust. Or, a simple ''Hey, sorry that's its taking so long, we will get back to you asap'' after a lengthy waiting period would have been nice, just something to inform developers that they are not being ignored, but we get absolutely nothing from GOG. No update, no notice about traffic being heavier than expected, no estimate that is even remotely accurate. We are completely left in the dark not knowing if we should continue waiting or if they declined our game and that it's game over.

I know that we are in a pandemic, I know that many indie developers are submitting their titles, but for god sake GOG it has not been just a couple of weeks. It has been months!

In a previous post I said that I would not re-submit Selaco because I don't want to flood them any further knowing how busy they are, but I've become increasingly impatient with this non-sense and decided to re-submit anyway.

If I get nothing within a month I'm pulling the plug. This forum thread has been amazing but the way we are being left in the dark is far too frustrating and makes me hesitant to work together with them.

Wesley_de_Waart: Still nothing.

I must admit that I'm completely discouraged by this point. A 3 month wait is unacceptable and given how the automated email states that, after 2 weeks of not hearing anything, it is safe to assume that they (GOG) decided to 'pass on the game'. Fast-forward to 3 months later and we got nothing.

AB2012: Personally, I'd always rather support actual DRM-Free stores given the choice (and I've never liked game clients in general), but if it comes to it and GOG turns you down a second time / keeps ignoring are you planning to release the Steam version without DRM? Not every potential GOG customer will buy it there but quite a few people here who read this list will. GZDoom is pretty DRM-Free friendly anyway.

Swedrami: Unbelievable that they're STILL going with this awful and, as this once again clearly demonstrates, business-damaging 2 weeks-deadline bullshit.
I don't want to imagine how many devs that aren't as understanding or patient already got fed up and as a result won't release any of their present as well as future games on GoG, period.

Fucking finally have curation prioritise games whose devs are willing to release on GoG and don't need to be convinced or courted + have a decent number of community wishlist votes under their belt.
You're losing out on easy money here, GoG.

And fucking finally get rid of that 2 weeks-response deadline after which the game in question can be assumed rejected.
Is there nobody in GoG's BizDev department that can't see how stupid and damaging for business relations this really is?

Wesley_de_Waart: If I get nothing within a month I'm pulling the plug. This forum thread has been amazing but the way we are being left in the dark is far too frustrating and makes me hesitant to work together with them.

Cadaver747: Dear Wesley, please reconsider. You sent the form to GOG previously at least twice and it was ignored. Then some of us *chased* GOG moderators asking them to pass the information to the managers, Zan, the developer of Hedon, also contributed. And as a result GOG reached you in the end:

"I have finally received an email from GOG and decided to bail on the idea of getting our game on there for now. Before they fully approve us they want us to:

1. Send them a playable build. This alone is completely out of question and just plain ridiculous. We should not have to send playable builds in order for our game to arrive in the store.

2. Be more specific about our launch and its future plans (Early Access, DLC etc). Which, also, is none of their business right now. If Steam does not ask these questions, neither should GOG."

Source:
https://discord.com/channels/563522576006250528/809855450971373668/857269578568433694

Could you please clarify if the above 2 requirements can be fulfilled on your end. And if you have an option to reply to that GOG email you received previously in order to get a swift reply instead of waiting for some form to be ignored again.

Wesley_de_Waart: Both been addressed in the submission itself, with an offer for a playable build.

Cadaver747: It's good to hear, yet it's safe to assume that your latest submission form was *lost*. That's why I specifically asked if it's possible for a direct reply to that email from GOG itself you got in July.