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[tanelorn]

Just to comment: If there's a pirated version of the full game I couldn't find it anywhere. It's not common enough to be on major torrent sites. Websearch for cracks / full versions give hits but those links are never accurate and lead you to advertisements and not actual files. I think you're safe from piracy unless something happens to make the game more well known (although lots of folks do know about it). I do find it a little strange, especially with many strat websites and indy websites talking about ID.

I'm saying all this as a buyer, by the way.

[RinkuHero]

Not everything is pirated through torrents, there are plenty of other methods. File hosts like rapidshare and megaupload are the most common ways that indie games are pirated. There's also a Game Maker decompiler, which can be used on the game to read the code and change the part of the game that locks it to demo mode. And I did see one torrent for the game on a Thai torrent site, for some weird reason.

[RinkuHero]

Another thing is simple sharing, people can ask others who bought the game to send it to them. That's actually why I think I disabled private messages on this forum, because it's so easy for people to PM people who say they've bought the game and ask them to send it to them (most of them wouldn't, but some would), so it's common on indie game message boards for private messages to be disabled for that reason as a precaution against it.

[RinkuHero]

Downloads in August: 1600
Sales in August: 13
Conversion Rate: 0.8%
Marketing in August: none

Downloads in Sept: 1800
Sales in Sept: 6
Conversion Rate: 0.3%
Marketing in Sept: none

Downloads in Oct: 2100
Sales in Oct: 32
Conversion Rate: 1.5%
Marketing in Oct: Released v1.1 near the end of the month, reduced price to 15$ near the end of the month

[RinkuHero]

downloads in november: 1200
sales in november: 45
conversion rate: 3.75%

downloads in december: 1100
sales in december: 21
conversion rate: 1.9%

downloads in jan: 1200
sales in jan: 27
conversion rate: 2.25%

downloads in feb: 1950
sales in feb: 13
conversion rate: 0.667%

downloads in mar: 2100
sales in mar: 18
conversion rate: 0.85%

downloads in apr: 2500
sales in apr: 14
conversion rate: 0.56%