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Weeklong Sale -20% (April 17-24th)
Goblin and Coins is discounted 20% during this week. Use this opportunity to collect all the coins, kiss the frog, find 7 gnomes and return blue rose to them and save the realm from a... wait, that's not this story! Okay, eh... use this opportunity to collect all the coins and save the bean soup from overcooking! Offer ends 24 April.
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I got a game today, so now I actually have much less excuses not to participate. Bump for now :)
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I hope you'll have fun playing it. Also, looking forward to any videos :)
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Thank you, I'm having fun with it :) Got to village and so far bees remain to be the evilest enemies for me.
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Here's a hint for that https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/4MRDk/ :)
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Ah, thanks :D That is not the problem, the problem for me is bee move pattern or rather its hitbox (?). If you jump too early on it even if it looks like you will jump on top of it, you still get hit by the side of it. I needed some time to get used not to hurry and wait while the bee gets lower, so that I can be sure that I will be much higher during my jump then the bee and no unexpected stings materialize in goblin's body.
About event itself: I do plan to make a video with voice commentary, hope I'll find the time now.
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I do plan to make a video with voice commentary, hope I'll find the time now.
Yay!!! :)
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Plan to start today ^^ Sad to see that there are still no new participants (besides jatan of course)
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Okay, let me watch the videos, I think I can accept your application if everything else is okay.
Ok, I'll accept it as you've really made an effort and would be silly to not allow your entry as it's still the 5th technically. Welcome in, added you on steam to send you a link.
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This is actually great idea for event. However, it seems people are not really participating, which is sad.
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Yes, I wish I knew what the reason is.
There's enough of people owning the game on SG, no one is expecting perfect game plays, the idea is to have fun... Not sure if the reason is lack of time/will to do anything, or that commentary/facecam is required, or too many levels maybe... Or people don't even read when they see "bunch of rules" (which are 2-3 simple rules split into smaller parts for readability and clarity).
There were several people saying they don't have the time right now, so that's certainly the part of it.
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I can understand face cam, but why commentary? You can just say random words from time to time like "this is too easy... " / dies 7 times
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Yea he is just trying too hard lmao. Well free games for a single participant
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It might be cool to try this with other games - more popular or free to play (so everyone can pick it up anytime).
I sadly do not own the game to participate, but I'm thinking about just buying it because of this event... It's too cool imo to just let it be.
Honestly, thanks a lot for this even, as this is what I was looking for on steamgifts. No stupid ITH quizes, not enraging jigidi either. Just pure gaming / fun. There should be more events like this.
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It might be cool to try this with other games - more popular or free to play (so everyone can pick it up anytime).
The reason I'm doing it with this game is because I made it and there was recently a giveaway for 50 copies here. The game itself is very much a product of sg community which influenced it highly with their suggestions and bug reports.
But yes, we could, as community, do this more often with older games... maybe even emulated ones or whatever. Sadly, I don't think it would get more people to join in, as 99% of the sg users are here for free games, and while there's enough public giveaways, they won't bother to do anything that requires any effort on their side. Not saying we should abolish public giveaways, just that core community that can actually activate in any sort of event is really small compared to total users.
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Not sure if the reason is lack of time/will to do anything, or that commentary/facecam is required, or too many levels maybe... Or people don't even read when they see "bunch of rules" (which are 2-3 simple rules split into smaller parts for readability and clarity).
I was surprised to see so many people dislike the face cam/commentary aspect of it, considering the popularity of the selfie thread and the karaoke competitions (and you need less talent to comment than to sing!)
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Yes, visiting YouTube for a few moments would make you think everyone is streaming games nowadays and yet... they are not members here, I guess.
Like I said, original idea was to motivate winners of Keo's giveaway to actually play the game (as we all know, besides 500 people who actually wanna play it, there's 12.500 entries who don't really care at all what they are entering, and statistics tell us that 90% of the winners fall into this group). Of course, it would be rude to not open it for everyone who has the game and is a member here so... this happened.
Still hoping there'll be more people participating, as you actually need a day couple of hours to play a bit and then record something, it's a short game.
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I think another problem is that participating in this challenge requires quite a bit of technical knowledge not everybody has.
I have recorded and uploaded a few videos from PS4 where capturing videos is a native feature but it seems to be a little more complicated on PC and familiarizing yourself with the software takes time probably not everybody has.
Also for us bundle crowd, who are used to buy games for a few cents, 10% off is not a very tempting offer (even if the game is rather cheap to begin with and was developed by a fellow SteamGifter) specially considering the incentives to participate are not particularly tempting (except maybe for people who try to win anything regardless if the are interested in it).
So the challenge is pretty much limited to people who already have the game.
Edit: Nevermind. I missed the line what to expect as incentives and just saw non-bundled, depending on availability.
The incentives are good but even with AAA games it would probably be better to know what to expect.
My next guess would be that facecam is probably another requirement that might deter some potential participants.
Edit 2: Also does hardware recording refer to a capture-card (or whatever those things are called) because I doubt a lot of people have one of those.
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Hardware recording means having a GPU that has integrated H264 chip which records video in a native resolution without any framerate drops (so you don't need to use software recorder like Fraps which would slow down gameplay in any game). nVidia cards have Shadowplay feature through GeForceExperience software, for example. I assume AMD has something similar too. So basically, 50-100% gamers should have it, and even if not, software recording is not forbidden, you can record however you want... It's just a tip so you don't get slowdowns (in any game). Also, recording through GeforceExperience is quite similar to recording on a console, so not complicated at all.
even with AAA games it would probably be better to know what to expect
Maybe, but I can't know what participants might want/need and what they'll already have. I could say DOOM, and then ending up with 3 people out of whom 2 have DOOM and 1 has no interest in the game.
who are used to buy games for a few cents
Oh, I understand this feeling very well, that's why I don't expect people to buy it just for this event, nor was that the point.
Don't get me wrong, I never expected lots of people to join... but was hoping for at least 3-8 so we have more fun. Still gonna make the giveaway even if it's only one though.
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50-100% gamers should have it
I'm using an onboard graphic chip so 100% is probably a bit too high but I see what you mean.
Oh, so the prices also depend on which games the entrants already have / would be interested in. I misinterpreted "based on availability" then.
Maybe linking some good tuturial (if something like that exists) on video capturing might help a little bit but I'm not completely sure about that.
Anyway, I hope I could provide some helpful thoughts for this and / or future events.
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Yes, thank you. I'll definitely include a tutorial if there's a next time.
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There's a website floating around that lets you check playtime of games...it would be a depressing exercise to see If your game was being played or sitting gathering dust/idled for cards :<
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Oh, I have access to those stats from various sources, including Steam. Great majority of people who buy the game actually play it a lot. Sadly, most of the mentioned giveaway winners didn't even idle it, let alone tried it out. I guess that should be expected.
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Awareness bump and +1 spam into NB's inbox. I also always pictured jatan as some guy in his mid-30's, sporting a hip beard and with a fetish for ugly hand-made christmas sweaters, kinda weird to be disappointed like that ;D.
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Final call: 3 days to go. One person posting videos so far, 27 freebie giveaways created, many bumps received.
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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!
Also I loved the commentary, it's right on point. Well you're in, will send you the invite when I create the giveaways in a few days. :)
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Added you on steam to send you a link. Pls accept asap. Thanks!
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Okay I've created 3 giveaways for our 3 hero goblins from their wishlists... and waiting for them to respond. Let's hope they are not shy.
Also, please watch their videos, comment, like or whatever and show your support for these brave coin collectors!
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Even officially ended.
Results are visible in the table in the OP but here is a tl,dr:
- Jatan('s girlfriend) played on casual, face cam included, won Deus Ex: Mankind Divided from their wishlist
- kataztrophik played on old school, no face cam, won Dishonored 2 from their wishlist
- CrystalGamer played on old school, no face cam, won Doom from their wishlist
That's it. I'm thankful to all the participants and really enjoyed watching all the videos. It was a bit sad that there were no more entries, but I'm sure we're all feeling much better now that the gifts went to the right hands ;)
Until the next event...
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Now that Keo's 50 copies giveaway is over, it's time for me to actually do what I mentioned in the comments over there, and that mean's we're gonna play a little game - if you want, of course.
Spring Goblin and Coins marathon!
Okay, this is the idea. I'll make at least 2 non-bundled (something alongside of GTA V, Fallout 4, Doom... you know, good stuff) invite only giveaways in May. In order to get invited, you need to post a video of yourself playing Goblin and Coins on YouTube. There are some specific rules so read carefully.
Rules:
Requirements:
Tips:
Out of competition example:
(You too can post out of competition videos if you've made a video that doesn't meet the requirements but you still wanna share it because it's funny or for whatever reason!)
Event log:
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