Any way I can attach my non-Steam version to steam? I mean a proper attachment as if I had purchased it, not just adding it as a "non steam game"

Those who dislike Steam should really check out the Indie Games section of the store: http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Indie/. Having a central, highly visible central hub like this for Indie Developers is extremely valuable. I have purchased quite a lot of (high quality) indie games on Steam now, many of which I was exposed to for the first time by noticing that the game was up on Steam.

As well as having this central store front, Indie Devs can also benefit from the viral nature of Steam, in that the games that my friends have are also highly visible to me, and this makes me more likely to buy those games.

Also as Nifflas mentioned, nothing is forcing devs to do a Steam-exclusive release - the game can be distributed using several mediums/platforms

Quote from: googoogjoob on February 01, 2010, 13:46:14

These are cheap hacks who want to make a quick buck off the App Store.

I dont exactly like the company, But I want to point out that trundle is free, so I really dont understand this...

They're making money through in-game microtransactions for extra content, so you can consider the "free" game kind of like a demo, to hook people in to buying the extra levels.

I have to say, after having just downloaded this and played for a bit, it does feel like a shameless copy of NightSky. The silhouettes, the sunset in the background, the ambient music, physics based gameplay with a ball rolling around. Even the curly trees which move around like they're alive, which can be seen at the ~20 second mark in the NightSky trailer. I have also been lucky enough to play NightSky at an art Gallery in Melbourne, and there are no significant gameplay differences (other than NightSky's being infinitely more refined, and far greater music).

I really think Nifflas should pursue this legally because his work is being copied, money being made with his ideas.

If Nifflas releases a back-catalogue including KS and Saira on Steam then I will happily purchase Saira again as part of that =)

All of the music is in the .../Saira/Data/ folder, separated into each individual star system and planet. I suggest you make copies of the files before playing them, however.

This is more or less true - the music is not actually in the Data folder but in /Saira/Nifflas - 000 - Teleporters/<Star System>/<Planet>/MusicJust wondered if there was a more convenient way to get the music rather than manually gatherring them up from all of these different directories

I removed some posts from this topic. Not because I dislike the posts, but simply because they can potentially be a bit harmful for me when I establish contacts 'n stuff with networks like this.... The posts were based on things I was thinking years ago and isn't exactly up to date with my current opinion.

My attitude toward Steam have changed. Personally, I only buy software free of copy protection and without online activation, but since a DRM free and even portable option already exist for Saira on my website, I can't see why I shouldn't support other distribution methods as well since people obviously like them. These days I only have a problem with when DRM is the only option, but when it is not I don't mind making some extra sales. There's of course some extra work involved in getting a game out on more networks, but it might be worth it.

Awesome - well I think steam is good for indie games in particular from a sort of viral marketing point of view. If I see one of my friends playing Saira, I might think to myself "oh man I've been planning to check that game out but I forgot about it". Then you can message that friend and see what they think. That type of community type activity doesn't exist when you just do a one-off purchase the game via some website. I also think that a lot of people are like me and were waiting for Saira to come out on Steam before buying it, and then totally forgot about it - it was just pure chance that I happened to remember it again and buy it.