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Hello

(Beforehand: Sorry if that was already answered somewhere else.)
Just on another thought I found when I was going for Loren that only Loren seemed available on Humble and about nothing else from WinterWolves. Same on Desura. Also on GOG I found nothing. I don't know if there is an obstacle blocking entry to these platforms of sale / distribution. Or did I just miss it in the search? I like these platforms, especially gog, very much since they do support Linux and esp. GOG is DRM free. > 90% of my new gaming acquisitions are from gog or humble.
So what is keeping WW from these platforms? Surely you can sell right from your website + offering patches but it might help worldwide popularity if your games could be found on a platform like gog.
(While I honor Valve's engagement in Linux Steam still is DRM / online connection and thus more an emergency solution for me.)

Cheers

It was on Desura but I regret doing it, since they stopped paying developers since they were bought by new owner. I've asked them to remove my games but they ignore my emails, so I used a "trick" to set prices to $999 so nobody will buy them They've filed for bankruptcy so I guess they're going to shut down the site shortly.
GoG refused to sell my games with a generic "not a good fit for our platform". If you want to join a fun discussion started on GoG forums:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/winter ... _gog/page5

Oh, well, I wasn't aware of that. Quite a long thread already. Well, I'll check wishlists / votings. Not much but if enough people flip a bit or byte it will count towards a larger impression.

Oddly enough, it was through Desura where I discovered Winter Wolves. I don't have a Desura account, I just happened to stumble upon looking for platforms for indie games. I ended up buying Planet Stronghold, Loren, and other WW games directly.

Haha good, at least that, since they owe me quite some money

Maybe it's time to try contacting GOG again? They've started listing a fair amount of visual novels (some JAST published games also just appeared today-ish). They even have Visual Novel as a genre now.
https://www.gog.com/games?genres=visual-novel

Yes, though speaking with other indies, it might not even be worth it. I can't make names but except for a few ones doing a specific niche (not VN), for most of them it's like 2% of Steam sales. And Steam sales are already low in general...
So far the best thing was getting the games on consoles, though I can't do it at my own pace but go through a publisher, otherwise I'd have already put all of them there!

I wonder if it might vary depending on whether it was already on other platforms like Itch.io or not. Personally the main reason I look for games on GOG instead of Steam is that I'd prefer to get DRM-free copies for myself, which I also get on Itch.io (so I'm glad all your stuff is available there now).

Yes I think that's the main reason some people prefer itch.io, even some who backed me on KS wanted the copy of the game on itchio rather than Steam. I think unless itchio shuts down (unlikely) all my games will always be available DRM-Free