News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Exapunks (2018). Parent comment

Re:Exapunks (2018) by CodesInChaos on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:09PM (#48767407)
I have a hard time believing that GOG rejected a Zachtronics game. They're popular, high quality, and a good match for the GOG audience. An GOG already sells several of them (I own SHENZHEN I/O and Spacechem on GOG).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Exapunks (2018) by optionalsquid on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:14PM (#48767445)
Well, it has happened before:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/confusion-surrounds-gogs-rejec...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Exapunks (2018) by CodesInChaos on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:24PM (#48767559)
Really weird decision. Though it was added to GOG about 3 weeks after that article was written.

And GOG has its share of slop (e.g. a dozen Whale Rock Games which have obviously fake reviews).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Exapunks (2018) by optionalsquid on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:40PM (#48767738)
The rejection of Opus Magnum got a lot of attention at the time, which probably caused GOG to reconsider. But most developers don't get that kind of attention, if a game of theirs is rejected. I've seen multiple developers of games that I like, saying that they've given up on GOG because of the curation
[ Parent | on HN ]