It's fair to say we got a fair bit of good luck to be able to go (we're definitely an outlier in the indie romance VN space and it would be unfair to pretend otherwise), but I do also believe that you can make your own luck with some hard work. Thank you so much 😊
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The builds are identical, the only difference for you is the platform you'll be using to download and play the game, and if you live in Germany or China the game is inaccessible on Steam due to laws around mature games. And since you can get a Steam key for the game here on Itch.io, you can buy once and get the game on both platforms.
We have no plans in selling different content on the two storefronts, either.
Unfortunately Steam decided our game contains too much Adult Content (we're as confused as everyone else about this), and they're currently blocking the sale of OBSCURA in Germany and China. There's not much we can do about this right now, we have disputed the rating and they disagreed with us, and the geoblocking is due to laws in those countries regarding the sale of games with mature content.
The good news is you can buy the game here on Itch.io, and you'll be able to redeem a Steam key that should work on Steam like normal (we haven't heard from anyone having problems with it, at least).
14.99 USD isn't the final price for the game since it'll definitely be raised when the game is complete, but purchases are one-and-done. If you buy OBSCURA now you'll get the rest of the Chapter Two and all of Chapter Three as they come out, same if you buy it later, the price may just be a little higher. If you use Steam or Itch.io's app (and we are including Steam keys here on Itch.io now) you'll get the new chapters automatically as updates, otherwise you'll get an announcement about the update and just need to download the updated build.
Ah, unfortunately Steam has decided that OBSCURA is Too Horny and tagged it with Frequent Sexual Content, which appears to have blocked the game from sale in Germany. We think this is silly, but we have to play by Steam's rules while we're on their platform. While a solution to this may come in the future, we don't have any control over if or when it happens. In the meantime, you should be able to get the game here without any issue. Sorry about that one.
I'm super impressed you found us here, of all places! Here's a link, please enjoy your stay!
Unfortunately, I'm not a Mac user so I can only pass along information second-hand that may be able to help you. You may be able to right-click the icon and choose "Show Package Contents", and then go into the folders to find a different launcher that should? work.
In this case, I went into the Obscura.app folder, then Contents, and then MacOS, and there was a file called Obscura there, which hopefully launch the game? I'm afraid I can only be of so much help in this case; this is a tutorial from a dev friend of ours who has been able to use this method before, but I can't test it on my own.
Yeah, Steam decided we belonged in Horny Jail about two days before release, so we complied with their rating request so we wouldn't miss our release day. We're currently disputing this status with them because we think they're being extremely silly about the BDSM content. Hopefully this matter gets resolved soon.
As for Steam keys on Itch.io, it's not something we're doing at the moment, but I've brought it to the team to consider.
Whoa, I understand the frustration but bring it down a notch. Itchio does not have regional pricing, our audience is majority American, therefore we priced the game here using USD. I would recommend checking Steam, which has regional pricing implemented, to see if the price there makes more sense to you.
Oh lord, that's a tough one. We have internal estimates, but we're not comfortable offering a public timeline, given we all work on this game as a side-project. If you'd like an assurance that Keir and Cirrus' routes will be complete before buying, we'd suggest following us on a social media platform (or here on itchio) and waiting for an announcement. Waiting for the end of Early Access is very reasonable and we respect that choice.