An indie developer has give you a novel weather-based solution to cost for his or her recreation.
A Good Snowman is Exhausting to Construct is a puzzle recreation that was initially launched in 2015, and is normally priced at $14.99.
Nonetheless, to have fun the sport’s tenth anniversary, developer Draknek & Buddies has determined to implement a brand new everlasting pricing mannequin primarily based on the temperature.
Particularly, the sport’s value will change each hour on itch.io relying on the present temperature in London, based on climate forecast web site OpenWeather.
On the time of writing, for instance, the temperature in London is 9.2°C, that means the sport is priced at $9.20.
Though the sport is obtainable on Steam, the brand new pricing scheme is simply energetic for its itch.io model, as a result of Steam doesn’t permit the value to be routinely modified, not to mention on an hourly foundation.
The brand new pricing scheme naturally means the sport will get cheaper when it’s night-time in London, and can rise throughout the day.
It additionally means the sport will probably be less expensive throughout the winter and much costlier than its regular $14.99 Steam value throughout the summer season, which is considerably applicable provided that the premise entails constructing a snowman by rolling balls of snow round.
The developer notes that ought to the temperature drop to 0°C this does imply the sport will probably be free for that interval, however notes that anybody hoping to really receives a commission for claiming the sport when the temperature drops to minus figures will probably be out of luck. “Good strive,” they stated. “The sport will probably be free.”
In addition they joke that anybody feeling significantly beneficiant will pay by Fahrenheit or Kelvin measurements ought to they need, that means the present $9.20 value for 9.2°C would as an alternative turn into $48.56 (48.56°F) or $282.35 (282.35°Ok) respectively.
The studio is at the moment engaged on The Electrifying Incident, a puzzle recreation utilizing the identical character from A Good Snowman is Exhausting to Construct, and can presumably be hoping this new temperature-based fee scheme will generate curiosity in its new recreation.
