#Sebastian mcpixel full version
The front page of currently features a large link to The Pirate Bay torrent download, which features a full version of the game for Mac, PC, and Linux (versions for iOS, Android and Blackberry are also available for sale). The donation sections of comes way down the page from the torrent link right at the top. It wasn't until after the site was retored and Sosowski hosted a popular Ask Me Anything post about the deal that The Pirate Bay came calling, offering him the promotional spot "upon noticing how cool I am about all that," as he put it to Ars Technica. That kindhearted response attracted the notice of a redditor who said " these kind of developers truly deserve recognition." The reddit community apparently agreed, as the screenshot of The Pirate Bay comment attracted enough attention to hit the top position on reddit's front page, leading to a barrage of traffic that shut down the official McPixel website (The Pirate Bay torrent continued to work just fine, we assume). Sosowski went into the comments for that Pirate Bay torrent post, politely asking for donations and offering a few free, legitimate gift codes for those who felt they really couldn't pay anything. It all started last month, when Sosowski tells Ars he was actually excited to find that McPixel, which launched in late June, had become popular enough to warrant a torrent on The Pirate Bay. Sosowski's path to The Promo Bay didn't go through the normal application process, though. This is the first time the front page banner has been used to promote an indie video game (though the front page featured print-and-play collectible strategy card game Empires & Generals back in May, and the banner has linked to internal searches for Grand Theft Auto in the past). But while The Promo Bay effort attracted over 5,000 applications in its first three months of existence, almost 90 percent of those seeking promotion were musicians, with the remainder reportedly mainly made up primarily of authors and moviemakers.
Since January, dozens of artists have been featured as part of The Promo Bay, which is what the site calls its rotating "promotional apparatus" for unnnoticed artists of all stripes. This isn't the first time The Pirate Bay has donated its heavily trafficked front page space to promoting a specific project. And if you like it, throw some coins in my general direction."
#Sebastian mcpixel download
So today, you can download a torrent of my game. I am most happy just to see people enjoy them. "And even though I make games for a living. But everyone needs it," the message reads in part. "I know that not everyone can afford entertainment. Further, the pay-what-you-want sale is being actively promoted on the front page of The Pirate Bay, where tens of millions of visitors will see a short, conciliatory message from Sosowski (seen above). McPixel developer Sos Sosowski has taken a different tack, one that gives new meaning to the phrase "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Starting this morning, and continuing through the entire weekend, Sosowski is actively directing people to pirate his game using the Torrent link posted on The Pirate Bay, and asking them to donate whatever they want in return. Some major publishers are increasingly looking to an unpiratable free-to-play model to blunt piracy's effects, while some smaller developers have offered amnesty sales to try and coax some money out of pirates, or tried to engage pirates in conversation about why they download games illegally rather than buying them. Figuring out the best way to handle game piracy continues to be a major concern for developers both big and small.
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