Unfortunately we've been the victims of our own success. We have had 4 of our games reviewed recently at various sites and they all scored top marks and consequently the bandwidth hitting our site is running in at over 4gb a day.
We're already facing a bandwidth bill as 4x30=120gb/month is significantly over our allowance. We estimate that Transfusions first month after launch will result in over half a terrabyte of bandwidth.
This meens we have to delay Transfusion until next month in order to reduce the cost of the bill. Also the increasing costs of the level of bandwidth we're dealing with need to be addressed, but we do intend to keep the game free.
Whilst I understand there are placed I can host the file for free the problem with these sites is that they cannot sustain the level of data we are currently shunting, and I am relluctant to host elsewhere and loose the statistical reporting which has tangeable benefits for Banshee's future.
In the hope of controlling our expenses we're making the game donationware. We hope that those people who really do enjoy it will be willing to contribute towards sustaining the website, you will be able to pick the size of your contribution and it is entirely voluntary - you will still get the whole game without having to register or pay a penny. We still believe firmly in freeware.
Hopefully enough people will enjoy the game to cover the costs we are facing and we'll be able to continue to avoid making our games shareware.
Sorry for those of you who have been looking forward to this one, it's only a short delay...
God created the world in 7 days, but we're still waiting for the patch.
