As per his own announcement on Twitter, Please Fix The Road will have official versions available on Steam and GOG. But it will also have an official torrent version. Despite its nature, this pirate version will still have all the launch levels, as well as a few pirate-specific changes like an extra theme song, an altered intro sequence, and a pirate face instead of a cogwheel options icon. Naturally, there will also be a request in the options menu that you buy the game. So what is the drawback of getting a pirate version of Please Fix The Road? No updates. That’s it. As Jurkowski put it, “no strings attached”. Though this could be an issue if it happens to be a buggy release. But even if it ends up being a well-polished release, frequent content updates would likely be incentive enough to buy the game. According to PC Gamer, Jurkowski got the idea for an official pirate version of Please Fix The Road from the infamous Game Dev Tycoon. For those who are unfamiliar, the pirated version of the game was rigged so that players will encounter a disproportionate number of pirates of their own. Which implies that every pirated copy is a lost sale, but that’s beside the point.
— Ariel Jurkowski | Please Fix The Road (@ArielJurkowski) May 5, 2022 Please Fix The Road is scheduled to release in June, though the exact date – and price for that matter – are unavailable yet. You can find its Steam, GOG and Itch.io pages linked below. (Source: Ariel Jurkowski / Twitter, Steam, GOG, Itch.io, Greenheart Games via PC Gamer)
