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title: "Register your game"
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---
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_Sketchy Maze_ is a free (shareware) game and is intended to be fully functional
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in its free form, but for buying the game and supporting its creator you can
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unlock some additional features to make custom content and modding _much_
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easier to do.
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The notable features that registering your game will unlock
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(as of [v0.10.1](/posts/release-v0.10.1/)) include:
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* The ability to [publish](https://www.sketchymaze.com/guidebook/custom-levels/publishing.html)
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and play levels which **embed their custom doodads** _inside_ the level file for
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easy transport to "just play" on another registered copy of the game.
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* And by extension, the ability to play a custom Level Pack which embeds custom doodads.
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## Where to buy it
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Since the game is still in beta, I'll give you an activation key if you give me
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_any_ amount of money for it. When the "1.0" of the game launches, it will have
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a page on [Itch.io](https://itch.io) for a more structured storefront but for
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now I have a couple of options for you:
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* Support me [on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/kirsle) at least once.
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* Send me a one-off donation on [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=Q9TER3KLPK8XG&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD).
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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/donate" method="post" target="_top">
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="Q9TER3KLPK8XG" />
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<input type="hidden" name="no_recurring" value="0" />
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<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD" />
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<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button" />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
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</form>
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If you have any questions, you can reach me at [support@sketchymaze.com](mailto:support@sketchymaze.com).
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Also, check out the [Discord server](/discord)! I'm a bit new to all of that
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stuff
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## Buy once, free updates forever
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The way this is going to work is that you buy the game just **one** time and
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get free updates to the game for as long as I find it interesting to develop.
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The early releases will be inexpensive and will go up as the game gains more
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features and popularity, so early adopters can get in on the later updates for
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a lower price!
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## No DRM
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The game is activated by selecting a signed "license key" file and validating it
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completely off-line. If the game accepts your license key today, it will do so
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forever -- it's yours.
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## Piracy
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When I start to discover license keys leaked onto piracy websites, I reserve the
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right to have future releases of Sketchy Maze block those keys going forward.
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The license key would continue to work, forever, on previous versions of the
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game that accepted it before.
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Keep your key for yourself and it's yours forever and gets free updates
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forever.
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## In case of key rotation
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In the unlikely but not impossible scenario that my "signing keys" for
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license files were stolen, a future release of _Sketchy Maze_ would need to
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install new keys which would render all previously issued licenses invalid.
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In such an event, all existing customers with valid license keys will be
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entitled to an updated license that would continue to work with future
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releases of the game.
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