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Thank you. One more question: let's say the suggested donation value was $5, and someone donated $3. If the full version becomes $5 paid , what will happen to that person? Will he/she 1) get access to the full version, 2) will have to pay $2 more, or 3) will have to pay the full $5? Thanks.

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Edit: My mistake. will be option 1.

When your game is free, any amount someone donates will get them a download key for ownership. This means that if people have donated to your free game 1 dollar, and you later put it for purchase at 10 dollars, they will still have access to the files


https://itch.io/t/41926/who-can-download-my-game-when-i-convert-it-from-free-to-...

If you request a donation of 5, that is called a minimum price. If you suggest a donation of 5, that does not tell us anything about the minimum price.

You cannot pay less than a minimum amount. There will be this error message: You must pay at least ...

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Suggested donation value is just that. Suggested. Either you paid minimum price or above and gained ownership and have the game in your library - or not.

Think of it as buying the game on a discount. If you paid at all, you still have it purchased, even if the price changes. That is actually not hard to grasp. It only sounds complicated for all those pay what you want games that start at 0 amount. It does not count as a purchase if you download such a game without paying. But any amount at all does.

Should you have individually priced files, things get complicated. Mostly because there is no way to increase the paid amount later. Those files are completely separated from the rest of the purchase. You can only access them if you paid more than a fixed amount. They should completely overhaul this feature in favor of regular dlc. It confuses devs and buyers alike.