PSA: Shan Gui got removed from store, all unused keys were invalid (BUT IT'S BACK \o/)

Thanks for info mate.
I've just made one giveaway on another gifting website & it was marked as not working key so, thanks dev!

wow!!!!may be just a mistake

The publisher doesn't pay the money to developer .developer contact steam DMCA claim,so steam take down the game ,
developer had contact Valve ,they want get back distribution right and the game to steam store

also they discontinue relationship with publisher

Glad I have this one. I'm not the type to want a ton of discontinued games in my library, but I really enjoy visual novels, and I would have been sad to miss out on this one. Too bad the extra IG key I have is useless now... Not because I wanted some kind of profit off it, but because that could have been one more person who would have the game. =/

Did they give some heads up at least?

Thanks for letting me know, and sods law my giveaway was almost up. If only I hadn't made it a week long giveaway....... Typical lol :)

That's pretty lame that keys are dead too. They can do what they want though, since I don't really own anything I pay for that is related to Steam. Just borrowing or "leasing" it. It would have been nice if they left the keys people paid for though, since they would be of value down the road... and well... some of that money went to the makers when we bought them...

Just lends more fuel and credibility to my realization that in general, humans are stupid /facepalm yeah, that includes me

Thanks for the info though, at any rate. Sad to see the game go, and sad to see the keys crumble to alphanumerical dust.

Well, I can throw away those extra keys then! I love it when that happens.

Are they also deleting the game from people's libraries? I checked someone who I know had the game before but it doesn't show up any longer...

Nothing yet on IndieGala's forum or Twitter.

Doh. I had an inventory gift of the game last month too.

RIP $100 removed game gift XD

I emailed IndieGala support about this issue (along with something else). This was their response:

"We contacted the developer and we are waiting for his answer, as soon as he get back to us we’ll let you know."

Words from developers here: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4540865834
Translated:

Because the developer company didn't receive the payment from publisher in the past one year, and all developers are kicked from Steamworks group, so the developers are not able to update the game and have to cancel the support. So the developer company created a DCMA ticket to Steam and the game is removed.
Now the developer company is contacting Valve to get the distribution rights back and make the game back to Steam. The developer company will stop the cooperation with former publisher.

This is really a shame. I really liked Shan Gui and was hoping to see new stuff from the devs.

SHAN GUI ;___;

Man those Publishers are greedy scammers for not paying the Developers.

For the keys that were rendered unusable, I opened a Paypal dispute with Indie Gala, requesting a refund proportionate to the number of keys out of the total. I was pleased to see they refunded the requested amount with no questions asked.

Thank you JustArchi, IgotElbows and dkny for bringing my attention to it!

I have 2 extra keys for trade. I guess, I should the use the word "had". I'll probably wait until this is fixed.

so shan gui in the meantime will be removed, but if they can get things working with valve again it will come back?

Game's back and keys work again.

Nice. :) I'd better lose my Shan Gui keys to celebrate.

The Visual Novels Steam Group just posted an announcement regarding this matter:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Visual_Novels#announcements/detail/853809625515233763

keys works again? nice