Copy-pasting the description from my public giveaway to give a little extra exposure to this rather awesome developer.
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/zpzQM/bit-dungeon (ENDED)
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/wREVc/bit-dungeon (ENDED)
http://www.sgtools.info/giveaways/4c548d0a-fc20-11e5-a85e-04019cc0dc01 (Bonus GA!)

So, today I had a lengthy discussion with the creator of bitDungeon+ about the state of the game. They added me on Steam to discuss my negative review...

They said they loved my review and wanted to fix everything that I listed.

After the discussion, they gave me 12 keys to give to friends. With their permission, I am instead giving them here to show that there are developers out there that do appreciate critical opinions. I will be creating a second giveaway once the first one has been completed, as my current limitations will not let me give out all 12 keys at this time.

If you have the time, check out the first incarnation of bitDungeon:

And, check out bitDungeon II:

BONUS
I've decided, as a final hurrah, to provide a bitDungeon II forum giveaway!

As this is an out of pocket giveaway, as opposed to the previous ones being provided by the developer, the following rules apply:
Lv.0+
No Non-Activated Wins
No Multiple Wins
No VAC Bans

See the above "Bonus GA" link for your entry, and enjoy!

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I loved bit Dungeon II, so hopefully they live up to the promise of fixing the glitches in this one. Good review btw.

8 years ago
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Should have made the giveaway invite-only to reduce number of people who enter every giveaway in a row (there was 1000 (!!!) entries in a Heaven Island Soundtrack giveaway).

8 years ago
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Considering these keys were given by the dev, and my intent is to give them credit where I believe it is due, doing an invite only giveaway, even a forum giveaway, would not exactly be fair. Believe me, I had "invite only" selected from the beginning, and was fully anticipating setting up SGTools rules (VAC, all activated, no multi), but just felt that a totally public giveaway was the right thing to do.

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In my opinion dev would have benefited more if people who are into these type of games would have gotten copies and provided some feedback (afterall, dev asked to give out copies to your friends) or at least play it. For example, there was a thread recently (maybe even yesterday) called "If Steam library was limited to 3 games..." and I saw someone list Binding of Isaac - you want people like him to get the game; MatrixRaven, who left a comment in this thread below; numerous people on SG stated that they prefer indie games (I think ambidot is into games like bitDungeon).
The only way to improve the game is to get constructive feedback and suggestions.
Since the giveaway will be running for over 3 days, the chances that the games you've given away won't ever be played are over 90%.

8 years ago
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Wow, awesome devs. I may hold back on buying this looking at your review, but I'm certainly impressed that they're taking your criticism to heart and not blaming you/ blocking you/ trying to fight you like so many other small devs seem to do these days. Kudos to them.

8 years ago
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It seems that most people have trouble with the controls, so it's good that they have decided to solve this problem. And yes, this is the right approach from devs:)

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Wow... this is interesting to me. It's because of your review... yes YOURS, AzureFang, that I didn't buy the game... I read it and it seemed really well balanced and like you wanted the game to be good, but it just wasn't. It didn't seem spiteful or mean, and I remember seeing you here, so I decided to let your review sway me on this one.

Thanks for the GAs. I hope I win one. :)

PS: Thanks for your review.

8 years ago
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You're welcome :)

8 years ago
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Ethos, still the most important part of rhetoric.

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It's very good, and completely applicable.

8 years ago
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Would you care to explain? I'm open to criticism. You're welcome to take it to the review's comment section, if you wish.

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Of course you are. Too much work, otherwise.

8 years ago
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I think his point is that you're supposed to remember what you've bound your keys to. Otherwise, what's the point of it?

8 years ago
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inb4 everyone starts to do bad reviews to get ez game keys for bitDungeon

8 years ago
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Let's not joke about this, please. The dev deserves respect for this.

8 years ago
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it wasnt a joke

8 years ago
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huh, i wondered if devs read their reviews, i guess the big ones dont, good on them.

8 years ago
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Big ones get reviews from journalists.

8 years ago
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Actually the developers of dungelot gave me 3 keys to give them to friends after i congratulated them/gave them feedback depending on the game.

8 years ago
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Now that I heard that the developers actually appreciate negative reviews (as long as it addresses the issues properly), I am tempted to buy the game just to support this attitude.

8 years ago
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Bump for second giveaway starting in 1 hour.

8 years ago
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Bonus GA added!

8 years ago
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Bump (since no entrant so far has been kind enough to do so)

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