Greetings, A few months ago I posted a request for beta testers in this group and some of you tried the beta version of our new game Gemsweeper. Game description: Follow Professor McGuffog on his path through an ancient Mayan city in this original and mind-bending puzzle game. Solve 225 unique puzzles on your way to gold, gems and treasurehunting glory. Screenshots: http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey0.jpg http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey1.jpg http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey2.jpg http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey3.jpg http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey4.jpg http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey5.jpg Based on the comments of our beta testers we have added many changes to the game. - New, highly improved graphics - New music track - Over 70 new puzzles - New, captivating comic story - All bugs that were reported to us were fixed And much more! We have just published the release candidat of Gemsweeper. If you would like to try the game, you can download it for Windows 98,ME,2000,XP,Vista at: http://www.lobstersoft.com/downloads/gemsweeper/gemsweeper.exe Everybody who plays the game and fills out a short survey will get the full version (a $19.95 value) for free! If there are any problems or questions, please drop me an e-mail. Thank you! Best Regards, Sandra Erb sandra@lobstersoft.com www.lobstersoft.com - Non-violent logic games for all ages

Why does the game cost $19.95(USD?) or 20 Euro ?
$19.95 == 14.75 Euro

Other lobstersoft games use similar pricing, $14.95 or 15 euro for example. ofcourse it really doesn't matter as i can choose the currency, but its still odd.

I found the survey after playing through the quest mode.

Simon, regarding your question about the price:
Countries have different price structures. In one country you need to pay VAT or sales tax, in another country you don't. Then there are changing conversion rates, at the moment the dollar is very weak, etc.

If you take a look at big gaming sites like BFG, Real Arcade or Popcap you'll notice that nearly everybody has this. The price difference between countries is even larger for other goods like cars or clothing.

spartanx, the survey will pop up after one hour of playing the game.