I'll never buy their games until I can actually download the demos and try them out. And Steampunk Chronicles will probably not happen, much to my dismay.

Or, I have an opinion. All the games will be free!

@luiscarlosgm, that probably won't happen.
As much as I may (or may not) regret saying this later, Breakerbox Games may become the next ESP Softworks: a lot of great ideas, but too much procrastination (or not enough time, whichever way you prefer to look at it). Unless Breakerbox is purchased by a larger company (just as ESP was purchased by Draconis), the company will fade out of existence (like a certain audiogame company I refuse to mention.)

Having said all that, I'll say Eric the cleric is a damn good game. It is really worth the price, and there are a lot of things to explore. So you have something to look forward to.

What I don't understand is, if they had playable demos, why they took them down, removing any chance that a prospective buyer could try their games before buying them.

The only reason I can think of for doing that is if their games aren't as great as they claim, so that people who tried the demos, more often than not, didn't buy.

I  thinnk I will be emailing them, largely because I still have yet to receive my download link or anything.     I figured for just 13 bucks, I had nothing to lose, but at this rate, the money.   I  will email and see how things go. *shrugs*  who knows...

The reason for we can't download the demo versions of their games is because they don't find a permanent host. They are using Sendspace, which removes the files for some reason. This problem will only be solved, if they are going to put the files onto their website, which I have suggested them to do many times before. They say they will look into it, but nothing happens, as usual...

I sent an email.  You figured they'd do good on being somewhat legit and buying a server or something.  they aren't that expensive these days.    Nonetheless, if I don't hear anything within a week, I will be filing a claim, since I don't think it's right to withhold money for undelivered goods.

@G-RAD

I predict you'll be filing that claim, I sent them an email asking about demos a week ago and still no response. I guess they don't want my money.

I decided to look into this developer further.

They aren't even paying for hosting of their web site or a domain. If you look at their web site address it's breakerboxgames.webs.com, a subdomain of webs.com and if you go there you find yourself at the home page of a free web hosting service, and subdomains don't cost anything.

One thing I recall from the time when free web hosting services were everywhere is that you aren't allowed to host files from them, so that explains hosting their demos on a free Sendspace account.

I would even be willing to wager that their PayPal account is a personal account rather than a business account so they won't get charged PayPal's transaction fees.

I can understand that audio games is a small niche market so getting the most out of your money as a developer of these types of games is necessary, but this goes beyond belief. Probably the only reason their web site isn't already gone is because it doesn't require regular payments to keep it on line.

I was interested in some of their games and might have even bought a couple of them if I could have gotten the demos to play with first. But seeing how unresponsive they are to prospective customers and how cheap they are trying to be has pretty much turned me off on considering any of their games. My primary concern is that if they are this unresponsive to generating sales, how responsive will they be after the sales should a problem arise?

I just got my confirmation with download link for the game.  Yes, they use sendspace, and additionally, I noticed the email I got the message from is not the same as the  confirmation in the paypal account, so that MIGHT explain why ...   and yes I used might with emphasis.