That's not new! I've been buying games from Indie Game Stand for months. That's where I got Gimbal, Achtung Panzer: Operation Star, and qrth-phyl! In fact @Mithposted about them in this thread a year ago!
I picked it up yesterday and started playing Star Command today. Guys, Star Command alone is worth the price of picking up this bundle. I paid more than the average for all the games, but Star Command is a real gem here. Imagine FTL but on your phone with a few things changed here and there. It is excellent, and you should buy it.
I picked it up yesterday and started playing Star Command today. Guys, Star Command alone is worth the price of picking up this bundle. I paid more than the average for all the games, but Star Command is a real gem here. Imagine FTL but on your phone with a few things changed here and there. It is excellent, and you should buy it.
Star Command looks awesome. Gotta get this bundle and test it out, it seems.
Star Command is okay. Once you realize that your ship can never be destroyed a lot of the tension is drained out of the action. I'd been anticipating the iOS version since their first Kickstarter. I wasn't expecting it to live up to my expectations, but it was more anemic than I thought it'd be. They have a good foundation that I hope they expand upon. You'll get your $1's worth, at least.
Punch Quest is the real highlight of that bundle. That's one of my most played iOS games and probably my favorite "runner". Very, very fun and the combat is really satisfying.
Motherfucker, it's never worth it buying indie games in the Steam store cause there'll invariably be som "extended edition" or "director's cut" out in the bundles a couple of months later :[
Yeah Punch Quest is good (I got it for free from Amazon), buuut I did reach a point where the coins just do not materialise and it starts feeling like a FTP model. Obviously I can't complain since I got it for nothing, so I should whip some money their way for a coin doubler or whatever, but I could understant someone who paid money for it feeling a bit agrieved at it turning into a grind.
That said, the game is good fun and well worth your time.
I'd like to warn people off Inescapable. It looks like a pretty decent metroidvania with a story attached, but it's got too many niggles for me to enjoy.
You've got a health bar and, after a few minutes into the game, a suit power bar. The suit power takes enemy damage first, but falling damage goes to health. The first issue I have is that being about 2 hours in, I'm yet to pick up any health or find a way to convert it from suit power. Consequently I've got a single pixel of health (the game spawns you as you were upon entering the room when you die) because I've accrued a games worth of falling damage and one more platforming mistake is enough to be lethal.
And the flying enemies, oh my God the flying enemies. It's bad enough that your default weapon can only shoot straight and the flying enemies attack in random patterns, but they'll also spawn in at the most frustrating times. One particular section spawned two of them while I was on a ladder, unable to attack them. Jumping on a nearby small platform provided little opportunity to attack (they can move through walls), jumping to the base of the ladder resulted in falling damage death, and climbing down the ladder turned you into a sitting duck. Later I picked up another weapon that spreads an additional 2 shots at 45 degree angles spreader gun style, but each shot takes a decent chunk out of your suit power so its risky.
The rest of the enemy design is unimaginative as well, just variations on the same looking, shuffling alien. The ambient music is almost non-existent too.
Life is a bit too short for a game like this, there're a multitude of alternatives that either have more satisfying platforming, shooting and/or story.
Let me repeat my advice from the Steam thread - Everyone needs One Finger Death Punch.
I picked it up and have been really happy with it so far. It seems like a button-mashing beat 'em up at first glance, but it's actually a rhythm game in disguise. You control the gameplay completely by clicking the left or right mouse buttons. Each click is a single punch or kick. It's deceptively simple to learn but difficult to master.
So you'll have two grey enemies coming at you from the left, that take one hit each, but also on the right is a blue enemy. The blue enemies take two hits, but after the first hit they dodge to the opposite side. So they're a right-left or left-right combo depending on which direction they come from. So in that situation you could do left (kill a grey guy), right (punch the blue guy who dodges left), then left and left again to finish off the blue guy and kill the other grey guy. Multiply that by 80+ enemies in a single level, often with 10+ on the screen at once and it gets really hectic and crazy, but always seems under control as long as you have that rhythm and can parse the information on the enemies. Add onto that the weapons, special powers, miniboss enemies and lots of other stuff and there's just tons of content.
There are around 250 levels to play, and lots of them have special conditions and rules to mix things up (lightsaber battles!). At $0.99 on Desura it's a total steal.
New Indie Gale. It has Gorky 17, Two Worlds II, Crusader Kings II, Fairy Bloom Freesia, some other games, plus stuff that unlocks later. Might be worth checking out.
GT Legends is a fantastic driving sim as well. Any time I bother setting up my racing cockpit I be sure to jump into an old '60s Mustang, go to Spa Francorchamp for 20 laps and fill the rest of the grid with cars from that time period (up to 24!). Fighting your way from the back to finish a solid 5th has never felt so good
Electronic Super Joy (has cards)
Last Knight Shelter
Call of Juarez (has cards that are relatively high priced)
Legends of Dawn
Face Noir (has cards)
Finding Teddy
and finally, it's not really indie, but there's a WB Games humble bundle with:
$1 for:
Arkham Asylum GOTY
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
FEAR 2
FEAR 3
& beat the average (currently $4.50) for:
Arkham City GOTY
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Pinball FX2 for the new Humble Weekly. What's the consensus on the Marvel Pinball FX tables beyond the original tables? And the Star Wars tables? I've already played the original Marvel pack.
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Didn't work, also checked to make sure I didn't need to update steam. Sent them an e-mail asking if there is something else I should try.
edit: actually I think I'll sit this one out since I own everything off of Steam already except for Serious Sam but still. Wow.
Here's a new site to keep an eye on. A new pay-what-you-want deal every 96 hours. Currently it's Proteus, Steam key included.
Groupees Steampunk Bundle - Includes Steam keys for Jamestown, Greed Corp, Vessel, and Navel Warfare.
Groupees Build a Bundle 7 - Can include Steam keys for Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 2, Zack Zero, Retrovirus, and Primal Fears.
I picked it up yesterday and started playing Star Command today. Guys, Star Command alone is worth the price of picking up this bundle. I paid more than the average for all the games, but Star Command is a real gem here. Imagine FTL but on your phone with a few things changed here and there. It is excellent, and you should buy it.
http://flyingbundle.com/
Star Command looks awesome. Gotta get this bundle and test it out, it seems.
Punch Quest is the real highlight of that bundle. That's one of my most played iOS games and probably my favorite "runner". Very, very fun and the combat is really satisfying.
That said, the game is good fun and well worth your time.
The Yawhg
The Sea Will Claim Everything
Ring Runner
Thosee are just my suggestions - some of the games on this site I haven't heard of, so take a look and tell me if I missed some awesome stuff.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
You've got a health bar and, after a few minutes into the game, a suit power bar. The suit power takes enemy damage first, but falling damage goes to health. The first issue I have is that being about 2 hours in, I'm yet to pick up any health or find a way to convert it from suit power. Consequently I've got a single pixel of health (the game spawns you as you were upon entering the room when you die) because I've accrued a games worth of falling damage and one more platforming mistake is enough to be lethal.
And the flying enemies, oh my God the flying enemies. It's bad enough that your default weapon can only shoot straight and the flying enemies attack in random patterns, but they'll also spawn in at the most frustrating times. One particular section spawned two of them while I was on a ladder, unable to attack them. Jumping on a nearby small platform provided little opportunity to attack (they can move through walls), jumping to the base of the ladder resulted in falling damage death, and climbing down the ladder turned you into a sitting duck. Later I picked up another weapon that spreads an additional 2 shots at 45 degree angles spreader gun style, but each shot takes a decent chunk out of your suit power so its risky.
The rest of the enemy design is unimaginative as well, just variations on the same looking, shuffling alien. The ambient music is almost non-existent too.
Life is a bit too short for a game like this, there're a multitude of alternatives that either have more satisfying platforming, shooting and/or story.
I picked it up and have been really happy with it so far. It seems like a button-mashing beat 'em up at first glance, but it's actually a rhythm game in disguise. You control the gameplay completely by clicking the left or right mouse buttons. Each click is a single punch or kick. It's deceptively simple to learn but difficult to master.
So you'll have two grey enemies coming at you from the left, that take one hit each, but also on the right is a blue enemy. The blue enemies take two hits, but after the first hit they dodge to the opposite side. So they're a right-left or left-right combo depending on which direction they come from. So in that situation you could do left (kill a grey guy), right (punch the blue guy who dodges left), then left and left again to finish off the blue guy and kill the other grey guy. Multiply that by 80+ enemies in a single level, often with 10+ on the screen at once and it gets really hectic and crazy, but always seems under control as long as you have that rhythm and can parse the information on the enemies. Add onto that the weapons, special powers, miniboss enemies and lots of other stuff and there's just tons of content.
There are around 250 levels to play, and lots of them have special conditions and rules to mix things up (lightsaber battles!). At $0.99 on Desura it's a total steal.
I can affirm that Ring Runner is pretty boss.
http://steamdb.info/sub/33192/#section_apps
looks like tomorrow's humble weekly is hothead games, including Rain-Slick Precipice 1 & 2
GT Legends is a fantastic driving sim as well. Any time I bother setting up my racing cockpit I be sure to jump into an old '60s Mustang, go to Spa Francorchamp for 20 laps and fill the rest of the grid with cars from that time period (up to 24!). Fighting your way from the back to finish a solid 5th has never felt so good
the Groupees Be Mine X bundle starts tonight with:
and finally, it's not really indie, but there's a WB Games humble bundle with:
Handmade Jewelry by me on EtsyGames for sale
Me on Twitch!
Nintendo ID: Incindium
PSN: IncindiumX