Our new Indie Games subforum is now open for business in G&T. Go and check it out, you might land a code for a free game. If you're developing an indie game and want to post about it,
follow these directions. If you don't, he'll break your legs! Hahaha! Seriously though.
Our rules have been updated and given
their own forum. Go and look at them! They are nice, and there may be new ones that you didn't know about! Hooray for rules! Hooray for The System! Hooray for Conforming!
Indie Game Bundle Notice & Discussion Thread [ NEW - Deep Space ]
Posts
Probably buying a bundle as a gift for yourself and then giving him the link.
expansion patch coming for hard reset, all owners get it automatically including indie Royale buyers
yep
Just fyi as there probably aren't that many people who have a lot of duplicate games on desura.
Source
AJ2 soundtrack: NAME YOUR PRICE ON BANDCAMP! Album: BANDCAMP! iTunes Spotify Amazon UK
http://www.humblebundle.com/
Canabalt
Zen Bound 2
Cogs
Avadon: The Black Fortress (tablet only)
Swords and Soldiers (pay more than average)
After the games were released, there was apparently a lot of piracy. Because all they did was send you a link to download the games and anybody could share these links. So some guy at Wolfire got on his high horse and started going on about how these people are cheating charities. And further, he suggested that people who only gave a penny weren't much better than these charity-swindling pirates. I gave a penny and I'm aware that PayPal fees mean that they lost money, but they should have set a minimum payment then. I'm being berated by following the rules that they set up.
And as for the charity angle, it's just distasteful. Guilting people by saying, "IT'S FOR CHARITY!". If the owner of Wolfire really wants to donate to charity, he would do so and he wouldn't tell anyone about it. But he's using charity to increase sales.
Why don't they just say, "Here are some games. Pay whatever you think is appropriate. We worked on these games for a while and we all have bills to pay so, you know, times are tough but anything you can afford would be appreciated". I'd be down with that. But get rid of the totally disingenuous charity nonsense and don't insult me for paying less than you think is appropriate.
What if I gave a dollar? What's the minimum amount that would be acceptable for Wolfire? That's the amount they should use.
And don't do this nonsense where they suggest $100 as the first "donation" amount. And the lowest is $15. You have to click "custom" to go lower than that. "BUT IT'S FOR CHARITY!" No, it's just sleazy marketing. Be honest with your potential customers and then you'll get my business.
It doesn't matter if you "played by the rules that they set up". It's not against any sort of rules for me to yell at people on the street that they're ugly fat sluts but I don't do it because it would make me an asshole. Likewise when a bunch of people get together and do a nice thing and let you get a bunch of indie games for a price you want, and you choose a price that actively costs them money, that makes you an asshole, regardless of the circumstance.
Well, I know. But that's not the point. There's a reason that they're emphasising that money is going to charity. And it's not because they're charitable people. They add the charity angle to increase sales. It's a marketing tactic.
I chose to support PayPal.
Pretty sure it is. Try it out and see how long it takes before the police arrive.
They're selling the games because they want money. That's fine. They're making games and they're trying to make a living out of it. But be straight about it. Don't hide behind charity.
they hatin'
DISAPPOINTED that the new HiB is another halfass android release. Heres hoping another one comes down the pipe line pretty quickly.
I'd like if they went back to being uncommon, exciting bundles. When I got the email about this one I looked at it for a couple of seconds then deleted it. Avadon's pretty cool, I guess, but it only works on tablets.
Extras are what will decide it for me. Not really interested in this lineup at all; I have Cogs already and have yet to play it and the idea of having Android versions isn't so appealing to me anymore since I received my iPad. Avadon is the only thing mildly interesting, but I have absolutely no idea when I'd get around to playing it (if ever).
But, like Bullio, I'll be in for one if they sweeten the pot with something worthwhile.
I owe the same stuff too, but I bought the bundle anyway. The Android ports are the selling point for the recent bundles, so I guess the appeal is drastically limited if you're heavily invested into the Apple ecosystem instead. Also, the soundtracks do add a bit of value to it.
Yeah, pass. I bought the first Android HIB, tried for a couple hours to download the games which kept failing, and then realized I don't play games on my Android anyway and gave up. I want a real bundle.
Is it me, or did the Face Kick Bundle not have one of the most obscenely long lead-up times in indie bundle memory?
But I bet even if we combined both lead times, they would still be less than half the length of Indie Gala 2's actual duration.
Indie Gala 2's duration
wasis (I had to check to see if it was still going on an it is!) ridiculous.And I already finished the Wii version of that ages ago.
With only one game for now: 10 min space strategy ** only available on Desura.
and down now......
EDIT: It's down. The timer had 143 hours remaining on it before it went.
I know I got it off of their website for free anyway.
Blog | Twitter | Free games | Unmaintained backloggery