More Indie Bundles!
This morning I came across The Indie Game Christmas Bundle, a set of four games from Intermediaware.
I hadn’t heard of any of the games: shooter Absolute Blue, and puzzle games Captain Backwater, Temple of Tangram and Psychoballs, and aside from the one comment I’d seen on Twitter, I hadn’t heard anything about the bundle either. This is another on the pay-what-you-want model, with free copies of the games for your friends as well!
I have to admit that I felt this might be too generous to be true, and as the games are delivered on Christmas Eve, any reports of non-delivery won’t appear for a while. I did feel rather wary of this one, but I have bought it, and I guess I’ll just watch my bank statement.
The second bundle of the day was the Indie Royale’s Xmas Bundle, featuring Wadjet Eye Games‘ point and click supernatural adventure The Blackwell Trilogy: Remastered: The Blackwell Legacy, Blackwell Unbound, and Blackwell Convergence. Also in the bundle: a Lemmings-like puzzle game called Eets, by Klei Entertainment, 800 North’s Dino D-Day, which features multiplayer action with Hitler’s resurrected dinosaur army, and an action simulator game, The Oil Blue, by chubigans. This last game was recommended by the boss, but sadly doesn’t have a Steam code.
Just as well it’s coming up on Christmas and some time at home.. so I can actually get some of these games played! 🙂
The Indie Royale Really Big Bundle
The Indie Royale team have now released the latest indie bundle: the Really Big Bundle, containing Really Big Sky, Runespell: Overture, Cthulhu Saves the World, Eufloria and Breath of Death VII!
This bundle was made available to pre-order a short while ago, but sight unseen, and I was reluctant to buy in case I had the games already. However, of these, I have to admit that I’d only heard of Really Big Sky, Cthulhu and Eufloria, and very little about those too..
Really Big Sky is a twin-stick shooter by Boss Baddie, where you face down waves of alien invaders, from actual enemies to laser planets and black holes! There are seven different game modes, including co-op.. and the game is generated from the way you play.. whether that means more of the enemies you do least well against, or simply that enemies grow stronger, I will have to see!
The rest of the pack seems to include games to suit different moods.. Cthulhu Saves the World is an RPG by Zeboyd, where you help Cthulhu regain his powers on a quest of courage, romance, redemption and insanity.. as it says on the tin. Breath of Death VII is also from Zeboyd, another RPG, but more of a parody. Sounds like these two are for when I’m in a particularly silly mood, then! 🙂
Runespell: Overture is another role-playing game, but using collectible cards to form attacks. I think I’m only really going to know what this one is about once I’ve started playing it.. something different to the usual games is certainly worth taking a look at, and might even make me think a little more.
Eufloria is a beautiful, ambient game with exploration and conquest, with new asteroids providing resources which allow you to grow, but also attract rivals. Like a few other games I’ve played or bought recently, the levels are procedurally generated so you never see quite the same level twice 🙂
I think Eufloria will be the game to calm me down again after the sillier games.. at least on the earlier levels 😀
Indie Royale Additions
The topic of indie games was brought up at work today, and somebody mentioned more additions to the Indie Royale bundle.
The bonus games are shooters: Irukandji, and Bullet Candy Perfect, both from Charlie’s Games, creator of Scoregasm. I have yet to try any of these games.. as I have picked something else up which is taking most of my free time 😉
It’s an Indie Bonanza!
I recently picked up the latest Humble Bundle, and just last night, the Indie Royale‘s Difficult 2nd Bundle.
Today, I saw a note on Twitter about more games being added to the Humble Bundle, and sure enough, there were more games listed on the page! Lexaloffle, developer of Voxatron, has added three of their older games to the pack as a bonus: Jasper’s Journeys, with exploration, jumping and monster bashing, sliding block puzzle Chocolate Castle, and Zen Puzzle Garden, which I suspect will be anything but Zen after a while 😉
That’s not all, though.. they’ve also added a “developer bonus”, GISH, a side-scrolling platformer featuring a large ball of tar.. who goes underground to rescue his friend. I actually had this game already, having picked it up as part of a huge bundle on Steam, but haven’t got any further in than the first few levels. I loved the idea, but found the jumping and sticking mechanic fiddly, especially when trying to collect the little bonus blobs.
Over on the Indie Royale website, I found there was even more win.. DLC for Red Redemption’s Fate of the World: the Extras Pack DLC, Denial DLC and Migration DLC. All these are set for download on Steam now.. while I go off to play more Gears!
The Indie Royale – Difficult 2nd Bundle
The Indie Royale is another indie bundle scheme along the lines of The Humble Bundle..
This is the second in the series, containing action-puzzle game Night Sky by NICALiS, Red Redemption‘s strategy Fate of the World, space-shooter Scoregasm, by charliesgames, and a pair of games by Size Five Games: point and click comedy Ben There, Dan That! and sequel Time Gentlemen, Please!
The deal is not quite pay-what-you-want, as there is a minimum price, but it’s still a bunch of games for a low price, enough to attract decent numbers. The price starts low, and goes up as people buy.. but if the minimum price is beaten, the price is knocked down again. Recent price changes and other stats can be seen on the site too.. it’s rather interesting to see the price change over time.
Currently, the minimum is just over £2, which doesn’t sound much.. but in the six hours it’s been on sale, there have been over 11,500 sales.. 🙂