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.. 🙂