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Libervurto
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Posted: 30th May 2013 00:43
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I bought this bundle so I thought I'd share its existence with you folks.
The average is less than $6 at the moment so it's well worth paying above average for those extra two games (I'd be happy to pay that for ONE of these games).

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Posted: 30th May 2013 01:57
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Really only interested in Thomas was alone...

proteus MAYHAPS and dear esther i've heard isnt really for me...

But i'm consideirng it actually



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Fluffy Rabbit
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Posted: 30th May 2013 02:09
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How would I go about getting one of my games into one of these bundles?

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@Quik - I've been playing a bit of Thomas Was Alone and it's way more charming and clever than should be possible with a few quadrilaterals. I've heard very good things about Hotline Miami and Awesomenauts, plus Proteus looks interesting.

@Fluffy - https://www.humblebundle.com/contact

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Fluffy Rabbit
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Posted: 30th May 2013 03:21
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Quote: "@Fluffy - https://www.humblebundle.com/contact"

Thanks for your help.


I looked at the webpage and it looks like Humble Bundle, Inc. doesn't care about people's games. There's a cheap Google form for leaving information about your game.

Quote: "If you would like to be considered for future Humble Bundles please fill out the following form."


What a load of crap.

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Posted: 30th May 2013 03:37
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[email]I've heard very good things about Hotline Miami and Awesomenauts, plus Proteus looks interesting.
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Problem is - I own awesomenauts and hotline already ^^



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Posted: 30th May 2013 04:03
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Quote: "I looked at the webpage and it looks like Humble Bundle, Inc. doesn't care about people's games. There's a cheap Google form for leaving information about your game.

Quote: "If you would like to be considered for future Humble Bundles please fill out the following form."

What a load of crap.
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Of all the games in this bundle, I have heard of (and been interested in) every single one. They choose quite 'big name' indie developers. I don't really think they need people to send in their own games, Blue Peter style.

Hotline Miami, Proteus, Thomas Was Alone and Dear Esther I have all heard are fab... probs gonna get this one having never bought a bundle before. Cheers for the heads up, Obese

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I just experienced Proteus, and in a word it is: wonderful. I say "experienced" because this definitely is not a game in any sense of the word; and you really have to get out of that gaming mindset to enjoy it. I had heard that it was an "abstract game" but I wouldn't even say that, it's certainly abstract but not a game.

I have to admit that it took me a good thirty minutes or more to start appreciating it fully. I started off intrigued, looking around and exploring, but after walking around a bit I was thinking "Okay this is interesting but what do I do now?", I was starting to get bored and frustrated. I felt an uneasy sense of detachment that came from the lack of interaction with objects in the world, sure some creatures run away when you chase them but that's about as much recognition of your presence as you'll get. I felt like a ghost.

Then I came to the top of a hill and I stopped... I stopped, I looked around and I listened. I sat down on the top of that hill (yes there is a sit button) and watched the clouds grow near until they were over my head and all around me and it started to rain. Each drop of rain played part of a tune that was going on all around me, and then I realised that these ambient sounds were not random noises, everything in the world was singing: every tree and bush and creature, every hill and mountain, the sea, the sun, the stars, the wind, the rain and the snow, the day and the night. Every particle of the world was singing in harmony and the players changed as I stood up and moved over the land once more.

I stopped thinking about what I should do or where I should go, I did not care for moving or doing anything at all, I only moved on when I grew tired of a particular sound or glimpsed some far off place and wondered what it sounded/felt like over there.

I think this might be something I come back to when I'm feeling stressed out. I don't think I've experienced anything so relaxing in my life. I'm really surprised that Proteus totally blew me away, I was expecting a nice little interesting world that I'd look at for a few minutes and then never touch again, and I still felt that way for at least quarter of an hour in, I'm glad I stuck at it and honestly feel a little embarrassed for being so slow on the uptake.

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Posted: 30th May 2013 06:05 Edited at: 30th May 2013 06:05
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I already have proteus. Who here wants it on steam? Email me your email address or otherwise make sure you have your email address published here and I'll get it to you.

Make sure you actually want it first, this game is amazing but even I can tell it's not for everyone It's as boring (gameplay wise) as the videos make out. It is an experience for sure though and I was happy to spend the 10 bucks when it came out! Worth it, but only for someone who wants to take a simulated vacation, not for a hardcore action gamer.

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Fluffy Rabbit
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@Insert Name Here-

It figures, that's how it always is with game distribution (unless you want to distribute through my site). You know, I've had people complaining for any number of reasons, either that I don't support Linux, don't take Bitcoins, don't have a .com name, or that they simply haven't heard of my stuff. All excuses not to buy. But here, people are figuratively taking out their wallets and throwing them at their computer screens. Talk about herd mentality!

What is this Blue Peter? Is that a distribution channel?

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They should let people swap out the games they already have, like a library of games you can pick 8 from, rather than regurgitating the same games over and over.

I already have Awesomenaughts and Hotline Miami, I buy most humble bundles. Really, I wish they'd open up a bit and allow more developers into their clique - even if they don't support the Mac or Linux, most sales are for the PC anyway.

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Posted: 30th May 2013 13:45 Edited at: 30th May 2013 13:45
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Quote: "I already have proteus. Who here wants it on steam? Email me your email address or otherwise make sure you have your email address published here and I'll get it to you."


I most certanly wouldnt mind '


edit: ACtually... don't - i'm sure there are people who know they would like it - aside frm me, who thinks i might like it



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Quote: "What is this Blue Peter? Is that a distribution channel?"


Blue Peter is a kids TV show in the UK where children send in drawings they've done, the presenters look at them, and the pictures are then taken out the back and burned (well probably not, but that's what I like to think happened).

Anyhow considering it's for charity, I don't mind figurative wallet throwing. Also I have no idea what your point is, people buy things they want... isn't that exactly what's happening here?

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@ Fluffy

Life's a bitch if you want it to be, deal with it.

Your game has to be in the right place at the right time. There's not enough space on the market for every game on earth, you have to fight for a rightful place.

Anyway, game making is supposed to be fun, not money driven.

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Bought it, Dear Esther is nice but the writing is better than the 'game'... haven't played the rest yet.


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I think Capsized is the only one that I'm not 100% looking forward to playing. That's probably just because I don't know much about it.

Also, the weekly bundle is going on, which is full of Telltale games. You can get The Walking Dead for about $3.70 right now. I've already got most of the games in that bundle, they're all worth playing.


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Posted: 31st May 2013 20:29 Edited at: 31st May 2013 20:30
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Quote: "Also, the weekly bundle is going on, which is full of Telltale games. You can get The Walking Dead for about $3.70 right now. I've already got most of the games in that bundle, they're all worth playing."


On the topic of The Walking Dead, has anyone noticed the unnecessary apostrophes in the subtitles? "Andy need's..." etc.

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Am I the only one that thinks this "pay more than the average" trick is fiendishly clever? They used to have problems with people paying 1 cent simply because they could. This is quite a neat solution to that problem It still lets people pay what they want, but detracts from running off with essentially free games.

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I've been playing Thomas is Alone quite a lot since buying it... It's just as good as hyped. Didn't think I'd feel sympathy for a bunch of rectangles, amazing. My only criticism is the jumping feels a little sticky in places which is kinda damning for a platform puzzler... but it's not particularly noticeable.

Gonna move on to Hotline Miami once I'm done with Thomas, been wanting to play that for some time.

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:o Glad I didn't miss the weekly bundle! I've been wanting to play the walking dead!


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Wow, I wish I could afford this. Would be an instant buy for me

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Quote: "I looked at the webpage and it looks like Humble Bundle, Inc. doesn't care about people's games. There's a cheap Google form for leaving information about your game."


How do you propose this should be done different?

Quote: "Anyway, game making is supposed to be fun, not money driven."


Says who? Probably only those who are already earning income from something else. To say it's supposed to be anything is hardly fair because AFAIK there's no authority on game development that I'm aware of


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Holy crap. The Walking Dead is more awesome than I'd hoped. There are some really gutwrenching split-second decisions.

(every once in a while I think that the major decisions could turn out the same way but then my suspension of disbelief mechanism kicks in


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Yeah. That's the thing that ruined that game for me. The choices have literally no effect other than people saying different things. Everyone who died for me will die for you. Every seemingly "random bump in the road" for me will happen to you. It kind of sucks that they advertized it as a totally organic and ever-adapting game, but in reality it isn't at all, but the story is still great.

I still really like that game though..

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Quote: "Glad I didn't miss the weekly bundle! I've been wanting to play the walking dead!"


I might pick that up. I need poker night at the inventory for the TF2 items.

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As usual, they've added a bunch of new games. The games they've added are:

Tiny & Big in Grandpa's Leftovers
Intrusion 2
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Oil Rush.


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Intrusion 2 is just immense. If you haven't bought the bundle yet, that's the game to buy it for.

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Quote: "Intrusion 2 is just immense. If you haven't bought the bundle yet, that's the game to buy it for."

Glad to hear it, it's the only one in the new games that looks interesting to me.


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Quote: "Everyone who died for me will die for you."




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Excellent, I really wanted to play Intrusion 2!! Off to download...


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Nice to see some games being added that I don't have. I've only played Proteus so far, that's a weird one!

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This week's weekly bundle is Serious Sam, and one of the games was made by Vlambeer!

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

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