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The Humble Indie Bundle

Posted by kdawson on from the now-how-much-would-you-pay dept.

supersloshy writes "Last year, 2D Boy, the developers of the popular independent game World of Goo, had a pay-what-you-want birthday sale with curious results. For the next seven days, Wolfire Games is attempting the same kind of sale, but with some new twists. Wolfire Games' Humble Indie Bundle contains five independent games (World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra) with no DRM and they are all cross-platform. In addition to directly supporting the developers of these five games, part of the money also goes to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Child's Play Charity. No matter how much you spend, you also get to choose who your money goes to (charity only, developers only, evenly, or custom)."

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  1. Support these guys! by khellendros1984 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I went in for $40. I've got World of Goo already, but I thought it would be nice to have Linux versions of these games. I figure that if even the indy devs don't get financial support for publishing Linux versions of software, the market will stay slow and dry forever.

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  2. Short review of Aquaria by twoallbeefpatties · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a Metroid-like game set underwater with you playing as a sort of a mermaid. The world is fairly large - maybe a bit too large, even. Good mix of puzzle solving and action. The control style takes some getting used to, but that helps to add to the sense that you're not playing the same old platforming game. Some of the boss fights will make you want to throw a controller. The art design is seriously beautiful - it's 2D sprites for everything, but the overall direction of the graphics is really lovely, as well as the excellent music. I recommend it (though I haven't finished it yet - it really is a bit long.)

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  3. Re:Ayn Rand, do you hear me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If only they get that kind of money month after month...

    2010
    April Donations: $16,104.49
    March Donations: $4,387.99
    February Donations: $1,452.57
    January Donations: $2,291.50
    2009
    December Donations: $4,762.98
    November Donations: $5,122.29
    October Donations: $1,759.27
    September Donations: $2,138.21
    August Donations: $2,510.86
    July Donations: $2,202.37
    June Donations: $2,723.83
    May Donations: $2,221.92
    April Donations: $2,549.15
    March Donations: $2,997.46
    February Donations: $1,428.62
    January Donations: $2,099.48
    2008
    December Donations: $5,279.49
    November Donations: $1,305.10
    October Donations: $1,868.30
    September Donations: $1,695.48

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