"The Humble Indie Bundle" or, "how to get five excellent indie games for any price"

[JLrep]

The Humble Indie Bundle [http://www.wolfire.com/humble]
I searched, and it looks like no one's posted this yet. I don't recall whether there's any forum rule about promoting certain products buuuuut I'm willing to risk it, this is just too good. And I'm not affiliated with them, so it's not like I'm advertising something to my own interests.

If you click on that link, you will be taken to a page where you can buy a bundle of five indie games:

2D Boy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVrhajIKg_s&feature=related]
Bit-Blot [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqY9mDOw-UI]
Cryptic Sea [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WzGQQOIcp8]
Wolfire Games [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWTxaAj5w-4]
Frictional Games [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBPJKrR2K_c]

(Click on the name of the game to see a trailer, or the name of the developer to go to its website.)

What is the price for this bundle? Whatever you want it to be.
Seriously. There's a field where you enter in the price you want to pay. That's it.
NOT ONLY THAT... but you decide where the money goes. There are the five developers of those games, and then there are two charities: EFF [http://www.childsplaycharity.org/] (Electronic Frontier Foundation). You can direct your payment to go all to the developers, all to the charities, all to one of the charities... etcetera.

Lugaru is a bit of a weird game, it can feel more like a tech demo. Similar with Penumbra, which exists, like many games, mainly to have interesting physics. Gish is inimitable. Aquaria is quite off-beat, but there's a lot there. It would be worth it all for World of Goo, though. I cannot say enough good things about World of Goo, so for the moment I won't even try.

Let me simply reiterate one more time that you can set your price for these games. So far as I can tell, the lowest you can go is ten cents. This means that even if you're severely broke, and there's only one game on that list that you find remotely interesting, you still have the opportunity to buy it for a dime. Something tells me most of us aren't that broke.

Oh yeah, and icing on the cake: no DRM on any of the titles.
In other words... what, precisely, are you waiting for?

 

[Aeshi]

I'd add Darwinia and Multiwinia to that list.Both are excellent and can be found for around £9 on Steam

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

Bought, Bought again (a gift for a friend!), then bought again, (i don't think I got a code for the first time, but I thought I'd just send them another dollar! (I have a link now, so I'm happy)).

 

[Delusibeta]

This is an excellent deal. Must buy this before it expires.

 

[Billion Backs]

Probably counts as advertising, although I must agree, it's an excellent deal.

I've only played Gish out of these 5, and it was amazing.

 

[Sebenko]

Damn, someone made a topic before me!

Bought. It would be bad manners to say how much I gave. It was measured in whole dollars though, I'll tell you that.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Aquaria is amazing. GET THIS THING!

Best title on there.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Totally getting World of Goo.

 

[Weaver]

Just bought this and came on here to see if there was a thread already telling people!
Great deal, I love aquaria and world of goo

 

[Frybird]

I already bought World of Goo (for the Wii) and Penumbra Overture (as part of the Penumbra Bundle on Steam when it was cheap).

But since the other games are excellent too (Aquaria is a beautiful Metroidvania Game with Ecco the Dolphin influences, and LugaruHD is ugly as s**t, but very playable....i don't know Gish, but heard good things), and since it's for charity, i bought it again.

I love this paying model, and it's even better with a good cause behind it

 

[Citrus]

I've heard this is a pretty successful payment model. Radiohead did it for In Rainbows, I think.

 

[VanBasten]

Just got them and went to check if there was a thread already here

I think it's a great idea, and I think every gamer should fork over a few bucks to support not only the charities, but also the developers.

So my advice is buy it and tell your friends. And don't be a cheapskate, those 5 games are definitely worth more than 7,85 which is the current average contribution.

 

[Kouen]

Bought it 3 times (gifted 2 out) $10 a time

 

[Remzer]

Done and done.

Great initiative! I love the idea of a gamers charity. And kudos to developpers taking part in that!

 

[Kouen]

The total raised is growing nicely as of posting they raised so far $257,394