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It's that time again for Indie game developers to band together and release their offerings packed together for whatever you, the buyer, wants to pay. The Humble Indie Bundle concept has been a massive success so far and the next installment is already on the go.
The offer is on for another 12 days from today, and you can choose whether you want ot DL the games directly, or go through another medium such as Steam. The games are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS though there is a warning about some games not working with the cheaper integrated graphics chips found in lower end laptops or netbooks
As with the previous offers, there is a basic pack on offer and if you pay more than the average donation amount, you will get a second set of games added in. In this instance, the additional games are more offerings from the Frozenbyte studio. This Finnish company made it's name recently with the multiplayer physics-driven platformer Trine and it's successor Trine 2, both of which were popular on Steam. What sets this bundle apart slightly is that there is only one core game in the main pack: Frozen Synapse. This turn-based strategy game has done the rounds, being a fairly recent release, and has had good reviews. The rest of the games are the over-the-average bonus material, with two bonus bonus unfinished game betas.
The haul
The games found in this bundle are a mix of finished products, some of which have released previously, and two unfinished games.
The basic bundle:-
Hopefully I'll get the chance to spend some quality time on the games this weekend and can report back later on how they pan out. The current average donation is under $5 so for $5+, you get all of those games above which is a pretty good deal in my opinion.
The offer is on for another 12 days from today, and you can choose whether you want ot DL the games directly, or go through another medium such as Steam. The games are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS though there is a warning about some games not working with the cheaper integrated graphics chips found in lower end laptops or netbooks
As with the previous offers, there is a basic pack on offer and if you pay more than the average donation amount, you will get a second set of games added in. In this instance, the additional games are more offerings from the Frozenbyte studio. This Finnish company made it's name recently with the multiplayer physics-driven platformer Trine and it's successor Trine 2, both of which were popular on Steam. What sets this bundle apart slightly is that there is only one core game in the main pack: Frozen Synapse. This turn-based strategy game has done the rounds, being a fairly recent release, and has had good reviews. The rest of the games are the over-the-average bonus material, with two bonus bonus unfinished game betas.
The haul
The games found in this bundle are a mix of finished products, some of which have released previously, and two unfinished games.
The basic bundle:-
- Frozen Synapse which, as mentioned above, is a multiplayer take on the RTS genre offering simultaneous play. Tactical planning and a dose of good luck are key here.
- Trine, as also mentioned above, which supports up to 3 players in a side-scrolling platformer with very fine graphics. Pick from a choice of Theif, Knight or Wizard and by switching between them or working together with friends you can progress through the levels.
- Shadowgrounds, a fairly old top-down shooter with a Doom-esque story that's fun to play if lacking in polish.
- Shadowgrounds: Survivor, which is the sequel to Shadowgrounds and is set after the original game. It contains many of the same elements as the original game and reminds me of Alien Swarm.
- Splot hasn't yet been finished so it'll be Downloaded later on. It looks to be a surreal physics-based platformer.
- Jack Claw, which was canceled during development and remains unfinished. I don't know much about it yet other than it looks to be an action game involving someone named Jack who has a mechanical claw-like appendage that can be used to grapple, throw etc.
Hopefully I'll get the chance to spend some quality time on the games this weekend and can report back later on how they pan out. The current average donation is under $5 so for $5+, you get all of those games above which is a pretty good deal in my opinion.
