outunderthestars
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taken!
Indie Bundle Thread - There's another one?
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Psychoward
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Could I have it please?
outunderthestars
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Psychoward
Banned
Thanks a bunch. Although, not sure if I'll be thanking you later tonight when I'm cowering in fear ;pYep! PM sent.
My mind cannot wrap around the fact that in a single day, Humble Bundle has managed to simultaneously support both one of the most hated publishers ever and one of the most hated Let's Players ever. (And I'm not alone on the latter opinion here on GAF.)
you could always you know... just consider it as getting showdown effect as a $1 buy (still better than 75% off on steam) and give away the other keys...
just saying
I paid with paypal... the site never gave me my key it just spun, but i got an email quickly like usual.
Half hour later I still haven't received my code but they did charge my Paypal.
grindamasta
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Some DESURA keys
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Cherry Tree High Comedy Club -- MB-2B428E0E2453F0AD
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos -- MB-F00E1B8A40BEB67A
Satazius -- MB-69F378723A4ED2DF
Ether Vapor Remaster -- MB-4F88845B8B496E13
styl3s
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As much as i absolutely hate his YT character "pewdiepie" i don't hate him as a person. I don't hate that he probably makes absurd amounts of money for what little he does because if i was talented enough to do it i would be doing the same thing.
That and i can't hate on someone who is doing something this awesome. As much as i dislike his YT character he has like a billion fans and they will all most likely help donate money to this cause on top of him donating up to what? $10k? That's pretty fucking awesome. Although i think it's kind of scummy to do the whole $1 per 500 views, it seems like he wants a billion hit video on his own channel which in return is probably going to pay him back x5 of what he's donating. THAT seems pretty scummy if he gets paid for the video hits (unless that money also goes to charity)
outunderthestars
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Snagged Cherry Tree! Thanks Grindamasta!
Want a Steam copy of Thomas Was Alone as a thank you?
grindamasta
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outunderthestars
Banned
I already have it, dont worry! I don't want anything in return
I will! How is Dysfunctional Systems? Worth the $5? Is it bundled anywhere right now?
Well then I have a Thomas Was Alone key to give away. first reply gets it.
Hi everyone! As you may know we sometimes do a nice Green Light Bundle over at www.thegreenlightbundle.com . Our last bundle sold very poorly and we were wondering why this happened. We were quite shocked seeing the sales. The bundle we made at 5 amazingly creative and high quality games in it.
Could you give us some feedback as to why our last bundle sold less than our previous ones?
Could you give us some feedback as to why our last bundle sold less than our previous ones?
I can only say that I didn't buy it because I already had 3 of those games (8-bit Commando, Ichi and Constant C) while the other 3 didn't interest me enough to push me over the edge. Plus all the releases (indie and non indie) in August taking all my money.
You can check out the Indie Game Wikia to see the current and past indie bundles http://indiegamebundle.wikia.com/wiki/Indie_Game_Bundle_Wiki
Satazius is a pretty cool schmup. Played it a couple of days ago and is definitely worth a look.
Well, I, for one, have never heard of your bundle. That may be why.
Edit 2: Oh, and looking at it now, I realise that these games have nearly all been in bundles before - I know Escape Goat was in a Groupees bundle, and I'm sure 8-Bit Commando and Ichi were, too (I know because that's where i got them!). The ones that weren't didn't really strike me as must-play games, and I do try to avoid waste where possible (...says the guy with a 500-game backlog...)
Possibly try making some threads on NeoGAF, 4chan /v/ and Reddit to publicize your next one? Either way, advertise!
Edit: Thanks for Satazius, Lain. Appreciated. What's weird is that every time I try to install it, the Desura client crashes! I'mma gonna have to look online for a solution to this.
Edit 3: Snagged Dysfunctional Systems from Grindamasta's post! I didn't think it would work! Thanks Grindamasta!
Trellisaze
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Building off what Lain said, all of those games have been in indie bundles or on special offer (e.g. IndieGameStand) before. I'd wager that people who follow the indie bundle happenings regularly already had everything (or everything they want) already like I did, and for those who didn't, despite the quality of some of the titles like Escape Goat, the games involved aren't all that well known.
I actually purchased the bundle, but I can think of a few possible reasons:
-lack of awareness
-so far the only game from the previous Green Light bundles that has actually been greenlit is Dawn of Fantasy
-oversaturation of Indie Bundles in general, leading to
--customer fatige
--people already having considerable indie game backlogs
--games already having been in previous bundles (in the case of this bundle I already got the vast majority of games from previous bundles)
Corronchilejano
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He makes money, so of course he has to be hated by everyone right?
Haters gonna hate
Seriously though, Humble Bundle ISN'T supporting EA. EA is giving a fuckton of money to charities, and that's respectable anyway you see it.
YianGaruga
Banned
These two points are true for me. In the beginning I thought these bundles would help most of the games to be Greenlit on Steam, but it has become apparent that that's not happening.
4/6 games have been in previous bundles (multiple times even!)
Heh. Okay, here's where i get a little embarrassed at myself. Turns out I already got the two games I won off ModBot earlier on in the latest Groupees bundle. Oops. So, yeah.
Roll up, roll up! Come, one and all, to Dambrosi's Great Gormless Greedy Goon Games Giveaway! Desura keys both, sorry about that.
I must say, I really like the new Steam Picture feature of ModBot. Nice presentation.
Roll up, roll up! Come, one and all, to Dambrosi's Great Gormless Greedy Goon Games Giveaway! Desura keys both, sorry about that.
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Satazius -- MB-C5CBB85958AF5735
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning To Manage Chaos -- MB-9EFBEDFD49C31CA9
I must say, I really like the new Steam Picture feature of ModBot. Nice presentation.
Lain - thanks for the giveaway. However...
I had a brain meltdown and entered and won Satazius not remembering I bought the bundle it was in so I already own it.
You want me to PM you the key back or should I just give it to modbot to give it away again?
The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out. We'll think about how we will proceed with the next one
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
. We'll think about how we will proceed with the next one grindamasta
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Go with modbot and give it away again.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
From my perspective, I buy non-Steam bundles because I think I'm eventually going to get Steam keys. Like I bought La-Mulana in the groupees bundle that time because I suspected correctly that I'd get a Steam key eventually. So what I'm saying is that in this case, I didn't buy because I don't expect the games that are present to be Greenlit. Now I own multiple copies of Escape Goat, I 100%d it on XBLIG, I love it, and I voted for it on Greenlight. This isn't a quality judgment. I'm just saying that I've got a huge backlog so I end up being kind of choosy when it comes to promising but not OMG AAAAAA+++++ SUPER STANDOUT titles, and one of the choices I make is that I normally wait until stuff is going to go on Steam.
If you want to go through ModBot you need to nuke the key (see the rules thread)
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
I appreciate the spirit of that idea, but yeah, for me, I didn't buy it since I already owned all those game from other bundles.
The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
Yeah I didn't buy it because I already had all the games. They were in multiple bundles so I'm sure most people owned at least a few of them.
LiquidSolid
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Is he earning money off that video? I'm not entirely sure how Youtube payments work but if a video doesn't have ads (which that video doesn't), he doesn't get any money from it, right?
Credits go to Lain for this key, I took a key for a game I already own because I'm an idiot.
Please take the time to say thanks to Lain
Please take the time to say thanks to Lain
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Satazius -- MB-4FAB63F83126236F
Im_Special
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If you want to make sales I suggest you go the Groupee route and let us pick and choose what games we want for 75cents a pop or something along those lines, your bundles are never unique, in this latest one only 1 game was not a repeat from somewhere else and I'm not paying 5$ for one average looking game that will never make greenlight, but I might pay 75cent for it.
The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
I was really looking forward to your bundle but unfortunately, I owned all the games except Bridge It :/
chrominance
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I don't know what was in your previous bundles, but I can tell you why I didn't buy the most recent one: every game but one was a platformer! Especially since "indie platformer" is a bit of a common trope these days, it makes it hard to differentiate your bundle of games from all the other bundles including a bunch of random indie platformers. Plus personally I don't do well with platformers, meaning the only game that was interesting to me was Bridge It!, which wasn't enough for me to commit.
My suggestion would be to try and mix a wider variety of games into the bundle--a puzzle, shooter or RPG game thrown in would give a greater sense of "something for everyone," so that even if some of the games don't appeal personally, more people could justify the $5 anyways. God knows I can't remember the last indie bundle I bought where every single game was appealing to me, and I think you have to factor that in when deciding who to pursue for bundle inclusion. (That said, I realize you can't just get any game you might have on your wishlist, so I apologize if this suggestion isn't that helpful.)
The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
Lots of similar greenlight bundles have the same goal. So instead on putting your spotlight on games that already have their spotlight (from previous, more popular greenlight bundles), why don't you give the spotlight to other great games who were never given a chance? I'm sure there are enough new great games on Greenlight queue out there to make a dozen greenlight bundles or so.
Don't think of it as 'punishing developers who have featured their games in other bundles', think of it as 'helping developers who haven't featured their games in other bundles.'
Wok
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SapientWolf
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No one knows you guys exist. You're just inheriting the problem with Greenlight in general.The Green Light Bundle has a goal to get great games onto Steam. Some of the other bundle actually punish developers who have featured there games in other bundles. They won't feature those game. This is very crappy for the developers, since bundles are their main source of income.
So our approach was to feature games despite how many times they were in other bundles. But apparently this isn't working out
So I got too excited about the X bundle and I was disappointed it was not the Humble Weekly sale as somebody predicted. Anybody knows that exactly is this?
http://steamdb.info/sub/30191/#section_history
http://steamdb.info/sub/30191/#section_history
Haunted
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Could just be a collection they're selling on Steam? You know, you save 50% when you buy all of these together and whatnot.
There is a line:
ProofOfPrePurchaseOnly
Which usually means a key is needed to activate it - the way bundles usually work, like HumbleBundle usually packing all games into one key.
The Bundle A, Bundle B type of database entries are the same as what we got for the Deep Silver bundle so it will most likely be in a future Humble Bundle. Just be patient, I guess.
Will try, thank you very much. Of course I don't have any time to play games, it is just the temptation, I always wanted to own it
YianGaruga
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Trapped Dead and Stellar Impact.
SpongeBob NoPants
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I don't know, but bearing in mind the current X-Com promotion, I guess there's a fairly good chance that Egosoft might run a multistage preorder scheme where the final tier is the X back-catalogue. If Rebirth comes anywhere close to living up to it's potential, the older games would be pretty much redundant, so they may as well.
I think Stumpokapow post represents the main issue you're facing. People mostly buy bundles for Steam keys, and the fact that so few of the games featured on the previous bundles ended up on Steam likely resulted in a loss of interested in the bundle.
Regarding the issue of featuring games that were in previous bundles, the problem isn't so much that you did so, but that the majority (or all) of the games you featured where in other bundles.
There's nothing wrong with having a few standout titles that were in other bundles (such as Escape the Goat), but when all your games were already in other bundles there's a good chance that people will already own most, or all, of them (personaly I was only missing two titles, neither of which particularly interested me).
You also featured less games than in previous bundles, which surely also affected people view on the value of the bundle.
When you consider that even Humble Bundle average tends to fluctuates betwen $4-$7, the idea of the mininum $5 payment probably also serves as a big dissuasive to the majority of people.
I know that $5 sounds like very little as it is, especially when developers mostly make money out of this bundles, but $5 is a high price compared to most other bundles which, generally, also include steam keys.
I'd say the main issue to solve would be to get more of the games feature on this bundles on Steam, and while that's somethng that's mostly out of your hands, I'd recommend aiming at featuring at least a couple games that are decently on their way to being accepted into Steam in a 6-12 month period (though it might be harder to convince those developers to feature their game on a bundle).
Consider featuring games that were already accepted into steam via the Greenlight proccess (to keep with the theme of the bundle) in a BTA or "pay more than X" category. This would serve to bring in the people that buy bundles for Steam keys, increase the average and show people that are buying the bundle that Greenlight works.
Also put more emphasis on the idea that people buying the bundle should vote for the titles. This should be a key part of the message of the bundle, and yet looking through the site I don't see any stand-out message or image indicating this.
It might sound like an obvious thing, but I woulnd't be shocked if people buying this bundles aren't voting.
Otherwise the only things to considering doing would be to add more games to increase the value of the bundle. try to keep a good balance of games not featured on bundles with games that were, drop the mininum payment to at least $2-3, and, obviously continue to figure out how to better promote the bundle.
outunderthestars
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Indie Royale Prairie Dog Bundle is up!
Games Trailer
Retrovirus
Signal Ops
Zach Zero
Vox
Sol Survivor
BTA for a mystery title it seems.
Games Trailer
Retrovirus
Signal Ops
Zach Zero
Vox
Sol Survivor
BTA for a mystery title it seems.