{"id":1596,"date":"2011-12-14T13:20:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2011-12-14T13:32:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:32:20","slug":"humble-indie-bundle-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2011\/12\/14\/humble-indie-bundle-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble Indie Bundle 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

So have you all seen this?<\/p>\n

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Quite a few people probably guessed it was coming due to my tux image tease, but GSB is part of the Humble Indie Bundle. Yes, that means there is a linux port of the base game, for people who prefer to run native linux builds I do NOT have the final linux installer yet, so if you want a linux build and you bought GSB direct from me (so I can verify the sale), then you will be entitled to it for free, once I have it. Don’t email me asking for it yet, because I can’t reply with a link, and it will get complex and bottlenecked. Obviously I’ll blog it when it’s all ready.<\/p>\n

A few words about the bundle, and Gratuitous Space Battles being in it (as one of the ‘beat the average’ games).<\/p>\n

Some people have expressed surprise about this move, because I rant about devaluing of games, and bundles a lot, so why am I doing this?<\/p>\n

Firstly, it’s the beat the average game :D You can’t pay $0.01 and get GSB, can’t be done, so there is that in there.<\/p>\n

Secondly, GSB is actually quite old now. It got updated a LOT, but it’s release was September 2009. It’s been full price everywhere for a long time, so I’m much more flexible regarding stuff like this at this stage in the games sales cycle.<\/p>\n

Also, there is a new game coming<\/a> in the first quarter of 2012, it can’t do any harm to remind people about GSB, and to get people who sat on the fence for those two years to grab a copy at a discounted price. Hopefully when GTB comes out they will be more inclined to buy it at full price rather than wait another two years. I hope!<\/p>\n

I often talk very frankly about sales figures and games revenue, but that’s regarding direct sales. Humble Bundle is a proper publisher arrangement with contracts etc, so don’t ask me for financial details about splits etc, because I can’t talk about that.<\/p>\n

As I typed this, the total raised has passed a million dollars. That’s good then\u00a0 :D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So have you all seen this? Quite a few people probably guessed it was coming due to my tux image tease, but GSB is part of the Humble Indie Bundle. Yes, that means there is a linux port of the base game, for people who prefer to run native linux builds I do NOT have<\/p>\n

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