Humble Indie Bundle 6 opens for business
The Humble Indie Bundle 6 includes some cracking games, and sits at the end of a chain of pay-what-you-want deals that has raised a whopping $6.7M for charity so far.
As usual, buyers are asked to name their price for the five games, which are provided DRM-free for Windows, OS X and Linux. Keys for redemption on Steam, for those who would like to keep all their purchases in one easy-to-remember location, are also available for anyone spending more than $1 on the bundle.
The Humble Indie Bundle 6 includes something for everyone, it seems: Torchlight is an excellent Diablo-style action RPG, while Rochard is a science fiction platformer. Shatter is a physics-based evolution of the Breakout concept with an impressive soundtrack, while Space Pirates and Zombies is a top-down space combat sim that should appeal to fans of the recently-reviewed FTL. Finally, Vessel is a steampunk-themed puzzle platformer.
In true Humble Bundle tradition, there's yet more: anyone beating the average price - which stands at a bargain-basement $5.74 at the time of writing - will also receive acrobatic platformer Dustforce. Soundtracks for all games are also available.
Before you head over with your credit card at the ready, just one word of warning: the OS X and Linux versions of Vessel are still under development and are not yet available, with the Humble Bundle team promising to get the files on the site within the next few days.
Thus far, the Humble Bundle project has raised a whopping $6,700,000 for charities including games-for-hospitals project Child's Play and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and with sales of the latest bundle already approaching $800,000 that's a figure which is likely to rise significantly before the two-week sales period is over.
More details on the bundle are available on the official website, or if you need further convincing as to the quality of the games try this little trailer video:
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Discuss in the forums ReplyBy the way, they hit half a million dollars a few hours after launch.
Tried the linux version of Shatter out - it ran without complaining, which makes a nice change as many games I've had to go tweaking to get working, but a lot of textures appear to be missing. Blocks etc are all black. Will have to investigate/try on another system.
Sweet; I'm sold then.
Well, as soon as I get home from work, that is! :)
I had it working perfectly, no missed textures at all... I did have to install a big pile of 32-bit libraries in order to get the game to run, but once it did run it was flawless. I was expecting so much more pain under Linux... (I'm using Lubuntu 12.04 and a Radeon 6770 card with the proprietary AMD drivers)
Vessel looks LOVELY, SPAZ will need more time to get into and Shatter is AWESOME.
It's worth buying for Torchlight, TBH... any one of those games goes for $6+ on Steam...
Hell yeah, Shatter is brilliant. Rochard is also quite good fun. I don't think I've even installed any of the other games yet...!