Humble Indie Bundle for Android 3

http://www.humblebundle.com/#3a

by c-oreills • 14 years ago

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mtgx• 14 years ago

I like the newly introduced "Humble tip". Smart way for them to make (extra) money.

phn• 14 years ago

I think the humble tip has been part of the humble bundle ever since the beginning. Not sure if they always named it that way though.

Kronopath2• 14 years ago

It's not been there since the beginning, I believe they added it in on the second or third bundle.

c-oreills2• 14 years ago

They've been doing that for a while, it encourages them to create bundles from other people's games rather than just their own. It's good press for the rest of the indie community!

AceJohnny2• 14 years ago

Nice to see that Uplink was ported to Android! It's an interesting and fun game where you get to play the kind of fictional hacker portrayed in hollywood movies, working against the clock to get the data without being tracked.

c-oreills2• 14 years ago

It's pretty timeless in itself, but if you want more replay value check out http://modlink.net/ - people have extended the game in interesting ways.

jere• 14 years ago

Uplink is one of my favorite games of all time and Introversion is an awesome little game development studio.

I tried to submit this a while back but it didn't go anywhere (it's about their painfully protracted development on a project that nearly bankrupted them): http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-11-rezzed-sessions...

sp3322• 14 years ago

Note the ' * ' on Uplink and SpaceChem: * Note that the Android version is only compatible with tablet devices.

qdot76367• 14 years ago

"Compatible" is actually a kind of strong word to use. You may actually be able to play these on a phone, the UI elements are just REALLY TINY.

I just tried Spacechem on my SGS3. It does at least run, but you better have tiny, tiny fingers to hit some of those UI elements. :)

CountHackulus• 14 years ago

If you play it on a tablet in public you should get the "Swordfish" achievement.

gagege2• 14 years ago

Really great games as usual, but make sure you check out the system requirements. Most of them can be run on phone sized screens but a couple of them, such as Uplink and Space Chem, will only work on tablet screens 5" or larger.

chrisrhoden• 14 years ago

While it reports that it is incompatible, it works just fine on my Galaxy Nexus.

gagege2• 14 years ago

Interesting, I'll give it a try on my Galaxy II.

Falling3• 14 years ago

Just bought my first Bundle! Feels goooood....

KirinDave• 14 years ago

I've gotten nearly all the recent humble bundles. They've been increasingly good.

It must be a wonderful feeling to work on software and bizdev for them, too. You know you're making money, helping developers and artists, and giving to charity. I hope the people in charge are doing well.

prezjordan• 14 years ago

They have YC backing, don't they?

citricsquid• 14 years ago

YC and more (about $4.5m): http://www.crunchbase.com/company/humble-bundle

They're expanding out into the "Humble Store".

spindritf• 14 years ago

> They've been increasingly good.

They've been great and I got most of them too, including this one, but it's not better than the first Android bundle with Osmos and the World of Goo. Osmos alone is spectacularly good, it's the best indie game I've ever played -- the idea, the mechanics, the music... it's incredible (no, I don't know the author but I bought it three times).

shardling• 14 years ago

The second android bundle was fairly dull, I thought; Canabalt is the only one I really enjoyed.

Pretty much every other bundle ever has been awesome, though.

minikomi• 14 years ago

Wow looks great.. You might also enjoy Orbital for game boy advance.. Relaxing and frustrating but with kind of similar gameplay, albeit more focussed on gravity slingshotting.

mladenkovacevic• 14 years ago

Brilliant move to allow top contributors to link their twitter accounts to publicly posted buys. Encourages big-money contributions from those who want some exposure and builds a sense of community. I am now following Erica Joy, Gaijin Games Expired Popsicle (Cliff) and Linux Gamers

daralthus• 14 years ago

I was curious, so I found out that the Spirits was ported to android with http://www.apportable.com/

But do you know about the others? Are they just handcrafting everything or do they use some engines etc?

collinjackson• 14 years ago

BIT.TRIP BEAT and Uplink are also brought to Android using Apportable.

The Apportable games previous Humble Bundles are Osmos, EDGE, Cogs, Avadon: the Black Fortress, Zen Bound 2, Swords and Soldiers.

jgeralnik• 14 years ago

The two games that interest me from this bundle, Spacechem and Uplink, were already in previous bundles (though not for android) so I think I'll be passing on this one even though I've bought most of the previous ones.

barbs3• 14 years ago

Just pointing this out, for those unfamiliar with the Android Humble Bundles, you also get the Mac, Windows and Linux versions. So it's worth getting even if you don't have any android devices :).

shinratdr2• 14 years ago

Actually, since the focus for the Android bundles is Android and not the other platforms, IMO they aren't worth getting. The Android bundles always have older, lower end titles because of the bias toward mobile.

Once again that's the case. I can't speak for anyone else but I've had most of these titles for one to two years on my desktop and phone, and I only paid a dollar or less for them at the time. That's rarely the case with the real Humble bundles, where you frequently have a chance to pick up a newer high profile indie title for cheap.

In fact, the youngest title in this bundle is over a year and a half old. Average is about 2-4 years, with Uplink taking the cake as an 11 year old title. I typically avoid the Android indie bundles for that reason. Judging by the sales numbers for those bundles vs the regular bundles, I'm hardly the only one. Without an Android device, these bundles offer little in the way of new content.

barbs3• 14 years ago

But it's pay what you want! You pay whatever you think it's worth! You can pay virtually nothing if you want to.

[EDIT] Also, who cares how old they are? Humble Bundle had Psychonauts, a 7 year old game. Sure, maybe they're not as good, but that's why you pay less for them.

moultano• 14 years ago

A warning, spacechem is crack for programmers.

dvhh• 14 years ago

it should be named "introduction to multi-threading"

Evbn• 14 years ago

Why is an ad for mobile apps written on a 1500px wide page and 6pt font and style hardcodes that break zooming?

rat87• 14 years ago

Note that the have introduced accounts to make it easier to see/download all the games you have bought across bundles.

They also have an android app for downloading/updating all android games in your account.

Humble Indie Bundle for Android 3

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