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Indie Game Music Bundle (Pay what you want)

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Re: Indie Game Music Bundle (Pay what you want)

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Super Meat Boy soundtrack and the VVVVVV soundtrack? I'm actually more excited about this than the last couple humble bundles I participated in.

I remember being very close to buying this exact version of the SMB OST a few months ago - it was I think 30 dollars, just that one. This bundle is a dream come true for me right now.

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Been enjoying this since last night. Really surprised at the quality. The C418 "72 Minutes of Fame" is essentially a full, high quality instrumental electronic dance album (some of the tracks are very Underworld ).

I just bought it, and I don't see C418 there. What is the name of the game? edit: Nevermind, it's Minecraft.

He meant one of the additional goodies you get when you give more than $10.

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I do not like the limited amounts of "downloads". I see why it's there (people might share links with friends etc.) but it feels a bit like punishing me because of some cheapskates. Problem is, this does not count "downloads", it counts hits on the download link. Accidentally hit cancel in the save file dialog? Too bad, one "download" wasted. Same thing when I tried to get it from my cell phone (which sucks), it did not work, there went another attempt.

I probably could live with say 20 downloads in a month (or some timeframe), but this feels very limiting.

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This is primarily an issue with how Amazon S3 works, unfortunately.

Have you thought about giving the option to just torrent them? (Like how the HumbleBundle guys do)

Yes, would have much preferred a torrent with a passworded .zip or something similar. Would have been faster too.

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I do not like the limited amounts of "downloads". I see why it's there (people might share links with friends etc.) but it feels a bit like punishing me because of some cheapskates. Problem is, this does not count "downloads", it counts hits on the download link. Accidentally hit cancel in the save file dialog? Too bad, one "download" wasted. Same thing when I tried to get it from my cell phone (which sucks), it did…

We're happy to refresh your count if you run out prematurely. We just have to keep bandwidth costs in mind.

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Hi, zircon here. I'm one of the musicians involved with the Game Music Bundle (Return All Robots! OST, Antigravity). Let me see if I can answer your questions. 1. We will probably release more detailed stats once the sale is over, but as of earlier today we've sold over 9,000 bundles. 2. It's a holiday sale because Black Friday through Cyber Monday is a popular time for there to be sales on things, especially digital…

Are you planning on doing this kind of bundle again with other genres of indie music? Because right now it seems like it would be restricted to just 'videogame-style' music in the future, but I would totally love to see something like that for other genres.

We'll see what the final numbers are once all is said and done but I think we would be up for doing it again. Many of us have non-game original music, and there are a few of those in the bundle already, but it's a lot harder to pitch something that isn't game-related. We got picked up by sites like Kotaku, Joystiq and Destructoid because of the game connection.

Re: Indie Game Music Bundle (Pay what you want)

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Hi, zircon here. I'm one of the musicians involved with the Game Music Bundle (Return All Robots! OST, Antigravity). Let me see if I can answer your questions. 1. We will probably release more detailed stats once the sale is over, but as of earlier today we've sold over 9,000 bundles. 2. It's a holiday sale because Black Friday through Cyber Monday is a popular time for there to be sales on things, especially digital…

I would certainly not buy music if I can't listen to it first, so I looked for a way to listen to samples or something and found the same "looks like a play button but really an image" everywhere. Wondering why someone would put fake "play" button that do nothing at all, apart maybe hurting sales, so I headed to the support page and I was not disappointed to see this http://i.imgur.com/7M1GH.png How can I trust you w…

What a ridiculous diatribe. The site works fine, as do the audio previews.

You're complaining because the site doesn't support iceweasel and bitcoin? I'd wager this isn't the first site you've had those issues with.

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