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Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by splawn »

phenol wrote: post #23
afterburner wrote: post #13

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You have to approach it as a roguelike, which does the same thing to you (way more deaths than successes). But I loved it. Played it many many times, but only won it twice I believe. For some of the unlockables I'd recommend looking at a walkthrough; for one of them at least I believe I decided to not pursue it since it would require too much random chance hitting all the right spots in the right order.

You totally can get good at it, it's a skill like any other. I've won like 40 games out of 200 or so, and I'd say that I win about half of my games I decide to play past the first sector. You just have to have a good feel for progression. Always fight as many ships as possible, and only leave the sector when the rebel fleet is riding your ass. Know which weapons, events, and upgrades are good, and roughly what order…

Also, the using pause button is VERY important in this game if you want to get anywhere.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by jere »

brador wrote: post #48
larrik wrote: post #44

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They're rare enough to be notable, and they promote Linux (usually) and charity. Why not?

They're every week.

They have a weekly sale, but the HIB is more rare. They're up to 9 and they started in May 2010, so... every few months rather than weekly. I don't mind that getting upvoted if the games are good.

FTL and Fez are real damn good.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by vx-k »

jerf wrote: post #45
rschmitty wrote: post #32

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I suppose it's personal preference on your desktop OS, but I stick to Win7 and linux VMs. No rebooting, no wine, all games work :) I'd much rather run VMs for linux stuff than wine for windows stuff. Now if you prefer [insert window manager of your choice] over Win7 then I get ya

"Now if you prefer [insert window manager of your choice]" I've gone deep down that hole. XMonad, fairly custom, custom keyboard layout, custom emacs... occasional light gaming is all I do now that Windows has an advantage for me personally. YMMV. One nice thing about Ubuntu still being based on Debian is that it's easy to install enough to satisfy Steam and all the games, since Ubuntu is what they target, while leav…

>One nice thing about Ubuntu still being based on Debian is that it's easy to install enough to satisfy Steam and all the games, since Ubuntu is what they target, while leaving the Ubuntu UI off and doing whatever you want underneath.

On my Arch system, Steam works perfectly well for me.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by elliottcarlson »

jere wrote: post #52
brador wrote: post #48

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They're every week.

They have a weekly sale, but the HIB is more rare. They're up to 9 and they started in May 2010, so... every few months rather than weekly. I don't mind that getting upvoted if the games are good. FTL and Fez are real damn good.

Of the numbered main ones - but the problem is all of them get posted here - the THQ, FrozenByte, Origin etc bundles... They are far more frequent then you think: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=humble...

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by jere »

elliottcarlson wrote: post #54
jere wrote: post #52

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They have a weekly sale, but the HIB is more rare. They're up to 9 and they started in May 2010, so... every few months rather than weekly. I don't mind that getting upvoted if the games are good. FTL and Fez are real damn good.

Of the numbered main ones - but the problem is all of them get posted here - the THQ, FrozenByte, Origin etc bundles... They are far more frequent then you think: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=humble...

Sure. I'm saying, personally, I'm perfectly fine with the numbered HIBs being posted. The others I could care less.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by shmerl »

jerf wrote: post #19

I've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is great for that, with all the Linux debuts. Linux gaming is…

DRM free Linux gaming is still lagging behind though. We need GOG on board to boost the progress.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by daxelrod »

breadbox wrote: post #41
danso wrote: post #24

Holy...moly. As a Mac gamer, I've been waiting forever for Mark of the Ninja and Fez. AFAIK, they've not yet been previously released, so is this an exclusive for Humble Bundle? If so, what a huge scoop. If I were those developers, I would've hawked the games on Steam for a couple of weeks...as Mac fans like me would've happily paid full price. edit: The average purchase so far is $4.37...seriously? Given the caliber…

This is the first game indie game bundle; they've been branching out. (The previous bundle was a bunch of standup comedy videos, actually.) But I completely agree. In fact, in the wake of Snowden, I made a mental note to pay extra attention to the next Humble Bundle charity split. I was planning to send it all directly to the EFF, but now I've realized that I can't just stiff everyone else. In the end, I paid double…

> This is the first game indie game bundle

Are you talking about Humble Bundle? The first few Humble Bundles were all indie games.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by masterzora »

elliottcarlson wrote: post #54
jere wrote: post #52

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They have a weekly sale, but the HIB is more rare. They're up to 9 and they started in May 2010, so... every few months rather than weekly. I don't mind that getting upvoted if the games are good. FTL and Fez are real damn good.

Of the numbered main ones - but the problem is all of them get posted here - the THQ, FrozenByte, Origin etc bundles... They are far more frequent then you think: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=humble...

As the guy who submitted the front-paged link to the Origin bundle, I thought it was interesting because it was a significant departure from the usual Humble Bundle fare and perceived ethos.

Submitting every bundle that's offered, however, is just annoying. They have a mailing list for a that.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by barbs »

Attic wrote: post #30
green7ea wrote: post #25

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I have also been doing more gaming in Linux recently. I only have a windows partition for Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. If blizzard ever gets on board the linux bandwagon, I won't need a windows partition :-D.

SC2 works perfectly fine on Gnu/Linux with wine. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId... I don't know about LoL but you might want to give SC2 a try on wine if you haven't already.

I found that I got pthread protection problems, but other than that SC2 worked great.

No idea how well LoL works under wine, but DotA 2 has a native linux client. Just saying! :P

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