Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

humblebundle.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 103 posts

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#61

Post by Fargren »

shinratdr wrote: post #51
bookwormAT wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It makes sense to include Android in the Humble Bundle, since it is the only popular PC platform that was not already included. It is not really possible to deliver a iOS or WP7 app without DRM, so they cannot extend the offer to applicances.

That's what he was looking for, a nice snide response. EDIT - I'm guessing from the downvotes that the Hacker News community finds it acceptable to refer to iOS and WP7 as appliances? I'm sorry but that's BS. Every definition of computer appliance I can find excludes devices that can have programs added after the fact, something that is definitely possible with both operating systems. EDIT 2 - If people feel so stron…

People are downvoting you not because they disagree with your opinion, but because it adds nothing to the conversation. That's frowned upon in HN. The response you replied to was perfectly valid: there's no iOS or WP7 bundles because they are contrary to the philosophy of the bundles; this is a valid point that no one had mentioned. Complaining that the response was snide, OTOH doesn't say anything that's relevant to the topic at hand.

A better response would have been to say that you think referring to those platforms as applications is wrong, and probably some explanation as to why.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#62

Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

replax wrote: post #49
icco wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being a long time Linux user, I am very aware of the "I don't want you as my customer" feeling. Being a software developer, I have never understood the decision on why to essentially limit the number of customers you can have. I think the only thing worse than not supporting the majority of platforms is not making them have feature parity.

While I can understand not porting e.g. a DirectX game to Linux/OSX or any other program which heavily relies on OS specific libraries/features, I could not yet understand why not to port it when it is possible with little effort. I'd really like to hear an explanation from someone with knowledge in that matter, unfortunately the only example I can come up with at the moment from the top of my head is WoW/Warcraft/St…

http://braid-game.com/news/2008/08/misc-linux-questions/

That was 4 years ago. Braid finally got a port in 2010 for a previous Humble Bundle. Braid is just a small Indie game. Imagine trying to port some of the big budget productions we have now.

There was Loki back in the late 90s early 2000s that did Linux ports, but they didn't last long.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#63

Post by LukeShu »

shinratdr wrote: post #51
bookwormAT wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It makes sense to include Android in the Humble Bundle, since it is the only popular PC platform that was not already included. It is not really possible to deliver a iOS or WP7 app without DRM, so they cannot extend the offer to applicances.

That's what he was looking for, a nice snide response. EDIT - I'm guessing from the downvotes that the Hacker News community finds it acceptable to refer to iOS and WP7 as appliances? I'm sorry but that's BS. Every definition of computer appliance I can find excludes devices that can have programs added after the fact, something that is definitely possible with both operating systems. EDIT 2 - If people feel so stron…

The "appliance" bit is of course an insult. However, the main point of what he was saying is that you cannot publish an app for iOS or WP7 without DRM (it is part of the platform), and one of Humble Bundle's major points is "DRM free".

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#64

Post by robocat »

TobbenTM wrote: post #30
robocat wrote: post #27

Nexus owners: Edge didn't work on my Nexus (neither Edge Classic nor Extended). The other HD apps seem to work great. Permissions: All apps except Anomaly only asked for Network Communication. Anomaly needs Network Communication, Modify/Delete USB storage, and Prevent Phone from Sleeping.

What Nexus phone?

Sorry, Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.2 (GNex)

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#65

Post by simcop2387 »

moondowner wrote: post #33

As a Linux/PC gamer (non Android user, at least at this moment :)) this is the first time I have doubts whether to buy the bundle. Two of four game we're already featured in previous bundles. I'm interested in `Anomaly: Warzone Earth` can anyone give an opinion on the game?

I went ahead and bit the bullet but I haven't been able to give that one a test. It currently is segfaulting for me so I'm waiting on a response from the developer and/or getting my normal machine back up and running (down for backups) to test it somewhere other than my laptop.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#66

Post by shinratdr »

Fargren wrote: post #61
shinratdr wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what he was looking for, a nice snide response. EDIT - I'm guessing from the downvotes that the Hacker News community finds it acceptable to refer to iOS and WP7 as appliances? I'm sorry but that's BS. Every definition of computer appliance I can find excludes devices that can have programs added after the fact, something that is definitely possible with both operating systems. EDIT 2 - If people feel so stron…

People are downvoting you not because they disagree with your opinion, but because it adds nothing to the conversation. That's frowned upon in HN. The response you replied to was perfectly valid: there's no iOS or WP7 bundles because they are contrary to the philosophy of the bundles; this is a valid point that no one had mentioned. Complaining that the response was snide, OTOH doesn't say anything that's relevant to…

> People are downvoting you not because they disagree with your opinion, but because it adds nothing to the conversation.

I disagree, I think there was a valid point made in a comment that overall had an arrogant tone and some inaccuracies and that should be addressed like I chose to rather than just ignored.

Dispelling inaccuracies adds to the discussion, or at the very least attempts to prevent someone else from detracting from the discussion. To act like I just came out of left field with this or something is just ridiculous.

> The response you replied to was perfectly valid: there's no iOS or WP7 bundles because they are contrary to the philosophy of the bundles; this is a valid point that no one had mentioned.

Which is why I didn't take issue with or mention that part. I took issue with referring to iOS and WP7 devices as appliances when they aren't.

> Complaining that the response was snide, OTOH doesn't say anything that's relevant to the topic at hand.

It was both snide and inaccurate because of that, I assumed that was implied or obvious. I didn't think I needed to lay it out so blatantly.

> A better response would have been to say that you think referring to those platforms as applications is wrong, and probably some explanation as to why.

Like I said, I assumed that was implied. I did cover why in my edit. It's simply incorrect, no definition of computer appliance backs it up and it smacks of arrogance.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#67

Post by shinratdr »

LukeShu wrote: post #63
shinratdr wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what he was looking for, a nice snide response. EDIT - I'm guessing from the downvotes that the Hacker News community finds it acceptable to refer to iOS and WP7 as appliances? I'm sorry but that's BS. Every definition of computer appliance I can find excludes devices that can have programs added after the fact, something that is definitely possible with both operating systems. EDIT 2 - If people feel so stron…

The "appliance" bit is of course an insult. However, the main point of what he was saying is that you cannot publish an app for iOS or WP7 without DRM (it is part of the platform), and one of Humble Bundle's major points is "DRM free".

I get that, understand it and agree which is why I didn't take issue with that part. You see the "appliance" bit as an insult as well, so we are in complete agreement.

His main point is correct, and I took no issue with that. Hence, it still doesn't really clear up for me why I'm being downvoted so heavily.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#68

Post by BiosElement »

cryptoz wrote: post #19
jeff18 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are currently beta testing an app that will organize your downloads and provide updates in a central spot for Humble Bundles (like the Amazon Marketplace), which should be ready for the public in the next couple of days. Additionally, the apps themselves will notify you if there is an update, akin to how Sparkle works on Mac OS X (Adium, et al. use this). Finally, you can download updates from our website similar…

> We are currently beta testing an app that will organize your downloads and provide updates in a central spot for Humble Bundles I'm sorry to be a downer here, but this really bothers me. The Android Market is built such that 1) each version of each app has reviews, 2) each version has permissions, 3) updates for all of my apps come from the same place, 4) the apps come from a single trusted source, signed , and 5)…

Complain to google, it's not possible currently.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#69

Post by BiosElement »

martythemaniak wrote: post #4
jc4p wrote: post #2

The downside is that if you install the Android games on your Android phone you won't get any updates they release on the Android Market for them. You'll have to get a new APK from the folks making the game with each update.

The upside is you actually get it on your Android phone :D But I agree, the Market is way overdue for coupons, discounts and other promo options.

You mean besides a whole crapton of 1 penny apps? That was one hell of a discount if you ask me.

Re: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

#70

Post by collinjackson »

soci wrote: post #38

Any clue how an independent game developer can build the same app for multiple platforms without wasting a lot of time? Being a sole developer I find it quite difficult to develop for multiple platforms at the same time unless there's a framework that allows me to do so. Are the people behind the games in the bundle using a sort of "multiplatform-framework" ?

Apportable helped Osmos and EDGE cross-compile their Objective-C code bases on Android using GNUstep and other open source libraries.
Post reply on HN