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Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 5486, member: 1"Well currently Torchlight is unplayable after a while due to a crash bug :(, decent game though very hack and slash!

I only played for about two hours and it was fine. It's unable to run in fullscreen for me though...

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Well currently Torchlight is unplayable after a while due to a crash bug :(, decent game though very hack and slash!

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I would definitely get it for SPAZ and maybe Torchlight... if I could, that is. My last free-spending money went to the FTL devs... :(
Then again, it has only just started. Not sure my situation will change, but we'll see.

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Quoting: "Hamish, post: 5478, member: 6"Still, I can not help but notice that the Bundles do seem to cater too much to the platformer crowd though. Nothing wrong with these games, but there should be more than those being offered by the Indie gaming community. Has there been a single Indie Bundle without one?

Excluding bonus games, the Frozen Synapse bundle didn't have any platformers (though it had the Frozenbyte Bundle included for people who contributed more than the average). If Aquaria doesn't count as a platformer, then the Voxatron Debut didn't have any platformers, and neither did the Botanicula Debut and Android #3.

So, whilst platformers do seem to have a lot of presence, there have still been a good number without.

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Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 5459, member: 1"A good bundle Torchlight is a very welcome game, probably now one of the best RPG Linux has it's seriously good.

Torchlight is welcome but it's a pure hack n'slash, not an RPG.
The rest of the bundle is once again full of platformers... It looks as if indie studios were trapped in a microscopic subset of creativity. How can they all do the same thing? Damn! There is so much to invent!

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Well, a little too close to the last in my opinion, but it does look to be another good Bundle. Interesting to see Torchlight finally show up on our noble little platform.

Still, I can not help but notice that the Bundles do seem to cater too much to the platformer crowd though. Nothing wrong with these games, but there should be more than those being offered by the Indie gaming community. Has there been a single Indie Bundle without one? Have we not moved beyond the Braid hype?

Just a thought... again, not dissing the game (I have many found memories of platforming games). But getting stuck in a rut can be bad for everyone.

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Quoting: "Kame, post: 5460, member: 102"I'm guessing they must have discovered some super bugs in the Linux/Mac builds of Vessel just before the HIB launched, can't see any other reason they'd be late like that.

Well, it seems pretty obvious to me that this bundle was scheduled to coincide with Torchlight 2's release. It's entirely possible that the porter involved with Vessel just wasn't given the time needed to complete the work. Looking at [URL='http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/humble/#timeline']the schedule[/URL], this is the closest that two Indie bundles have ever been together, and I was massively surprised to see one so close after #5 (which would be a pretty tough act to follow).

The Humble Visualisations are [URL='http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/humble/#Indie+6']tracking stats for this bundle[/URL] (as well as displaying previous ones). I'm also working on some new features that I'm hoping to give people a preview of as we get closer to the end of this bundle :)

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Damn, just got it. The games work fairly flawlessly, and SPAZ seems like something close to FTL. GREAT!

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Considering number 1 is out and HIB always do well, we can bet it will be :)

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I just hope they follow up with Torchlight 2 on Linux. Maybe there will be an AMA and we'll get some answers then.

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Everyone run before he explo...too late.

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Ok, so we have at the moment:
http://www.humblebundle.com/
http://groupees.com/ww
http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/indiefort-bundle
http://buy.joyridelabs.de/ (released yesterday, put that up as news! ;) )

And soon http://gamingonlinux.com/index.php?threads/steam-beta-may-arrive-next-month.1029/

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! :eek:

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SPAZ i got to start :), think it's pretty sweet so far :D

I paid over the average to make sure I got all the game :)

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Quoting: "Kame, post: 5460, member: 102"I'm guessing they must have discovered some super bugs in the Linux/Mac builds of Vessel just before the HIB launched, can't see any other reason they'd be late like that.

"Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen issues concerning our Vessel ports for Mac and Linux, these versions aren't quite ready for prime time. We will be getting Vessel out to bundle buyers as soon as possible (24-72 hours)."
http://support.humblebundle.com/customer/portal/articles/744388-vessel-for-mac-and-linux-alpha

but yeah..one of the best Bundles so far

Torchlight 2 in 2 days tho...so i wont be playing Torchlight much cuz i have already completed it via wine

SPAZ starts fine but framerate in menu is like 2 fps.

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Woah, didn't even realize Rochard is a Unity game. I expect we'll be seeing a LOT more of those in the HIB's in the days to come.

Also looks like 3 of the ports were done by Edward Rudd. I love when he does ports because things tend to just work with Twinview.

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Yes, Torchlight! I was considering buying it from GOG, but I guess this saves me and gives me a Linux version! Hopefully T2 will follow.

This might not be as impressive as HIBV, but it is still very good. Especially Torchlight and Vessel, really liked the look of those two.

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Man, I was hoping for the Humble Steam Linux Beta Bundle. Buy the HIB, get into the Steam Linux beta!

On the other hand, a very nice looking set of games. I've been wondering when Dustforce was gonna get a Linux build.
I'm guessing they must have discovered some super bugs in the Linux/Mac builds of Vessel just before the HIB launched, can't see any other reason they'd be late like that.

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Personal comments;
A good bundle Torchlight is a very welcome game, probably now one of the best RPG Linux has it's seriously good.

Will be interesting to see how many of these from all the bundles will be on the steam linux version.

S.P.A.Z i can't seem to open :(

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Not really sure where the intervening comments have run off to, but I'd like to apologise to Rusty. My intention was to correct grammar, not twist words.

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5482, member: 122"It was totally bad timing, just not specifically on their part.

No! Im going to have to tell you to leave this now. Stop twisting what was a perfectly innocent comment I did not say that it was solely on their part I just said on their part nor did i point out all the other permutations of who's fault it could of been.

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Quoting: "Rustybolts, post: 5479, member: 13"Not really Bad timing doesn’t have to be conscious at all, now if id have said misjudged, then that would have suggested that there was evidence to act on.

It was totally bad timing, just not specifically on their part.

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5475, member: 122"Aww, that's implying they could have consciously avoided the situation, which isn't really the case.

Not really Bad timing doesn’t have to be conscious at all, now if id have said misjudged, then that would have suggested that there was evidence to act on.

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Quoting: "Rustybolts, post: 5469, member: 13"really bad timing on their part

Aww, that's implying they could have consciously avoided the situation, which isn't really the case.

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I decided to buy this bundle as well, may as well give it a good go.

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Yeah its a shame as like you say its an interesting bundle, really bad timing on their part. Ive bought both bundles so today I am up 9 games for less than $8 :D

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one of the rare pages that wont open under opera........ interesting bundle though but gone be dwarfed under hib6 :(

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:D

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Indeed already posted it up :), good news

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Quote from their last update:

QuoteIn fact, our experience with Unity so far has made us confident enough that we have decided to remove Linux support from the stretch goals and just commit to providing a Linux version right here and now!

(Unity is the engine they'll use, not Ubuntu's desktop. Can be confusing...)

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Oh, I didn't spot that we had a news article on this one.

I made a few lengthy posts in the Linux thread on the Steam forums about why this trend of unrealistic stretch goals and stretch goals in general for cross platform support are likely to breed unhealthy perceptions and behaviours. If anybody's interested they can [URL='http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32832464#post32832464']read them[/URL].

One thing I would like to highlight (as an example of unhealthy behaviour) is that there's [URL='http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60178-why-are-resources-being-spent-on-a-linux-version/']a thread[/URL] on the Project Eternity forums made by people who feel that Linux support is a waste of the the project's funds - an attitude that would be much less likely to have existed if Linux support were added to the project directly rather than associated with a stretch goal.

At the end of the day, I think there's more benefit to either adding Linux support to the primary target, or just adding Linux support to the project after the minimum value that the developers feel they need to be able to support Linux is met (and not confirm it beforehand). This way, people on all platforms are aiming for the same things with regards to stretch goals, which creates better community synergy, and promotes equality.

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