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Started 12 years ago by graylox
Latest reply from Whiterabbit-uk

graylox
Moderator

The Humble Voxatron Debut
Time remaining: 5 days
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Pay what you want. Voxatron will cost $15, but we're letting you set the price!

Voxatron works great on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Be the first to tackle this voxel-based, old-school-gone-new platform shooter. Jump into the Voxatron alpha and shoot your way through twenty challenging areas filled with blocky baddies, destructible toys, and palliative powerups.

Get Voxatron's future content and gameplay updates. As a customer of the Humble Voxatron Debut, you'll receive access to all of Lexaloffle's future updates to Voxatron: levels, characters, and more!

Level editor included, with monster creation tools on the way! After conquering the alpha adventure, check out the “BBS Levels” for instant-access to user-created content. Want to make your own voxel masterpiece? Voxde -- the Voxatron level editor -- is included with every purchase, granting you the ability to create mind-blowing new environments to share with the world. And soon, Lexaloffle plans to add monster creation tools for designing your own blocky bad guys to populate your creations.

You can support charity. Choose exactly how your purchase is divided: between the developers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Child's Play Charity. Also, if you like this deal, a tip to the Humble Bundle itself would be much appreciated!

Get it here: http://www.humblebundle.com/
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See some videos on YouTube: The Humble Voxatron Debut - YouTube
Text: http://www.humblebundle.com/
Developer/Screenshots: http://www.lexaloffle.com/voxatron.php

I think this is the only "shooter" I like and would play with my grand-kids (they have to explain it to me...)

graylox

Posted 12 years ago #
graylox
Moderator

Meanwhile there are 2 games added, here is just a quick update from me, feel free to add info:

http://www.humblebundle.com/
http://www.swingswingsubmarine.com/games/blocks-that-matter/
The Binding of Isaac

graylox who already owns these 2 games

Posted 12 years ago #
Campy
Member

Thanks graylox. I wondered if they were really only going to have a single game in alpha. Of course Minecraft was pretty awesome at that point.

Blocks That Matter looks pretty interesting to me. Not sure about TBoI. My reflexes aren't as quick as they used to be, the game sounds and looks a little odd, and I understand it is fairly hardcore. Voxatron looks a little more interesting with the building aspects, but it is also seems to be a top down shooter. Wish they had a way to try it for an hour or two as a demo. I might be willing to pay more for it if I could try it and liked it.

Do you have any comments about your experience with these games. Off to try the demo of BTM.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

The binding of Isaac was created by the developer of Gish and Super Meat Boy. The game looks quite simple, but becomes increasingly complex as you work through the levels, well.... as complex as a shooter can become. You can tell the artist is the same as the one that did both of the mentioned prequels. I’ve enjoyed playing it so far. Blocks that Matter is also a decent game. You can check both out via Steam;

Blocks that Matter:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/111800/?snr=1_5_9__13

The binding of Isaac :

http://store.steampowered.com/app/113200/

Typically I've already purchased both of these games on Steam so the Steam key is useless as it says I can't gift them.

I've already more or less stopped pre-ordering most games (apart from those that are likely to hold their prices like Skyrim and modern Warfare 3) so that I can take advantage of the deals that appear within several weeks of most releases; for example Bastion was only released back in August yet is already 50% off till Thursday evening, and Dead Island (that's about 7 weeks post release) had 25% off over the Halloween sale. :)

Posted 12 years ago #
Campy
Member

Thanks WR. I just went ahead and bought it even though I am not big on top down shooters. Didn't pay as much for them, but did pay more than the minimum to get them. I do appreciate the efforts by independent developers to do something a little different (or odd as is probably the case with TBoI). I did play Blocks That Matter for a little while and enjoyed working out the puzzles it presents.

Posted 12 years ago #
delenn13
Minbari Ambassador

They broke $500,000.00 in just over 48 hours. Up to $601,003.97 now. Still got 10 days to go. Wonder how high will it go this time.

Been following Jeffrey Rosen on Twitter from @humble.."A new Voxatron build has been added to your download pages, full changelog here: http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=445"

Also, "Awesome! Aquaria just launched on the iPad:" Bit Blot - http://www.bit-blot.com/?p=267 If any one is interested!

Edit: Forgot the link.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

That's brilliant news. The more money these bundles make the more developers will want to add their games to a bundle. For me I tend to have already purchased most of the decent games already but still contribute a little just for the support.

Aquaria is a great game; very psychedelic. If you love Aquaria theres two more games that are similar:

Glowfish which was released back in late September and Undergarden released about this time last year.

Posted 12 years ago #
Wmplynig
Member

All three games in this bundle are fantastic. All are simple to play but are fiendishly difficult at times.

I do have some issues trying to create stuff in the Voxatron editor but that's probably just me !! lol

Humble Bundle have another winner for Child's Play and EFF !

Posted 12 years ago #
delenn13
Minbari Ambassador

@Wrascally Wabbit, thanks will keep my eye out for them. Sorta like Saturated Dreamers | Dream Well - http://studioeres.com/saturated/ I am a beta tester for it. It all under water in a lake. Very environmental friendly . You try to make friends with the creatures or at least not hurt them or their environment. Made by the same developer of Immortal Defense. Paul Eres.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

I checked the game out and it looks great. Tried to send my email for notification of release, but wasn't able to so have send an email directly to Paul. :)

Posted 12 years ago #
graylox
Moderator

5 days left, for a great bundle :)

graylox

Posted 12 years ago #
Campy
Member

More additions to the bundle:

"Hey there!

The Humble Voxatron Debut has a gotten a little bit sweeter with more games and an updated version of Voxatron.

Alex Austin and Binding of Isaac co-creator Edmund McMillen have added Gish, an award-winning puzzle platformer! Gish can become sticky, slippery, or solid at will, giving clever players the ability to overcome the sewers' dangers using his unique physics.

Lexaloffle, the studio behind Voxatron, has added a trio of tasty minigames from the studio’s catalog: the retro platformer Jasper's Journeys, and the puzzlers Zen Puzzle Garden and Chocolate Castle!

Also, Lexaloffle has implemented frequently requested features to a new build of Voxatron, including customizable controls and useful filters for the user-made level list. (“#2715 Cyber Adventure” and “#2738 City” are Humble Bundle favorites!) If you haven’t already, go to your download page to check out the newly updated build.

After the weekend, the Humble Voxatron Debut will be drawing to a close. Buy the Humble Voxatron Debut today to get the Voxatron alpha and Gish, and pay more than the average price to receive The Binding of Isaac and Blocks That Matter!"

Note: current average price is $5.15.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

I've got to say, Gish is one of my all time favorite indie games. I've played many an pleasant hour with Gish. There are custom made levels that can be downloaded from the developers site and you can make your own levels with the fairly easy to use levels editor. There isn't a good help file included, but as I said it's fairly easy to use. (I was going to write up a decent help file for the levels editor, but life got in the way. i still have the preparatory material such as images of the varios blocks and a basic structure to what I'd perceived as a good way to approach the help document. The Addition of Gish makes this pack a must have for any arcade fan. :)

I must have purchased Gish at least five times now with it being included in a previous bundle as well as bundled in one of the Steam deals from last Christmas I'd already purchased it via Steam and originally purchased it from Reflexive arcade shortly after it was released. I don't mind such excesses as it supports the developer (whose style I really love)

Blocks that Matter:

Binding of Isaac:

Gish:

The first image shows an arena fight the next three parts of the main game. You can change Gish’s properties so that he bounces, sticks to walls or squashes (to get through small tunnels etc). You can find the Gish forums [b[]HERE[/b] where you’ll find download links for some free levels for both modes that are included in game (The main platform game and the arena game). you'll need to find the section specific to Gish, which is easy enough, then trawl through several pages of forum topics. you may even come across some of my posts that I posted back in 2006.

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