Not so Humble Indie Bundle Bungle Rumbled


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Yesterday, we posted about the Give Whatever You Want bundle - a bundle of indie games very much in the style of the Humble Indie Bundle which grossed $1.3 million earlier this month. After reading comments on the Indie Games blog, it became clear that, while consumers were getting the games they'd bought, two developers had pulled out of the promotion. I sent a few emails to the man hosting the bundle, Jochen Kolbe, and here's what came bounding back. Jochen's English isn't great, but, rather than try and put words into his mouth, we've decided to give you the complete, unedited, interview.

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Interesting stuff - it certainly seems that the bundle deal was not all that it seemed. Certainly some questions surrounding the "shopkeeper" so to speak. Note that as far as I can tell, this is not to do with the original "Humble Indie Bundle" - but more to do with another, similar deal that happened afterwards.

More stuff on Rock Paper Shotgun:

How could a pretty blue site causes such grinding of teeth? Well, easily, it seems.GiveWhatYouWant.Com seems to be following the million-plus success of the Humble Bundle offering indie games Aztaka, Bob Came in Pieces, Kingdom Elemental Tactics, Gravitron 2, Bridge Construction Set and PutUp in a pay what you want package, with the money being split between the developers and charity. Except… well, it’s a mess. Start with the 150+ thread over at Indie Games, with initial people not getting their games exploding into stories of a complete lack of contracts, the runner of the site launching it on his wedding day, questions about wher the money is actually going and two developers (Bob Came in Pieces and Gravitron 2) withdrawing their support from the bundle (though nicely say they’ll send a copy of their games to anyone who paid for the pack and didn’t get the game after paying). More stuff over on the GoG forum too. After the enormous success of the Humble Bundle, this is a sad spectacle.
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