Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

BrianRubin · 2011-12-12T15:24:23.000Z

schizoslayer:

Hurrah! You are a fine gentleman of excellent taste. You are also quite handsome.

Your charm and wit are quite evident, sir.

lordkosc · 2011-12-12T16:39:11.000Z

played around 40 minutes of The Oil Blue, its quite fun, I must say without the indie sale I would have never even tried it.

LMN8R · 2011-12-12T16:45:35.000Z

There’s a pretty long thread on NeoGAF started by the developer of The Oil Blue talking about his experience as an indie dev, not making it onto Steam, etc:

NeoGAF

the oil blue (indie PC)- Because Nothing is More Satisfying than Ocean Oil...

The Oil Blue Indie Action/Adventure Sim Players: 1 Available Now at GamersGate and vertigogaming.net (demo available here). So, I finished my biggest indie game I've ever made, called the Oil Blue. The team was composed of myself, Jonathan Geer...

kerzain · 2011-12-12T17:24:57.000Z

BARF:

Thankyou for buying Waves!

You are a very special person and we love you because you have made it possible for us to eat real food again rather than trying to strain planckton through a net from the rain barrel outside.

Well, okay then.

Plankton is spelled wrong, hippies.

lordkosc · 2011-12-12T17:37:38.000Z

LMN8R:

There’s a pretty long thread on NeoGAF started by the developer of The Oil Blue talking about his experience as an indie dev, not making it onto Steam, etc:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399219

I only read part 4 of his summary, the 1year to date one.

And it was a good read , especially the parts regarding piracy.

I hope the bundle gets him a few more bucks, because as it sounds, he spent a lot of man hours for a very meager return in profit.

I am really enjoying the game btw. :)

schizoslayer · 2011-12-12T17:39:08.000Z

kerzain:

Well, okay then.

Plankton is spelled wrong, hippies.

You’re the first person to mention that. It is now fixed.

caesarbear · 2011-12-12T17:49:18.000Z

Here’s The Oil Blue’s Desura page which I couldn’t find by searching ‘oil’ because of the ‘the.’

mlatin · 2011-12-12T18:48:19.000Z

schizoslayer:

My game is 50% off until midnight GMT (so about 5 hours left) making it a mere $5.

“What is your game?” you may be thinking. Well it’s this one: http://www.wavesgame.com

It’s a twin stick shooter for PC combining hints of Geometry Wars, Every Extend, GunRoar and Max Payne (It has Bullet Time).

It’s available on the Steams but it’s only on sale on my site because you can’t just put something on sale on Steam because you felt like it.

The version you can buy from me registers on Steam as well.

I’m a cheap bastard. Do this 50% off thing again so I can buy it… I dare ya.

TranquilityBase · 2011-12-12T19:50:51.000Z

James Johnson:

That’s still too expensive for me.

The original EE is OK - it’s all the sequels that were terrible. It’s no Rise of Nations, but for free, it’s worth looking at if you’re into Civ-RTS.

Rachel_Brown · 2011-12-12T20:12:37.000Z

schizoslayer:

It’s available on the Steams but it’s only on sale on my site because you can’t just put something on sale on Steam because you felt like it.

What does that mean? Valve has to approve a sale? WTF?

kerzain · 2011-12-12T20:13:17.000Z

It’s their store, you don’t think stores should be allowed to control their own prices? That’s why stuff like MFG coupons and rebates exist, to sidestep retail prices.

Rachel_Brown · 2011-12-12T22:11:16.000Z

kerzain:

It’s their store, you don’t think stores should be allowed to control their own prices?

Wait, what? The guy made the game. It’s his product. Surely it’s him who decides when a game goes on sale and for how much.

kerzain · 2011-12-12T22:13:54.000Z

That’s not how it work, all they can do is supply a MFG suggest retail price, unless they’re Bose or some shit and come to some sort of agreement before hand.

kerzain · 2011-12-12T22:14:20.000Z

That’s not how it works, all they can do is supply a MFG suggest retail price, unless they’re Bose or some shit and come to some sort of agreement before hand.

Nightgaunt · 2011-12-12T22:18:05.000Z

Bought the Indie Royale bundle (first time there have been games I wanted I didn’t already own) for The Oil Blue. I had liked the demo, but couldn’t quite swallow the price. < $4.00 was much better! Looking forward to it. And I just signed up for Desura to check out Project Zomboid, so, yay!

AndrewMyers · 2011-12-12T22:18:39.000Z

Rachel Brown:

Wait, what? The guy made the game. It’s his product. Surely it’s him who decides when a game goes on sale and for how much.

You know how stores work, right?

Rachel_Brown · 2011-12-12T22:22:38.000Z

kerzain:

That’s not how it works, all they can do is supply a MFG suggest retail price, unless they’re Bose or some shit and come to some sort of agreement before hand.

Who the fuck is Bose? The speaker makers? Not sure if you meant boss, but then why would you have capitalized it. Where do you get your information from? Is it factual to say a developer/publisher can not set a specific price or percent discount for one of their games on Steam.

Rachel_Brown · 2011-12-12T22:24:18.000Z

AndrewMyers:

You know how stores work, right?

And this relates to Steam how exactly? Do they buy a number of licenses at a set price do they?

kerzain · 2011-12-12T22:26:49.000Z

It’s factual to say that prices are set by retailers, and any mfg suggestions are implemented at the retailer’s discretion (signing a contract to such an effect as to give MFGs direct control over a product’s price at a particular store is at the retailers discretion, as an example). And yea, I meant Bose the speaker makers, they are notoriously protective of the pricing schemes surrounding their products, and will penalize stores that do not follow their pre-written agreements.

James_Johnson · 2011-12-13T00:34:37.000Z

AndrewMyers:

You know how stores work, right?

You’re talking to girl Foxstab. Just be happy Rachel didn’t fit some DLC rampage into the total cluelessness this time.