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General discussionHumble has launched "Humble Originals"(27 posts)(27 posts)
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Posted February 08, 2016
Dumble Bindy Mundle.

Supporting charity is one thing, but they kinda lost the plot in my book after Humble Bundle Mobile 2.
Posted February 08, 2016
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WildHobgoblin: Hmm, I'm not really sure I get it. So, those "Humble Originals" are first given out to the subscribers, and then end up in the Humble Store? Is that how it works?
It's not spelled out anywhere, but that's a reasonable assumption. The other variant would be subscriber exclusivity followed by availability anywhere the developer chooses.

"The elephant in the room" looks very... uninteresting to me, really. Didn't want to be too quick to judge, so I tried to find out something more about it - turns out that short youtube video is the only available info (not even the dev's own website has info on the game, apparently). I find that a bit weird...
As I mentioned earlier, these games are made specifically for Humble. So perhaps they own all the rights to them. Or they think they're just small, experimental games and there's no need to send them to any reviewers. Or they're still figuring out how to do this properly. In any case, I don't see Humble paying money to get games developed as a bad thing, exclusivity notwithstanding.
Posted February 08, 2016
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WildHobgoblin: "The elephant in the room" looks very... uninteresting to me, really. Didn't want to be too quick to judge, so I tried to find out something more about it - turns out that short youtube video is the only available info (not even the dev's own website has info on the game, apparently). I find that a bit weird...
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hyperagathon: As I mentioned earlier, these games are made specifically for Humble. So perhaps they own all the rights to them. Or they think they're just small, experimental games and there's no need to send them to any reviewers. Or they're still figuring out how to do this properly. In any case, I don't see Humble paying money to get games developed as a bad thing, exclusivity notwithstanding.
I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing either. Might be a good thing for game developers, and If the games turn out to be crappy it won't effect me anyway. If there are some gems among them they will become available one way or another (it even says in the article "available for subscribers first").
I just found it perplexing that you can't find as much as a screenshot of Teitr, since it is apparently (?) a finished game that was already handed out to Humble Monthly subscribers. Seems a little counterproductive to me, but what do I know ;)
Like you said, maybe Humble is still trying to figure out how to approach this...
Posted February 08, 2016
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hyperagathon: As I mentioned earlier, these games are made specifically for Humble. So perhaps they own all the rights to them. Or they think they're just small, experimental games and there's no need to send them to any reviewers. Or they're still figuring out how to do this properly. In any case, I don't see Humble paying money to get games developed as a bad thing, exclusivity notwithstanding.
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WildHobgoblin: I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing either. Might be a good thing for game developers, and If the games turn out to be crappy it won't effect me anyway. If there are some gems among them they will become available one way or another (it even says in the article "available for subscribers first").
I just found it perplexing that you can't find as much as a screenshot of Teitr, since it is apparently (?) a finished game that was already handed out to Humble Monthly subscribers. Seems a little counterproductive to me, but what do I know ;)
Like you said, maybe Humble is still trying to figure out how to approach this...
To both, direct quote from the article:
"Humble Originals, that you won't find anywhere else and that our subscribers will get to play first"
=> notice the "first" at the end, that's why I wrote "exclusive for some time" in my OP

So it's almost sure they will also get featured in another humble bundle or on the humble store at least (and then maybe getting to steam later on.....)
Posted February 08, 2016
I doubt it's going to deliver anything great, but it's a nice idea.
Posted February 08, 2016
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Barry_Woodward: The developer Mighty Rabbit has released two of their games on GOG: Breach & Clear and Breach & Clear: Deadline. Here's a wishlist entry in case anyone would like to see this here when the exclusivity period ends:

Vote: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/elephant_in_the_room
not to derail this thread but I cannot believe that Black & White has 20000 votes.

do you people really want this frustration simulator here?
Posted February 08, 2016
That elephant looks like its ready to take a shit everytime it stops. I'm sure what to think of this whole idea.
Posted February 08, 2016
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darthspudius: That elephant looks like its ready to take a shit everytime it stops. I'm sure what to think of this whole idea.
Well, good I'm not the only one who noticed that, I thought I just had a dirty mind ;)
Posted February 08, 2016
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darthspudius: That elephant looks like its ready to take a shit everytime it stops. I'm sure what to think of this whole idea.
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WildHobgoblin: Well, good I'm not the only one who noticed that, I thought I just had a dirty mind ;)
You and me both!
Posted February 08, 2016
Whilst that game in particular looks incredibly naff, and personally I hate the idea of subscription anything, this does look to be the next evolution in games. Aren't EA or Origin or someone also doing this?
Posted February 08, 2016
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nightcraw1er.488: Whilst that game in particular looks incredibly naff, and personally I hate the idea of subscription anything, this does look to be the next evolution in games. Aren't EA or Origin or someone also doing this?
EA has EA acces which is a subscription service for FINISHED non indie games
Post edited February 08, 2016 by snowkatt
Posted February 08, 2016
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Impaler26: Another dumb idea from Humble. :D
In agreement with you for once.
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