Frayed knights is $9.99. That is not a lot for such a great game.

Oh, BULLSHIT.

does look kind of interesting

How's Telepath RPG: Servants of God? It's the only one that I don't already own that really caught my eye.

Yeah, that's a huge discount and seems like a fair price. I'm still not quite convinced I urgently need to buy it though. Did you play it?


There's a demo on the dev's website. Seems to be a very text heavy linear RPG with turn-based combat. I was too impatient to play through the demo and read the dialogues, but maybe you'll like it. ;)

Yep, I've played through it. It is a relatively lengthy game (~30h), but it remains interesting all the way through. Character customization is very open ended, and while you are not allowed to design your own characters from scratch, there are no further restrictions on how you develop them.
The humor is actually a lot less intrusive than I first thought it would be. You can enjoy the game even if you don't care for the humor. What surprised me the most with the game was that I actually enjoyed the humor. It is not the smartest humor out there, but it strikes a good balance.

http://www.indiegamemag.com/anti-sale-mentality-ignites-as-because-we-may-discounts-launch/

I don't think this was what the organizers of the sale had in mind.

This is kind of GOG's view of things, I think? The "race to the bottom," why they don't do Steam's 70% discount thing?

Anyway, I'm eying Telepath RPG: Servants of God, in spite of its rather uninspired name.

In spirit of the race to the bottom, the Steam discounts are now live, but the "Because We May" website do not show the correct prices on all titles. (for example the Baconing is supposed to be $2.99, but in reality it is 60% off making the price here £4.00, which is about 6.30 in american pounds)

I guess there are three ways to get your games the attention you'd like them to have:

1. Make them so attractive that every screenshot, every explanation of the concept, every gameplay video makes gamers drool, and make them so much fun to play that they'll develop a cult following by word-of-mouth marketing. Definitely the hardest way, I guess.

2. Make them so cheap that thousands of people can't resist the temptation of capitalism and just have to buy it.

3. Do some controversial stuff, protest and complain, so people write articles about you and your games out of curiosity.

I bet those choosing the third way will show all the sellouts what it's like to be a poor starving artist (and to be proud of it)!

I wish more devs would use Indievania and Desura; with VAT added most of the time when buying directly from developer, the prices are actually like 1$=1EUR. :(

(Not trying to be a cheapskate here, but I'd only buy out of curiosity, not because I really want the games, and for impulse purchases every dollar counts, especially if you're curious about more than one game. ;) )

Anyway, I have had a look at the Steam sale, and I can recommend the following:

Double Fine Bundle ( -50% = £11.50) (changed from -60% earlier)
Binding of Isaac ( -60% = £1.60)
Q.U.B.E. ( -50% = £5.99)
World of Goo ( -70% = £2.10)
Braid ( -70% = £2.10)
Rochard ( -50% = £3.99)
Avadon (-50% = £2.99)
NyxQuest (-70% = £2.10)

and did I mention the Double Fine Bundle?

NyxQuest, Deadly 30, Syder Arcade and Children of Liberty look good.

A bit necro(posting a reply to such an old post I mean), but isn't that what capitalism and free enterprise is all about? Making the most money one can for one's work? Not trying to be mean or anything....just felt like bringing this up. :\

I constantly see people here saying it's one reason why piracy(even after a game makes a ton of money) is never right, at any rate. Why should inide devs making extra money or trying to be any different or treated any different? Heck, at least they don't re-release(usually) older games on new platforms instead of making old versions of those games new platform compatible just so people have to buy some games over again.