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[alexpoysky]

Hey there everyone, Alex here once again to let you all know about the latest bundle I've helped prepare for GamersGate.

As always, the Indiefort Bundle will cost 6 $, and you get 6 great games, that's a buck a game.

The twist is that you can donate MORE money directly to the devs, we only take our cut of the 6 dollars so if some kind soul were to donate 100 the other 94 would be evenly distributed between the six devs. It's our way of giving back to the community without being money grubbers, as we feel that the true protagonists of these bundles should be the dev's, not the company behind the sale.

In any case I like being transparent about the cut as well, just so everyone here is on the same level and there's not smoke & curtains stuff going on.

Gamersgate and I take 30 % of the first 6 dollars of every sale, the rest goes directly to the devs in equal distribution. There is no favoritisim, there is no one game better than the rest that deserves more, there are NO superstar players who get more due to popularity, equal split all the way.

As for what we do with out percentages. Keep in mind that we put a LOT of work into the project itself, our marketing, preparing the servers, handling the sales, distributing the money, contract work, licensing the games themselves to be on gamersgate in the first place to be able to do an adecuate distribution whilst not having to create a secondary system just to do so (distribution by inclusion, very smart and effective.).

We also make sure to speak to all the big name sites about these games, and even get the word out to VERY talented you-tube let's players out there like Yogscast and PaulSoarsJr.

We try our hardest but without a doubt the best publicity possible is word of mouth from fans, so if you enjoy the bundle itself please, feel free to let your friends know, or even better, post about it in reddit if you have the time! I'm sure the dev's will be absolutely ENTHRALLED to have your support!

Now on to the games themselves.

*Edit* Updated to contain links with info regarding the games, thanks for the patience.

1. INTRUSION 2. Yes, you heard right, we are LAUNCHING Intrusion 2, one of 2011's most anticipated titles, exclusively. Vapgames wants to offer his awesome metal-slug like in indiefort on launch day. Keep in mind that the game will cost considerably more on steam when it hits, so take advantage while it's up! Here's a video of me playing it (I curse so keep the link child-safe!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRBuhBg8k_c

2. 3079 . http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-3079/3079

Yes I work pr on 3079, yes I included it, but the game is so wildly popular that it'd be silly not to have included it in such a great lineup!

3. Aztaka. http://www.gamespot.com/aztaka/

This platformer was running for indie of the year a few years back and it's easy to see why. A great side-scroller with well thought out levels and a really particular style.

4. Dark Scavenger. http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DARKSC/dark-scavenger

A choose your own adventure style game with a really fun pokemon-like battle system, what can I say, I'm a sucker for games like this!

5. Fortix 2. http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-FORTIX2/fortix-2

The sequel to an awesome puzzler that to this day is still installed on my hard drive and psp .

6. Demise: Ascension.
http://www.decklinsdemise.com/intro.php

http://www.decklinsdemise.com/Ascension%20Introduction%20IFB2/AscensionIntroduction.html

Yeah, this one is incredible, an OLD OLD OLD OLD OOOOOOOLD school rpg reminiscent of ultima underworld or eye of the beholder, but on crack... with multiplayer... automated battles.. infinitesque loot system... cruel poo-your-pants difficulty. Did I mention it is usually sold for almost 30 bucks? There's that too ^^.

www.indiefort.com is the site, it will be up VERY soon, sometime today. Until then it'll just link you to the indiefort section of Gamersgate, check in every so often to see if it's up or not, it shouldn't be too long!

Once again guys, thanks for your consistent support, thanks for all the help over the years while I struggled to get into the business, thanks for always hearing me out, and a HUGE special thanks to both Toady and Hemmingjay.


You can follow indiefort updates (Perks, Unlockables, etc) at @alexpoysky via twitter
My personal skype is Alexpoysky I will ALWAYS accept you and chat with you via text if at all possible
my msn is tiamat_2@hotmail.com , same as before I would love to hear what you have to say!

As an aside, things are going quite well for me in this are, well enough for me to actually consider leaving the military and doing this full time. My work with Cult's kickstart recently has shown me that I can indeed stretch my limits and help in many other ways now while still being able to keep working on Indiefort without a hitch. It'll be a stretch still but It's what I'm working for. If I could do this as a living I'd be able to help MANY more dev's full time and not just have to limit myself to a handful of games due to my constrained schedule!

[Neyvn]

Why does the link go to Gamersgate???

[alexpoysky]

As stated before, the bundle is not up yet, we are putting the finishing touches on it. I just wanted to give Bay12 a heads up beforehand, as you guys are always on my priorities list of people to get info from me first!

Expect it up shortly. I'm actually on the phone with people over at GG while we speak via skype and they say that Johan (the web designer) is finishing up as we speak.

Bar no problems it should be up within the next hour. But murphy's law is ever present so let's stretch that out to "it'll be up REAL soon"

[alexpoysky]

Ok, the bundle is up! If you can't see it it's because your explorer has it in it's history. Cleare cache or just go to gamersgate and click on the indiefort link that should show up on new indie games.

[Virtz]

I have a question. What do I put in the two fields during Demise's installation? Cause the two fields are just named "Field 1" and "Field 2" (translated to Polish). I got two keys from this, the actual Demise key, and an Indiefort promo key. The support page mentions I should input my e-mail address and the key. But then I dunno what the promo key is for. Also, it says to use the e-mail I use with the My Demise page, but sticking in the data there doesn't really do anything unless I put in the promo key, which it just says should not be used there.

[Deon]

What do you put in the two fields?
You want to put a banging donk on it!

It's a pity I own some of these games already, I would get it probably .

[Siquo]

So many games, so little time...

I'll just get them so I'll have something to do when I become pensioner or something

[Dutchling]

Can you activate them on Steam? I hardly play games like this so I will forget about them if they aren't in my Steam list.

[phr00t]

Can you activate them on Steam? I hardly play games like this so I will forget about them if they aren't in my Steam list.

We've been getting that question alot Since the bundle is being run and games hosted on GamersGate, you only get GamersGate keys. With that said, you will be able to get updates & downloads via GamersGate like Steam -- they just won't be on your Steam list. However, can you add 3rd party games to your Steam list, even if they are not on Steam...?

[10ebbor10]

Can you activate them on Steam? I hardly play games like this so I will forget about them if they aren't in my Steam list.

We've been getting that question alot Since the bundle is being run and games hosted on GamersGate, you only get GamersGate keys. With that said, you will be able to get updates & downloads via GamersGate like Steam -- they just won't be on your Steam list. However, can you add 3rd party games to your Steam list, even if they are not on Steam...?

Yes, this tends to give problems with the steam UI though, and they won't autoupdate themselves.

I think you can add any .exe to your steam list, so (X is now playing: Microsoft office Word) is a possibility.

[Dutchling]

It will just be shortcuts in Steam that way.

I think I'll just skip this one. I still have games from another bundle which I never even installed.

[Girlinhat]

I might care more if you explained what the games actually are.  For trying to sell your product, you've done virtually nothing to sell your product.  All of the descriptions are "Yes, it's a sequel!" or "Remember this old one?"  Out of 6 games only 1 has an actual description attached to it.  You have instilled in me no pretense to want this.  You're talking specifically to your existing audience of people who already know about these games, and you're doing nothing to entice new customers.

[phr00t]

I might care more if you explained what the games actually are.  For trying to sell your product, you've done virtually nothing to sell your product.  All of the descriptions are "Yes, it's a sequel!" or "Remember this old one?"  Out of 6 games only 1 has an actual description attached to it.  You have instilled in me no pretense to want this.  You're talking specifically to your existing audience of people who already know about these games, and you're doing nothing to entice new customers.

If you click on the games, a description does come up, complete with screenshots & links to the game's main page. A few of the games are missing trailers, though.  I was able to find the Intrusion 2 trailer, which I'm not sure why it wasn't included on GamersGate: http://intrusion2.com/

[Girlinhat]

The whole point of advertising is show what you've got and why someone should be interested, not to redirect them to somewhere they can find your stuff.

Imagine you're watching TV, and a commercial comes on.  It's a guy standing in an office, and he states, "My name is Stanley, and I sell cars.  Visit stanleycars.com" and then the commercial ends.  No information on what type of cars, if they're new or used, if they offer credit options or tradeins...

That's what we've got here.  We know the industry, games, and not a whole lot else.  Nothing here inspires me to investigate anything.

[phr00t]

The whole point of advertising is show what you've got and why someone should be interested, not to redirect them to somewhere they can find your stuff.

Imagine you're watching TV, and a commercial comes on.  It's a guy standing in an office, and he states, "My name is Stanley, and I sell cars.  Visit stanleycars.com" and then the commercial ends.  No information on what type of cars, if they're new or used, if they offer credit options or tradeins...

That's what we've got here.  We know the industry, games, and not a whole lot else.  Nothing here inspires me to investigate anything.

Well, on TV, you can't easily click links. It isn't like the descriptions are buried on some third-party site...  Anyway, sorry this bundle doesn't work out for you, even though you are getting ~$80 worth of games for $6.