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MonoGame is not featured, and it's one of the indie engines Sony picked for PS4 support (just to show it's relevant): http://www.monogame.net/2014/03/23/monogame-for-playstation-...

Wish they would have included OpenGameArt, which is currently trying to become funded. It's such a wonderful resource for the tremendous number of programmers out there that, like myself, can't draw worth a darn.

http://opengameart.org

What do you guys think of the changes to Humble Bundle in the last year? They have a lot of additions, with not only occasional bundles, but now weekly sales, and their store. Do you think it's for the best, offering more sales and deals, or for the worst, making it too confusing to follow?

It devalues games to an extent (you can get it for cheap so why pay >$10 at launch?) but on the ther hand I am sure there are a lot of devs on it that would have otherwise never gotten the same amount of exposure/money.

I can't comment on the changes to the bundle itself but I have seen and used a number of games that use it as a storefront and it seems to work well. The only thing missing would be some kind of integration with some kind of management system like steam or desura.

They have that for the android bundles, although their app is pretty shitty.

There is a way to connect your steam account to your Humble Bundle account. Instead of getting keys, you can just click a button and your game appears in your steam account. It'd be nicer if they just kinda showed up without me having to click a button, but it's a start.

What other kind of integration are you thinking of?

(I'm in this bundle) I think it adds a bit of noise to the signal for sure, so I'm not sure if it's better, but without the weekly sale I'm not sure we would have gotten them to accept this bundle idea in the first place.

As for myself, participating in a bundle is something I only like doing after the game has been on sale for a pretty long time (as I did here).

I don't like the weekly sales and store, and I'm afraid such things and their growth could eventually lead to destroying what was originally great about Humble Bundles.

I really like the expansion into more than just games... the eBook bundle is great!

Personally I love them. I buy almost every one that comes out. I'll be passing on this one, but I'd be very sad if they stopped offering weekly deals. It's a good chance to try developers/genres you haven't before.

I was a bit surprised to see RenPy on this list - it's the visual novel engine that powers games like Katawa Shoujo.

I think that's a great idea, haxe, openfl & FD are all projects that have made my life significantly better - they should get some support!

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