The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

Now I know what Android users feel like when people announce endless iPhone-only mobile apps. I was <i>super</i> bummed that I missed the last Humble Bundle, since it was chock full of games I had been meaning to buy. This one is smaller, though, and the having the "cool" feature targeted at a group I'm not in makes me feel like the bundle isn't really worth paying attention to.<p>This is the first time I have <i>ever</i> felt left out by not using Android. I think I'm going to more seriously consider needing Android versions of projects. The feeling sucks.

The downside is that if you install the Android games on your Android phone you won't get any updates they release on the Android Market for them. You'll have to get a new APK from the folks making the game with each update.

I don't know why iOS users are in this thread complaining. This is barely indicative of anything, except that developers don't have unlimited promo codes in the App Store so iOS isn't eligible for this style of promotion.<p>Last time I looked all of those titles are available on the App Store right now, and they have all been on sale for a dollar at one point or another. They were still published on iOS before any other mobile platform. Most of them I already own and don't even have on my phone anymore. They have been available in the App Store for well over a year, some for over two years.<p>Maybe it's just me but I'm not exactly getting much of a left out feeling from this bundle. On top of all that, as we are seeing it's hardly a perfect system. They have to design an updater because the Android Market can't be used to update non-Market APKs. IMO it's more trouble than it's worth.

Incidentally, this site is almost unusable on an android phone. Flash and detail popups that are always floating off the side of the screen, despite scrolling.<p>It would also be nice if there were links to the market so I could read reviews of the games.

I'd start picking a different challenge mechanic than "Beat the average" since the average is sensitive to distribution bring dominated by poor Redditors and incentivizing "Pay us $5.50" does not result in hugely more successful outcomes. How about hiding the average and offering the bonus to anyone paying $25+? Or even $10+?

Thanks for bringing the EFF back.

Nexus owners: Edge didn't work on my Nexus (neither Edge Classic nor Extended). The other HD apps seem to work great.<p>Permissions: All apps except Anomaly only asked for Network Communication. Anomaly needs Network Communication, Modify/Delete USB storage, and Prevent Phone from Sleeping.

This sort of thing always makes me so darn optimistic. I wish I had enough money to contribute $256 like that one guy(poor college student here). Best of luck to everyone involved.

Doubled my originally intended contribution given the availability of the soundtracks. I wish all games came with the MP3s of the music used within. Game soundtracks are a staple of the music I listen to when I code.<p>Great job Humble folks!

Any clue how an independent game developer can build the same app for multiple platforms without wasting a lot of time?<p>Being a sole developer I find it quite difficult to develop for multiple platforms at the same time unless there's a framework that allows me to do so. Are the people behind the games in the bundle using a sort of "multiplatform-framework" ?

Something like this needs to be done for independent music artists, too.

What about those of us who already bought Osmos and Goo several times over in previous Humble Bundles? If I bought this it would only be for the Android ports.

Well, I don't know why, but I just hate it when Humble Bundle puts in a game I already purchased in previous humble bundles and all games being in the same steam key as well. However, having an android app this time lessen the pain by a little though. Although I not owning an android currently.

Is this the Linux debut of Anomaly and EDGE?

Hey, that's my unlock gesture!

Got these all loaded onto the Kindle Fire. They work beautifully. I was meaning to post this about an hour ago but Osmos absorbed my attention.

As a Linux/PC gamer (non Android user, at least at this moment :)) this is the first time I have doubts whether to buy the bundle. Two of four game we're already featured in previous bundles.<p>I'm interested in `Anomaly: Warzone Earth` can anyone give an opinion on the game?

Tried all the games on my Touchpad running ICS (Cyanogenmod 9 Alpha 0.5) and they all ran flawlessly (except for the video playback in Anomaly but that's a known issue). Great stuff!

<p><pre><code> &#62; Linux: &#62; Processor: 2.4 GHz &#62; Memory: 1 GB </code></pre> Pff.. is a x86_64 distro supported or not? Also, "2.4 GHz"..., that simple era is over.

and.... the humble bundle is dead. good while it lasted.<p>clicked the very first icon there, and the movie ONLY had cinematics. not a single slipt second of gameplay.<p>Indie games came a long way, but they are now just the same as big studios. milking any branding they can. humble bundle unfortunately being one of them :(