Did you miss the grand Indie Love Bundles this past week? If so, that's sad. But don't worry, we've got happiness to share! Starting this very second and lasting through October 1st, we're holding a contest! With prizes! With prizes that are Indie Love Bundles! Aren't you just the luckiest little badger at the badger prom?*
Here's how to enter. Sign in using a Casual Gameplay account below and leave a comment. But don't just leave any comment, we want to hear what kinds of things you would "bundle" together and why. You're not limited to indie games (or space, time, or logical concepts, for that matter), so go crazy and bundle some unique things and tell us why you want those bundled together. If you're feeling especially creative, create a bundle in real life or draw a picture of your bundle and share it (upload to a service like yfrog or Twitpic and drop the link in the comments)!
On October 2, we'll pick the bundles that most tickled/impressed us and dish out prizes a few days later. Tell your friends, tell your hair dresser, tell the people at the laundromat. Free indie games for the taking!
Grand prize (ten winners):
- The Mega Summer of Love Bundle (all 12 games from both Indie Bundles: AaaaAAAaaaA!!!, And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, Brainpipe, Captain Forever, Cogs, Eufloria, Machinarium, Osmos, Saira, and Space Giraffe)
Here's an example bundle we came up with to show you the best way to present your creation. Remember: there are no limits to what you can bundle together or why!
The Casual Gameplay Bundle of Stripey ThingsPurpose: Stripes are thinning. We'll use the collected stripes, mix them in our windmill, and produce a paste to consume. The resulting ultra-thinning goo will work so well, we'll become invisible, sneak up to Regis Philbin, and see if his hair is real after all.
- One zebra
- One barber pole
- A candy cane
- Windmill
- The reflexes of a flea
- Regis Philbin
A big thanks to the team at CipherPrime for organizing the Indie Bundles in the first place and for assisting us with the contest. Get your entries in before October 1, 11:59 p.m. EST (GMT-5). Now... start bundling!
* We have no idea if badgers have proms or if they are considered very lucky animals. But isn't it cute imagining a badger in a pink dress?
Can I leave a bundle of bundles, then bundle that bundle of bundles as my bundle entry, as long as I still only win one bundle? Or is it just a bundle for a bundle deal? A bundle for your thoughts?
How to annoy people
A hiding spot
One unsuspecting victim
A computer
Lots (and lots) of spoiler tags
A spongebob figurine
Prepare the hiding spot.
Scroll to this post.
Give an excuse to leave while the victim is left with the computer.
Watch as the victim looks at the enticing spoiler tag.
Watch as the victim clicks it...to no avail.
When the victim sees you, throw the Spongebob figurine to slow the victim down.
Run to your hiding spot.
25! Go on.
Is it just me, or have the spoiler tags gotten smaller?
50. I bet you're not going to make it.
75. I guess I was wrong.
100. Are you viewing the page source for this?
150. Were you surprised I didn't put something at 125? Well, this is the end. Congratulations on having wasted 10 minutes. A thrown Spongebob figurine awaits you.
Tom's Bundle of Awesome Developers
Mateus Skutnik and PastelGames (for the Submachine series)
Joey Betz
Tonypa
Eyezmaze (for the Grow series)
Ferry Halim (Orisinal)
Purpose: A short list of some of the biggest names in casual Flash game development, at least from my point of view as a JiG reader.
Epic Bundle of how to break a diamond, Kill Justin Bieber, and get rich.
1:Justin Bieber
2 Helium Balloons. Like, so many of em' it's like, illegal.Label em':HELIUM
3: Genetically monsterfied diamond that broke other diamonds when they saw this diamond, cause it had Chuck Norris DNA.
4: Donkey Kong outfit with blonde girly wig, and lipstick.
5: Something nondestructible, like,I don't know, a blankie!:D
6:Earplugs
7: Note that says, "Justin Bieber has purbertiness removedness, which can murder. Please give him, like, a gazillion thousand Helium balloons to suck on. Signed,likeiamsonotadoctorbuthisisprettyfunny.
8:Laptop with internet access to Ebay.
Purpose:Go to Justin Biebers House in Donkey Kong outfit wearing wig and lipstick. Run in crying, and give he/she/it the note, and run to living room. Quickly use epicness and
pull out a gazillion thousand Helium balloons and place on table. Place Diamond on nearby desk. Run away, and hide and watch as he/she/it walks in his/her/its true form:
Tinkerbell. Listen as he/she/it yells, "OMG, LIKE BABY BABY BABY OOOOHH I AM SO NOT GONNA SMILE WHEN U SMILE, AND I CAN NOT EENIE MINIE MOE ON THIS-....HELIUM!" Watch as he/she
it turns back into Bieber(cause tinkerbell is too small to suck on balloons), and sucks on every single gazillion one of those balloons. Put in earplugs. When Justin Bieber
opens his/her/its mouth to speak, duck under blankie. Be prepared as you hear a "KABOOOOOOOOOM!" Wait. Get out. Look at diamond dust, dead Justin Bieber, and everything bare
and burned to a crisp for hundreds of miles around because the Chuck Norris DNA got out. Think. Pull out Laptop and start auctioning his body on Ebay. The End.
the Donkey Kong is cause, you know, he/she/it is to stupid to tell the difference between his mom and Donkey Kong.
Ultimate Music Experience Bundle:
Okkervil River
Arcade Fire
Sufjan Stevens
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Decemberists
Metric
Regina Spektor
Joanna Newsom
David Bazan
Reason? We could all use some awesome music in our lives!
Man I love Transformice, although it's a bit sad that the man site is down at the moment. The Kongregate server works anyway. My username is mrsico there as well, shout out if you see me!
DIY World Domination!
Kit includes:
5 Replaceable Advisors
500 Loyal Minions
250 Robots with guns
2 Gigantic Robots (Weaponry available for just $19999.99!)
83 Innocent Bystanders
1 Inflate-A-Headquarters
1 Training Arena
1 Shark Pit with button
1 Piranha Pit with button
1 Harmless Fish Pit (button not included)
1 Universal Remote (Tune every television, Ipod, computer, game system, and piano to YOUR OWN PERSONAL WAVELENGTH!)
1 Face Shadower (commonly used in conjuction with Universal Remote)
1 World Map (Admire your conquests and plot new ones!)
1 Doomsday Button (Blow up the world! WHAT COULD GO WRONG?!)
And that's all you need! Just send in a mail order to **********, and get your WORLD DOMINATION KIT for the low low price of just $999999999.99! Come on, be the first to hit YOUR doomsday button!
Oh, and I thought my bundle's purpose was self evident: WORLD DOMINATION!
Bundle of wapfanvbinacolors, numeral errors and scrabble
2: Triangular errors
1: !2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!0
4: QWERTY!!@!!
7: err err err err err err err err
0: quintessential on three triple word scores, and two doubles wich is 2916 points
Purpose: to crash computers and macs around the world, forcing people to play scrabble and XboX and PlayStations Forever without listening to justin beiber!
Bundle of English words rhyming with hungry:
Hungry
...
That's it.
Award Revenge Speech Bundle
you need:
- megaphone/airhorn
- Justin Bieber
- Taylor Swift
- award statuette
- Kanye West at a live concert
- a front-row ticket to the concert
- limo
- Bond-ish fancy limo-driver/butler with security escort
the guards are trained ninjas
and some of them are pirates on off days
because their sheer awesomeness blows minds so
they don't need Chuck Norris' mad skillz
- inconspicuous getaway vehicle
- some random kid
- video camera
a good one!
- Harry Potter's invisibility cloak
or a D&D - cloak of +2 invisibility
to do:
Hire some random kid to go to the concert and videotape everything.
You, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift get in the limo with the driver and security. Drive to Kanye's concert. Using the cloak, sneak the two celebs onstage.
Reveal Taylor and blow the airhorn or use the megaphone. She will snatch Kanye's microphone and get even. Taylor's speech ends with her hitting him over the head with the trophy.
Reveal Bieber, who will distract people
it seems everyone either adores him or hates his girly preteen guts
while you and Taylor escape.
Later, track down the kid you hired and pay him, retrieving your camera.
Plot how to best use the video.
Sell it? Upload to YouTube and get tons of viewers? Laugh evilly as you watch it over and over?
Monjebleu's Bundle of Items Useful for Catching the Elusive Platypus
A rare Himalayan truffle, prefferably imported from France
A tasty bread sandwich (recipes for this can be found in the extremely informative book "Giraffes? Giraffes!")
A paper mache replica of a beaver wearing a goat costume
A wooden box which is not made of pine (platypi detest pine, they believe it is a cheap and gaudy wood)
A beaver
A Commodore 64 painted purple
A laminated sign reading "THIS IS NOT A TRAP"
A chair without a cushion
A pressure pad that will trigger when the combined weight of a chair, cushion, and platypus is placed on it
A large net with Voltaire quotes written all over it
Purpose: The platypus shall be swaggering through his natural habitat, when all of a sudden the delightful smell of rare truffles shall come over him. Investigating, he shall find the truffle to be one of the ingredients in a delicious looking bread sandwich, but alas, his mortal enemy the beaver shall be guarding said sandwich. Upon initiating his carefully planned attack sequence, however, the platypus shall discover that the beaver is actually a goat, who is actually a replica of a goat. (This will be very ironic because there is a real beaver is inside of the wooden box, which the platypus found the sandwich and truffle on top of.) As soon as the platypus begins to eat the delightful sandwich. He shall notice a purple Commodore 64 with a laminated sign upon it, and he shall be puzzled as to how a wonderfully coloured computing machine can have so little RAM on it. The laminated sign reading "THIS IS NOT A TRAP" shall assuage his natural paranoia, for everyone knows platypi trust the power of lamination. The platypus will still, however, test the chair next to the Commodore by placing a bag of sand weighing as much as a platypus on top of it. Although the chair is indeed on a pressure plate, the plate requires the combined weight of a platypus, chair, and cushion to be set off. Next, the platypus will want to use the Commodore, and, to comfort himself, place his lucky cushion (which he always carries with him) on top of the chair before sitting on it. This will, of course, drop the net on him, and although platypi are brilliant escape artists, there are even more brilliant philosophers, and he shall be to busy contemplating the Voltaire quotes to try and escape. At this point, you may safely ask the platypus why he lays eggs instead of babies like most mammals. He will, if he wants to be free, have no choice but to tell you. Armed with this crucial information, solving the rest of life's mysteries shall pose no challenge to you, as you have already solved the most difficult one there is.
Ultimate Gaming Experience Pack
-1 ultimate gaming computer containing:
-a 300 exabyte hard drive
-a 15 terahertz processor
-a 1 terabyte graphic card
-an HD 3D holographic monitor
-2 ultimate gaming chairs with:
-ergonomic back support
-can adjust to any tilt or angle desired
-surround sound speakers built into headrest
-dual keyboards
-universal game control connectors
-automatic drink and snack dispenser
-footrest
-comes in all colors (default color black)
-unlimited free access to any downloadable or web-based game
-a regenerative supply of pizza, chips, and other junk food
-a large quantity of super-vitamin capsules capable of sustaining an individual with all necessary nutritional requirement
-a large quantity of FatBurn pills that, well, burn fat...
-one time-dilation field generator
-the fountain of youth
The goal here, is to use the time dilation field and fountain of youth to give yourself all the time in the world to play any game you desire, as long as you want. With vitamins that help provide all your nutritional needs, and pills that burn off excess fat, you can consume all your favorite junk food with nothing to worry about. Also, with the ultimate chair, your gaming time is the most luxurious thing you've ever experienced, to say nothing of the computer or monitor. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
The Humble Limerick Bundle:
Take a list of some things that you see,
Like a textbook or gaming PC,
Craft a scheme that's insane,
Post it to Jay Is Games,
And hopefully win games for free!
My bundle of useless things that need to be bundled and stored somewhere secure to keep them away from the world forever...
1. Mosquitos
2. Cauliflower
3. Automated phone systems
4. Every "reality" show on MTV and VH1
5. Pop-up and pop-under ads
6. Pigeons
7. My drawer of outdated power cords and other cables I don't use any more
8. Junk mail
9. Potholes
10. The appendix
11. Paris Hilton
Just trying to the make the world a better place...
The Morshu Bundle
3 Bottles of lamp oil*
10 Feet of rope*
20 Bombs*
1 Creepy guy w/moustache
Purpose: Mmmm....
*(as long as you have enough rupees)
The bad idea bundle
1 stick of plutonium
1 microwave oven
Pupose:Do I even need to say
The build your own universe bundle
1x10^100 protons
1x10^100 neutrons
1x10^100 electrons
Purpose: Tired of this universe? why not make a new one?
A DIRTY, DIRTY BUNDLE!
A jar of premium dirt, and...
Mudcraft
Farm Mania (1 and 2)
Westward (1, 2 and 3)
Country Harvest
Cap'n GoldGrubber's Treasure Hunt!
Mole Control
Farmer Jane
Magic Farm
Plants Vs. Zombies
Alice Greenfingers (1 and 2)
Blooming Daisies
A bundle based around... dirt! I tried to find a few other things to put in here apart from farming-based games...
http://c.imagehost.org/download/0826/rs_100926
I realize this drawing sucks, but at least I tried. :D
The Pundle:
I used to be a ballet dancer, but found it too-too difficult.
I used to be a butler, but found the work wasn't my cup of tea.
I used to be a carpenter, but then I got bored.
I used to work for H&R Block, but it was just too taxing.
I used to be a part-time hairdresser, but I wanted something more permanent.
I used to be a lumberjack, but then I got the axe.
I used to be a tennis instructor, but it just wasn't my racket.
I used to be a transplant surgeon, but my heart just wasn't in it.
I used to work for Victoria's Secret, but then I got a pink slip.
Why? Because in the words of Samuel Johnson, "If I were punishéd for every pun I shed, there would not be left a puny shed for my punnish head."
If there is no rule against posting 2 bundles, then:
1:Those magnificent men
in their flying machines,
They go up diddley up-up,
they go down diddley down-down!
2:They entrance all the ladies
and steal all the scenes,
With their up diddley up-up
and their down diddley down-down.
3:Up! down! Flying around!
Looping the loop
and defying the ground!
4:They're all frightfully keen.
Those Magnificent men
in their flying machines!
5:They can fly upside down
with their feet in the air!
They don't think of danger;
they really don't care!
6:Newton would think he
had made a mistake!
To see those young men
and the chances they take!
:Those magnificent men
in their flying machines,
They go up diddley up-up,
they go down diddley down-down!
7:They entrance all the ladies
and steal all the scenes,
With their up diddley up-up
and their down diddley down-down.
8:Up! down! Flying around!
Looping the loop
and defying the ground!
:They're all frightfully keen.
Those Magnificent men
in their flying machines!
9:Those magnificent men
in their flying machines,
They go up diddley up-up,
they go down diddley down-down!
10:Those magnificent men...
those magnificent men
Those magnificent men
in their flyyyyyyying machines.
Purpose: To nmake men race from london to paris in flying machines of all kinds in 1965 movie style!
While I am not a member of JiG, I still wish to contribute.
The game designer's bundle
2 graphics designers
1 programmer
1 manual
A pair of nerd glasses
A mortal load of coffee (comes with free heart attack)
Inspiration
Perspiration
17 playtesters
15 beta testers
Some random site
Flash
Some kind of mascot (collect all 6!)
A three day long sleep
Purpose: it's all you need to create another delirious fantasy game. They're in these days.
Yeah, there was pretty much no way for this to not come up sooner or later.
The Ritualistic Sacrifice Bundle
-1 computer
-1 copy "I Wanna be the Guy"
-1 Sacrifice
Convince a person to play I Wanna be the Guy on your computer. Wait untill sanity is killed. You have just ritualistically sacrificed someone's sanity.
kevinb1229's (admittedly) regular bundle for killing free time:
-Bubble wrap
-NPR "Wait, wait - don't tell me!" podcasts
-Auditorium (the game, not the building)
-And Yet It Moves
-AaaaAAAaaaA!
-A computer (to play the games, of course!)
-Headphones
Once bubble wrap gets old (fairly quickly), listen to NPR while playing AaaaAAAaaaA!. Once the hilarity dies down to one CPM (chuckle per minute), start AYIM. Upon beating that, finally finish with Auditorium, headphones on to immerse yourself in the musical experience.
Result: At least a day of killed time (more if you like the games and want to replay some of the levels).
Why these items?
They're all one or two letters off from 'Bundle':
A Bindle
A Jungle
A Candle
A Bubble
A Handle
A Bridle
A Bangle
A Bungle
Vienna's bundle of one of those housework afternoons. AKA MOTHER TIME
* Comfy chair
* Big bone (to keep dog quiet)
* Peanuts (to keep parrot quiet)
* Tea.....lots of tea
* Ginger nuts
* Mateus Skutnik
* Bart Bonte
* The latest escape game (bought to my screen by JIG)
* Grinnyp walkthrough (see above)
* More tea
*The Spanish Inquisition (didn't expect that did ya!)
* Bonus material = Duvet
Please note this bundle does not include grubby, grumpy teenager moaning that they need to get on social networking sites, 'where's my trainers', 'can I have some money' or 'can I get a tattoo'
Porpoise: To keep me from tidying up which would result in everyone in household being plunged into state of confusion as they can no longer find things*. From preventing me enlarging my carbon foot print by using electricity powered vacuum cleaner.
*The teenager never looks or finds anything anyway
The Procrastination Bundle:
- One fake signed 'sick' slip
- One dog with an appetite for paper
- A screen open behind the screen that has an Edline page ready
- One pretty valid excuse (I only have my computer on for iTunes, really!)
- One excuse that really isn't valid (I just needed to check something in Minecraft? Heh?)
- One brand new video game
- Set of pictures drawn around the homework page
- One (1) adventure (Follow that fly! I have to get that snack before the world ends!)
- One contest that I really have to enter before I finish my homework Free with trial package!
Purpose: Homework is dull. There is no doubt about it. Also, that Science Test? I got it. I kinda know most of the stuff. Heck, I'll probably (but not really) will have time to study in class! What about that Current Event? Psh. Takes four(ty) minutes. Easy. I can stay up until 12:30 AM again anyways, I'm already used to yawning all day. No sleep for the weary. I can read that book in an hour! Look at that text, it's huge! Really! Ok my parents are coming around the corner I got this
I know i just joined, but i WANT to get this bundle!
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The Tributary Bundle:
1 Huge osmos bubble - from Osmos
1 world of robots - from Machnarium
1 puzzle-based ecosystem of machinery - from Cogs
1 brainpipe - from Brainpipe
1 falling endlessly dude - from AaaaAAaaaAAAaaaa!
1 (hundred) Alpha Modules - from Captain Forever
1 Asteroid for planting - from Eufloria
1 capsule of "Super deadly laser musical essence" - from Auditorium
1 crazy giraffe in a spaceship - from Space Giraffe
killer aztec dude - from Aztaka
Paper dude - from And Yet It Moves
Saira - from Saira
Purpose: Put the Osmos bubble (Osmos) somewhere, in your closet or out in your yard, and create a robot world (Machinarium) to place beside the Osmos bubble. Create a bunch of cogs, levers and bell thingies (Cogs) for the robots to work. Connect the Brainpipe (Brainpipe) between the Osmos bubble and the Robot World. Make a Falling-powered generator and place the falling guy (AaaaAAaaaAAAaaaAAAA!) in it, and power up the robot world.
Now, get the Asteroid (Eufloria) And put it in the Osmos bubble. Grow some Dyson Trees and wait for seedling ships to appear. Put all the alpha modules (Captain Forever) together to make a ship -Don't forget the command module!- and put the paper guy (And Yet It Moves) in the command module. Fill the Alpha laser modules with Deadly musical laser essence, and listen to the glorius but deadly firepower! Put the Aztec dude (Aztaka) somewhere in one of the osmos planets in the osmos bubble, and watch him find the secrets to all the destruction you caused. Put Saira (Saira) somewhere to take pictures of your "creation".
A Picture here to show what i mean. Picture taken by Saira (not really)
oh shezmuffin, forgot a few things:
Place the giraffes (Space Giraffe)to guard the secrets of space stuff and arm them with musical essence lasers (Auditorium).
The Bundle of Surplus Video Game Pickups
Spring Mushroom (Super Mario Galaxy)
Poison Mushroom (Super Smash Bros)
Metal Box (Super Smash Bros)
Smoke Ball (Super Smash Bros)
Guardian Acorn (Link's Awakening)
Slime Fluid (Recettear)
Deku Nut (Ocarina of Time)
Purpose: Now you can get all these wonderful pickups for the low, low price of 100pix! We have so many because gamers tend to leave these behind, for whatever reason. Sell them to a good buddy *coughpoorsapcough*!
I was going to draw I picture. But I don't have time. Or a scanner. Drat.
Ah, but it was past submission entry anyway.
I wish each of us here luck on winning the bundle. ;D
You guys realize that with roughly 35 entries and 10 grand prize winners, we ALL have a chance of 2/7 of winning the bundle? Good luck guys! :D
We shall see.
I hope I get that 2/7 win. (yeah, who doesn't)
Good luck to all!
Has anyone else been checking JIG three times a day to see if the winners have been posted?
I have.
Looks like winners are up, at first i saw "Random" and thought i won, then i saw "Gai" and i was like "Hey, waitaminnut, i think they mispelled my name!" Then i saw there was an actual user named RandomGai, and...well, i dont want to express what i felt at that point.
Congratulations to RandomGai and all the other winners out there. And no, im not a namestealer, i just didnt realize there was another person named RandomGai, just so you know.
(man that bundle is awfully expensive now... I guess i'll just buy three games, not twelve)
@Linkzcap, I actually missed this contest because I was playing Minecraft.
Speaking of which, that game needs to be bundled with extra pants. Dark cave + ssssssSSSSSS = D:
@RandomCommander: I think you created an account first. o:
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