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Charity bundle site Groupees is offering a new bundle, simply titled Indies Unite, to help support developers negatively impacted by the Desura bankruptcy. Bad Juju Games, the company that owns Desura as well as bundle site Indie Royale, declared bankruptcy on June 4th. Prior to that, however, developers had experienced delays for sales of their games on the Desura platform.
For smaller studios, even brief delays in payment can cause major financial issues, so Groupees’ Indies Unite bundle hopes to help out developers affected by Desura’s ongoing troubles. The Indies Unite bundle features 10 games and runs until June 28th. For a minimum payment of only one dollar, you’ll receive the following games:
Epilogue
from Kraflab
A traditional Rogue-like, albeit one with graphical tiles, Epilogue focuses on short, challenging levels and tactical tension.
On a Roll 3D
from Battenberg Software
If your favorite parts of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games were the high-speed loop-the-loops, On a Roll 3D is the game for you. Roll through 24 levels of spikes, dynamites and other hazards.
Baldric’s Quest
from Starflower Games
Hack and slash your way through the perils of Wyrm Island toward a final confrontation with an evil wizard in Baldric’s Quest, a high speed fantasy-flavored arcade game.
Thief Town
from Glass Knuckle Games
A local multi-player-only party game, Thief Town lets you sneak around a pixellated version of the Wild West. Stab your friends before they stab you!
Memories of a Vagabond
from DarkElite
A traditional JRPG, Memories of a Vagabond is inspired by such turn-based classics as Chrono Trigger and the early Final Fantasy games.
Spell Casting 101
from Gordon Little
Work your way through a book of magic in Spell Casting 101, a family-friendly line-drawing puzzle game.
IslaBomba
from Sons of a Bit Entertainment
A penguin, a rabbit and a turtle team up in IslaBomba, a 3D action and puzzle platformer with both single player and cooperative multiplayer options.
GunWorld
from m07games
A tribute to NES run-and-gun platformers, GunWorld is a love letter to high speed 8-bit violence.
Mr Makeshifter
from Arboreal Games
A procedurally generated platformer, Mr Makeshifter emphasizes exploration and an on-the-fly crafting system.
Manor of the Damned
from The Hideout Games
Manor of the Damned is a story-driven, top-down action RPG inspired by classic console games.
All games in the Indies Unite bundle are offered DRM-free. On a Roll 3D, Thief Town, Memories of a Vagabond and GunWorld also come with Steam keys. Manor of the Damned and IslaBomba have been approved on Steam Greenlight, and bundle purchasers will receive Steam keys for them once they are officially released; Mr Makeshifter is also on Steam Greenlight but has not yet been approved.
