Independent Games Goes Retail - First Retail Edition of Lore!
Although I have ragged on the IGF a lot lately, one of the cooler things about the IGF (and that I had forgotten about since its been quite some time sine I delt with it) is that they have a independent publishing arm known as "Moondance Games". Each year Moondance contacts the IGF finalists and asks if they want to be on a retail compilation CD that they sell at games stores & online. This years CD includes a full version of Dark Horizons - Lore : Invasion, the very game that your's truely worked on (and the very first time that Lore has ever been available on a retail CD).
Retail games included on the CD: Dark Horizons Lore, Global Defense Network, Rocketbowl and Strange Adventures In Infinite Space
Game demos included on the CD: Gish and Creatrix
Note: There are apparently more games than this on the CD, unfortunately I cannot find the full list, if I can I will make a follow-up post in the comments.
posted by Logan Foster at 10:05 AM
3 Comments:
Congratulations.
Hope you get one for your shelf ;)
12:40 PM
I am actually trying to, but unfortunately right now its a US region only distribution. As such if I were to order it from Amazon I would be seriously gouged on shipping, taxes and duty for it to come to Canada. Hopefully it will be released in other territories soon.
12:51 PM
It turns out there is a good reason that it's impossible to find the list of contents:
<< As you know the compilation includes “dozens of games” from independent developers. Some of these games are still being sold online by those developers and they were not willing to be a part of a compilation if we disclosed the entire contents of the product for fear that it would cut into their online sales. The decision was made this year to accept these terms in order to get the games that we really wanted on the compilation. We realize that this has caused a certain amount of confusion which we hope to be taken care of as soon as a consumer purchases the product and sees the list of the entire contents. >>
The titles I've seen listed are:
Digital Eel's entire back-catalogue (pre-Weird Worlds): Plasmaworm, Strange Adventures In Infinite Space, Dr. Blob's Organism and Big Box of Blox
Supremacy - Four Paths To Power
Lux
Global Defense Network
Wik and the Fable of Souls
Alien Hominid
Legion Arena
Steer Madness
Star Chamber
Protothea
I can't say for certain that the latter list are all full versioons and not demos (as clearly some demos have been included, such as "Gish"), but the Digital Eel titles are definitely the full versions.
Amazon also offers a few hints with its description: "Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Racing, Arcade, and even a Game Kit where you can build own game without having any coding experience. Delve into games with stunning 3-D rendered ships and explosions, lead a battalion in your futuristic vehicle, or become a ninja with a thirst for gold. Awesome strategy games based on Earth and in space - creative villages, manage resources, or encounter new life forms. Build amazing bridges, collect coins in lush environments, and play unique and gorgeous puzzle games. Hundreds of puzzles, dozens of game modes, and engrossing simulations for all. Build your own levels and challenge your friends!"
5:44 PM
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