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'Let's Build a Doujin Bundle' combines anime and altruism (plus, giveaways!)
For the next six days, Portland-based bundling site Groupees is hosting a name-your-own-price indie anime ("doujin") game sale to benefit the Japanese Red Cross' earthquake relief efforts. "Let's Build a Doujin Bundle" allows folks to create their own bundle by selecting any combination of at least two of the seven games available: Cherry Tree High Comedy Club, Ether Vapor Remaster, War of the Human Tanks, Yousei, Yatagarasu, Croixleur and Cafe 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~. The bundle's minimum price fluctuates based on the number of games selected, with two games requiring at least $1.50 and all seven necessitating $4.50. Bonuses are unlocked as more bundles are sold, including soundtracks and extra games that don't affect the bundle's minimum cost. Twenty percent of proceeds will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross for every person that clicks the "Donate to charity" checkbox when making their order. But wait, there's more! Groupees has given us 20 fully-stocked bundles to give away to you, our beloved readers. We will be randomly posting links to redeem the bundles on our Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages over the next couple of days – there will be no rhyme or reason to when or where the links will be posted, so follow/like us at all three places to maximize your chances of success!
Indie game 'Bob Came in Pieces' bundled with FantomenK album
A new socially enmeshed "flash sale platform," Groupees, has wrapped its first bundle in a Swedish theme, offering a downloadable indie game, Bob Came in Pieces, alongside music from indie electronica artist FantomenK (that's a MySpace link, by the way). It launched at $5 on Wednesday, but has since switched to a pay-what-you-want deal with a $2 minimum. Developed by Ludosity Interactive, Bob Came in Pieces has you collecting parts for a customizable spaceship, solving physics-based puzzles and generally bumping into a lot of colorful things. In the words of Rock, Paper, Shotgun, it's a rather adorable "floaty-spaceship platform game." There's a demo of it on Steam, where it usually sells for $10. The DRM-free bundle also contains original concept art for the game, and 6 unreleased FantomenK tracks in addition to the LP, "The Massacre." According to Groupees CEO Thomas Brooke, the two Swedish entities will collaborate and develop a free Bob level featuring FantomenK tunes if sales exceed 15,000 by the time deal expires at 12PM ET on Saturday. Brooke claims more promotions are being lined up with indie developers "from around the world," though we're not in a hurry to leave Sweden just yet -- not until they bundle The Dream Machine with Roxette's greatest hits.
