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Title: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 27, 2011, 01:00 PM
Hi

I have a bunch of games on gamersgate and steam (and a few direct from developers) which I meant to give to friends but, I must notice, in quite a few cases I have failed to convince individual friends to be interested enough. In other cases I received as a bonus or gift something I already had...

So I figured, this is donation coder, I'll be donation gamer

None of them are expensive, but still, a freebie is nice  :P

Here are the "rules"
* Please be nice, I'll try to do first come first serve but I might get something wrong and apologise in advance
* actually think you'll play the game a few hours in the next month :)
* If on gamersgate or steam, I'd expect you to add me to your network (iphigenie/superiphi) so I can bask in the warm glow that at least someone is playing the games my friends wouldnt play
* removed the 4th rule on intending to donate - intending to participate is fine too :)

On Steam:
Several copies of "Defense Grid". That one is so awesome I first had it on Direct2Drive, then on Steam, then I bought a 10 pack on sale to spread the love :). 4 gone, 1 left
Detour - a bit clunky but a neat idea, and probably will get patched. Pipeman with weapons. Mac and PC, iirc. 2 gone
Hoard - Mac or PC. Xbox port, best played with a gamepad
Portal 1 - 1 copy. Mac or PC
Vertex Dispenser - an action puzzler game about lines and colors Mac or PC. 2 gone
NEW: Sanctum - First Person Shooter Tower Defense

On Gamersgate:

Infans Solaris - asteroids with co-op mode
Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates
Guilty Gear Isuka - a fighting game http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-GGI/guilty-gear-isuka
Stronghold 1 - old but good :)
RIP - old school shooter
RIP strike back - old school shooter

Directly bought from software developer

Creeper world - hard to describe, but awesome little game, with a huge amount of content. small web demo here http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld/web/play.php
Din's Curse - an excellent indie game, mix of diablo and rogue with emergent storyline

Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Josh on August 27, 2011, 01:52 PM
For those of you who have not tried defense grid, please it. It is a really well thought out TD game, with quite a few levels and challenge modes.

Likewise for Portal. Portal and Portal 2 are perhaps my two most favorite games, with the death spank series coming in a very close third. Portal is immersive with a deep story line which travels into portal 2. I recommend both.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: lanux128 on August 27, 2011, 04:47 PM
nice set of games, iphigenie.. may i suggest that you put the games in the monthly giveaway draw such as the one here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=26211.0)? that way, you don't have to worry who was first and who wasn't.. :)

btw, +1 for Defense Grid. so good that i bought two copies on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/18500/)! ;D
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 28, 2011, 05:48 AM
well I haven't been swamped so far - not 1 taker

I did check the people from DC I have in my friends list on steam, but all have Defense Grid except for Carol - I'm not going to "throw" games around as it is always possible you a)didnt like it or b)already have it in some other format/platform

Go on, do indulge your curiosity  :-[

Creeper world and Din's Curse are gems - many of the ones you haven't heard of are worth. Creeper world is kind of tower defense, but against an ennemi which is, really, a fluid. Quite unique.

PS: all I need for the steam or gamersgate giving is a valid email address. Steam then wants you to register and use their client etc. Gamersgate asks for minimal registration and has a special download file per game, no client or anything once the game is downloaded (although there is a screenshot/chat overlay if you want one)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: 40hz on August 28, 2011, 08:13 AM
@iphigenie - I just wanted to commend you for your generosity. With all the hoarding going on, it's nice to see people sharing what they no longer have a use for. I have the same attitude towards my own stuff. These days, if I'm not currently using something (or keeping it as an emergency spare) it's out the door in a heartbeat. I'd much prefer to see something I bought put to use rather than gathering dust on a shelf.

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The sole exception is my book collection. Those I keep more of than I probably should. Gonna have to get my head around doing something about that too. :o

 :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: lanux128 on August 28, 2011, 08:22 AM
@iphigenie: i am kinda interested in Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates. i can pm my email address or add me on Steam (http://steamcommunity.com/id/HydroGent).
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: wraith808 on August 28, 2011, 08:23 AM
I've been thinking- I think there are a couple other people on DC who have extra games on Steam (I know I do)- maybe we should put together a giveaway (or contest) especially for Steam games?  Just a thought...
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: y0himba on August 28, 2011, 08:33 AM
Hello!  If you still have them, I am interested in:

Defense Grid
Stronghold 1 (My son plays it in strategy gaming at school-it's a gifted course)
Din's Curse

I have also sent you a PM, thanks so much!

 
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: mahesh2k on August 28, 2011, 08:53 AM
I've been thinking- I think there are a couple other people on DC who have extra games on Steam (I know I do)- maybe we should put together a giveaway (or contest) especially for Steam games?  Just a thought...
-wraith808 (August 28, 2011, 08:23 AM)
+1

Cool idea. If anyone is interested in giving away "tower defense game" not discussed in any thread of DC, i'm interested. :D
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 28, 2011, 01:35 PM
@iphigenie - I just wanted to commend you for your generosity. With all the hoarding going on, it's nice to see people sharing what they no longer have a use for. I have the same attitude towards my own stuff. These days, if I'm not currently using something (or keeping it as an emergency spare) it's out the door in a heartbeat. I'd much prefer to see something I bought put to use rather than gathering dust on a shelf.
 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=27778.msg259885#msg259885))
The sole exception is my book collection. Those I keep more of than I probably should. Gonna have to get my head around doing something about that too. :o

 :)

-40hz (August 28, 2011, 08:13 AM)

For me, It's easy if someone will use it, not if I am actually throwing it away...

I can therefore give away decorative objects and clothes etc. easily, as charities always happily take them. Electronics, computer bits, old PC games, accessories for gamecube or mobiles... not so much. Nobody just takes that. I should list it on ebay, much of it would go, but frankly the hassle of it is too much. I'd give a pile to someone even if they then go and sell them at car boot sales or on ebay, I dont like waste and that I own so much more than I need bugs me :S

Increasingly charities dont take books either :(
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 28, 2011, 01:44 PM
On gamersgate I also have one copy of Crayon Physics Deluxe, Mac or PC. Sent to R months ago but he hasnt bothered to accept, so perhaps someone here will appreciate it more. This might take a bit more time since I need to send a support ticket to cancel the unaccepted gift

Also one or two of the turn based xcom games, need to go check which
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 28, 2011, 01:48 PM
Why so many games? I bought when on sale, often packs, which overlap and create duplicate licenses. Thankfully Steam detects that so you can give the duplicate

Gamersgate is even more flexible, if you havent taken the license code and downloaded the full installer, you can still donate any game you bought. So if it turns out you never got around to playing it, you can gift it

Edit: we've had one person delurking (well registering) to come and ask for a game, welcome :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: steeladept on August 28, 2011, 03:59 PM
Interesting.  Since you just started this thread yesterday, don't be distraught that you have had so few takers.  I wasn't even online yesterday so I didn't see this till today.  Unfortunately I personally am running Linux now, but my wife's box is Windows.  If she is okay with me putting some games on it I may take you up on Portal and/or Defense Grid.  Want to try a trial first though - as I don't want to try them, find I don't play them and prevent someone else from having the option.  I will let you know though.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: steeladept on August 28, 2011, 05:17 PM
Nevermind.  Turns out her machine is less than 1GHz which is the minimum requirement anyway for Steam.  My linux machine is slightly better (not by much though) but it isn't worth us reimaging our machines just for a few games, even if they are free.  We hope to get a few new machines by the end of the year, though, so if this catches on, we might be a lookin'. :Thmbsup:

As for some even older games, we have a few we can give away.  They are CD based, they are that old, but that doesn't make them any less good.  When I go through them later this month I will try to post them for anyone interested.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 28, 2011, 06:09 PM
Steeladept, Let me have a look what I have on linux - I keep thinking I'll switch so buy the occasional game just to encourage them, but linux remains my secondary OS
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: etnies on August 28, 2011, 09:25 PM
Thanks for the game!  8)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: worstje on August 29, 2011, 12:54 AM
I'm quite interested in Vertex Dispenser, if I'd be eligible. It looks interesting and is not a TD clone. (I hate Tower Defense.) :)

Thanks for this great initiative. More people should do this. If I had any spare games, I definitely would.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 29, 2011, 02:46 AM
I'm quite interested in Vertex Dispenser, if I'd be eligible. It looks interesting and is not a TD clone. (I hate Tower Defense.) :)

Thanks for this great initiative. More people should do this. If I had any spare games, I definitely would.
-worstje (August 29, 2011, 12:54 AM)

PM'ed you for what I need to send it to you

Vertex dispenser is definitively not a tower defense game, it's an action puzzler based around territory capture and a variation on map-coloring.

You get vertexes by moving over them, and they get a specific color based on neighboring (already used) colors. There are patterns to getting to the rarest colors (i hadnt noticed that part of the game at all, until they show it in a tutorial level, as caught up in the action and figuring out the movement as I was).

So far, puzzler - now add competitors, bots, and that colors fill up reservoirs which then trigger boosters or weapons... and suddenly you're trying to figure out the patterns while not losing territory....

It could get quite interesting between humans if they are at the same stage of learning the game
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: worstje on August 29, 2011, 11:17 AM
Sounds like a good challenge. I particularly like the art I saw in the trailer video on its steam page; I'm a sucker for clean art like that.

If you ever need something coded (Coding Snack, whatever), give me a holler and I'll see what I can do! :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: steeladept on August 29, 2011, 04:37 PM
Steeladept, Let me have a look what I have on linux - I keep thinking I'll switch so buy the occasional game just to encourage them, but linux remains my secondary OS
-iphigenie (August 28, 2011, 06:09 PM)
Thanks.  I certainly understand it being your secondary OS.  I made it my primary out of a combination of need (in that I can't afford a new OS license - there's more to it that I don't want to get into here) coupled with the desire to learn Linux more thoroughly.  I know I won't learn any more than I have already (which is a fair amount at any rate) without making it my primary OS.  I am also finding Linux distros actually have some of the same 32/64 bit issues Windows does.  All in all, I have decided I like Windows best, but right now that isn't really an option.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 30, 2011, 11:43 AM
A bit more about the games not claimed yet...

Infans Solaris
"Taking inspiration from the classic game Asteroids and other fast-paced games of the genre such as Geometry Wars, Infans Solaris (Latin for "Sun Child") pits 1-4 players in a battle to save Earth and themselves from a lethal barrage of cold, lifeless asteroids. Harnessing future technology, players are able to create blackholes, causing nearby debris to be pulled into an ever-consuming void that grows stronger as more asteroids are pulled in and broken down." (sounds a lot like the "dark matter" Asteroids clone but with multi player on one screen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpewBFTDPfM - page on GG http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-INSO/infans-solaris?caff=1235991 - developer https://sites.google.com/site/scitalisgames/games

Creeper World - reviews http://www.pc-games-and-reviews.com/creeper-world.html http://www.outofeight.info/2009/11/creeper-world-review.html http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/06/youre-so-very-ed-special-creeper-world/
Youtube is full of videos because some levels can have clever solutions. One at random http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPJ5N1Lku8 (quite long)
I *really*got into this game - it is abstract, can get intense, and has a lot of levels. There's even a level generated based on the date, which can be lame or totally crazy :)

Guilty Gear Isuka - was a PS2 game. This is some kind of port. Don't know much about it

RIP / RIP strike back top down shooter http://www.outofeight.info/2006/04/rip-strike-back-review.html
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 30, 2011, 04:37 PM
I'd missed one: Sanctum, a First Person Shooter Tower Defense where you take the role as Skye, an elite soldier sent out to protect her home town, Elysion One, from hordes of mysterious alien creatures. On Steam.

And... nobody wants Portal? There's cake!
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 30, 2011, 05:19 PM
Thanks for Defense Grid - really enjoying it.

Only problem is it is very time consuming - love the graphics.

Trouble is I always seem to get killed in the last moments of each level - haven't got my strategy totally sussed yet!
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Deozaan on August 30, 2011, 05:38 PM
And... nobody wants Portal? There's cake!
-iphigenie (August 30, 2011, 04:37 PM)

 ;D :Thmbsup:

Trouble is I always seem to get killed in the last moments of each level - haven't got my strategy totally sussed yet!
-Carol Haynes (August 30, 2011, 05:19 PM)

Some Defense Grid Strategy
I was having a hard time with Defense Grid's later levels until I saw somebody say they could beat every single level with just Guns, Cannons, and Temporals (and Anti-Air for maps with heavy air traffic). Throw in an occasional Command tower here and there near your kill zones to rack up extra money and you've likely got a formula for success on those levels you can't figure out a strategy for.

Also a lot of the strategy involves just making the aliens take a really long path.

And sometimes when I just can't kill that boss in time I will "juggle" them by opening up a path on one end and closing off the one he's heading for, and then when he gets close to the exit I reverse it by opening up the original path and closing off the one he's currently heading for. This makes them run by my guns multiple times as they head for the moving exit.

Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Lashiec on August 30, 2011, 06:36 PM
And... nobody wants Portal? There's cake!
-iphigenie (August 30, 2011, 04:37 PM)

But...! You know :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on August 31, 2011, 09:21 AM
And... nobody wants Portal? There's cake!
-iphigenie (August 30, 2011, 04:37 PM)

But...! You know :)
-Lashiec (August 30, 2011, 06:36 PM)

it could be my motto

"But there’s no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake."

It's Chime's fault I know all the lyrics to that song...
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Josh on August 31, 2011, 09:27 AM
I'll take another copy of portal! I can give it out :) I know someone who needs it.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: 40hz on August 31, 2011, 10:35 AM
Against my better judgment (I have way too much I should be doing to start playing games again), maybe I'll try a go at Portal if there's still cake left.  Thx. :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on September 03, 2011, 06:35 PM
I'll take another copy of portal! I can give it out :) I know someone who needs it.
-Josh (August 31, 2011, 09:27 AM)

not sure you can take it then give it on, you might have to give me the id
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on September 03, 2011, 06:51 PM
Against my better judgment (I have way too much I should be doing to start playing games again), maybe I'll try a go at Portal if there's still cake left.  Thx. :)
-40hz (August 31, 2011, 10:35 AM)

do I have you in steam? give me a ping
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Shades on September 03, 2011, 07:46 PM
Thanks for the game Creeper World, iphigenie...and thanks to your friend too. He missed out on a good game that has already stolen quite some hours.   :D
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: 4wd on September 05, 2011, 10:06 PM
Thanks for Sanctum iphigenie - now to find some time to play it1.



1. Euphemism for: now to play it without the wife catching me playing games.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on September 09, 2011, 05:01 AM
1. Euphemism for: now to play it without the wife catching me playing games.
-4wd (September 05, 2011, 10:06 PM)

the solution is: get wife into games too. It's just about finding the right game... and that might not be what you think (for one of my friends it was the original dark Alice game, for example). Warning: this is only a good solution if you have two computers.

Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: y0himba on September 09, 2011, 05:05 AM
1. Euphemism for: now to play it without the wife catching me playing games.
-4wd (September 05, 2011, 10:06 PM)

the solution is: get wife into games too. It's just about finding the right game... and that might not be what you think (for one of my friends it was the original dark Alice game, for example). Warning: this is only a good solution if you have two computers.


-iphigenie (September 09, 2011, 05:01 AM)

I bought my wife a Kindle 3G instead. She never puts it down, reading it all the time, and I get to game.  Problem solved.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: fenixproductions on September 09, 2011, 07:22 AM
I think* I may still have Left 4 Dead 2 to give. Who wants it?

*) Sent to someone long ago but Steam shows sent status only. Since it hasn't been accepted for quite a while, I can give it away.

Edited 11th of Sept:
L4D2 given away
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Xenonym on September 25, 2011, 12:39 AM
Seeing there's already a thread about giving away games, I may as well hijack this one  :P

Does anybody want a copy of Frozen Sypnase (http://www.frozensynapse.com/)?

It's a turn-based strategy game where the turns happen at the same time. Makes it quite a bit harder as you have to predict what your enemy does for each turn.

EDIT: Game given away already! Thanks. :)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: iphigenie on September 25, 2011, 03:10 AM
Happy to see the thread hijacked, Xenonym :)

Reminding of some leftovers on Gamersgate:

Infans Solaris - asteroids with co-op mode
Guilty Gear Isuka - a fighting game http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-GGI/guilty-gear-isuka
RIP - old school shooter
RIP strike back - old school shooter

Also if anyone is in (or can be in) Yorkshire and wants physical copies of games - or knows of someone who would play older games on older systems, or a charity which would take some. I have a boxful of games, some (second copies, yes, i never learn that I cant get R to try much) or two that I can happily give away.

I might have a spare copy of Renegade Wars when it comes out - another action-ey game with coop mode.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: p3lb0x on February 05, 2012, 01:35 PM
I recently bought the IndieGala 2 but I already own quite a few of the games. So I am giving away the spare keys.


Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this. But all these games are on steam. So you'll need that to play them
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: lanux128 on February 05, 2012, 06:37 PM
if you still have it, i'd like the "Your Doodles are Bugged!" game.. 8)
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Carol Haynes on February 06, 2012, 06:05 AM
I wouldn't mind a stab at inMomentum if it is still going
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: p3lb0x on February 06, 2012, 07:16 AM
No problemo, brohaims
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: skwire on February 11, 2012, 01:20 AM
As with p3lb0x, I've got some bundle purchasing overlap and have the following Steam keys to give away.


Don't be shy...  Holler if you'd like one/some/all.   :D
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: p3lb0x on May 19, 2012, 07:53 AM
Recently bought myself a preorder four pack of Torchlight 2 and with that came 4 copies of Torchlight 1. I've got at least one to spare, so if anyone is up for it. Just give me a call

Edit: Oh yeah, sent it to Ampa
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Ampa on May 19, 2012, 10:49 AM
I would very gladly take a free copy of Torchlight :)  :-*

AmpaSteam (on Steam)

Thanks, if I'm the lucky one - and thanks for the offer to DC community even if I'm not!

Ampa

UPDATE: Received my gift - Thanks again p3lb0x
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Attronarch on May 19, 2012, 01:28 PM
I have extra Iron Grip: Warlord on Steam, so if somebody is up to some CO-OP tower defense / RTS hybrid let me know.

Skwire, I wouldn't mind picking up up those Zombie shooters!

Steam name is same as here - Attronarch.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: skwire on May 19, 2012, 01:41 PM
Skwire, I wouldn't mind picking up up those Zombie shooters!
-Attronarch (May 19, 2012, 01:28 PM)

I sent you the keys in a PM.  Enjoy.  =]
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: cthorpe on May 20, 2012, 07:00 PM
I have the following available in Steam:

Half-Life 2: Episode One (http://store.steampowered.com/app/380/)
AudioSurf (http://store.steampowered.com/app/12900/)
Defense Grid (http://store.steampowered.com/app/18500/)
Toki Tori (http://store.steampowered.com/app/38700/) Taken
aaaaAAAAAAAAHHH! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/)
Super Meat Boy (http://store.steampowered.com/app/40800/)
Cogs (http://store.steampowered.com/app/26500/)
Counterstrike Source (http://store.steampowered.com/app/240/)

I will only give one game per user, and I do ask that you have legitimate activity somewhere here on DC.  It doesn't have to be a lot, and it doesn't have to be recent, but I won't give out games to people who somehow found this thread and create an account just to PM me.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on May 24, 2012, 12:23 PM
1. Euphemism for: now to play it without the wife catching me playing games.
-4wd (September 05, 2011, 10:06 PM)

Fixed so those of us who don't have eyeballs with the 700x zoom feature, can read it  ;D
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: Attronarch on May 24, 2012, 05:52 PM
Skwire, I wouldn't mind picking up up those Zombie shooters!
-Attronarch (May 19, 2012, 01:28 PM)

I sent you the keys in a PM.  Enjoy.  =]
-skwire (May 19, 2012, 01:41 PM)

Thank you very much.
Title: Re: Donation gamer: Games to give
Post by: p3lb0x on June 04, 2014, 02:30 PM
I have a spare copy of Syberia 2 if anyone wants it