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Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011
I just remember running around the interiors at high speeds as a wizard (which is another reason NOX is great, gently caress classes, it's all about fun!) because going outside meant someone with a higher resolution could snipe me. God bless you piece of poo poo 640x480 handmedown laptop!

Holy poo poo that multiplayer was fun.

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Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Now in IndieGala you can grab a Steam key for Iesabel, a hack & slash RPG, for free. The process for IndieGala freebies is a little elaborate, check the OP for details.

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
On DailyIndieGame you can grab a free Steam key for Crystals of Time, a hidden object game, if you join their Steam group (requires linking accounts and setting profile to public) and visit a bunch of webpages, including a Facebook page, but you don't need to be logged into Facebook for that to work.

http://www.dailyindiegame.com/content_contestcot.html

Only then will it show you the extra steps required, to exploit the sunk cost fallacy. In my case, I had to do two more things, and was allowed to choose from a list of five. I've bolded the ones I did:

- Follow them on twitter
- Visit another steam store page
- Subscribe to a youtube channel (I didn't work as I wasn't logged into youtube, but it passed the test regardless)
- Visit dailyindiegame.com
- Share stuff on social media

I instantly got the Steam key after that. Both on the same screen and in an e-mail. So they now have my e-mail (courtesy of mandatory linking of Steam account), and I suspect I'll be getting some spam too.

You can leave the Steam group afterwards and set your profile back to private.

Stick Insect fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Jun 4, 2016

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

Old ARPG game with interesting spell casting and great particles / line of sight for its day NOX is free on Origin.


One of my favorite games from yesteryear. No idea how well this one runs (the GoG version has obviously been updated to run on modern systems) so hopefully it works alright.

Back in the day the multiplayer used to be an amazing shitshow of chaos and it was FUN for it. So loving crazy with particles flying everywhere and warriors bullrushing you through doors and just all around in general loving nonsense happening.

Oh poo poo I remember this game, it was pretty rad

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Get a free Steam key for QUBE, a first person puzzler (10000 keys are available), if you're willing to do an awful lot of engaging with brands. This giveaway is from IndieKings: https://gleam.io/gu3gp/qube-directors-cut-10000-steam-keys



Don't forget to set your Steam profile to public for the duration of this exercise, or it won't pass you.

Twitch and Steam tasks required linking accounts, the rest didn't.

For the twitter ones, it's enough to click the 'retweet' button underneath the tweet. (That's this icon: ). I don't have a twitter account so I couldn't get past twitter's login screen that showed up after that, but it was enough to let me pass the test. Same goes for the "follow on twitter" ones.

The youtube one also passed me without actually subscribing me. :shrug:

At some point the giveaway site stopped responding, but you can safely press F5, every test you've already passed will remain.

They will get your e-mail address through linking Steam and linking Twitch. In fact, the last step on that list didn't require me to enter anything!

The steam key immediately appeared in that very window, and also in my e-mail inbox.

When you're done you can set your steam profile back to private, leave the steam groups, unsubscribe from the mailing lists etc.

Stick Insect fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Jun 7, 2016

Famethrowa
Oct 5, 2012

Stick Insect posted:

Get a free Steam key for QUBE, a first person puzzler (10000 keys are available), if you're willing to do an awful lot of engaging with brands: https://gleam.io/gu3gp/qube-directors-cut-10000-steam-keys



Don't forget to set your Steam profile to public for the duration of this exercise, or it won't pass you.

Twitch and Steam tasks required linking accounts, the rest didn't.

For the twitter ones, it's enough to click the 'retweet' button underneath the tweet. (That's this icon: ). I don't have a twitter account so I couldn't get past twitter's login screen that showed up after that, but it was enough to let me pass the test. Same goes for the "follow on twitter" ones.

The youtube one also passed me without actually subscribing me. :shrug:

At some point the giveaway site stopped responding, but you can safely press F5, every test you've already passed will remain.

They will get your e-mail address through linking Steam and linking Twitch. In fact, the last step on that list didn't require me to enter anything!

The steam key immediately appeared in that very window, and also in my e-mail inbox.

When you're done you can set your steam profile back to private, leave the steam groups, unsubscribe from the mailing lists etc.

that is so hilariously not worth it for a fricking indie puzzler.

Coolguye
Jul 6, 2011

Required by his programming!
this is why stick insect is doing god's work.

Spudd
Nov 27, 2007

Protect children from "Safe Schools" social engineering. Shame!

Isn't Mech Commander Gold free to download from an official microsoft website? I'd check it but I am on my phone and cannot be arsed.

bUm
Jan 11, 2011
Got QUBE on a Steam sale (maybe Humble Bundle?) for a couple bucks ages ago. I found it reasonably enjoyable, but quite short.

Coolguye posted:

this is why stick insect is doing god's work.
He really is. Unfortunately, many of them I look at the effort necessary and free doesn't seem worth the hassle. :shobon:

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Thank you for the kind words. That said, I think the QUBE giveaway is the most annoying and elaborate one I've seen so far.

Spudd posted:

Isn't Mech Commander Gold free to download from an official microsoft website? I'd check it but I am on my phone and cannot be arsed.

This is a mirror that still appears to work, you get an .iso file: http://gamestand.net/Downloads/details/id=8.html

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
IndieGala is giving away Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold, a hidden object game

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways#banner_form_box

If you're not familiar with IndieGala yet, you have to do "the IndieGala dance", check the OP for details.

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013




https://www.gog.com/

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Been wanting to try that one, thanks! :toot:

IndieGala is now giving away a Steam key for DarkEnd, a retro rpg

https://www.indiegala.com/redrope#myModal-givform

If you're not familiar with IndieGala yet, you have to do "the IndieGala dance", check the OP for details.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
NOX is now for free on Failmid.

EDIT: :argh: They just send you instructions how to install Origin and grab it from there. So instead cut out the middleman and go straight to Origin, their deal is still up.

They also blocked my failmid@<mydomain>.com e-mail address as "problematic". I do this so I can see who sells/loses/leaks my e-mail, so I can redirect it automatically to the bin, if I catch them doing it.

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

Old ARPG game with interesting spell casting and great particles / line of sight for its day NOX is free on Origin.


One of my favorite games from yesteryear. No idea how well this one runs (the GoG version has obviously been updated to run on modern systems) so hopefully it works alright.

Back in the day the multiplayer used to be an amazing shitshow of chaos and it was FUN for it. So loving crazy with particles flying everywhere and warriors bullrushing you through doors and just all around in general loving nonsense happening.

Stick Insect fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Jun 11, 2016

Necrothatcher
Mar 26, 2005




Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is now free on Uplay. Part of Ubisoft's 30th Anniversary. There’ll be a new game every month until December (making seven in total).

https://club.ubi.com/#!/en-GB/ubi30

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
A Steam key for Axis Football 2015, a football game (the one with the non-spherical balls) via gleam.io, lots of engaging with brands ahead:

https://gleam.io/Addsq/free-steam-key-axis-football



The the twitter and steam tasks require logging into twitter and steam respectively. This tells them your e-mail address. The twitter one also gives them permission to tweet in your name, but I haven't caught them doing this.

Steam steps require you to set your profile to public for the duration of this exercise, you can set it back to private and leave the groups afterwards. Twitter feeds can be unfollowed too, once you're done. Don't forget to also unauthorize the gleam.io app via https://twitter.com/settings/applications

All other steps in this giveaway required no logging in whatsoever, you just open the popup and that's it. No goatse spotted on the csgoatse link. :downs:

You can press F5 on gleam.io without losing progress, so don't worry if it gets stuck on something.

When you're done, the steam code will appear in the window.

Stick Insect fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jun 14, 2016

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms

Mr. Flunchy posted:

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is now free on Uplay. Part of Ubisoft's 30th Anniversary. There’ll be a new game every month until December (making seven in total).

https://club.ubi.com/#!/en-GB/ubi30

very cool, this was a great reboot or whatever you want to call it

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Gog.com has a sale going and is also doing some stuff where you gain points to earn free games, but I've done the math and it's impossible to get something out of this without spending a dime: https://www.gog.com/summer_xp



The "share on facebook or twitter" task doesn't actually require you to be logged in, just click the "share" or "tweet" button and you're done.

If you do the math, you'll see that you can only get 3400 points at this time. You'll need at least 5000 for the first free game, Spelunky

You'll need to "check in" 15 more times (after the first 5, you get a bonus 100 points), which you can do once per 24 hours at most. The event is until the 22nd, so there's not enough time.

There's also a twitch event that'll give you more points, but you can't control this:

quote:

If the community is successful in completing the objective(s) of GOG Plays on Twitch, everyone gets the XP boost, regardless of whether they participated or not.
It's also unclear how many twitch events there will be.

The whole point of this is to make you buy something in the sale. The rate seems to be the price of the game you buy in USD * 1000. A one dollar game and a few daily checkins should be enough for Spelunky.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
More gleam.io stuff, a Steam key for Weapons Genius, some 3D indie game about building guns and shooting them: https://gleam.io/Of0jD/weapons-genius



The first two steps required no logging in, the rest did.

And similarly a Steam key for Big Space Mess, a side-scrolling shooter: https://gleam.io/Iu4ja/big-space-mess



You should know how these work by now. Scroll up a little to my earlier post for details.

Funso Banjo
Dec 22, 2003

A really good game is free if you grab it in the next two days.

Limbo - http://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/ - is a solid, nervy 2d game that I paid about $8 for a few years ago, and really enjoyed and felt it was money well-spent.

No hoops to jump through, apart from having to have a steam account. Everyone should grab this.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
On IndieGala you can grab They Came From the Moon, a Lemmings clone

https://www.indiegala.com/promo#banner_form_box

Check OP for the nitty gritty on securing an IndieGala freebie.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
On Steam you can grab Elite Dangerous: Arena, a first person space ship shooty game

http://store.steampowered.com/app/443080/

quote:

Notice: Elite Dangerous: Arena is free on PC for a limited time only – download now and play anytime! Offer ends 11th July 2016.

grate deceiver
Jul 10, 2009

Just a funny av. Not a redtext or an own ok.
Humblebundle.com is giving away SPACECOM for free. Just go to the Android and PC Bundle screen and scroll down, no hassle, email adress is enough.

Necrothatcher
Mar 26, 2005




Splinter Cell is the next game in the monthly Ubi30 giveaway.

https://club.ubi.com/#!/en-GB/ubi30

I hope we get Beyond Good and Evil at some point.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
I think I've managed to grab Splinter Cell, will confirm once Uplay manages to update itself without crashing. Thanks!

I have a Steam key for Lead and Gold, a third person shooter: http://100k.fatsharkgames.com/
To claim this you need to hand over your name your name, an e-mail and to link your twitter account so they can verify you've actually followed them.

Key will be mailed to you within 24 hours. EDIT: I got mine in 10 minutes or so.

Remember to unauthorize the Gleam app via https://twitter.com/settings/applications once you're done, it has permission to send tweets in your name, although I've never caught it doing that.

And I've got an IndieGala freebie again, a Steam ey for Beast Blaster, a puzzle game. This involves doing the IndieGala dance, check the OP for details: https://www.indiegala.com/#giveaway

Daler Mehndi
Apr 10, 2005

Tunak Tunak Tun!
Bundle Stars is offering Lovely Planet for free, which is a 3D platform shooter.

http://www.pcgamer.com/win-a-free-steam-key-for-lovely-planet/

I believe you need to sign into a (free) gleam.io account, and a Twitter account.

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

lovely planet is kind an odd 3d platformer. it's technically a shooter but like it's more about precision execution and speed-clears and stuff

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
Lovely Planet is a game made by white people that is trying so hard to pass as a kawaii Japanese game that it has kanji in the logo.

Hat Thoughts
Jul 27, 2012
Lovely Planet is an extrmeely good game that wears its influences on its sleeve. It's not rly trying to "pass" as anything. Definitely [play it

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.

Daler Mehndi posted:

Bundle Stars is offering Lovely Planet for free, which is a 3D platform shooter.

http://www.pcgamer.com/win-a-free-steam-key-for-lovely-planet/

I believe you need to sign into a (free) gleam.io account, and a Twitter account.

It's still active, tomorrow's the last day. I got it to work without a Facebook or a gleam.io account. You do need to watch the unmutable and unskippable video all the way to the end, but it's only 1:18 long.

I was then given the Steam code, and some more tasks to complete. But since I already had the Steam code I didn't see the point.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
New IndieGala Steam Key giveaway for Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice

https://www.indiegala.com/#banner_form_box

Check OP for the steps required.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
A Steam key for Enforcer: Police Crime Action is now on Failmid:

http://failmid.com/game/enforcer-police-crime-action-100-discount/

It's some sort of 3rd person shooting/driving game that I've actually heard of before, for a change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQzjVE7sq8

Failmid works like a regular web shop, but for freebie stuff it won't ask payment details. It made me do a captcha five times but I got my steam key in the mail right away. And they actually let me use my "problematic" e-mail from before.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
New IndieGala Steam Key giveaway for Ampu-Tea

https://www.indiegala.com/#banner_form_box

Check OP for the steps required.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
New IndieGala Steam Key giveaway for Pressured, some sort of puzzle clickfest

https://www.indiegala.com/#banner_form_box

Check OP for the steps required.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


The Ubisoft 30th Anniversary free games on uPlay thing is gonna be Rayman Origins this month, it'll be free from the 17th August.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Less of a free game, more a chance of a free game, but Moddb's been running recurring giveaways for random, unknown indie games for the last little while: http://www.moddb.com/giveaways

You need an account to enter the draw.

Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011
Tropico 4 is free for the PC on the Humble Store for 48 hours.

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

Zoo Race is free.

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010


Game of the Year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MOX99ltoY

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Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001


Also available is NOAH'S ADVENTURES (The Original) Game

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