VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "A crowdfunded game can be a dice roll, especially for hyped backers. There are dozens of mismanaged examples highlighting how often the original vision doesn’t match up with reality. Even tenured developers with new, aspirational studios can fumble enough to spoil decades of accrued goodwill. On the flip side, there are examples like Altered Matter: a dev team of young artists located in Barcelona looking to craft a humble 3D puzzle-platformer. What they lack in storied history they made up for in gravity-bending concept. A successful funding campaign later and, despite stacked odds, Etherborn’s core gameplay sticks the landing and had me thinking about it long after completion."
The Humble Indie Houses Bundle supports indie developers and the charity of your choice.
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The Humble Trove has three new additions: Snake Pass, Etherborn, and Space Routine. If you haven’t heard of the Humble Trove, it’s a perk that comes with Humble Choice.
Snake Pass takes a bit of time to learn, but it's so good. Some fresh air in the platformer market.
