The Indie Royale game bundle website is launching a promotional initiative that they are calling \u201clightning packs\u201d. They describe these as \u201cmore focused, ‘niche’ collections of PC games with a shorter time-limit to buy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first offering, the Serious Sam Lightning Pack, is available to buy now, with a starting price of $2.99 and a total of six Serious Sam-themed games, including four new indie-developed games riffing on Croteam’s gonzo FPS franchise, plus the two original games in the series.<\/p>\n
Serious Sam’s spinoffs were commissioned by rogue micropublisher Devolver Digital and franchise creator Croteam around the launch of Serious Sam 3: BFE.<\/p>\n
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is available on PC as a DRM-free download, on Steam, and on Desura. The game falls into the RPG genre, developed Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishing). Gameplay is a hybrid of turn-based battles with real-time, run and gun offense and defence.<\/p>\n
Serious Sam Double D is available on PC as a DRM-free download, on Steam, and on Desura. It is a hand drawn, side-scrolling shooter featuring over-the-top gameplay and chaotic action from arcade-loving indie Mommy’s Best Games (Weapon Of Choice, Explosionade).<\/p>\n
Making a debut on PC in this Lightning Pack is a DRM-free download and Desura PC version of Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack. Developer Be-Rad Entertainment’s offering (originally available only on smartphones) is an\u00a0 Canabalt-style action-platformer where players control the Headless Kamikaze enemy, striving to accomplish the bad guy’s dream of blowing up the vile Serious Sam on every level.<\/p>\n
Another world exclusive Indie Royale debut, Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter, is an 8-bit, top-down “demake” of\u00a0 Serious Sam, specially commissioned by\u00a0 Team Fortress Arcade and Halo\/DJ Hero demake author Eric Ruth. It’s available for PC as a DRM-free download and on Desura, and sees Serious Sam in ancient Greece battling the relentless hordes of Mental’s army in an all-new retro 8-bit adventure.<\/p>\n
Finally, Croteam, the progenitors of the Serious Sam franchise, are offering the original\u00a0 Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter games for PC, redeemable on Steam.<\/p>\n
The new Lightning Packs will run for just 100 hours (80 hours remaining at the time of publication), under the same pricing model as before: the price will automatically increase as more people buy the pack. Those generous buyers who pay more than the current minimum can decrease the price for other purchasers.<\/p>\n
Indie Royale was co-created by Gamasutra sister site IndieGames.com and independent game download service Desura.<\/p>\n