First a gaming webcomic, now a multimedia game experience, Penny Arcade and Hothead Games (the same people producing Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness) have announced “Greenhouse,” an online distribution system for indie videogames. Game|Life is all over the story.
“We act as an editorial board,” says Penny Arcade writer Jerry Holkins. “The games have to go through us before they get to Greenhouse, or we submit them to Greenhouse ourselves.”
Holkins says that the idea is to give indie gamemakers a better financial shake. “I think that most publishing arrangements are full of shit,” he says, pointing out that Greenhouse will give indie gamemakers a better share of the profits.
Greenhouse home page [PlayGreenhouse.com]
Penny Arcade Harvests Cool Indie Games for Greenhouse [Game|Life]
Exclusive Interview: Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho Talk ‘Greenhouse’ [Game|Life]
I want to be Gabe and Tycho when I grow up.
Problem is that I’m already a couple years older than them.
#1, I saw them talk at MIT and they were warm, funny and excellent speakers. Just really awesome people.
If you don’t like the industry, reinvent it, apparently. Pretty hot.
I love Jerry.
Also, what #3 said.
Actually on review, what everyone said.
I see a Linux version. Very good!
Hey this stuff looks really good!
I love BoingBoing in all it’s forms for bringing this kind of stuff to me.
I would have normally missed it by a mile.
Love the Boing.
No problems w/ this, but how is it any different/better than Valve’s steam?
Again, no harm w/ more players in that market… but the replies so far read as if people were completely unaware that people are already doing this.
/shrug
/smiley face
I wish I could crap gold like these guys. I mean that in a good way.
I can’t wait to play their game too. I bet it’s pretty hilarious.
Ah, my bad, I do see one improvement over steam, the linux version, so if I could, I’d amend my prior post….