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Hello and welcome to the madness!
The challenge is simple: Play and beat any 6 games, starting today, that have been featured in any given Humble Monthly/Choice bundle in one month.

The prize: 5x Ghostrunner
Note: This means I'm giving away five copies of the game and will have 5 winners.

Game length does not matter and I'm not looking for 100% achievement runs. So long as you play and beat 6 games, I'm happy. You can go easy mode and play a bunch of 1h games or go crazy and play 6 +30h games. So long as they were in a monthly at a given point, it is all good.

Just post a comment with either screenshots/ achievements showing that you fulfilled the criteria and I'll add on Steam and give you the link. Feel free to share your thoughts on the games you've played, but it is not required.

FAQ:

Why you doing this?

I hate money. That and I realized I've been subbed to the monthly for over five years (yes it has been that long, I checked) and it occurred to me that I've barely touched the games I've gotten from it, let alone played them. Figured the same would be true for a few others, so I figured this is a good way to change that. A sensible person would probably unsub in this situation, but please refer to the beginning as to why that will not happen.

Why six games?

The first few monthlies had 6/7 games in them so I went with that.

How long are you going to do this?

Until my credit card statements gives me nightmares.

This event "ends" on January 1st when the next HB Choice releases, though the giveaway itself will end the next day. If you manage to finish game number six in between that time, feel free to post, but know that I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to give you the link in time.

Good luck, have fun and stay safe.
Thanks for reading, and don't forget to write to Santa.

List of eligible games: https://barter.vg/bundles/3/3/
https://barter.vg/bundles/3/161/
Credit goes to PapaSmok

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Thank you.

Game Bundle Achievement
Chroma Squad Humble Monthly December 2015 Beaten
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard Humble Choice December 2020 Completed
GRID 2019 Humble Choice June 2020 Beaten
Path of Giants Humble Choice December 2020 Completed
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game Humble Choice December 2020 Completed
WASTED Humble Monthly June 2016 Beaten
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Finally did it.

I swear, once I'll actually finish the games I initially choose to finish.

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huh, a lot of people finishing up on christmas eve/day.. interesting

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done happy holidays

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All done (with days to spare for once!)

Happy almost done with 2020, CJ!

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Welp. I'm done as well. Yes @_@

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somehow done
should've been done ages ago but shenmue just drained me to much and I only pushed through to make sure my effort with the others weren't wasted. Wish I could've had it done in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Speedruns are insane

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The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game (December 2020 Humble Choice #13)
Fight'N Rage (March 2019 Humble Monthly #41)
Kathy Rain (November 2016 Humble Monthly #13)
Orwell (October 2017 Humble Monthly #24)
The Banner Saga (September 2016 Humble Monthly #11)
Silence (November 2017 Humble Monthly #25)

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Some crossover with the other event :)

Game Status HB Monthly/Choice
Smile for Me Unplayed November 2020
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters Unplayed August 2020
Yoku's Island Express Started August 2019

Edit: removed Opus Magnum - I'm too dumb for these games haha

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Opus Magnum is my favorite puzzle game because you don't have to be a genius! I had to fudge several of my solutions when what I was trying to do didn't quite make it, but you can easily add more arms and instructions to meet the goal, even though your solution will be less elegant you will still have success!

Give it a try it's one of my all time favorites, and if you try it and find I have mislead you let me know =)

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Haha ok, after that recommendation I'll give it another try - I tried the tutorial and went.. I am so confused! 0.o

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yeah it is very intimidating to start, but it's more just pushing circles than anything chemistry.

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+1 for Yoku's Island Express. I finished the whole game in one sitting today, can't remember last time I did that.

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Oh wow haha! How long did it take you?

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About 8 hours to finish the game, but then there are collectibles and I took my time with those. Can't say that I was too efficient of navigating throughout the map.

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Game Achievements Status Monthly/Choice
Undertale Screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4 Beaten May 2017
Crazy Machines 3 14/41 Beaten May 2018
Turok 10/10 Completed March 2020
GRIS 17/17 Completed April 2020
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive 14/25 Beaten July 2020
Iron Danger 23/23 Completed October 2020
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I'm gonna try some more topical releases this time around:

Bonus redemption game:

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Since I already have a few long games for the monthly theme on BLAEO, I'll take the easy route here

198X
Etherborn
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Monster Prom
Paratopic
Planet of the Eyes

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Thanks for another month of this fun event, this time I'll go with the 2020 edition

Month and Game name Achievement progress Game Status
June 2020 - Felix the Reaper Achievements 0/26 In Progress
July 2020 - Metal Unit Achievements 0/12 In Progress
August 2020 - Call of Cthulhu Achievements 49/49 Completed
September 2020 - Vampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New York Achievements 0/28 In Progress
October 2020 - The Uncertain - Last quiet day Ahievements 0/32 In Progress
November 2020 - Smile For Me Achievements 0/24 In Progress
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This is why I left 2 spots open for the other event. Also activated 8 new games so plenty of choices

Games Month Achievements
A Hat in Time 2018 40/46
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard 2020 6/6
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin 2019 20/20
Shenmue I & II 2019 55/55
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game 2020 6/6
TSIOQUE 2020 31/31
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Thanks again!

Games that overlapped with A.G.O. :
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive "Don't Escape", beat 12/14/20
Smile for Me-- "The way back home", beat 12/6/20
Broforce--"Area Liberated", beat 12/13/20
Gris--The End", beat 12/20/20
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Beyond Eyes--"Closure"
Metrico+--"I didn't try to go after achievements in this game, but screenshot of me finishing the game

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Not sure I'll be able to do this one but gonna reserve in case. :) You've been giving away an absurd amount of great games, a big thank you from all of us! Hope you have a safe & wonderful holidays!

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Thank you for the double events with even more gifts.

The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game - achievements

Like Paratopic, I first saw this on a friend's stream which helped make figuring the game mechanics out easier. I don't know exactly what you'd call the developers' brand of humor, but it does mostly resonate with me, so Frog Detective made for an enjoyable enough ~45 minute experience.

Finding Paradise - achievement

Played this for Awesome Games Only, so there's some overlap.

Smile for Me - achievements

Second game also played for Awesome Games Only.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - achievements

I didn't expect the game to have quite so many puzzles, but knowing how the game was aspiring to be a "mid-budget" independent game, I can understand the reasoning behind it. The presentation of psychosis and the way the game incorporates those elements of struggling with mental issues into the story are impressive, and I hope Ninja Theory can continue that work with the sequel. At the time, seeing a developer succeed with the mid-budget concept was admirable as well.

I completely forgot all the discourse about the permadeath mechanic being a ruse, so I was a bit more cautious than I would have been otherwise. I think deceiving the player about that is the wrong move, but I'm not too worked up about it overall.

Emily is Away Too - achievements

A lot of "Emily's" callbacks to the mid 2000s, and how people behave in high school, are incredibly relatable. Sometimes it's so embarrassing I want to look away, but maybe that's just a "me" thing -- I get the same feeling with the scenes of high school awkwardness in the recent Spider-Man films. In most cases, the slang used definitely doesn't feel like it was back then, but I understand the difficulty in fully replicating the experience as it was different for everyone depending on region. The bands and movie references are pretty on point.

As for the gameplay/story, the auto-typing mechanic is a welcome improvement, although manual typing is better at conveying the feeling of composing difficult messages when things get emotional or hairy. I will say, from my perspective, this game suffers a bit in comparison to the original, in a way a lot of smaller games do when they expand their concept and potentially get too big for their britches. (Spoilers for both Emily games) In my view, a story that always has an unhappy ending can feel better than a story that doesn't, if the happy ending hinges on strict limitations with player choices and dialogue decisions.

Eliza - screenshots

Sorry to bring up a mainstay of Monthly in a Month, but I was running out of time and ideas.

Anyway, the game had some dull points early on, but was overall a pretty engaging and thoughtful visual novel. Some of the philosophical discussion and topical themes Eliza presents, while sometimes a bit too on-the-nose, are surprisingly relatable and universal. It's surprising to see the Zachtronics name on a visual novel, but that aesthetic does shine through in the way the sleek technology and minigames are presented.

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I still am not sure what games I'll play, but I'll definitely try!

Game Achievements Status HB Monthly/Choice
A Short Hike 2 of 8 Beaten April 2019
Overcooked! 2 24 of 54 Beaten December 2020
Path of Giants 14 of 17 Beaten December 2020
Little Misfortune 18 of 35 Beaten November 2020
The Darkside Detective 16 of 30 Beaten January 2019
Tacoma 12 of 12 Completed February 2018

Update #1 (14 December): Beaten Overcooked! 2 campaign, seasonal updates, and DLC Surf 'n' Turf.
Update #2 (18 December): Beaten A Short Hike.
Update #3 (24 December): Beaten Path of Giants.
Update #4 (25 December): Beaten Little Misfortune.
Update #5 (27 December): Beaten The Darkside Detective.
Update #6 (28 December): Completed Tacoma. Challenge completed!

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Edit: Guess time flies and I won't get there^^

Since I probably have more time on my hands than normally it's time to clean my backlog.

I think I'll go for some games from this list:

A Short Hike
Finding Paradise
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Basingstoke
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Darkwood
11-11 Memories Retold
Vampyr

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Game Status Achievements
Yoku's Island Express Finished 30/31
A Short Hike Finished 7/8
Little Misfortune Finished 35/35
MO:Astray Finished 26/26
Wandersong Finished 74/75
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition Finished 14/23
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I finally have enough unplayed games to qualify for participation and Cyberpunk 2077 keeps crashing, so let's do this!

Game Status Bundle
Little Misfortune Beaten Humble Choice November 2020
Smile for Me Beaten Humble Choice November 2020
Still There Beaten Humble Choice December 2020
Indivisible Beaten Humble Choice December 2020
Frog Detective: The Haunted Island Beaten Humble Choice December 2020
Frog Detective 2: The Case of Invisible Wizard Beaten Humble Choice December 2020
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Might be a bit ambitious doing this event and your other one in only a couple of weeks, but considering my post-grad has kept me so busy this semester, I feel like I need to make up for all the time lost. Can't wait until exams are done! c:

Game Bundle Game Status
Chroma Squad December 2015 Monthly Beaten
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard December 2020 Choice Completed
Little Misfortune November 2020 Choice Completed
Still There December 2020 Choice Completed
The Darkside Detective January 2019 Monthly Completed
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game December 2020 Choice Completed
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221 comments in awesome games thread vs 26 here xD
welp, thanks to the option to combine games I'll try both events
Candidates:

Game Achievs Status Humble
Tsioque 24/31 Beaten Nov 2020
Purrfect Date 32/32 Completed Dec 2018
Smile for me 24/24 Completed Nov 2020
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 24/44 Beaten Jan 2018
Path of Giants 17/17 Completed Dec 2020
Youropa 14/14 Completed Nov 2020

edit: thoughts:
HIVESWAP was ok. Interesting setting, but gameplay-wise — a bit boring. You read all descriptions in one area for 5 minutes, then use one object on another, move to another location, repeat. And never come back. But with p'n'cs I value setting above all, so I'll play act 2 someday anyway.
Path of Giants — very good. Solid puzzle game, without any story, though, but it doesn't matter.
Youropa — also very good. Unusual and captivating gameplay. This one I can recommend to all, not only puzzle lovers :)
Purrfect Date — art is excellent, story is good, but you should replay minimum 3 times for true ending, and dev didn't add "skip" button for already read text. It's a real shame that I can't recommend such a cute cat game to all players.
Tsioque & Smile for me are from your other event

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wow a bunch are extra comments but thats still a high number of people joining. just more options to choose from. Almost 50% have said they want it to carry on and I know with polls people will vote even if they never take part

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Playing:

wandersong : beaten
hive swap act 1: beaten
death's gambit: beaten
neon chrome : beaten
mages of mystralia: beaten
underhero: beaten

Thanks again for the event~

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A Short Hike - Finished https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitNDoggie/stats/1055540/achievements/
Crazy Machines 3 - Finished https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitNDoggie/stats/351920/achievements/
Distance - Finished https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitNDoggie/stats/233610/achievements/
Don't Escape 4 Days to Survive - Finished https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitNDoggie/stats/611760/achievements/
Fidel Dungeon Rescue - Not Started
Minit - Finished https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitNDoggie/stats/609490/achievements/

Back Up Choices/For Future Entries
Fran Bow
Frog Detective 1 & 2
Mr. Shifty
Slime Rancher
Zwei: The Arges Adventure

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Welp. I'll try with those. Yes.

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I have no idea why i can't make the table work.

Game Playtime Achievements Month Status
Chasm 18.2 hours 16/20 December 2019 Beaten (Ulak achievement)
She Remembered Caterpillars 3.1 hours 8/13 April 2019 Beaten (Resilient achievement)
The Shapeshifting Detective 5.3 hours 21/21 September 2020 Completed
This War of Mine 59.8 hours 17/55 April 2016 Beaten (Epilogue achievements)
Sleeping Dogs 36.6 hours 46/59 January 2018 Beaten (Big Smiles All Around achievement)
SOMA 11.6 hours 10/10 September 2016 Completed
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I think the ":- | :- | :- | :- | :- | :- " part should be ":- | :-: | :-: | :-: | -: "

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Thanks, it worked.

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Glad to be of help! :)

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