[FREE] The Tiny Bang Story

You are absolutely right. I used the app id instead of sub id.
I noticed it as well a few minutes ago but was still checking SteamDB for the right one ;)

It's OK to run a discount on different stores at different times as long as you plan to give a comparable offer to Steam customers within a reasonable amount of time.

Occasionally it may make sense to offer your game in a bundle or subscription, timed at the right point in a game's life cycle. Keep in mind that the perceived price in the bundle/subscription should be a price you are willing to run the game at a standalone price or discount on Steam. For example, 10 games in a bundle that costs $5 USD may have a perceived price of $.50 per game. Similarly, 10 games for $10 through a subscription this month may have a perceived price of $1 each.

Steam keys shouldn't be given away for free if you aren't also offering the same deal (i.e., give the game away for free) to Steam customers. If you want to run a giveaway on Steam, please reach out to us at Steampublish@valvesoftware.com

Steam keys shouldn't be sold in bulk. For example, you should not sell your game on sites that offer customers the option to purchase large numbers of copies of your game for a lower price. You should also not include your game in bundles on sites that allow customers to purchase multiple copies of the bundle for a lower price.

I'm honestly surprised we're still seeing bundles and freebies (of decent games) following the introduction of the above policies. They're extremely heavy-handed and controlling. They wouldn't even necessarily be out of place if Steam didn't control such an oppressive share of the market but, as-is, Valve seems intent on choking out other retailers and sale options.

I think the wording may be crucial here. If the dev/pub didn't run the giveaway but instead they sold a batch of keys to HB and they ran the giveaway, I don't think they will be obligated to give the game for free on steam. Converse interpretation would mean that every game given away on SG should be free on steam in the near future.

I really dig your username :)

Big reminder that it's not your business what somebody else does with his property, exactly the same how Bill Gates can use his latest lamborghini car worth $10M for frying eggs during summer. If anything, people actually contribute to the game industry by buying games, and whether they play them or not, it doesn't matter at all to anybody but the player himself. There are games worth playing, and there are also games not worth a binary 1 for being assigned to your account - in both of these cases it's the user who decides what to do with this, and not a general view of what he's supposed to be doing.

If somebody wants to play it, he'll play it. If somebody wants +1 then he'll get +1. If somebody wants to get 10 cents from cards then he'll get 10 cents from trading cards, and if somebody doesn't care at all then he won't do anything, or add the game regardless with some other intention. That's his game, his account and his choice, regardless how much you hate it.

Just wait until people appear who tell you that they decide what they do with their backlog and you should not tell them what to do, straigh before they try to enter your giveaway. Then they will get upset for being blacklisted because they have the right to enter everything, even if you want to close out the hoarders who never play :D true story

I was in you exact situation. Wanted this game the most. I went to bed after completing the task but did not reveal the code. Next day it says it is out. I was going to write into Humble today about it, guess I do not need to :) Though I am also interested in Braveland but Tiny Bang had been on my wishing list for a long time.
Cheers, Cruse~