Unfortunately, it looks like Amanita debuted Botanicula here with several bonuses... and let customers preorder the game on other sites without any warning that there would be a bundle. The people behind GOG.com were given no warning that the game they were selling also be a Humble Bundle.
Amanita is now giving preorder customers Machinarium and an art book, but there was a kerfluffle for a bit there. It's somewhat unfortunate for the Humble folk.
Just got an email that GOG preorders are getting Machinarium, the soundtrack, art book, and a full copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut.
This bundle has a higher average (almost double) than previous bundles. My gut tells me that this is related to the new rule that requires a minimum $5 payment to get the Steam keys. That's an interesting way for the humble folks to get people to pay more but now we're two steps removed from the "pay what you want" model; I wonder what compromise will be next.
No problem at all. I applaud them for finding ways to help increase the amount paid while leaving it open as "pay what you want". Both changes have increased the amount paid without while leaving folks free to pay one cent if they really want.
Point and click adventures, it looks awesome, went and got it right away. Machinarium I've already known and enjoyed a lot.
One weird thing, though Botanicula seems to be made with Adobe Air - which is no longer supported on Linux (according to http://get.adobe.com/air/ checked from this current Ubuntu I'm using)... Bummer, got to see whether the unsupported Air versions work still.
I would like to point out, however, that because it is Flash it saves your game state in an LFO. The datastore it uses is the same as Firefox, so if you clear your LFO cookies out of FF you'll delete your Machinarium saved game data.
Amanita is now giving preorder customers Machinarium and an art book, but there was a kerfluffle for a bit there. It's somewhat unfortunate for the Humble folk.