30 SEPTEMBER EDIT:

Ok, I finally finished sending all the keys, and added everyone who won a gift copy. So maybe accept if you want to get your game... :)

IF YOU GET A BAD KEY, TELL ME! :)

Seriously, a lot of these games were from dodgy developers, the sort of people who revoke unused keys on a whim, just because they can... What to do? Well, if you get a bad key, tell me and I'll send you some of my spares... If none of those work, I'll buy it from the Steam store. Yay.

DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL GET YOUR SHOVELWARE! :)

So this ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ was a huge pile of bundle leftovers, with some non-bundle games hiding behind mazes or puzzles or whatever. Now, purely by accident some of those bundle leftovers were actually good games, but most were, umm, not. It was the sort of stuff I'd use in other puzzles for key dumps that hide messages. This time, they became a bunch of giveaways instead. No special reason.

To save time:

TUTORIAL, IN THE CAR PARK OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 4 bundle leftovers.

TUTORIAL, IN THE QUEUE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - super ultra removed game! Woohoo! :)

TUTORIAL, IN THE QUEUE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - first itstoohard puzzle!

THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 8x8 = 64 bundle leftovers.

LEAVING THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Call of Cthulhu® preorder! Woohoo! :)

LEAVING THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - second itstoohard puzzle!

ASCENDING IN THE ELEVATOR OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Assassin's Creed® Odyssey preorder! Woohoo! :)

THE WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 17x17 = 289 bundle leftovers.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - third itstoohard puzzle!

AT THE BREAK ROOM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Metro Exodus preorder! Woohoo! :)

INSIDE THE SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 24x24 = 576 bundle leftovers.

Also some boobie games in a pity wormhole, because I felt sorry for all those boobie hounds:

ChronoClock! Dunno what it is, but Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Club Naughty! It's garbage! And Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Fate/EXTELLA! No idea what it is, but Boobies?!?! Hopefully! Woohoo! :)

Foto Flash! No clue what this is either, but Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Hentai University! It looks like a pile of crap! And Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Ladykiller in a Bind! It's awesome! And Christmas Sweaters Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Porno Studio Tycoon! I ain't paying 20 bucks to find out, but probably Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Treasure Hunter Claire! Over 50 people entered, but nobody said a word! Probably because everyone hates RPGMaker but loves Boobies! Woohoo! :)

Back to the puzzle:

So very close to the ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, NORMAL END - fourth itstoohard puzzle!

THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, NORMAL END - Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - preorder! Woohoo! :)

THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, BRIEF INTERLUDE - final itstoohard puzzle!

THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, TRUE END, starting with

DARK SOULS™: Can't Purchase This™ Edition - My last gift copy! Woohoo! :)

Passing through some other things, some great, some good, some ok, some ehh, I dunno... Spoiler: games I won on Steamgifts.

And finally, one more chance for:

Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - preorder! Yes, another one! Because I don't care about Total War, and you can't buy Cyberpunk 2077 yet! Woohoo! :)

Lazy puzzle explanation:

The giveaways are arranged in a square, two boring areas and two mazes. You walk north, south, east or west, making a map and looking for the exit.

Additionally, in some of the areas you see an extra thing. When you have walked through the entire area you should notice they are all the same sort of thing, part of a set, but one is missing. The first four itstoohard puzzles are "Here are a bunch of things, with one missing. What is the missing thing?"

Spoiler: the maps were important, not only to avoid getting lost, but also to mark the location of the "extra things" for the final part of the puzzle.

So, because I'm lazy, here's the solution links:

A 2x2 square, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/cVkdZYdA/7RmCTKtD

A 8x8 square maze http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/h7EAeXNT/VLaDcshb

A 17x17 square, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/NS2454GN/LkQIEWeg

A 24x24 square maze, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/gDnG4CMu/MLoPF4zt

Finally you reached the last itstoohard puzzle, where you had to look at your maps. If you made a note on your maps every time you found an "extra thing" you probably noticed they were pixels, drawing something. If you didn't do that, you were screwed, sorry!

By the way, the last time I did one of these it was a bit difficult to read, so this one was in a different font "Shaston 8" which was also difficult to read, but hopefully not as difficult... :)

The final puzzle, drawing dots on your maps, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/R22Aq9Ky/i31WVkHg

I should probably say this was fun, but it turns out making 1000 giveaways is a massive pain. And giveaway mazes really suck. :) So let's just pretend we had a great time, ok? :)

Thank you for playing, everyone! :)

Original message:

Road trip, woohoo! To visit the ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™. It's sure to be fun. What's inside? I dunno.

Oh, right, I do know. It's a steaming pile of bundle leftovers. And some dumb puzzle crap, hiding who knows what?

It's hardly worth the trouble, but if you insist... Bring along some of this, this, and maybe even one of these.

And seriously, everyone: MAKE A MAP. Just ask any of the people who didn't make a map, and had to walk through the whole thing all over again...

ENTER HERE.