IndieGameStand: Could the end be near??

I pretty much stopped caring after they sold the site. From some great 1$ deals to mediocre games with "PWYW" starting at 2.5$ or even higher.. it went from "Hmm, perhaps the next 1$ deal will interest me" to "Here's a game on sale disguised as pay what you want deal".

Not looking good, I agree. Rather like the PWYW deal there on occasion so kind of sad to see it go (if that is indeed the case)

Yup. I have the annual package, and barely got anything out of it.
I've missed two games going into my wallet. The second one did not get any response from support.
I also have a few codes I haven't redeemed yet.

Probably can't get a refund through PayPal, right?

I used to get the PWYW deals pretty religiously, and bought a lot of stuff on sale. I bought Rebuild 3 there, and when I tried to get the Steam key from my library, it said "no keys left" or something like that. I contacted support 4 times with no reply, opened 3 threads on the forums, and finally, like 2 months later, initiated a chargeback. They contested the chargeback on Paypal saying I got my key, which I didn't. Never went back. My library there has something like 200 games, on my main account. Really pissed me off.

Been seeing the site down the last few days and just came here to make a thread asking what's up if no else had. Yeah, when it eventually comes back online, if it ever does, I'm getting my drm-free downloads and redeeming all the keys. Going to keep looking out for it and will hopefully be able to do that soon...

Also, man, I found out about it just after they stopped having really good deals. Some of the ones from the beginning of the PWYW deal were amazing. Still got some decent ones, but it has been mostly meh for the past year.

Oh. Didn't even know there's new owners on the board! That explains the lack of interesting deals then... I've been wondering what was up with IGS..

Yeah they changed hands a little less than a year ago (I think july 2016)

Oh, damn... Let's hope they will be back soon since they have that maintenance announcement...

I see sad Desura parallels..

I've sent a ticket to support via their support system. Feel free to do the same, especially if you are are an Elite subscriber.

i never heard about the sale but i got burned by them a few times when they sold more copies than they had keys for so i haven't bought anything from them in a long time

I have a bunch of DRM-free games and unredeemed keys on there. I really hope the site comes back online.

Good news, everyone! (I think)

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out. We do not have any estimated time of repair but rest assured we are doing our best to get the site back up as soon as possible. We haven't had maintenance in a while now and we are also fixing almost all issues that were reported to us. We will address all issues including your Elite subscription once the site is back up and running. We'll keep you posted. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this caused you. Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
IGS
Customer Support

Actually it's already dead for long time. They don't have good deals anymore, so not different than dead for me.

Thank you for the notice, this is a good reminder to back up some of my DRM-free purchases from there which I hadn't gotten around to yet.

It's a shame that the new ownership couldn't quite keep up the same spirit that was the old IGS. I enjoyed that shopfront quite a bit back when the PWYW deals were more enticing... there catalog was kind of a nice halfway point between the extreme (sometimes too strict) curation of GOG and the "anything goes" mentality of Desura/itch.io.

The first indicators I had of IGS' descent were:

1. When the previously unbundled PWYW deals started to get bundled not that long after being featured there
2. When the PWYW deals started to have minimums that were more than $1
3. When the PWYW deals started to contain more and more previously bundled games

IGS used to be a place that would highlight lots of hidden indie gems that people had yet to really discover, but at some point, they started to turn away from that.

Ever since those things started happening, some of which was long before the transfer to new ownership, I started to back off.

Since then, the ony thing I use IGS for, is to grab DRM-free games as demos for $0.25, before buying them on Steam.

Thanks for the heads up. Seems like I need to activate my keys and download my DRM-free games. I'm a shameless hoarder of unused games, but I'd still be a little bit sad if they all just disappeared.

Edit: Looks like a certificate problem and the web page doesn't show at all.

It's back online. A good day to get your backups ;)

Yes, thanks for the tip. I really wish them well, but in the meantime I grabbed all of my Steam keys, just in case.

I don't say I forgot about them lately, but they just disappeared from my radar since a few months, mostly because the previous "interesting/weird games for cheap" turned into games discounted like on a sale...

Am I the only one who can't login?

The old owners were good. They offered me compensations when I had my Paypal blocked for dunno what reason. =\

I'd miss the old site.

Interesting... I had no idea it was sold. No wonder it has changed so much from what it used to be.
I just tried to download my games and it didn't work. When I click the download button the favicon on the tab blinks like as if it's doing something but then no download is started. Anyone else having this problem?

Looks like somebody fixed the right-hand sidebar where the PWYW error has been for a while. It now has some featured games listed, and a newsletter signup, although the PWYW box is gone (the newsletter dialogue does mention PWYW deals, though, so maybe a good idea to signup if you're not already).

Most of the download links still aren't working in my game wallet. Download boxes for soundtrack files pop up when clicked, although I haven't tested those links. But it appears somebody is still doing some kind of work on the site, at least.

This is actually EXTREMELY DISTURBING. I don't know how, but I found myself logged in with SOMEONE ELSE'S account. I can see his email and his personal information. It looks like a cookies issue (I logged with my own account about a week ago probably).

http://imgur.com/a/419KM

If you have any personal data (and if you can access it), REMOVE IT.

Also, please confirm if it is a common problem, I considered making a PSA but I'm not sure if it is just me.