I was wondering whether buying The Meeting would include purchasing future episodes. Or will those be sold separately?

I was definitely thinking of demos for games that weren't out yet!

I wouldn't mind a Itch.io Recommends that focused on demos. There are so many games these days, it can be hard to even know which ones you want to sample for free.

From what I could see while playing, the mental health professionals aren't all that helpful, but going to the clinic will give you the option to go to the grave if you give the right answers. And I found the conversation with the coworker, which for me ended with them offering to visit the grave with me and saying we should talk more, was a good way to show the benefits of reaching out.

Oops, I'd always assumed the Fresh Games were whatever was newly released! I did presume the Featured section was curated by hand, though. A robot wouldn't have such excellent taste.

It'd be fun to see people try this in a group, maybe at a booth or something!

Happy fifth anniversary!

To add to Leafo's answer, you can check at the bottom of a game's page whether or not it comes with a key. It'll say something like, "In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $0.00 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key."

Thanks for the response! I'll probably get the bundle regardless. Like I said, my copy of Hustle Cat was bought directly on Steam. If you did add a feature, it would be great if it gave you the gifting option upon purchase, rather than only checking if the buyer has the game on Itch already.

Love this! I already have a copy of Hustle Cat on Steam, though...is there any way to send bundle games to a friend as a gift, like you can when you purchase something on its own?

Cuuute. Lovely way to capture a silly, awkward moment.

I enjoyed poking about in this quite a bit!

I really love the idea of a handpicked bundle like this. Itch has so many interesting games, I can't wait to see which ones are picked to be featured!

I've tried using the app, I get the "errors.errorString Giving up, getting too many renewals...." message Darkstone mentioned.

It might be a different error, then. The specific message I'm getting in my browser (on Automata Empire, which I picked at random):

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Error>
<Code>SignatureDoesNotMatch</Code>
<Message>
The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your Google secret key and signing method.
</Message>
<StringToSign>GET 1505441309 /itchio/upload2/game/59781/288466</StringToSign>
</Error>

I'm also having this problem, with nearly every game I've tried to download. That makes it seem like it's a problem with the site, not the games.

Thank you! I'll definitely check out Localhost.