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We've seen some indie games like World of Goo and other try out a "pay what you want" business model as a temporary sale. It's been highly successful for those brief periods. However another indie game developer is trying out a similar move for one of its game in a somewhat different way.

Developer Radical Poesis has decided to set up its indie tower defense game Immortal Defense as a "pay what you want" title (with a $1.75 minimal payment to cover various fees). As the developer states on its web site, "This is not a sale, but a test of using this model as a permanent price." While the developer adds that it could go back to a fixed price, "we do like this model and hope that it can work as the standard price for indie games." Immortal Defense itself is a game with 150 levels, a level editor and no DRM set up. The developers also use a portion of the game's sales for Kiva, "a microfinance site which lends money to people and personal businesses in developing nations."

[Via Blue's News]

In order to celebrate his birthday, the developer of Immortal Defense has announced that it will be available through October 4th (this Sunday) for the low price of $3. All you have to do is order the game and, at the payment prompt for BMT Micro, enter the code BMCN000H7 in the coupon/discount area. You will then receive a download link through email. Ordering is done through the site, and if you want to try before you buy, there is also a demo that includes a full third of the game's levels for you.

For those that have no idea what Immortal Defense is, it is an independent tower defense game. It combines unique gameplay through the different towers and the player cursor with a truly affecting and disturbing story. We mean it. This game might give you nightmares, but the depth of its meaning definitely makes it worth playing. There's a reason we included it in our list of the best indie games to buy in holiday 2008, after all.