This weekend, indie-centric storefront Itch.io kicked off their huge Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality. Pulling collectively a group of 749 (and counting) indie darlings, interest tasks and unsung curiosities for a meagre $5, Itch’s huge bundle has presently raised properly over $400,000 for authorized defence funds throughout the United States – and there’s no signal of slowing down anytime quickly.
The mega-bundle follows numerous initiatives on Itch raised in assist of continued protests as a part of the Black Lives Matter motion, within the face of disproportionate police violence in opposition to black communities.
We reached out to our group and an unprecedented variety of creators donated over 740 tasks to be a part of what we consider is the most important bundle ever.
The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is now obtainable #BlackLivesMatterhttps://t.co/JCCnqMF6yz
— itch.io (@itchio) June 6, 2020
Right now, the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is providing 749 games from over 565 creators, with 185 extra are set to be added tomorrow. All funds raised by the bundle will probably be break up 50/50 between the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund, offering monetary assist throughout continued protests and political motion throughout the US.
With so many games from so many creators, the bundle additionally acts as a broad snapshot of all the things the Itch scene has to supply. Indie favourites like Minit, A Short Hike and Night In The Woods sit nestled subsequent to Extreme Meatpunks Forever, Eat Girl, and that gosh dang Desktop Goose. There are even a number of pen-and-paper games littered in there, together with sensible mud ‘n’ lasers mech romp Lancer.
It would take weeks, months even, to dig into all the things on present right here (and also you’ll forgive me for not tagging each single one under this submit). Admittedly, the thought of flooding your game library with 749 new games additionally sounds barely insufferable. To that finish, Itch creator Leaf Corcoran notes that you just’ll have the ability to decide and select what will get added to your library.
“When you buy the bundle, 740+ games will not flood your library,” Corcoran explains. “You can pick what items you want from your purchase receipt page to be put in your library at any time.”
Itch’s bundle follows Contigo Games’ Black Lives Matter Bundle, which at time of writing has raised simply shy of $65,000 for Black Lives Matter and the National Bail Fund Network with its personal assortment of 20 games. They’re hardly alone, both, with the BLM Bundle organisers compiling a list of charity bundles currently running on Itch.
The Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality will stay reside till June 16th. To get you began, Itch have put together their own personal selections from the bunch.
