Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid on itch.io

henke on 6/6/2021 at 18:05

A huge bundle for a good cause! $5 (or more) for 1019 items, 673 of which are games. The rest are soundtracks, assets, books, tools, etc. All proceeds go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and they're already halfway to reaching their goal!

(https://itch.io/b/902/indie-bundle-for-palestinian-aid) Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid

I spotted a few of my old itch.io faves in here, let me recommend you some GAMES!

(https://machineboy.itch.io/milkmaid-of-the-milky-way) Milkmaid of the Milky Way - I was just posting about this in the megathread the other week! Great lil adventure game with a compelling story and intuitive puzzles.

(https://whilefun.itch.io/beppos-hole-in-one-golf) Beppo's Hole In One Golf - This is a game I play through pretty much every time I open the itch app and see it. I love the golfing gameplay (it's pretty much identical to Golf Story's) and the MS-DOS aesthetic is like a warm blanket of nostalgia.

(https://managore.itch.io/sandstorm) Sandstorm - this game by itchio-superstar Daniel Linssen was the first game I ever bought on itch. It's a game where you navigate through the desert and try not to get lost in a sandstorm. No Darude soundtrack sadly.

(https://futureproofgames.itch.io/majesty-of-colors) The Majesty of Colors - you play some kinda eldritch sea horror that just wants to check out what's happening on the surface. It's really something.

I've also been digging through the bundle looking for diamonds on the rough. Played 16 games and found 2 I liked so much I've already finished them.

(https://mrkdji.itch.io/starboy) Starboy - I'm a muthafuckin staaarboi! Hrmp... sorry, had to get it out of my system. This is a very slick 1-bit platformer with some cool new twists I hadn't seen before. Liked it a lot!

(https://draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman) A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build - I know RPS loves this game but I wasn't interested enough to actually buy it. Turns out it IS great! Also relatively short. 1,5h maybe? Most of the puzzles took me maybe 5-10 min but the last one was a real killer, had me stumped for half an hour. Excellent puzzle game, I've added the follow-up "Monster's Expedition" to my Steam wishlist.

For those of you who've picked up the bundle already, I wanna hear your thoughts on the games! Those of you who haven't gotten it, do so, do a good deed, and experience the magic... of Beppo's Hole In One Golf.

EvaUnit02 on 7/6/2021 at 04:34

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All proceeds go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and they're already halfway to reaching their goal!

Big Yikes! The UN has a history of covering up sex trafficking and rapes committed by their peacekeepers, including those of children.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6sWiv9hws)
(https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/11/1024972) - (https://archive.ph/tqt08)
(https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/announcement/frontline-uncovers-new-cases-of-sex-abuse-by-united-nations-peacekeepers/) - (https://archive.ph/jbUvr)
(https://www.peacewomen.org/resource/bolkovac-un-tries-cover-peacekeeper-sex-abuse-scandal) - (https://archive.ph/U4yLq)
(https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6005135/amp/United-Nations-failed-sex-abuse-victims-peacekeepers.html) - (https://archive.ph/7XNEy)
(https://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2016/04/un-caught-yet-another-child-trafficking.html) - (https://archive.ph/McodC)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XGaw9R-PM0)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_zLY2AI8DM)

henke on 7/6/2021 at 05:52

That sucks. :( Yet I believe the organizers of the bundle took care in picking which organization to donate to. The UN, despite the skeletons in their closet, are probably the ones best equipped to help.

Yakoob on 7/6/2021 at 06:15

I participated in the previous big Racial Justice Itch bundle with two of our games, and when I tried to email them with some questions about it, they never replied to me even after follow ups.

(This was not the first time when I failed to get a response from itch as a developer on their platform)

This made me a bit weary about working with Itch or participating in their charity bundles.

Starker on 7/6/2021 at 09:16

Among the ones that weren't already in the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, Mini Metro and VVVVVV stand out. Also, looks like Baba is You has been submitted, so it'll probably be added later.

henke on 11/6/2021 at 08:10

This bundle is only available for 1 more day!

Also a pile of new games will be added soon, including:
Baba Is You
Tonight We Riot
Celeste
Towerfall + DLC
Sundered
Jotun
Beacon
Forma8
Tamashii
Polyroll
FJORDS
Depth Of Extinction
Clash Force

I haven't really gotten back to digging through the games this week. I mostly just played Pixcross, by Kenney (he of the free game assets), and Cosmic Express, by the A Good Snowman is Hard to Build folks. The latter is fun and had me engaged for a while, but it's not quite as focused or good as Snowman.

Nameless Voice on 11/6/2021 at 10:47

I had been meaning to pick up Baba Is You at some point, so getting that by donating to charity? Sign me up!

Jashin on 12/6/2021 at 19:29

Missed the bundle :mad:

Thought I had lotta time.

Tomi on 12/6/2021 at 19:50

Sorry to hear that! I would have missed it too without henke's reminder.