heads up: this games charity bundle was finally approved on itch.io! it opens this friday, april 12th, and will run for a week. all proceeds will go to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
you can check out the bundle on itch.io and follow @vgforpalestine on twitter for more updates!
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EDIT: as of april 20th, 2024 this bundle is now live!!
Logging in to let you all know that the Palestinian Relief Bundle is now officially live after a few delays. You can get games like A Short Hike, Anodyne, Wandersong, Coffee Talk, Zero Ranger, They Bleed Pixels, A Monster's Expedition - and more indies for $8. (Also, my artbook Pocket Goods is there).
Fundraising goal as of writing is $100,000 - let's smash it! Live updates on the bundle are on @vgforpalestine.
The Palestinian Relief bundle is finally live, and a PDF of my manga oneshot, Tattoo to Tomorrow, can be found in it!
It's free to read on my website, but with a simple $8 donation, you could get that AND nearly 400 other games, comics, and TTRPGs! We've already raised $210,000 and we're just a short hop away from the $250,000 goal. The fundraiser ends in about a week so make sure to get it soon!
hi, everyone! i'm writing today to let you all know that if you'd like to help a good cause and get games along with it, the itch.io palestinian relief indie bundle page just went live about an hour ago at time of posting! with a minimum price of $8 for over 350 items and all proceeds going to the palestine children's relief fund, the bundle will be available for purchase from april 12th until april 29th.
i myself have joined the fray with my first game calling card, a short kinetic visual novel in which you play as a supervillain's henchperson tasked with helping out your boss. but that's just one amongst many; there are many other games made by noteworthy creators within the bundle! please consider purchasing it if you're able to and are interested in any of the games included!
robins is now available through the Palestinian Relief Bundle!
my ttrpg hack of songbirds 3e by snow is now available through the Palestinian Relief Bundle - a collection of over 300 games, ttrpgs, and more bundled together to raise funds for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!
its $8 for $1,657 worth of items for a worthy cause - right now, we've surpassed our original goal of $100k are are about $50k away from $250k! check it out now!
this incredible bundle on itch has raised almost $400,000 at time of posting this, with a little over a week left to buy it!
here’s 3 of my favorite games included (with a little bit of detail), if you needed any more reason to get your hands on it:
A Short Hike: I listen to to soundtrack regularly it's phenomenal. This game is critically acclaimed for a reason. the art style is so gorgeous
Wandersong: this is actually one of my favorite games, like, of all time. it does not get enough attention!! it's so heartwarming and beautiful
Underhero: i've never met anybody who has even heard of this game it's criminal. the combat is really polished and the characters have that bizarre indie game charm
If the bundle was just these three games it would be worth it ten-fold, it has SO MUCH. There are a LOT of games that haven't been on previous fundraiser bundles. Enjoy some good games and keep fighting! Keep boycotting! Keep protesting and blockading! We will see the day that palestine is free!
Hello! The Palestinian Relief Bundle looks super cool and I'm delighted to see it up :) That said, is there any direct confirmation through PCRF that this is going through them? Or some other confirmation of legitimacy (maybe through itch.io itself)? I'm sure this is legitimate (can't imagine that many game devs contributing otherwise), but I'd like to boost this in a large server, so I want to be able to answer any questions about it.
Thanks for putting this together. By the looks of it, y'all are already making a big difference, which is awesome.
Sure. Evidence under read more (long post).
The PCRF has an account on itch.io: https://pcrf.itch.io/ When creating a bundle on itch, you can configure how the revenue is split. Here's a screenshot of the bundle's settings on my side where the PCRF's itch.io account is set to 100%.
About direct confirmation: I have been talking back and forth with itch.io's support and a contact from the PCRF via an email chain to setup the bundle, though I don't think I can share that as it may disclose the name / personal details of my contact.
Hope that helps - let me know if you have any more questions.