There are many charitable initiatives o solidarity and also those of tech guerrillas who in these hours are trying to raise funds to help the Ukrainian population a face the Russian invasion.
Among these there is one in which all video game and role-playing enthusiasts can participate, receiving in exchange many products of the highest level: we are talking about the Bundle for Ukraine organized by Necrosoft Games on the popular distribution and development platform itch.io, one of the most used online stores for those who love indie productions and beyond mainstream titles. It is not the first time that itch.io has been used for initiatives of this type: the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, born on the wave of the Black Lives Matter movementraised more than $ 8 million.
Thanks to this initiative it will be possible to donate funds to two associations: International Medical Corpswhich is responsible for providing medical assistance to the population affected by the fighting, e Voices of Children, a Ukrainian organization that helps children manage and overcome post-traumatic shock and organize the reopening of schools and the organization of activities in shelters. The donated amount will be split exactly in half between the two organizations.
The minimum donation is $ 10 and in return products are obtained for an estimated total of $ 6500; the goal set by the organizers for the collection is 4 million dollars (at the time of writing, more than half has already been raised).
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What’s in the Bundle for Ukraine
In the list of what can be achieved by deciding to participate there are very interesting video games such as SkateBIRD, Superhot, Celeste, 2064: Read Only Memory, Bury me my Love, Baba is you, A Short Hike and many more, not counting pages and pages of material for those who love RPGsespecially the old school ones, the soundtracks dedicated to those who want musical accompaniment for game sessions, assets for those who want to try their hand at developing video games and others programs useful.
All material will be given without any kind of anti-piracy protection system nor will it be linked to specific platforms and will be downloadable directly from itch.io.
The organizers of the initiative wanted to specify that, given the very low admission price, they hope that people will be tempted to give something more. And in fact, given the offer, it’s hard not to feel guilty about donating just $ 10.