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4 votes
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Lykke Li – Bron (2020)
5 votes -
Gorillaz - The Pink Phantom ft. Elton John & 6LACK (2020)
6 votes -
Youth Sector - Renting Spaces In My World (2019)
2 votes -
The Big Moon - Your Light (2020)
3 votes -
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension (2020)
9 votes -
Michael Guy Bowman - Underneath It All (2012)
3 votes -
The Beths - You Are a Beam of Light (2020)
4 votes -
Skyway Man - Did Ya Know Him (2020)
3 votes -
Influential indie studio Vlambeer is shutting down after a decade. ULTRABUGS will still release eventually, and will be the studio's final game
14 votes -
The Oh Hellos - Boreas (2020)
4 votes -
Bill Wurtz - Outside (2017)
6 votes -
San Fermin - Jackrabbit (2015)
6 votes -
The storefront conundrum - thoughts about where to sell a text-based indie game
4 votes -
Eastshade postmortem - A look back at the five-year development of the open-world adventure where you play as a traveling artist
9 votes -
Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - August 18, 2020
8 votes -
Spiritfarer | Launch trailer
7 votes -
Stand High Patrol - Our Own Way (2020)
4 votes -
Tiny Teams festival - Sales, demos, and streams for games made by small indie teams (mostly 1-3 people)
5 votes -
Braid, Anniversary Edition - Entire game re-painted in more detail, upgraded sound and music, with extensive developer commentary. Coming in early 2021.
11 votes -
The Perennials - On Our Way (2017)
3 votes -
ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest demo event showcases 70+ games
3 votes -
Devolver Direct 2020
7 votes -
Skott – My Name (2020)
4 votes -
Sufjan Stevens - America (2020)
5 votes -
Black Sheep Brass Band - We Are Sheep (2020)
5 votes -
The Go! Team - Semicircle song (2018)
5 votes -
Unsubscribe: The $0-budget movie that ‘topped the US box office’
19 votes -
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Uncomfortable (2016)
4 votes -
Let's do a deep dive into the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality together!
The Bundle itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a collection of indie media content offered up as a fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail...
The Bundle
itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a collection of indie media content offered up as a fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund. The minimum purchase is $5 which gains you access to 1637 items from 1304 different creators. The bundle has raised over $5 million dollars so far and is a genuinely incredible show of support and solidarity from the gaming community for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Here is the previous Tildes topic about it, here is a subreddit for it, and here is a community spreadsheet cataloging its contents.
The Content
The bundle is primarily video games, but it also has tabletop games, game assets, books, music, and tools. It is an intimidatingly large amount of content, and much attention has been called to some of the collection's highlights and standout titles: 1 2 3 4 (if you find other lists, let me know and I'll link them here).
I'm thinking it would be neat for us on Tildes to explore and highlight some of its less well-known content. The people who have made their creations available in this bundle have done so generously and in support of a great cause, so this is a way that we can show some appreciation for them by bringing some attention to their work. It is also possible to re-purchase games that you already own on itch.io and add tips to that purchase, so you can also monetarily support any devs you choose should you feel inclined to do so.
The Event
Using whatever selection methods or criteria you like, dive into an item/multiple items from the bundle and then report back here about it. There is a handy website that lets you filter the whole set of items, and it also has a very useful "pick a game" button that selects a game at random from the batch.
However you choose something, let us know what you've chosen, what it was, what your experience was like with it, and whether or not you recommend it. Format your entries however you like but please Bold the Titles of Items so people can scan the thread more easily!
Feel free to submit multiple entries to the topic as you explore the bundle. I'm thinking that with a few of us doing this over a couple of days, we can cover a lot of ground and surface some interesting and easily overlooked content.
Our Selections
I'll keep a table of the highly recommended things we surface here. To select something to be included here, mention in your writeup that it qualifies for "Tildes' Choice" status, and I'll add it to the list!
Title Creator Type Recommender Us Lovely Corpses d Marie Visual novel kfwyre Cardinal Chains Daniel Nora Pure puzzle game kfwyre 25 votes -
Let's give some love to indies! What's your favourite indie game?
Personally, my favourite indie recently has been Katana Zero, the action in that game is so fluid and fun.
19 votes -
Wholesome Direct - A showcase of over fifty "cute and cozy" indie games
5 votes -
Umurangi Generation - Launch trailer
6 votes -
ZUTOMAYO - Study Me (2020)
5 votes -
Digital Dragons Indie Celebration - A Steam event from May 13-15 with dozens of demos, streams, and a collection of games hand-picked by the Digital Dragons jury
7 votes -
Greta Stanley - When January Comes (2017)
5 votes -
Indie Megabooth - Going away (for now) Steam sale
8 votes -
Indie GameDev provides an interesting insight of how their seemingly popular game performed poorly on launch
13 votes -
The Marías - Ruthless (2018)
4 votes -
The Lumineers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2020)
4 votes -
ssshhhiiittt! - Танцы (2019)
4 votes -
Documentaries as advertising: Corporate interests turn to indie docs for influence; audiences in the dark
7 votes -
Industries of Titan | Early Access announcement trailer (Epic Games Store, April 14)
6 votes -
2020 Independent Games Festival winners announced - A Short Hike wins Grand Prize
5 votes -
Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - March 17, 2020
5 votes -
Alligatoah - Willst Du [Mit Mir Drogen Nehmen?] (Wanna [Do Drugs With Me?]) (2013)
6 votes -
Yacht Club Games Presents - February 26, 2020
4 votes -
Spiritfarer | Gameplay teaser
6 votes -
Gotye - Easy Way Out (2012)
6 votes -
Hue Jumper - This entire game fits in a 2048 byte zip file! Made for 2kPlus Jam
19 votes