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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.
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Wholesome Direct - A showcase of over fifty "cute and cozy" indie games
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Umurangi Generation - Launch trailer
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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
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Indie Megabooth - Going away (for now) Steam sale
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Indie GameDev provides an interesting insight of how their seemingly popular game performed poorly on launch
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Industries of Titan | Early Access announcement trailer (Epic Games Store, April 14)
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2020 Independent Games Festival winners announced - A Short Hike wins Grand Prize
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Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - March 17, 2020
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Yacht Club Games Presents - February 26, 2020
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Spiritfarer | Gameplay teaser
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Hue Jumper - This entire game fits in a 2048 byte zip file! Made for 2kPlus Jam
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LUNA The Shadow Dust | Launch trailer
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Stardew Valley developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone shares first details on two new games
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Kunai | Release trailer
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The closing walls around China’s independent game developers
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Indie Games and Developers
This year I wanted to make a point to support and follow more indie game developers. I thought I'd post this topic to spread some love. Let's share indie game projects and developers that we are...
This year I wanted to make a point to support and follow more indie game developers. I thought I'd post this topic to spread some love. Let's share indie game projects and developers that we are currently following to help them get some more exposure. Here are a few from my end:
Pizza Tower:
https://pizzatowerguy.itch.io/
The demo feels so good to play. Controls are really tight and art/animation is really charming albeit eye-straining on higher resolution.
Guinea Pig Parkour:
https://twitter.com/GPigParkour
This game is not as far along as Pizza Tower, but the game-play footage looks superb. Seems like a taxing process considering the level of polish being demonstrated. Looking through GPigParkour's twitter, apparently this is something that they have been working on since 2016.Headcannon (Stealth):
http://www.headcannon.com/vertebreaker.html
You probably know Headcannon as the development team behind Sonic Mania. Despite the amazing job they did on Sonic Mania they don't receive much of anything for their hard work. The only pay from Sega that they received was the commission to create Sonic Mania and don't receive any revenue from sales. A recent kickstarter for the game Vertebreaker had be be cancelled because they were unable to raise enough funds for it. The founder and head of Headcannon Stealth goes into detail about this in the linked video. I highly recommend you check them out and donate to their Patreon if you can. They certainly have the talent and know how to create some cool ass games.
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Indie game VVVVVV's source code is now public
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Finalists announced for 2020 Independent Games Festival awards
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Meditation Games: a launcher that has a different small game for each day of the year
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The making of Outer Wilds
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Amid accusations of harassment and bad business practices, Ben Judd has resigned or been removed from his positions as CEO of Dangen, VP of DDM Japan, and more
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Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - December 10, 2019
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Zachtronics just announced and released a new game in Early Access: MOLEK-SYNTEZ
@zachtronics: Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment. NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM! https://t.co/nSk1BVAKg8
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Braid and the beauty of not wasting time
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Edmund McMillen explores the development of Bum-bo
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The stairstep approach to indie game marketing
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Mini Motorways: Build roads, grow cities, fight gridlock
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JS13k Results Are Out! - Small JavaScript games playable in browser + source code
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Online indie games on Steam are slowly bleeding due to revenge/burnout reviews
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ID@Xbox Game Pass - Indie Showcase - Fall 2019
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Making Them's Fightin' Herds: The story of Mane6 and what goes into making an indie fighting game
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Analysis of PC game sales on Steam in 2019, by Mike Rose (founder of publisher No More Robots)
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Intimate documentary on Mekorama creator highlights the joys and frustrations of mobile game development
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As game budgets balloon, indie devs learn to work smarter - The creators behind Outer Wilds, Observation, and Void Bastards on getting more for less
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Wilmot's Warehouse - Launch Trailer
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Yacht Club Games Presents
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Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - August 19, 2019
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Just finished making a 64x64 pixel synthwave game for lowrez jam. (Play in Browser)
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Andrew Crawshaw, former lead designer at The Chinese Room, on growing the industry with "evening-size games" and redefining success
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Dicey Dungeons, the next game from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV) will release on August 13
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After a year of discoverability and communication missteps by Valve, indie devs are cautious about Steam Labs and their future visibility on Steam
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Summer Catchers | Release trailer
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Playdate, the most exciting device in indie gaming, is also the most depressing: The recently announced system shows that indie games can be just as myopic and male-centered as the medium’s mainstream
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In 'Don't Wake The Night', You Have The Power Of A God Without The Omniscience
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Playdate. A new handheld gaming system.
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Assault Android Cactus - Major "Assault Android Cactus+" update and 50% off sale before price increase
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World of Goo update, ten years later
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