Game store itch.io has setup a big mixed bundle of all sorts to support 'Racial Justice and Equality' and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it.
This might be the biggest bundle ever, with over 700 items included and a minimum donation amount of only $5. It's a ridiculously good deal and for a charitable cause, with all proceeds being split 50/50 between NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund.
As the bundle page states:
We live in a time of racial injustice, inequality, and police brutality against black people. We hope that everyone takes a stand in any way that they can. We’ve partnered with creators from all across our platform to support organizations that are working directly with those affected.
The bundle quickly smashed through $200K and it's now set a new goal at $500K, given the support it has received I would be surprised if it didn't smash that too. Even more projects are going to be added to the bundle, as the itch founder mentioned on Twitter to expect another 185 projects to be added.
I've had a little look over and it's full of great things. There's quite a few wonderful Linux games included like:
- A Short Hike
- Airships: Conquer the Skies
- Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
- Democratic Socialism Simulator
- Gladiabots
- Haque
- MidBoss
- Minit
- Overland
- Shipwreck
- Super Hexagon
- Tonight We Riot
- Verdant Skies
- + A great many more
There's also game assets from Kenney, plenty of smaller experimental games, the DragonRuby Game Toolkit from game porter and SDL2 software developer Ryan "Icculus" Gordon and game dev Amir Rajan and the list of included bits goes on for hundreds more. It's an incredible deal.
If you do buy it, the bundle will not instantly add everything to your itch library. Instead, you're given a page where you can select from it so that it doesn't overload you.
See the full charity bundle here where it will be open for another 10 days.
Also remember that itch has an open source client that comes in handy.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: dpanterA bit bummed that the bundle lacks integration with the itch.io client. :/
Yeah, it's not ideal. But if you go through your download page, hit the "Download" button for the games you like the look of, but then close the web page (don't actually download anything), you'll find your games listed in the client the next time you restart it. Then you can use the client to do the actual install/launch piece.
Quoting: dpanterA bit bummed that the bundle lacks integration with the itch.io client. :/
I got around this but adding the games I wanted to my collection and it will show up under owned games making it easy to install.
Doc Angelo Jun 7, 2020
Quoting: Doc AngeloHm... can you buy games again if you already have them in your library? If I want to buy it as a gift again, can I send the code to myself and send the code to whoever wants it? I would buy this bundle for $5 and then try out a lot of the games, and if a game is good, I'd like to honor the quality with a little bit of additional money.Sure you can. Just tick the "Give this game as a gift" checkbox when you buy it.
For anyone who's never played Oxenfree, it's worth it for that alone.
Doc Angelo Jun 7, 2020
Quoting: tuubiSure you can. Just tick the "Give this game as a gift" checkbox when you buy it.#
So the mail address doesn't have to be one from a Itch customer and it is literally a code that everyone can redeem on Itch?
Quoting: RafiLinuxQuoting: dpanterA bit bummed that the bundle lacks integration with the itch.io client. :/
I got around this but adding the games I wanted to my collection and it will show up under owned games making it easy to install.
Can you expand on this? I tried adding a game from the bundle to a collection using the "Add to Collection" button on the store page, but it doesn't show up under my owned games, and can't be installed from the game page opened from the collection in the Itch client.
Quoting: Doc AngeloWhen you buy a gift, Itch.io sends a unique download link to the recipient's address, with an optional message from you. No codes involved, just a unique download URL. They can claim the game for their Itch.io account at any time, but only if they want to.Quoting: tuubiSure you can. Just tick the "Give this game as a gift" checkbox when you buy it.#
So the mail address doesn't have to be one from a Itch customer and it is literally a code that everyone can redeem on Itch?
Quoting: fleskAs soon as you click download on any of the items on the special bundle page you got a link for when you bought the bundle, they should appear under owned games in your library. At least they did for me. And opening the game's page afterwards, I see the [Install] button at the bottom. If this doesn't work for you, maybe try restarting the client? Or contacting itch.io support if that doesn't help?Quoting: RafiLinuxQuoting: dpanterA bit bummed that the bundle lacks integration with the itch.io client. :/
I got around this but adding the games I wanted to my collection and it will show up under owned games making it easy to install.
Can you expand on this? I tried adding a game from the bundle to a collection using the "Add to Collection" button on the store page, but it doesn't show up under my owned games, and can't be installed from the game page opened from the collection in the Itch client.
I don't think collections have anything to do with this.
EDIT: Did you actually buy the bundle for your account? I mean, were you logged in to itch.io at the time? If you did, you should see something like this at the top left when you're on the bundle page:
You should be able to claim the bundle on the download page if you didn't.
Last edited by tuubi on 7 June 2020 at 9:51 pm UTC
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