Indie game studio Necrosoft Games hosted a bundle for Ukraine with 733 other developers. They offered 922 items at just $10 which was regularly were $6552. All the money raised would be donated to Ukraine these two charities, which is, International Medical Corps which provide medical assistance in the region, and Voice of Children– an organization that helps children suffering from the horror of war and PSTD.
“As game developers we want to create new worlds, not to destroy the one we have”. – say the creators.
The bundle hosted contains over 1,000 products. They said that there is something for everyone, they have over 600 digital video games, over 300 tabletop RPGs and books, comics, soundtracks. They have included only paid products in this bundle and kept the pay to the minimum.
The bundle includes game hits like Celeste, Superhot, Tower fall, Ascension.
This initiative taken by the game developers is promising. In just 16 hours they raised over $1 million dollars and are still going. The fundraising has a time-lapse of more 9 days. The people who are interested can buy the bundle at just $10 or more if they can afford so. All the money raised will be split into two charitable organizations. Once the money is donated, the user can download the items from the Itch.io website.
Not only indie games but also the Pokemon company also announced donating $200,000 to provide humanitarian support to Ukraine. These initiative is what we all need during the crucial war crisis.
