Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/got-a-spare-10-net-yourself-almost-150-games-and-help-support-laid-off-game-devs-with-the-game-industry-hardship-fund-bundle
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napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org · 14 pts · 30d
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 30d
Great initiative! But these are neither in steam nor gog right? Never heard of... Necrosoft.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 30d
The games are from Itch.io. The initiative is just sponsored by Necrosoft. They're DRM free games you download.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 12 pts · 30d
It's itch.io. Effectively the same as GOG in the sense that they are just selling you DRM free game files that you download using a web browser.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 30d
None of them are particularly interesting, sadly. It's more like the donation and the cause itself is the main selling point.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 30d
I saw a couple standout titles like A Short Hike (polished cozy game) and Neon Struct (thief-like). I'll see if there's anything else that jumps out at me.
Edit: Eldritch is a rather good rogue-like Cthulhu survival horror.
Dungeon Bodega Simulator looks fun.
Deep Space Exploitation looks good.
Hyper Gunsport looks like a fun multiplayer game.
The Wratch's Den looks neat.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 30d
There are some gems in there when taking a closer look, to be sure.
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org · 8 pts · 30d
Necrosoft is just the indie developer that organised the whole thing. The (DRM-free) download of the games happens through itch.io.
EfficientEffigy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 30d
A few of them are, like Arranger. You get sent a link to download all of these individually. DRM free.
Worth the $10 just to aid the cause alone.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 29d
You don't need to have heard about them. itch.io is similar to GOG. You download and it's yours forever.
insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 30d
They did a bundle for Ukraine a while back too (which has some overlap with this one, like A Short Hike + Skatebird + Wratch's Den + Eldritch) and seems like it was a success. I tried Necrosoft's game Gunhouse and didn't really like it, though.
danda@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 29d
https://itch.io/b/3802/game-industry-hardship-fund