I really love how you can decide how much money you'd like to pay (name your price), but I'm < 18 yrs old, and I cannot buy anything. It makes me want to pay for the game even though it's free. I truly think Steam should have something like this for free-to-play games!
What do you wish Itch/Steam should do? Share any thoughts below!
Well, for what it's worth I'm in a similar situation -- whenever I have a little money in PayPal there are more urgent expenses. And the list of games I'd like to donate to just keeps growing. I don't see what Itch.io can do, either, other than help promote worthy games the way they already do, so that hopefully they'll be seen by more people with a disposable income.
As for what you can do, may I recommend making collections of the games you like and showing them off on your profile? Then you can point other people at them, and maybe some of them will have the money. Otherwise, it's just hard.
Bug your parents! :D
In all honesty, it's a-okay to be careful with your finances, no matter how old you are. Here are three things you can do to help out developers in other ways:
