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Join the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality Locked

A topic by leafo created Jun 02, 2020 Views: 206,139 Replies: 2,799
This topic was locked by leafo Apr 02, 2022
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Admin (30 edits) (+113)

Note: Please Read Before Submitting Your Game. We’re working with a lot of creators and we need your help to stay organized. If you’re not able to read the rules then we may not be able to include you. (This includes things like submitting too many games or posting you reply in the wrong spot)

Note about free games: We won’t be adding free games anymore to the purchasable part of the bundle, but we will still be collecting them to showcase in a special collection of supporters. More information here: https://twitter.com/moonscript/status/1269715947599704064

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PAID PART OF THE BUNDLE HAVE CLOSED You can still submit to this thread while the bundle is active and we’ll add you to our collection of supporters. (This is open for both paid and free games). Thanks for making this bundle such a powerful force for good.


Hello everyone,

We live in a time of racial injustice, inequality, and police brutality against black people. I hope that everyone takes a stand in any way that they can. We’re inviting creators all across our platform to join us in supporting organizations that are working directly with those affected.

We’re hosting a bundle where anyone can join with all proceeds split between:

The bundle will be Pay-what-you-want with a minimum price of $5. All creators on itch.io are encouraged to participate. We’ll be waiving itch.io’s cut to ensure we contribute the most we can. The bundle will start Friday, June 5th and run through June 15th.

In order to join the bundle just reply to this thread with the URLs to the projects you’d like to submit. Please reply using the account that owns the project’s page otherwise we won’t be able to verify that you have opted in to the bundle. By posting your link in this thread you approve your game to be put into the bundle and offered at the minimum price during the dates shown above.

We will be using a script to automatically pull in projects by URL. Please only include working links to public projects that you control in your post to ensure that your project gets picked up!!. Avoid any instructions or questions in your post asking us which one because we may not see it. Thanks

Can I submit non-commercial projects?

Yes, but we’ll be highlighting the paid works at the top of the bundle page to encourage people to contribute. Please avoid submitting empty, broken, or partial pages. We want developers to be proud of the projects they’re putting forward to support the cause.

If you’re submitting something free, please only select 1 item. We have a lot of submissions and we don’t want to crowd out everyone. If you have something both paid and free to contribute, we ask that you only submit the paid work (unless the free project is more appropriate).


Can I submit multiple things?

For free works, we ask that you only select one item to contribute. If you’re contributing paid works then please submit no more than 3 items.

We think it’s more important that we get as many different people involved and visible as possible than flooding the bundle with projects from more prolific creators, thanks for understanding.


Can I submit non-games?

Sure, any project page on itch.io is good.

Can I submit adult content?

No. We want the bundle to be accessible to as many people as possible, so we ask that you do not submit adult content.

Can I submit my project after the bundle has started?

Yes. It’s okay if you come in late, we’ll credit anyone who has already purchased the bundle with access to your project. But we highly encourage you to submit as soon as possible so we can launch the bundle with as many projects as possible.

Will Steam (or other external keys) be given with a purchase?

No. In our experience, running a Pay-what-you-want bundle with Steam keys involved gets a lot of bitter people who just want to pay the bare minimum to try to claim all the Steam keys. That’s not in the spirit of the bundle. After the bundle is over, we may work with developers to grant keys to buyers if they have them available, but we will make no guarantees right now.

Thanks

P.S. Looking for a ways to help but don’t have a project to donate, try here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

#blacklivesmatter

Admin (8 edits) (+29)
  • Reply to the thread to submit your game. You can find that by scrolling to the bottom of the page or by clicking here
  • Reply to this post for discussion about the bundle. Do not submit your game by replying to this post please, otherwise your game may not be included

If you’re clicking the reply button directly below this sentence to submit your game then you didn’t read the post. Please, help us stay organized and post your submission in the correct spot.

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You people rule! Thank you so very much for this amazing initiative.  You have our sword, as instructed!

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hi, we’d love to include The Stillness of the Wind : https://fellowtraveller.itch.io/the-stillness-of-the-wind

We have a few additional games that could be included. I need to check with each dev and will post the links ASAP. I realise the bundle is starting soon, and so if they can’t be included late we understand. 

Hey FT crew,

Can you reply with this to the overarching thread rather than as a reply to this post? Our script is only pulling games from top-level comments and we don't want to miss you!

Hello, 

I found your game selection for the charity bundle on a reddit thread, it's very nice. Is there any way of adding it to my collection? 

There's no option for that right now, but we're working on more ways for people to be able to sort the content from the bundle.

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It seems that anyone who's contributed a project to the bundle can view the bundle's analytics - and in particular we can see the email addresses of everyone who's purchased it, and how much they paid. Is this intended?

EDIT: looks like this has been fixed, nice

Have you thought about adding a link to the games' store page next to each one on the download page. Right now it isn't easy to view each games' details. 

Admin(+7)

We’ll definitely be making some updates to make it easier to access and sort through games in the bundle. Until then we’re focusing on making sure that the launch is going as smoothly as possible.

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How is the automatic URL pulling script prioritizing? I'm seeing games before and after mine already in the bundle and I can't find any objections such as a malformed URL.

Yeah I was wondering this too! Does it only pull comments where the game URL is the only thing in the comment?

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For reals, I submitted mine almost a week ago now and it still hasn't made it in, and I've seen games several days younger make the grade. If there's a problem with my submission I'd like to amend it so I can help out this bundle before it's over!

Hi, I know this is incredibly minor overall, but the bundle description says "All proceeds will donated to..." instead of "All proceeds will [be] donated to...". Thank you for creating this!

Admin

Thanks fixed

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Are submitted games being added manually or is there an automated process?   Or is there just a backlog?

Thank you so much for setting this up!

Admin(+5)

We will be adding them in batches, after reviewing the list of new submissions. It is not automated.

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Thanks for the answer and for all the hard work!  This is a grand thing you're doing!

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I love this! Is there any way we can verify the donations are made? No offense AT ALL. Just want to do my due diligence. 

Admin(+1)

We’ll try to share as much as we can when it’s time to transfer the money. Thanks

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^ I was concerned about this as well. Have you contacted either of the organizations about the fundraiser? Is there any reason that you can't share more info about it until the end? I hope this doesn't come off as rude, I've just seen a lot of people scamming/ trying to capitalize on the growing awareness for the movement and Im not super familiar with this site yet.

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Are games still being added to the bundle? I see that this thread is getting flooded, but no games are being added to the bundle (in fact, the number of games is going down slightly?). I completely understand if submissions are closed due to just how big this is becoming, but it would be nice if it was announced, and I don't see anything to that effect here.

Admin (1 edit) (+7)

We’ll be adding submissions in batches after we review things. Your patience is appreciated, there are a lot of developers who learned of the bundle after it was launched who now want to get in. Thanks

Update: We have to resolve some technical issues before we can start adding new games. The amount of games times the number of buyers is a very large number and we need to change how our system works to accommodate it. More info here: https://twitter.com/moonscript/status/1270069685099192323

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 https://kuroi-usagi.itch.io/aul I'd like to add this to the bundle! Though, I'm not sure if mild nudity disqualifies it, so it's up to you. Thank you for doing this.

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You need to reply to the thread with your game, not as a reply to the above comment.

Admin

We aren’t taking NSFW games. Please check with the original post in the thread for rules about submissions. Thanks

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A pity. Out of more than 1000 games, which obviously has games for different tastes, why not NSFW games? I personally would love them, and like me, others.

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Heya, i would like to ask, why don't the games automatically add to the library? i know they're a lot but i would prefer to download them from the library than downloading them from the page it redirects you to after you buy it, it's kind of really tedious to do it that way :c (sorry if something's not clear, english isn't my first language)

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I agree with this - please add an "add all to library" button! I get not flooding people's libraries, but it took me three hours to add all the current bundle games to my library so my library manager could pick them up.

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How did you add them? I don't even know how to do it....there should be a button to add them all to the library. 

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click on the "download" button for each game. It'll bring you to the game's page and add it to your library 

Admin(+4)

In the future we may add an add all button, but with the influx of people buying the bundle we’ve default to not filling the library.

I put some more information here: https://itch.io/post/1500360

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While the effort in general is obviously great, I still want to point out that browsing the purchased bundle is a huge pain and it would be great if you could improve that. Either by making the bundle searchable from the purchases or by making your system aware that a game got purchased as part of a bundle when you visit the game's page (possibly by offering additional download options, so that one can download the game as one bought it with the bundle but can also still buy it, in case it e.g. offers Steam keys that weren't included with the bundle).

Admin(+12)

I understand it’s very challenging to sort through the large number of games. We’ll be updating that page to make it easier to navigate through the games, but right now our priority is making sure the launch of the bundle is going smoothly.

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i love itchio sm

if yall need any help organizing / developing this bundle im v down

Hi :D.  I'd like to donate my game: https://leartoler.itch.io/dark-ecology

Admin (1 edit)

Please read the topic and pay attention to where you are posting before you submit. We have a lot of creators involved and we need to keep things organized. You’re trying to submit in the wrong location. Do not reply to my post about discussion to submit your game. Please delete your post after you’ve re-posted it in the correct location. Thanks for understanding.

Hello! I have just submitted my game (https://june-flower.itch.io/remnants) and here is my inquiry: It is a free game but there is a paid bonus folder. Will the folder be included in the downloads for people who get the bundle? I would like for it to be. If that's not possible, that's ok, but it would be nice

Admin(+1)

At the moment, individually priced material is not included with bundle purchases, so it wouldn’t be included.

Thank you for the info. I've made the bonus folder free for the duration of the bundle. Great job with the bundle, I love that kind of initiative

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Would it be possible to sort the downloads?  The bundle downloads section is 25 pages long, and it's really hard to find things.  Ideally I think it'd be by category then alphabetically ( so all the TTRPGs in one long streak, all the game assets in another, the visual novels in another, etc.), but even a pure alphabetical sort would be nice.   As this package gets bigger, it'll get harder and harder to locate a specific pack.

Admin(+5)

Definitely, we’ll be updating the download page as soon as we have the opportunity. Thanks for your patience

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Hi leafo, I have a question.

I'd really like to submit my game, as I do support this cause, but here it is hosted as a link and playable as a free demo.

I'd like to add a code that would allow users to play it as a pro for 2 seasons.

Can this be done somehow?

For simplicity's sake, it can even be a single code for everyone, it doesn't really matter.

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Update: in order to make things simpler, I've added it anyway to this thread. If it won't be able to add a code to the bundle, I'll just give the code away for free for a while, and if someone else uses it too no problem.

Admin(+1)

The way your page set up right now is not really a good fit for how we are delivering access with the bundle. You technically could sell the game on our site by using the external keys tool & adding an ‘other’ key, but we decided not to give out external keys for bundle purchases because it causes more issues with people trying to grab up Steam keys and then having to deal with the support tickets associated with that.

Sorry I don’t have a better solution for you. We are building a separate collection of supports for all the pages that aren’t up for sale though, so we’d be glad to add you there.

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Besides asking for an "Add/Claim all" button which everyone already talked about, I just want to ask is anyone able to add this game to their library? https://colleenadia.itch.io/lily-seed
After buying the bundle, I was sorting through the games and came across this on the 2nd page (https://imgur.com/eXqhqFX), but clicking on the link leads to an error page. I can't even see any game with the name Lily Seed on the developer's page.

Admin(+2)

It looks like the page has been unpublished, I’ll have to get in touch with the developer to see what happened there.

Thanks

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Since the game does not seem to be in the bundle anymore, could you please tell us what actually DID happen? The game Johann Weiss is also missing (https://itch.io/post/1486752) as is "Invasion" and "Haul". It is one thing if you have to remove games from the bundle after the purchase (really not nice and I guess also not legal but acceptable given the circumstances of this bundle). It is a completely different thing however not EXPLAINING why this had to happen. It feels as if the bundle content could lose games with every minute now. So an explanation would really be nice.

How long will it take for our submitted games to be added?

Admin

We have to resolve some technical issues before we’re able to provide new games too all existing buyers because of the amount of games involved and the amount of people who have bought the bundle. More info here: https://twitter.com/moonscript/status/1270069685099192323 Thanks for your patience

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Can I submit adult content?

No. We want the bundle to be accessible to as many people as possible, so we ask that you do not submit adult content.

Personally, I strongly disagree with this one. With so many titles, I bet there are games for everybody. But what about people that like adult games? I don't mean pornographic content, but real games with happen to have adult content. Like Witcher 3, or Mass effect, to put two big examples. What about smaller Visual Novels, like Border of her Heart, or gay-positive videogames with adult content like Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers

What about games like Planet Stronghold: Colonial Defense, or Loren The Amazon Princess which have censored content, that you specifically have to allow the adult content?

Even Ladykiller in a Bind from LGBT creator Christine Love, has adult content, and it would be a great addition to the bundle

Anyway, thank you for the bundle. I have already contributed. But please, think about allowing adult content.

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I submitted my game Jabberwocky yesterday and, looking at the bundle and the games surrounding it in the thread, it looks like my game was skipped. Is there any reason why? My game contains no inappropriate content and is paid. Thanks!

Hi. Firstly - amazing initiative and glad I could join the cause. I have started adding games for the bundle link to my collection and unfortunately I am unable to download them as most (2 out of8) have "Buy now" rather than "Download" button. What gives? Whilst I am happy to help the cause I feel cheated by itcho. Hopefully this can be resolved. Thank you

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Is there any plan to sort by what games have been most recently added? It's a little hard to tell what's new since they seem to be spread out on all the pages.

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Hey, 3 days ago I replied to the thread with my asset pack and it hasn't been added in the new batch. Then yesterday I replied to the thread again and my asset pack was also not added. It is and has always been a paid pack, so it should have been added in this last batch, I think? The item is this one: https://splitpainter.itch.io/ps1-blender-dachshund

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Looks like it's in there now.

Yes! All good now :)

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I've been waiting over a week and I'm still not in :|

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Hey,

I'd really like my game, Jabberwocky, to be added. I sent it earlier, but it seems to have been skipped. The game meets all the requirements, so why has it not been added? I've sent a few messages (sorry), but I just really want to find out why it wasn't added and how to get it in.

Thanks!

Are games still being brought in? Massive thanks for setting this up. You're doing great work.

If you've purchased the bundle, what happens to things getting subsequently added? Will they still need to be purchased separately or does the buyer automatically receive the added item?

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Hi Cosmo, 

I'm not an organizer for this, but on the bundle page ( https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality ), they posted an update saying that all previous and future buyers get instant access to newly added projects. Hope this helped! 

:^)

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N i c e ! Thanks!

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This is not the right place to ask about that. The game has a dedicated page on itch.io and there is a comment section there where you can ask for support. Discussion in this thread is only about the technicalities of the bundle itself and submissions of games to be added.

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Oh shoot, you're right. It's not there, I'm sorry too. I'd suggest to google around for your issue, or to look at the discussions page for it in Steam or GOG to see if people have had a similar issue.

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Found this in the Steam forum:
"hold shift while the game opens and you can change the resolution that way."
Hope it helps

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Can free books be offered in the bundle? I'm reaching out and working with numerous experts to try to create a useful guide on being homeless in NYC and being in the bundle will make it easier to get them to spend the time to write for the project given this bundles huge success. Additionally, I wouldn't feel ethical making the book not free for those who don't have the money to pay for it but could be helped by it. Given the bundles focus on racial justice and equality  and how interconnected they are with homelessness I believe it makes sense to include it.  


(Ps. this is based off seeing free games won't be added anymore to the main bundle if this doesn't apply to books my bad)

okay i made it paid and will just donate proceeds i hope it qualifies now

https://sparrowguy.itch.io/037

https://medimongames.itch.io/pixel-spaceships-hd

MedimonGames, Ready for support!!

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Hi, thanks for organizing this! I know you're probably slammed right now, but I have a couple questions: Is there a way to know when a submission has been added to the bundle? And roughly how often is the bundle being updated? I submitted a (paid) asset pack yesterday, and I don't think it's been added yet, so I wanted to know how I could find out when it does gets added.

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Based off observation, the counter for the newly added games moves now and then. In the beginning it was in batches. A couple of hours ago it was going up one by one. If it wasn't added yet, if possible look for what was newly added and see where it landed or if you bought the bundle, use the search bar. There are also Google Sheets out there that also update now and then as well. 

Good luck. Right now the count is 1,509.

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Got a link to those Google Sheets? Was going to start one myself, but will gladly take one that's already done.


Edit: Saw one down the thread. Here's a link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X7fnRAQO1nITKjsM63Wwmd0kyJNIra1jDYAx12Nad8/edit#gid=782418878

Apparently, the mad man used python to grab the info. Beats doing it manually that's for sure. Wonder how long it took to set up to begin with but compared to manually reviewing 1500+ games it was well worth the effort. 

https://muzboz.itch.io/brokensignal

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You have to post your reply directly to the thread, not the comment, for your game to be added to the bundle.

Is there anyway we can see what games are being added? There's too many games to tell which ones are new.

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There is the google sheet, you will need to look under the batch column to see which ones are new tho. 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X7fnRAQO1nITKjsM63Wwmd0kyJNIra1jDYAx12Nad8/edit#gid=782418878

You all — wow! This is great. This is — i love this. Please don’t overwork yourselves. And wow! I know everyone’s in a tight spot. And you all are hand-sorting donations. And. And thank you.

Be. Walk. Stretch. Make.

And thanks.

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Does anyone have an idea how the URL parser is getting the games? I see games posted after mine getting picked. I'd like to know if the game I sent has any chance of being on the bundle, even when others posted after mine are included. Would be lovely. 

Thank you,
Miguel Antunes

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My best guess is that it looks at the URL, cross checks if you are the owner or associate to the game and thus can confirm that permission was given to add the game to the bundle. As for the last time it might have moved, seems the game count increased a little bit a few hours ago. 

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It did move, but my game is still not in the bundle, like so many others. I wonder if I did everything accordingly to the post. Time is running out, and it's with sadness that I don't see my game there. Makes me feel I didn't do anything for the cause. ;)

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Give it some time, there might be a hiccup with the system. 

Hope is the last one to vanish, and what I feel is nothing related to what people is suffering.

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Will there be another batch run? Some games that have been posted here before the deadline (like the great "Dry Drowning") have not yet been picked up.

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I think it's still working on it based on the game counter going up from when I lasted checked 1638 to 1657. 

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Thank you!

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hi! Is there a simple way to buy more than 20 bundles? We want to donate and give access to all our employees, but as far as I can see I have to purchase one at a time. 

You guys rock !

I'm the owner of the ActBlue page you're splitting donations with. Can we connect about logistics? You can DM me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AidanKingVT

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I just wanted to hop in and say thank you immensely to everyone that contributed to this effort! It means a lot to know that people care and it's even better that they showed it in full force. The Itch.io community had already won my heart but I needed to say it will always be my digital home! <3

When did submissions for the paid part of the bundle close?

Jun 11 @ 12 PM PT
https://twitter.com/moonscript/status/1271140154510462981

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If submissions are closed now, does that mean that things that have been waiting over a week to be added to the bundle won't make it in?

Not sure, so long as it wasn't a free / pay what you want / browser game I assume it's a matter of either waiting to see if the game is noticed or trying to contact Itch.io themselves to be added. 

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It's so weird, everything else on the same page as my submission was added. I reached out to leafo on twitter but haven't heard back.

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Best of luck then ; w ; 

It never was added, never got a response. I'm so confused.

Perhaps try contacting Itch.io over twitter? 

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I'm a bit late for donate.. isn't there a way to donate and getting the games now? I didn't know about it and I just saw it. Thanks

Unfortunately no. You missed it by about 10 hours.

HumbleBundle is currently doing a bundle to support this same sort of effort, but at a higher price point and significantly less content. There has been some chatter that itch.io may do a bundle in the future to support LGBT+ charities, but as far as I know, its currently just talk and has no specific dates or certainty.

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Damn... :( Thanks for the answer

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I'm in the same boat. Didn't know about it until yesterday. Was wondering if this would be reopened as sounds like there's still people willing to donate who didn't know about the bundle but seems not :(

Are games still being added to the bundle?

Kinda? They appear now and then probably because of issues contacting the devs. But these are just guesses so no idea XD

Any chance I can still get in on this? I was waiting on my paycheck before pulling the trigger.

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https://approductions.itch.io/towayami

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Hi there! I'd like to submit my collection of small experimental analogue role playing games.
https://ludipe.itch.io/an-anthology-of-cozy-rpgs

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https://ratcasket.itch.io/hitboxes-and-hurtboxes

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EAT GIRL: https://tesselode.itch.io/eatgirl

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https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/navigator

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I'd like to offer up both of my paid games:

https://modus-interactive.itch.io/sanguine-sanctum

https://modus-interactive.itch.io/respite

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https://skyhour.itch.io/a-nightmares-trip

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I would like to submit these two games, hope it helps.

https://extrone.itch.io/pheonix-heavy
https://extrone.itch.io/neolite

#BlackLivesMatter

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It's not much, but if it'd help, I'd like to submit my silly little tabletop RPG:

https://snowleopardshark.itch.io/the-d1-rpg

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Hey! Feel free to add my PADager to bundle 

https://matsoj.itch.io/padager

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I'd like to submit DOGS THROWING SWORDS 2: https://agentv.itch.io/dogsthrowingswords2

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https://tjern.itch.io/perfect-park

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Thank you for doing this, I'd like to submit Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy: https://super-walrus-games.itch.io/kaiju-big-battel-fighto-fantasy

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I'd like to submit https://thoughtreactor.itch.io/igeo

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https://kensho.itch.io/smalls-island-woes

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Thank you for doing this, we'd be happy to participate https://brujeriaatwerk.itch.io/dont-wake-the-night

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SuperTry would like to submit Haque!
https://supertry.itch.io/haque

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https://grimtalin.itch.io/the-adventures-of-elena-temple

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