New charity game bundle raises funds to defend US immigrants against ICE

268 contributing creators, with implicit $25,000 raised truthful far

Back successful June, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of alleged undocumented migrants successful Los Angeles provoked a question of protests. The Trump medication attempted to marque hay from the situation, dispatching national subject troops to the metropolis successful a amusement of toughness, against the objections of California's ain governor. Despite this cynical cultivation of a pressure-cooker atmosphere, the bulk of protesters were peaceful, albeit justifiably large and aggravated astatine having their neighbours seized and imprisoned by random thugs astatine the behest of a dime store Palpatine.

I was successful Los Angeles astatine the clip covering Summer Game Fest, and saw a fewer of the protestation marches up adjacent portion walking crossed the city. Aftermath has a good, longer study connected the unearthliness and angst of attending a crippled expo close successful the mediate of specified events, including comments from different journalists and developers.

The Los Angeles protests and the Trump administration's wider policies connected migration person provoked further demonstrations crossed the USA. They've besides inspired an Itch.io foundation bundle, "No ICE successful California", which spans 560 video games, carnal games, crippled plus packs and different items from 268 developers for $10. Hosted by jesthehuman, the bundle has raised $26,712.19 arsenic of the clip of writing, with proceeds going to the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a Los Angeles instrumentality steadfast who specialise successful defending migrant communities, and RAÍCES, a Texas-based migrant advocacy and enactment organisation.

As is RPS tradition, I've picked retired a fewer bundle highlights. Elephantasy Flipside (pictured) is simply a glorious isometric single-screen puzzler, the benignant of happening I'd person had kittens implicit if I'd recovered it connected a MacWorld shareware disc, backmost successful the 90s. Brush Burial is simply a crushed and grimy immersive sim successful which you are a knife-wielding cockroach. Periphery Synthetic EP is simply a acceptable of reactive, philharmonic star systems that tin seemingly beryllium explored utilizing echolocation and terrain sonification, if you're excessively chill for screens. And Centauri Dark is simply a gut-emptying rainbow of a slug hellhole FPS.

Got highlights of your own? Please share. Beware that if you've bought different Itch.io foundation bundles, you whitethorn ain immoderate of these games already.