itch.io Bundle

itch.io released a Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality that you could buy with a donation of your choice (minimum 5$). The bundle is not longuer available, but this is the page for it: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

This bundle includes 1741 projects from 1391 different creators. Obviously, this is a backlog nightmare. This bundle has many good games, a few very good ones and many fillers. The bundle also includes tabletop RPG games, Visual Novels and assets bundles. Everdred made a page with most of the information about these projects, which can be found here: https://howlongtobeat.com/itch

But how does one person can manage to go through all that stuff to find the hidden gems? This is where the community comes into play. Please help us find the gems included in this huge bundle. Tell us which games we should play and why. Hopefully, this thread will become a reference to help us find what games should get more attention. If possible, mention only games that you've actually played so you can give your impressions about the game.

Our friend and fellow member GamerAim produced these posts with all the projects sorted into different categories (Visual Novels, Interaction Fiction, Educational, Racing/Flight, Sports, Card Games, Adventure, Puzzle, Rhythm, Simulation, Strategy, Role, Playing, Platformer, Action, Fighting, Shooter, Survival, Physical Games, Books, Comics, Music, Software, Assets, Shame). The posts can be found here: https://howlongtobeat.com/forum?thread=1670&page=4&jump=to#post60764

If you don't know where to start, some gaming websites made a dedicated page with their "selections". I don't know on what it's based but it seems to have some of the best recommendations. So this would be a good place to start. May games are on almost every list.

Itch.io: https://itch.io/c/891735/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality-selections
CBR: https://www.cbr.com/itch-io-racial-justice-bundle-best-games
Fanbyte: https://www.fanbyte.com/lists/best-games-in-the-itch-bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality
Filmy One: https://filmyone.com/racial-justice-and-equality-bundle-on-itch-io-game-suggestions/
Kotaku: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/06/itchio-racial-justice-equality-bundle-best-games
PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/12-amazing-games-from-itchs-racial-justice-and-equality-bundle
Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/11/21287814/racial-justice-equality-bundle-recommendations-itchio-black-lives-matter
TechRaptor: https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/top-picks-itch-io-bundle-racial-justice-equality

Once we have enough recommendations, I'll add the very best of the best in this post for a quick access.

I was scrolling through this earlier today, and I can scroll through it again and pick out the games I recognize. I may not own or have finished them all, and I'll specify if I haven't, but hopefully it helps anyway. Scrolling through I found more games that looked interesting that I'll probably add onto my wish list separately (because for one I like all my games on one place - usually Steam; and for two because I don't want 'filler' games I won't play - I already have enough games I bought because I wanted them and I'm not playing), but since I first heard of them on that list I'll leave them off. I'll only include here games I heard about/owned/played/whatever before this bundle was a thing.

Owned & Finished:
Oxenfree - This was my favorite game up until Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice stole the spot. It's creepy, psychological, great art style and a genuinely interesting story with multiple endings.
AIDol - A visual novel written by one of my favorite visual novel writers. It's probably not anything spectacular to most people, but if you like visual novels and Japanese culture it's worth picking up and reading.

Owned:
Night in the Woods - I've heard a lot of good things about this game, and it has the same visual style as Oxenfree. I don't know much about the story because I do intend to play it myself and have avoided spoilers so far. But I've seen some merch for the game in various storefronts, which usually means it's got a good following behind it.
Heavy Bullets - I've seen this game be played, interesting FPS-like concept that toys with gravity and physics.
This World Unknown - Written by one of my favorite visual novel writers again, same author as AIDol. I haven't read this one yet though, but I know her work is generally pretty good if you like visual novels.
Joggernauts - I got this in a bundle with party games, but haven't played it yet because I generally lack the friends to do so. From what I know it does have single player capabilities though. It looks cute, has to do with space. I've seen a few recommendations for it.
The King's Bird - Been on my wishlist for a while, and this month's Humble Bundle dropped the key on me. I'm not fond of platformers but the visual style and the title of this game caught my eye a while ago. Excited to play this one.
OneShot - I've owned this for a while, and heard a lot of comparisons in storytelling to Undertale. It's cute, and I've even seen some merch of this game on a few different storefronts so it must be something good.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! - I've completed the first game, and recently got the third game as the developer himself is giving away free Steam keys for it if you donate over $10 to a charity related to BLM. I highly recommend this game on that alone, it's super chill and it's a great cooking game if you don't mind how the layout works (in that you're not actually making the food)
Super Hexagon - Simple mobile-like game that I'd consider to be endless purely because of how difficult it can be. Seen this be played, played it on my phone a few times, but haven't finished all the levels. It's pretty hard, takes a lot of skill. Good time waster though.
The Stillness of the Wind - I JUST got this game in June's Humble Monthly, so I haven't played it yet. But it seems very farm-sim inspired and looks really cute.
Minit - Haven't played it, got it in a Humble Bundle if I remember right. I've seen some gameplay of it, people saying it's really unique in style and cute for what it is.

Unowned (but probably wishlisted or heard about from someone else):
Desktop Goose - Desktop app in the same vein as Untitled Goose Game. I've watched a few streamers use it, seems cute.
BonBon - Watched a play through of this and wish listed it myself. Short game, creepy, could probably be finished in an hour or less.
Dreaming Sarah/Wishing Sarah - It's on my wish list. Interesting premise about a girl in a coma. Don't know as much about the sequel.
Luna - This game is on my wish list as well, the art style just caught my attention. I feel like I remember watching a playthrough of this game too but I'm not sure.
Death and Taxes - Heard a lot of good things about it. Personally not my kind of game, but multiple different people have told me it's good.
Catlateral Damage - Watched someone play this and added it to my wishlist. Cute, fun, lighthearted. The kind of game a lot of people need right now. Play as a cat, knock things over. That's about it.
A Mortician's Tale - This has been on my wishlist for a while, I've heard from other people it's a pretty accurate yet stylized representation of a Mortician's work, which interested me. I've also heard it's pretty short though.
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, And The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist - Watched a full playthrough of this and it's made by the people who made Stanley Parable.

Good idea - I just donated and picked up the bundle and was scrolling through when I saw this post!

So here are some of the ones I recognise/have played....

Last Knight - I played this years ago on the now defunct Desura - it's a fun little runner where you guide a knight through a series of obstacle courses.
Not The Robots - Bit of a puzzle game about trying to eat all the furniture in an office before the other robots detect you.
Paranautical Activity - Brilliant little rogue-like first person shooter.
Super Hexagon - Slick frantic puzzle/rhythm game.
Catlateral Damage - Think Goat Simulator, but you're a cat, wrecking stuff in a house.
Wheels Of Aurelia - Fantastic driving rogue-like set during the Italian revolution.
Gladiabots - Program robots and then have them fight each other.
Interactivity: The Interactive Experience - Perplexing meta-narrative game, much like Stanley Parable and the like.
Overland - Bit like an Oregon Trail survival spin-off, but there are monsters.
Loot Rascals - Neat little puzzle/strategy game.
Beglitched - Retro themed hacking game with some nice art and interesting puzzles.
Night In The Woods - Narrative heavy platformer that was a GOTY contender in its day.
Idioctopus - Creative puzzle game that gets really challenging in parts (I played the steam version which was pretty buggy TBH).
Bleed & Bleed 2 - Cross between a twin-stick shooter and an action platformer with really good gameplay.
All You Can Eat - An interactive comic book/point-and-click adventure. Very cool style and you can even get a PDF comic of your adventure at the end!
Heavy Bullets - Stylish FPS rogue-like with a fun ammo system.
Minit - Unique and stylish little RPG.
The Stillness Of The WInd - Beautiful narrative game about living on a remote farm all alone.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! - Surprisingly addictive cooking simulator - if you have never tried it, it's definitely worth checking out!
A Short Hike - Neat little narrative adventure - great to chill out with for a couple of hours.
Glittermitten Grove - I mean, if you don't know about this game then maybe don't play it.
Oxenfree - Accalaimed mystery game that looks really interesting and fun.

Those are the ones I know something about - have flagged a whole bunch more that look interesting, so I plan to download and play them to find out =)

There are also a lot of quality games that don't appeal to me - lots of top-down shooters, horror games, and platformers that look interesting and to be of a high quality, but I'm not really interested in trying them for myself.

Also - if you haven't checked out the itch.io desktop app, it's actually quite useful for organising all your games. Everything is still DRM free, but I find it useful to be able to install/manage games from a single app instead of unzipping packages and installers manually.

Edit: After trying some games that are new to me I'll add highlight the good ones as well - some look really intriguing and it's probably the lesser known gems that should be shared more than the big names =)

So I'm gonna take a page from my new good Judy GamerAim's book and say something

controversial

provocative

politically incorrect

and potentially shit-stirring.

Let me preface by saying I do think it's a net good when things like this happen. The gaming community, I'm sure we all know, is generally not known to be kind to ideas of inclusion, social justice, equality, etc. (We can debate as to whether that's correct or not; I would argue it is, but regardless, the way things appear to be is often more important than the way things are.) So in that regard, even if it is a backlog nightmare, I really do want to commend itch.io and all the creators who contributed to this bundle, as well as everyone who's purchased and raised, as of now, over $1.5 million dollars for the NAACP and community bail funds. I bought it myself, too.

However.

I can't help but feel somewhere between ambivalent and icky about how it seems most people are only motivated to donate to a cause if they get something in return. Not that this is in any way new, of course, I'm sure most of us of a certain age in the US have seen Sarah McLachlan Arms of an Angel-ing an ASPCA shirt in return for monthly gifts. That said, the current crisis seems like it's really shown just how prevalent, or perhaps necessary, this kind of tit-for-tat is; for instance, we've got people of various note saying on social media "send me the receipt for your donation to X and I'll send you Y," and while I applaud anyone using their platform for good like that, I just have to ask... why can't we ǎ̧͎̮̲́̒̈́s ̧̛̯̳͗́à̪̱͍̆̏ ̫͋̋͜sō̹̼̪͓͛̀͑ci̯̺̎̕e͖̓t̯͘y̟̠̒̒ be moved to put money toward a cause because of the cause itself? And I'll admit, until *very* recently, I was guilty of this too; I like the shirt Defenders of Wildlife sent me, and my dad loves the plushies that came with my donation in his name to World Wildlife Fund several years ago (this of course being before we found out WWF employs horrific tactics). But even though I could have waved around the receipt for my donation to Black Lives Matter and gotten what have you, that's not what motivated the donation in the first place, and using the clout (for lack of a better term) in such a way feels rather gauche. And I don't like things that are gauche.

I don't know, I guess I'm just throwing out a philosophical question that critiques emotion, greed, generosity, capitalism, and justice without necessarily having an answer to any of it. Do we try and fix the human capacity for charity, or just continue to exploit humanity's more selfish instincts for good when possible?

Anyway, if and when I go back to work (and inevitably run out of things to do), maybe something in this bundle will prove to be a fun distraction. Will report back in 2024.

So I'm gonna take a page from my new good Judy GamerAim's book and say something

controversial

provocative

politically incorrect

and potentially shit-stirring.

Let me preface by saying I do think it's a net good when things like this happen. The gaming community, I'm sure we all know, is generally not known to be kind to ideas of inclusion, social justice, equality, etc. (We can debate as to whether that's correct or not; I would argue it is, but regardless, the way things appear to be is often more important than the way things are.) So in that regard, even if it is a backlog nightmare, I really do want to commend itch.io and all the creators who contributed to this bundle, as well as everyone who's purchased and raised, as of now, over $1.5 million dollars for the NAACP and community bail funds. I bought it myself, too.

However.

I can't help but feel somewhere between ambivalent and icky about how it seems most people are only motivated to donate to a cause if they get something in return. Not that this is in any way new, of course, I'm sure most of us of a certain age in the US have seen Sarah McLachlan Arms of an Angel-ing an ASPCA shirt in return for monthly gifts. That said, the current crisis seems like it's really shown just how prevalent, or perhaps necessary, this kind of tit-for-tat is; for instance, we've got people of various note saying on social media "send me the receipt for your donation to X and I'll send you Y," and while I applaud anyone using their platform for good like that, I just have to ask... why can't we ǎ̧͎̮̲́̒̈́s ̧̛̯̳͗́à̪̱͍̆̏ ̫͋̋͜sō̹̼̪͓͛̀͑ci̯̺̎̕e͖̓t̯͘y̟̠̒̒ be moved to put money toward a cause because of the cause itself? And I'll admit, until *very* recently, I was guilty of this too; I like the shirt Defenders of Wildlife sent me, and my dad loves the plushies that came with my donation in his name to World Wildlife Fund several years ago (this of course being before we found out WWF employs horrific tactics). But even though I could have waved around the receipt for my donation to Black Lives Matter and gotten what have you, that's not what motivated the donation in the first place, and using the clout (for lack of a better term) in such a way feels rather gauche. And I don't like things that are gauche.

I don't know, I guess I'm just throwing out a philosophical question that critiques emotion, greed, generosity, capitalism, and justice without necessarily having an answer to any of it. Do we try and fix the human capacity for charity, or just continue to exploit humanity's more selfish instincts for good when possible?

Anyway, if and when I go back to work (and inevitably run out of things to do), maybe something in this bundle will prove to be a fun distraction. Will report back in 2024.

For the record I agree with you - all I want to add is that bundles or fundraisers like this aren't always the sole thing that people do to contribute. Personally I bought the bundle for the games, I'm not bothered about the charity side of it as I already contribute to local organisations that mean more to me than something on the other side of the world.

Of course it's tragic what's been happening in the US, but for my own interests, I'm more concerned with what's happening in my own country, which is equally as terrible. It's sad that some people need a bunch of free shit to incite them to support a cause, but I like to remember that there are many other avenues of support that we simply don't see. I hope that most people are contributing in more meaningful ways than throwing five bucks at a bundle, but at least it's something. =)

Edit: also this might be a discussion better had in the Spam thread or something like that ... if only to keep this one focused on game recommendations!

So I'm gonna take a page from my new good Judy GamerAim's book and say something

controversial

provocative

politically incorrect

and potentially shit-stirring.

Let me preface by saying I do think it's a net good when things like this happen. The gaming community, I'm sure we all know, is generally not known to be kind to ideas of inclusion, social justice, equality, etc. (We can debate as to whether that's correct or not; I would argue it is, but regardless, the way things appear to be is often more important than the way things are.) So in that regard, even if it is a backlog nightmare, I really do want to commend itch.io and all the creators who contributed to this bundle, as well as everyone who's purchased and raised, as of now, over $1.5 million dollars for the NAACP and community bail funds. I bought it myself, too.

However.

I can't help but feel somewhere between ambivalent and icky about how it seems most people are only motivated to donate to a cause if they get something in return. Not that this is in any way new, of course, I'm sure most of us of a certain age in the US have seen Sarah McLachlan Arms of an Angel-ing an ASPCA shirt in return for monthly gifts. That said, the current crisis seems like it's really shown just how prevalent, or perhaps necessary, this kind of tit-for-tat is; for instance, we've got people of various note saying on social media "send me the receipt for your donation to X and I'll send you Y," and while I applaud anyone using their platform for good like that, I just have to ask... why can't we ǎ̧͎̮̲́̒̈́s ̧̛̯̳͗́à̪̱͍̆̏ ̫͋̋͜sō̹̼̪͓͛̀͑ci̯̺̎̕e͖̓t̯͘y̟̠̒̒ be moved to put money toward a cause because of the cause itself? And I'll admit, until *very* recently, I was guilty of this too; I like the shirt Defenders of Wildlife sent me, and my dad loves the plushies that came with my donation in his name to World Wildlife Fund several years ago (this of course being before we found out WWF employs horrific tactics). But even though I could have waved around the receipt for my donation to Black Lives Matter and gotten what have you, that's not what motivated the donation in the first place, and using the clout (for lack of a better term) in such a way feels rather gauche. And I don't like things that are gauche.

I don't know, I guess I'm just throwing out a philosophical question that critiques emotion, greed, generosity, capitalism, and justice without necessarily having an answer to any of it. Do we try and fix the human capacity for charity, or just continue to exploit humanity's more selfish instincts for good when possible?

Anyway, if and when I go back to work (and inevitably run out of things to do), maybe something in this bundle will prove to be a fun distraction. Will report back in 2024.

I don't think the core of what you're saying is all that "controversial, provocative, politically incorrect, and potentially shit-stirring." But, like abatage said, I think that even though this is the "visible" avenue of support here on the forums, we can't assume it's the only avenue of support that people are pursuing. I myself have signed petitions, shared resources on social media, donated to other causes (without promise of reward), and attended protest sites. I can't say for sure that others have done the same, but I have faith they have. Yet, for the very reason you mention in your pre-"However" paragraph, people are probably a little reticent to jump straight into activism here (plus the Code of Conduct requests us to withhold from talking politics). So our silence here may not be indicative of silence elsewhere. Reviving the sales thread to share this was about as much as I felt comfortable doing... it kinda toes that political line specifically because there is something material and relevant to gain from it.

I think I would be more cynical if this was, say, a collection of a bunch of AAA games that people are dying to have and don't care where their money goes. But I think we all recognize that none of us are ever going to play all 742 of these indie games. So, maybe the motivation to pay is novelty or maybe it's genuine resolve, but I don't know if greed factors into it. In my mind, it's like when you go to a fundraiser and they're selling raffle tickets: you can't guarantee you'll win (i.e., you can't guarantee you'll like any of these games you've never heard of before), but you can take comfort that your support still counts. And, as a second bonus, we all get to discover new developers so they can receive more support and recognition in the future. So I see your point and I think it has validity, but I believe the tangible benefits far outweigh the hypothetical drawbacks.

By the way... speaking generally now and not just to mockturtle... looks like Itch is about to add even more projects to the bundle (or possibly start a second bundle). So keep an eye out for that, and if anybody has a game on Itch, maybe consider offering it up!

EDIT: Totally overlooked abatage's request to move the discussion to the Spam thread. Gonna leave it intact here, though, since the last snippet about Itch adding to the bundle is relevant and I don't know how to unquote.

I don't think the core of what you're saying is all that "controversial, provocative, politically incorrect, and potentially shit-stirring." But, like abatage said, I think that even though this is the "visible" avenue of support here on the forums, we can't assume it's the only avenue of support that people are pursuing. I myself have signed petitions, shared resources on social media, donated to other causes (without promise of reward), and attended protest sites. I can't say for sure that others have done the same, but I have faith they have. Yet, for the very reason you mention in your pre-"However" paragraph, people are probably a little reticent to jump straight into activism here (plus the Code of Conduct requests us to withhold from talking politics). So our silence here may not be indicative of silence elsewhere. Reviving the sales thread to share this was about as much as I felt comfortable doing... it kinda toes that political line specifically because there is something material and relevant to gain from it.

I think I would be more cynical if this was, say, a collection of a bunch of AAA games that people are dying to have and don't care where their money goes. But I think we all recognize that none of us are ever going to play all 742 of these indie games. So, maybe the motivation to pay is novelty or maybe it's genuine resolve, but I don't know if greed factors into it. In my mind, it's like when you go to a fundraiser and they're selling raffle tickets: you can't guarantee you'll win (i.e., you can't guarantee you'll like any of these games you've never heard of before), but you can take comfort that your support still counts. And, as a second bonus, we all get to discover new developers so they can receive more support and recognition in the future. So I see your point and I think it has validity, but I believe the tangible benefits far outweigh the hypothetical drawbacks.

By the way... speaking generally now and not just to mockturtle... looks like Itch is about to add even more projects to the bundle (or possibly start a second bundle). So keep an eye out for that, and if anybody has a game on Itch, maybe consider offering it up!

EDIT: Totally overlooked abatage's request to move the discussion to the Spam thread. Gonna leave it intact here, though, since the last snippet about Itch adding to the bundle is relevant and I don't know how to unquote.

I think it's worth mentioning that the "tit-for-tat" mentality is a fundamental part of social psychology. It's not just that people who donate expect something in return, but that people who receive donations feel they should offer something back. Even for a good cause, people don't like to feel indebted. And in general, I think this behavior isn't unhealthy. It encourages us not to take people for granted.

So I would recommend that mockturtle and others not sweat it. The bundle is a nice show of appreciation for people who donate to the cause.

Catlateral Damage: Very cute and pointless game, also very short. Good if you're feeling random wholesome destruction.
Wheels of Aurelia: Great concept, flawed execution. Takes less than ~30 mins for 1 playthrough, but you need to play multiple times to get the full story.
Night in the Woods: Excellent indie title, would recommend.
A Morticians Tale: I really enjoyed it, it's basically a short visual novel about the funeral industry. (~1 hr)
The Stillness of the Wind: Definitely not for everyone, it's a bizarre farming sim turned fever dream, but I enjoyed the experience.
Death and Taxes: Haven't finished this one, but it's somewhat similar to Papers, Please.
Kintsugi: Super short, would only recommend if you're interested in seeing a couple japanese proverbs.
OneShot: Another excellent indie game, similar vibes to Undertale. Would recommend.
Oxenfree: Very good mystery indie, would recommend.

I've downloaded quite a few games from the bundle, and I'll update or post again if there's anything worthwhile!

I haven't played it but Astrologaster is on the list. It's also on Game Pass so it's somewhat of a well known game.

It's rated 58% on HTLB, 6 - 12 Hours long.

I haven't played it but Astrologaster is on the list. It's also on Game Pass so it's somewhat of a well known game.

It's rated 58% on HTLB, 6 - 12 Hours long.

That would be great if we could just load the 742 titles into a script and match as many titles as possible to those who exist on HLTB and sort them all in order of rating or something. In minutes we would have all the highest rated game with no effort! I've seen a few games that look fun in the bundle but don't even exist in our database tho.

Also, like KerfMerf wrote, MANY other creators have contacted itch.io to add their project to the bundle. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a nd bundle like this, or to add the games to the current bundle. I would gladly give another donation if that's the case. Then, we would end up with over 1000 titles to sort. The navigation in the bundle is annoying too. It's not sorted by anything and it's displayed as 25 pages of 30 titles each. Very bad navigation. It's long to find stuff. I wished it were better organised. It's hard to tell what genre or style is a game unless we open each and every single project page one by one. Anyway, that's a small compaint I guess...

It's gonna take forever to sort through this thing. So many games, probably a couple 100 that are at least worth trying. I might have to just bite the bullet and go through the list one item at a time over the next few weeks.

That would be great if we could just load the 742 titles into a script and match as many titles as possible to those who exist on HLTB and sort them all in order of rating or something. In minutes we would have all the highest rated game with no effort! I've seen a few games that look fun in the bundle but don't even exist in our database tho.

Also, like KerfMerf wrote, MANY other creators have contacted itch.io to add their project to the bundle. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a nd bundle like this, or to add the games to the current bundle. I would gladly give another donation if that's the case. Then, we would end up with over 1000 titles to sort. The navigation in the bundle is annoying too. It's not sorted by anything and it's displayed as 25 pages of 30 titles each. Very bad navigation. It's long to find stuff. I wished it were better organised. It's hard to tell what genre or style is a game unless we open each and every single project page one by one. Anyway, that's a small compaint I guess...

As much as I'd hope they just add to the existing bundle, it would be smart to make a second one. They're halfway to their current $5 million goal and making a separate bundle would be an effective way to get there.

As much as I'd hope they just add to the existing bundle, it would be smart to make a second one. They're halfway to their current $5 million goal and making a separate bundle would be an effective way to get there.

Either way, I'll donate again if they add stuff regardless of if it's added to the existing bundle or added as a new bundle. I'll have an endless pile of small games when I want to play something quick or take a break from longer games. I'm usually very open minded about games and I'm sure that I will find a lot of very interesting games in these HUGE bundles.

Edit: Also, I've been looking at their forum from time to time and it looks like they are working on some way to organise this bundle and how it shows up in people's libraries. But at the moment, they focus their energy to keep it simple and stable. They want things to go smoothly. But once this is over, I guess they'll change how the bundle is presented to the user.

Edit 2: A 743th project was just added... but it's hard to know which one...
Edit:4: A 744th project was just added...

Edit 3: I'm actually starting an Excel sheet and see if I have the time and patience to go through all the games. Maybe one day I'll be able to share that with you all ! :)

Well, I sorted through all of the games on the list and downloaded all the ones that looked interesting to me.

A heads up to anyone looking through the list - there are LOADS of tabletop RPG scenarios and short stories. Not that these are bad or good, I just got a bit tired of clicking on each title and finding yet another download-and-print tabletop scenario. I'm sure they're awesome for anyone interested in that sort of thing, but unfortunately it's not on my radar.

Having said that though - I have a huge list of downloaded games to try, so will see how they go. I noted that a lot of them are short little game jam games, or just short games in general, which is fine by me! Means I can whip through a good bunch.

So far I've tried:
Sidewords & Word Forward - both neat little word related puzzle games. Sidewords is a bit more enjoyable of the two, but maybe that's just because I seem to suck at Word Forward.

Thing-in-itself - Short little interactive story game that illustrates Kant's philosophy that things in the world are influenced by the viewer and how they see it. I really enjoyed how this was executed as it did a good job of explaining the concept and applying it to a real world scenario. ~20 mins

Edit:

Also tried Insufficient Adjectives - You have a map with four stores on it and trucks with goods that need to be delivered, except the trucks only have 3 adjectives to indicate what they're delivering. You need to figure out where they need to go, and then use road tiles to build them a path to get there. It's pretty manic and really gets your brain working overtime as you juggle everything. It only takes about 5 minutes to play and then get a game over - you can only have a certain number of failed attempts. It's a really cool idea, but it's a bit too fiddly and frantic for me =)

Well, I sorted through all of the games on the list and downloaded all the ones that looked interesting to me.

A heads up to anyone looking through the list - there are LOADS of tabletop RPG scenarios and short stories. Not that these are bad or good, I just got a bit tired of clicking on each title and finding yet another download-and-print tabletop scenario. I'm sure they're awesome for anyone interested in that sort of thing, but unfortunately it's not on my radar.

Having said that though - I have a huge list of downloaded games to try, so will see how they go. I noted that a lot of them are short little game jam games, or just short games in general, which is fine by me! Means I can whip through a good bunch.

So far I've tried:
Sidewords & Word Forward - both neat little word related puzzle games. Sidewords is a bit more enjoyable of the two, but maybe that's just because I seem to suck at Word Forward.

Thing-in-itself - Short little interactive story game that illustrates Kant's philosophy that things in the world are influenced by the viewer and how they see it. I really enjoyed how this was executed as it did a good job of explaining the concept and applying it to a real world scenario. ~20 mins

Edit:

Also tried Insufficient Adjectives - You have a map with four stores on it and trucks with goods that need to be delivered, except the trucks only have 3 adjectives to indicate what they're delivering. You need to figure out where they need to go, and then use road tiles to build them a path to get there. It's pretty manic and really gets your brain working overtime as you juggle everything. It only takes about 5 minutes to play and then get a game over - you can only have a certain number of failed attempts. It's a really cool idea, but it's a bit too fiddly and frantic for me =)

The tabletop games are what really interest me, TBH. Got a nice collection on my PC, always nice to add some indie games (especially ones that are only one PDF and easy to organize).

I should note that not everything in this bundle are video games. There's a few table top games, Soundtracks and game Assets in there. As well as looks like a self help app

Also I basically wasted all of yesterday filling out my backlog with all the video games in this bundle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I should note that not everything in this bundle are video games. There's a few table top games, Soundtracks and game Assets in there. As well as looks like a self help app

Also I basically wasted all of yesterday filling out my backlog with all the video games in this bundle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm currently working on a Excel spreadsheet with names, description, genre and tags. This will help with sorting and search I guess. But even if I'm relatively fast, I'm doing this in between incidents at work and at my current pace, this will take me days to do, even weeks!

I'm also making different sections so that games don't mix up with table top games and assets and visual novels. I'm also trying to find all the games that can be played in VR. I have found two so far.

I won't add anything in my backlog until I actually play one. Otherwise this is insane !

Edit: I've done one page. At this pace, it will take at least a full month given that no one can do this exclusively... This is what my very basic Excel file looks like so far: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwpw0g49te2d5vi/test.pdf?dl=0 - It's a lot of work, but if I can do this all the way through, this is benefit the whole community for years to come. Two more titles have already been added to the bundle today. If this bundle goes up to 1000 titles, this will be a HUGE database to make by hand. I wished there was a better/faster way to do this.

Oh nice! If that's something you can work out, I'll stop working on my own list. Otherwise that's like 30 hours of work! If you can make it work, you'd be HLTB's bundle hero! 😁

Even if I have to add some info manually, if 80% of the job is already done, that would be a huge time saver.

Oh nice! If that's something you can work out, I'll stop working on my own list. Otherwise that's like 30 hours of work! If you can make it work, you'd be HLTB's bundle hero! 😁

Even if I have to add some info manually, if 80% of the job is already done, that would be a huge time saver.

#@%^!

I'm sure Sora has better luck than I did. I can see the data on the page. It's right there in the browser. I'm sure there's a way to, like, write the code as a plugin that launches each web page and scrapes the source, but I can't do it with an external script because of the fricking security settings!

*cries*

I should note that not everything in this bundle are video games. There's a few table top games, Soundtracks and game Assets in there. As well as looks like a self help app

Also I basically wasted all of yesterday filling out my backlog with all the video games in this bundle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And I spent 6 hours adding majority of them to the site.

And I spent 6 hours adding majority of them to the site.

This bundle deserves its own tab! LOL!

*Creates a new HLTB account...
*1st question is to choose a username
*Then it's to choose a password
*Finally it's "Did you get itch.io's bundle?"
*Log in for the first time and I already had a backlog tab with 744 games in it!

The dream...

This bundle deserves its own tab! LOL!

*Creates a new HLTB account...
*1st question is to choose a username
*Then it's to choose a password
*Finally it's "Did you get itch.io's bundle?"
*Log in for the first time and I already had a backlog tab with 744 games in it!

The dream...

Yeah, unfortunately I was too busy grinding on my list today or I would have noticed the json that Sora posted. I could have easily use that to add all those games to the site.

Yeah, unfortunately I was too busy grinding on my list today or I would have noticed the json that Sora posted. I could have easily use that to add all those games to the site.

Really? Oh man... all that work!!!

I think we should all wait now tho. They've added 3 games to the bundle today. If they add more and they're all mixed up in the list it will be hard to find them. I guess it will be easier to make some kind of list once the bundle is final and won't change anymore.

They have already edited the order of the game as the first of the 25 pages does not show the same games as this morning. Also, they added this note :

Note: We will be updating this page soon, we know it's difficult to navigate so many games. We know you want a button to add show everything in your library. No need to reach out. Any new games added to the bundle will automatically show up here. Thanks!

And I spent 6 hours adding majority of them to the site.

That was a question of mine, if we should submit those games that are extremely short or so experimental that barely resembles a game.

I guess that's a yes?

Tada!

A Special HLTB page for the games:
https://howlongtobeat.com/itch

Thanks to Sora1248 for the json link.