What would you do with 500k dollars? | This War of Mine and War Child changing the world

More than 4 300 children received help thanks to 11 bit studios and War Child UK charity cooperation.

On November 14th, 2014 the indie smash hit This War of Mine had its premiere and that date has become special for at least one more reason. On that day, 11 bit studios joined forces with War Child, a British charity organization dedicated to helping children affected by conflict all around the world. Together, 11 bit studios and War Child created charity DLC which added war-themed works of world-famous graffiti artists to the game. Players could buy the DLC for a set price and 100% of the net income was donated to the charity. Today, more than four years after launching the initiative, we can demonstrate what has been achieved with this cooperation.

Weve prepared a special video to tell everyone about it. You can watch it here https://youtu.be/17ojWP--0fs

Since the launch on November 14th, more than $500,000 has been donated to the cause. This money helped to support War Child deliver its programmes across countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen:

3 Temporary Learning Spaces were established where 260 children were able to carry on with their education and exams to complete their school year
Place 26 unaccompanied children with foster families in Bambari, Central African Republic
In Iraq provide summer schooling to 457 students
In Afghanistan - Support 840 children aged four to six to access Early Childhood and Care Development in Kabul and Herat
Expand our child helpline in Democratic Republic of Congo, which received 14,557 calls in 2017 and 2,215 children were referred to specialized child protection organizations
Fund a new fundraising arm at War Child dedicated to working with gamers, which has raised over $2.5 million to date

None of this would be possible, without the help of the players. We would like to thank you all. If you want to support War Child UK, you can do it directly at www.warchild.co.uk or by buying This War of Mine Charity DLC on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/348040/This_War_of_Mine__War_Child_Charity_DLC/

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This War of Mine

11 bit studios Developer

11 bit studios Publisher

2014-11-14 Release

Indie Simulation Singleplayer Tags

GameBillet: 17.19 €

Game News Posts: 119

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (60417 reviews)

http://www.thiswarofmine.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Available DLCs:

This War of Mine - War Child Charity DLC
This War of Mine - The Little Ones DLC
This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise
This War of Mine: Stories - Season Pass
This War of Mine: Stories - The Last Broadcast
This War of Mine: Stories - Fading Embers (ep. 3)
This War of Mine: Forget Celebrations Charity DLC

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge through a set of unique locations for items that will help you stay alive.

Make life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. Try to protect everybody from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.

This War of Mine:

Inspired by real-life events
Control your survivors and manage your shelter
Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive
Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience
Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game
Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme

Previews:

IGN

This War of Mine might be the war game we need.

Gamespot

I was intrigued by This War of Mine's attempts to portray the consequences of war in a way that games have largely ignored in the past. The fact that the psychological and emotional challenges of living under such horrifying conditions are something you have to consider as you struggle gives me added hope that it might treat its hefty and important subject matter with the gravity and complexity that it deserves.

Game Informer

11bit is blazing a new thematic trail amidst the currently popular survival genre, and so far the studio seems to have something special on its hand.

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