The video game sector has also been affected by the coronavirus health crisis and releases like The Last of Us Part II have been delayed. But it's also showing its more caring side to contribute to the fight against this pandemic, which is affecting many families. From the Spanish study Gammera Nest, creators of Nubla, have developed a series of video games with a nostalgic touch to fundraising and to help as far as possible to the citizenship to fulfill the confinement.
They are a total of 4 free downloadable games in the usual Android applications (Google Play or AppStore) or from the Official website of the NGO World Vision, with which they collaborate to allocate everything raised to the cause. They are updated versions of the 80s arcade classics like Space Invaders, Asteroids or Pac-Man, with which they also stand out the keys to overcoming the pandemic and that we are hearing so much these days: wash your hands, stay at home or collaborate with the health workers who have become heroes in this terrible circumstance.
For example, Covinvaders is a reinterpretation of the classic in which the player has to collaborate to disinfect the streets of a deserted city. Handsteroids already anticipates on its behalf that the player should remove soap-based hand viruses, emphasizing this prevention measure. The third game is called Vacc-Man in an obvious nod to the Comecocos, where an investigator gathers knowledge to create a vaccine, while try to avoid getting it. And finally, in Sanipong, two toilets will have to fight to end the virus in hospitals.
Under the motto #GanaAlBicho, the games raise awareness about the importance of this situation and the measures adopted to avoid more infections. The initiative was born from World Vision, an international humanitarian aid organization that puts its shoulders in situations of extreme need like the current one and has already allocated $ 80 million in 17 countries to reach the most vulnerable population. It must be remembered that 3 out of 10 people do not have access to drinking water in their homes, so they are more exposed to a possible contagion. On the other hand, 2,000 million people are in danger due to the lack of minimum sanitary conditions.
