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Anti-bullying game 'The Adventures of Rubberkid' now available for free
Developer Charlie Jackson has successfully delivered on the promise of his Kickstarter campaign back in December, releasing the simple Flash game, The Adventures of Rubberkid, for free online.The game is designed to deliver a message against childhood bullying, with the title character protecting harassed students from insults. Each successful level shows potential consequences of the bullying, and potential future accomplishments of the victims now that you've helped them maintain confidence.Chances are, if you're reading this, you're personally too old to benefit from Rubberkid, but maybe you know a kid who could. Or maybe you just want to see something sweet and positive for once.
'Rubberkid' fights bullying with a free game
Let's briefly feel good about life and about other humans. The Adventures of Rubberkid by Charles Jackson is a simple Flash game for kids, featuring Breakout-style gameplay. It's also designed to teach youngsters about the pain of bullying."The aim of the game is to show the player the consequences of bullying," Jackson says on his Kickstarter page. "Each level focuses on helping a particular child (or children). Once helped, the player gets to see more info about them... The most important being 'What Would Have Been' if the bullies continued and 'But Since You Helped,' what they'll do with their life. This clearly demonstrates the terrifying results of bullying!"Yes, there's a Kickstarter involved. But before you start punching holes in the small anti-cynicism bubble we've constructed here, the fundraising is motivated by the desire to expand the game – which will be distributed for free. "Since the point of the game is to help conquer bullying, it'd be silly to charge people money to play it," Jackson tells Joystiq in a statement. "So the game is entirely free!"The funding goal is just $750, after which Jackson has his eye on stretch goals, including Spanish and French translations, a tie-in book and comic, and a teen-focused "Cyberbullying Edition."Consider this the antidote to that abhorrent Hitman Absolution promo.
