The book is being created with the blessing and support of Undertale creator, Toby Fox. The book will feature fan contributed art pieces based on the game for which G4G is currently accepting submissions on the campaign’s webpage. An official name for the book has not yet been announced.
Undertale is an adventure RPG released in 2015 that garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews. The game wasn’t just genre defining – it was genre defying. It touched on themes that really hadn’t been done in games up to that point. It has a dedicated fan following, so we should see some pretty amazing artwork in the book when it releases.
The proceeds from the book will support these three charity organizations:
Child’s Play
Take This
Anxiety Gaming
Since 2003, we’ve set up and organized Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 220 facilities worldwide, including hospitals and domestic abuse shelters.
TakeThis, Inc. seeks to inform our community about mental health issues, to provide education about mental disorders and mental illness prevention, and to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
From donating video game consoles to foster homes, to matching gamers with the perfect therapist, to completely covering the cost of mental health care for those that couldn’t otherwise afford it.
The Gamer for Life campaign was G4G’s first fanart project and was a huge success. It was initiated to help Blizzard game developer, Kevin Kenai Griffith (KKG) who had been diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. Unfortunately Kevin passed away before the book was finished, but the proceeds went to cancer related charities in his name.
Mental Illness affects so many people. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year. That’s 43.8 million people! Raising awareness and helping charities that are dedicated to helping those faced with mental illness is the goal of this campaign. If you are interested in helping or would just like to know more, please check out G4G’s official website.
