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Axiom Verge Publisher Is Helping Developer's Son With Proceeds From The Game

Published Thu, 23 Nov 2017 21:45:28 -0600

Last updated Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:45:56 -0600

BadLand Games, the publisher of Axiom Verge, is going the extra mile to help out the game's developer like you've never seen before. In a recent post, it was revealed that Tom Happ will be receiving 75% of the game's profits to aid in helping his son, who has been battling a chronic ailment for most of his life. Below is a snippet from the post, which will bring a tear to your eye. If you'd like to help, now might be a good time to buy a copy of the game, which is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch this week.

Before I go, I'd just like to take a moment and give a special shout out to the publisher, BadLand Games. As you may have seen elsewhere on my blog and Twitter, I've tried to be pretty open about my son Alastair's health situation. In short, he was born healthy, but the doctors failed to treat a routine case of jaundice during a critical period when he was just days old. The result was a life-long condition called Kernicterus that is characterized by severe neurological damage which robbed Alastair of much of his motor control and hearing. The reason I mention this is that after we decided to move forward with BadLand Games as the publisher, they offered to donate 75% of their share to a special fund dedicated to Alastair's ongoing health care costs. They didn't want to publicize it, since none of us wanted to be seen as trying to use my son's suffering as a marketing tool for the game. I hope this doesn't come off that way. I just wanted to thank them for their generosity in offering that up, since it was definitely something they didn't have to do.

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