The real Harambe, a 450-pound western lowland gorilla, was shot and killed by a zoo worker last year after Harambe grabbed a three-year-old boy that fell into the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
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“I think someone who is ultimately offended by this game may need to question themselves a little bit and maybe question their morals: ‘Why am I so offended by a pixalized gorilla being shot?’” said the game’s programmer, Tyler Saling.
Saling says he is working on a mobile version of the game.
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