Incorporating Tradition Games can actively further the teachings of indigenous peoples, with great benefits for sustainability.
When Rivers Were Trails Beth LaPensée reinterprets The Oregon Trail from the perspective of a displaced native man.
The Rise of World Games Games can honor the cultures of indigenous peoples across the world, and bring them to life in a new way.
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is a cooperative platformer drawn from the folklore of Alaskan Native peoples, specifically the Iñupiat.
Celebrate Indigenous Wisdom Indigenous communities protect 90% of the planet's remaining biodiversity, with long-standing practices that enrich climate action.
Fossil-Free Survival Survival games can think seriously about which methods of power generations are available to the player, and how they're portrayed.
Knowing is Half the Battle Transformers: Earth War added a new mini-campaign to talk about renewable energy.
Reclaiming History How can settler games avoid their colonial baggage and tell new stories about land and who owns it?
The Extinction Achievement Extinction mechanics, even when used ironically, are great at reminding players that no resource is limitless.
Settle With Care What does a settler game that takes environmental consequences into account look like?
Grief as a Game Mechanic Signs of the Sojourner has an environmental grief system that both breaks us down and ties us together.
Meaning in a World of Ruin Game worlds can be "transapocalyptic" - places that have collapsed, yet they still exist and they are still worth fighting for.
Anthropomorphize Everything? Anything can engender empathy if you put enough human features on it - so when should you?
Save the Sperm Whales Beyond Blue has the player studying a specific pod of sperm whales and investigating sound pollution that disturbs their life.
Showcase a Climate Solution Normalize real-world climate solutions by incorporating them into your world lore, story, and/or game mechanics.
Reveal Costs of Extraction Challenge age-old gaming tropes to remind players that nothing lasts forever and that pillaging nature's pantry has consequences!
Put Down Your Tools When your release day coincides with the world's largest climate protest, what do you prioritize?
Climate as Catalyst Games like Battlefield 2042 embody the risk of climate wars being fought in the near future. Or are they already here?
Acknowledge the Climate Emergency "The most important thing you can do for climate - talk about it" Dr Katharine Hayhoe
Imagine a Sustainable Future Unlike dystopias featuring urban decay and corruption, solarpunk helps us imagine worlds where crises are solved with camaraderie and ingenuity.
Facilitate Grief for the World The climate crisis is a major existential threat that can be very overwhelming. Games and storytelling can help us process emotions into action.
Shinra: The Face of Colonialism Final Fantasy VII provided us with one of popular culture's most devastating caricatures of capitalism, colonialism and greed.
Dirty Politics Based on real events, Deal: A Green New Election puts players on a collision course with the frustrations of fossil fuel money in US politics
Oiligarchy Oiligarchy casts the player as an oil executive tasked with growing their business at any cost.