The Living Network
Games that dig deeper and explore how we're all part of a larger living thing.
Author: Hugo Bille
Energy is Magic
What can fantasy mechanics tell us about depleting real-world natural resources?
Let Players Leave
Let's design games so it's easy for users to power off their device without losing progress.
CO2 Label for Games
Making a game emits carbon, but calculating the impact is easier than you may think and can shift the mindset of our industry.
Lightweight Patches
Prep your game so you can upload neat patches instead of having to replace huge chunks of the game each time.
Incorporating Tradition
Games can actively further the teachings of indigenous peoples, with great benefits for sustainability.
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.
Fossil-Free Survival
Survival games can think seriously about which methods of power generations are available to the player, and how they're portrayed.
Renewable Worldbuilding
Visions of a renewable future can come from the most unexpected games.
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?
Origins of Lanayru Desert
That time when Zelda offered an environmental parable.
Grief as a Game Mechanic
Signs of the Sojourner has an environmental grief system that both breaks us down and ties us together.
The Tragedy of Galarian Corsola
When coral bleaching came to Pokémon.
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.
Braving the Lost Forest
When Monument Valley 2 made us think like a tree.
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.
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?
Movement Building Games
Meet the games that lay the foundation for a new genre of movement building.
Shinra: The Face of Colonialism
Final Fantasy VII provided us with one of popular culture's most devastating caricatures of capitalism, colonialism and greed.
Oil Ocean Zone
Associating your villain with fossil fuel production has always been a classy move.
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
Calling Out Fossil Fuel Corruption
In the world of Oiligarchy, addiction is the goal.