Playing for the Planet Alliance focuses on nature as theme for Green Game Jam

The Playing for the Planet Alliance, an initiative facilitated by the United Nations, announced the return of its annual Green Game Jam. It unveiled the names of the 57 studios joining, which include TiMi Studio Group, Rovio, Supercell and Ubisoft. The studios are from 27 countries, and they will work to integrate the theme of nature into their titles, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This is the highest number of games in the jam since it started in 2019. This year, studios will work to both fundraise for conservation causes as well as a new campaign approach which will engage players to share why nature matters to them in an effort to show support for its protection. These messages would then be shared with policy makers, calling to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 and addressing the fact that one million of the planet’s estimated eight million species face extinction. Millions of dollars have been raised through the Green Game Jam, and millions of tr ... Read full article.