Playing for the Planet Alliance’s fourth annual Green Game Jam has raised $600,000 towards this year’s wildlife theme.
The jam was established in 2019; the competition would call on game studios to add tangible actions to existing games to help fight against climate change via in-game climate actions.
Additionally, this year’s Green Game Jam winners were announced. The award recipients are below:
UNEP Choice: Boom Beach – Supercell
Best Newcomer: Tray Racers! – Bitloom Games
Media’s Choice: Boom Beach – Supercell
Player’s Choice: June’s Journey – Wooga
Best in Wildlife: June’s Journey – Wooga
Jam Spirit Award: Pac-Man – Bandai Namco
Jam Spirit Award: QuizDuel, WordBrain, Ruzzle, Word Domination – MAG Interactive
Google’s Choice: Love & Pies – Trailmix
Industry’s Choice: My Talking Angela 2 – Outfit7
Most Adoptable: My Talking Angela 2 – Outfit7
Sam Barratt, Chief of Youth, Education, and Advocacy at UN Environment Programme, said: “We’ve been really impressed by the quality of this year’s nominations and the spirit that all of the studios have brought. ”
“It’s also great to see more studios starting to add green activations permanently in their games, which has always been the long-term vision of the Jam.”
