Green Game Jam 2024: EverForest Impact

Seeds of Change

This year, the EverForest team joined the Green Game Jam, an initiative by Playing for the Planet. In global soft-launch mode, we didn’t know what to expect from our players—so we watched with curiosity, hoping to learn some things. Would players dig into a Limited Time Quest, hosted by a sassy raven, and use their valuable time to earn enough points to plant a real tree?

Fill the Jar, Plant a Real Tree!

Playing for the Planet presented three important topics to choose from: Food, Waste, and Nature (Restoration). As well, they asked that teams consider encouraging real world action. The structure of our game and narrative allowed us to do all three themes and we had so much fun creating a quest for each—with the clear call-to-action. Von the Raven asked players to Fill the Jar, Plant a Tree! Players completed tasks for Von to fill the jar, earning Real Tree Points along the way. Players who finished all three quests had enough points to plant a Real Tree and players who didn’t complete them still earned points they could use in the future.

🌍 3,300+ REAL WORLD ECOACTIONS pledged
🌱 850,000+ REAL TREE POINTS collected
🌳 415+ REAL TREES planted

Together, during the three weeks of the Green Game Jam, the EverForest Alliance (our players!) planted more than 415 Real Trees through our extraordinary tree planting partner, EarthLungs Reforestation Foundation. We were very interested to dig into how our players interacted with our embedded eco-actions. During the Green Game Jam, our players pledged to take more than 3,300 Real World actions!

The EverForest team learned a lot during the Green Game Jam. But the most important thing was the affirmation that our players care about the planet. Our players are true forces of nature. And we can’t wait to discover more ways through the EverForest game to prove it.

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