Why the digital preservation is important for the future of our beloved games?

This university project was created to inform as many people as possible about the "Stop Destroying Videogames" petition,  digital media and therefore also video games, the more time passes the more they are at risk of being lost forever, not only due to lack of funding for digital preservation institutions but also because the laws currently allow publishers to have total control over their customers' digital libraries.

The aim of the petition is to create new laws in the European Union that allow buyers to have more rights over their digital purchases and thus also facilitate the process of preservation by the public.

The deadline for the petition is  in July of this year and even if they have collected lots of signatures, they still need a little boost in order to reach the ultimate goal, so the aim for this project is to host a themed game jam around digital preservation and digital ownership in order to spread more awareness about the topic and the petition.

There is also a short questionnaire (link below) that it would help me gather more data regarding the awareness of the public about the main topics of this project.

All the games created for this project are going to be used for the intended purpose of spreading awareness around the main topics and they are going to stay linked to this itch.io web-page and they are not going to be monetized or used in other context. 

Also we are not going to collect any additional data from the participants of the game jam. 

More info about the petition at : https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007