The theme of this game jam is to freely interpret its title, "Game Jam for Palestine". Feel free to use this game jam to explore and express your own relationship to Palestine, its occcupation and struggle for liberation and its international solidarity movement in Gothenburg and beyond. You could create an educational retelling about one or more historical events, an intimate reflection on personal experiences carried by you and people you know, or an interactive guide and call to collective action and organizing. It is also always an option to freely create a game with its own themes or topics, and taking this game jam as simply an opportunity to come together with others in solidarity with Gaza and all of Palestine.
Some potential sources of inspiration and information:
- Decolonize Palestine
- Uncivilized Media
- Electronic Intifada
- Mondoweiss
- Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
- Institute for Palestine Studies
- The Palestine Chronicle
- Al-Haq
Games, game bundles and other game related resources:
- Palestine Skating Game Prototype (newest)
- Poems for Palestine
- Every Time the Media Lies A Neighborhood in Gaza Dies
- Being
- A Palestine game collection on Itch
- Global Game Jam 2016 Palestine
- Global Game Jam 2017 Palestine
- Global Game Jam 2018 Palestine
- Global Game Jam 2019 Palestine
- Palestinian Relief Game Bundle
- Indie Game Bundle for Palestine
- TTRPG Bundle for Palestine
- Brief article on the Palestinian games industry
- Video report on gamers expressing solidarity with Palestine
- Game Dev Succinctly Answers What the Games Industry Owes Palestinians
- A Message to the Video Game Industry
- The Games Industry Must Not Stay Silent on Palestine
Do you have any further suggestions or recommendations for resources for the game jam? Feel free to add them here!