Synopsis

Winner of Just Play: A Game Jam for Climate Futures, Maybe We Saved the World is a thrilling open world survival game where every choice shapes the future of our planet. Narrated by the protagonist from a climate-healed future, they provide context and insight into the long-term consequences of each decision. Major events require quick thinking—like how to respond to real-time floods or devastating droughts—but the story is brought to life by ostensibly small decisions. Do you join a protest or a community garden? What changes if you appreciate the beauty of a park versus allowing yourself to wallow in dread? In this game, you don’t have to imagine the possibilities; you can live them. Along the journey, players gather glimmers or embers — created by hope or righteous anger — that enable them to spark change in their community. Encountering climate challenges is inevitable, but how you choose to react to them and navigate day-to-day life around them shapes a path unique to each playthrough that ultimately, but not always smoothly, leads to our salvation.