EARTHSHIFT

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Earthshift is a thrilling, cinematic, easy-to-play grand strategy videogame with a powerful environmental narrative. It is an event-driven sandbox with a focus on atmospheric and emergent storytelling. The game is set on a realistic three-dimensional recreation of Earth in the near future, where global warming and pollution have reached catastrophic levels. Monsters are Earth’s immune system, rising from the polluted oceans, burning forests and melting ice caps. Players take on the role of a global coalition leader, tasked with defending humanity from monsters and disasters while simultaneously working to reverse the environmental damage. Earthshift is an AA videogame for PC platform with the main focus of entertainment but also raising awareness of climate change for as many players as possible. The goal is to simulate and visualize the natural processes of global warming in a simplified but faithful manner, while giving players the tools to experiment with current and upcoming technologies and social policies to combat it. To ensure scientific accuracy we collaborate with climate experts from Terragami Interactive GmbH, integrating a dynamic climate model and evaluating potential technological solutions. Monsters will serve as a metaphor for the different climate risks and for players to have a more tangible connection to the world and clearer understanding of how to tackle them.