Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Mzansi Climate Justice Jam! – Reimagine climate justice – Co-create bold games
Pula & Roots
Find new paths to nourishment
Bright green leaves on the umtiza sapling, earthy scent of the bright new morning, all under the deep blue Eastern Cape Sky. This is how Pula remembers her childhood at Gogo’s farm. And this is not what she returns to as a young woman, coming back to the farm to escape stressful city life.
Country: South Africa, 2025
Genre: Interactive fiction, Narrative, Meaningful choices, Farming, Climate change, Twine, Text-based
Platform: Digital (browser-based)
what is this game about?
| Pula has returned to her grandmother’s farm after struggling to find work in the city when she finished university. The once productive small farm is now dry and nearly barren. Pula’s name means rain, as she was born just before the first spring rains. With her birth, her family planted a umtiza tree, which would grow with her and remind her of her roots at the farm. But the rains have shifted and changed, and so too must the way of farming. Pula decides to help rejuvenate the farm, in whatever way she can. She might not know much about farming, but a little collective and traditional knowledge can go a long way. Pula & Roots is set in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. It explores real world climate challenges faced by small holdings farmers. Pula & Roots is a text based narrative game where you play as Pula and help her make decisions to restore her grandmother’s farm and bring the community together. The game is an interactive fiction based on real-world scenarios and challenges faced by people in South Africa. |
Team members: Aiden Africa, Nompumelelo Manyathi, Kamogelo Makhoba, Danielle Albertyn
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