Trevor Noah Zero Productions and Anima Interactive day were announced by the winners of their games, Day zero Games: Solarpunk Jam.
Of almost 200 participants from 35 countries, Solar Salvage, a vehicle building and exploration created by only three programmers: Nattland Interactive in Sweden and 707 Heaven in Norway, received the essential prize of USD 10,000.
Additional finalists are: Banyu, a cozy sailing game and sweeping developed by HotFix Labs, a team from Indonesia; Sky Patch, a quiet agricultural platformer and adventure, in which players must revive the quiet, floating islands, developed by Null Jam Games, an international team.
The winning matches shall be presented during the Green Games Showcase at Summer Games Fest, broadcast on June 7 at 13:00 Pacific time, distinguishing the next generation of creators aware of the climate.
“You can feel the desire for honest, optimistic games in Solarpunk Jam applications,” said Dan Zubrzycki, head of games at day zero products. “Teams from Indonesia, South Africa, Norway, Colombia and not only treated this topic not only as aesthetics, but as an invitation to involve the climate crisis with hope and ingenuity.
Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam began on Earth Day, April 22, 2025, and passed by May 10, 2025, demanding programmers to create original prototypes of video games inspired by Solarpunk – the growing literary and visual movement, which provides for radical optimism, environmental management and social capital.
“Solarpunk is still quite a born movement, and this jam from the game has helped accelerate movement, showing how video games can revive their ideals,” said Karla Reyes, the founder and creative director in Anima Interactive in a statement. “Games are an extremely fertile basis for examining the complexity of climate justice, the resistance of the community and the brighter future – through narrative, systems, aesthetics and active participation of the player. It’s amazing to see what the participants achieved in just a few weeks, and we hope that this initiative can inspire more interested artists and building the world of solarpunks.”
Jam was sponsored by Cinerreach, stories for recognized movies, akin to Marcel The Shell with the shoes and the beast of Southern Wild and Carmack Collective, a support fund catalyzing a transformational change in the pursuit of climate justice.
Before playing Dżem, the participants received a narrative plan developed by Cinereach in cooperation with Good Energy, providing climate research tools and stories stories designed with the contribution of scientists and first -line community.
“We are impressed as these brilliant games creators interpreted narrative plans to imagine full of hope, regenerative new worlds in the face of climate change,” Candereach Cinereach said in a statement. “These creators enlivened insight into the exciting, inspiring ways in which games show to assist in shaping our future, at the same time nice.
Thanks to global participation, intercultural cooperation and powerful history, the results of Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam show a growing appetite for stories that undermine dystopia with beauty, joy and ecological imagination.
Watch the winners during the Showcase Green Games Showcase on June 7 at 13:00 PST and explore the full collection of applications at itch.io.
Day Zero Productions is a joint undertaking of Trevor Noah and Paramount Global. The Game Division works closely with film and television projects to adopt a 360-degree approach to telling stories. In addition to Trans-Media initiatives, DZP creates original interactive experiences, akin to Jokenite with Epic Games, and supports a wider industry through strategic investments, including the seed round in Midsummer Studios, founded by Firaxis Veteran and creator of XCOM Jake Solomon.
Anima Interactive is a recent socially conscious independent games and an engaging media studio that mixes art and technology to ignite positive cultural changes. We are currently developing us, take us North, a narrative adventure that immerses players into the moving travels of migrants and people applying for asylum on the technique to crossing the border with the American. Learn more at www.anima-interactive.com.
Cinereach is a non-profit history laboratory developing stories that cause curiosity, empathy and agency. We are working on revolutionizing the narrative process, improving the way of creating and consuming history, and filling the gap between social stories and popular entertainment in a film, television and developing media. Originally founded in 2006 as a film company and production company, Cinerreach supported over 200 beloved and recognized movies, including the Best Picture Nominees Best Academy Award of the Beast from Southern Wild and Marcel The Shell with the shoes on. Learn more at Cineroach.org.
Thanks to the annual budget of the subsidy of about $ 1.5 million, Carcack Collecntive focuses on two basic strategies: building traffic and changes in culture. The fund supports first line and cultural initiatives that undermine the dominance of the fossil fuel industry, aimed at changing the narrative and strengthening the position of the community most affected by environmental injustices. Emphasizing the transparency and sharing of power, the collective uses philanthropy practices based on trust, including many years of unlimited financing and minimum application requirements to be certain that the resources are effective and fair.