Green New Deal Simulator

released on May 02, 2023

Achieve zero emissions and full employment in this casual card-driven game.


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It's fine, short and to the point. Hard to see what they are trying to convey besides "enacting systemic change without fucking things up too much is hard".

While it has some interesting and accurate things to say, it simplifies the problem to an absurd point, and has certain politically charged comments that are not very welcome. But those are not my problems with this game, it's the sheer lack of gameplay, as the decision making becomes trivial and not very decisive given the low ammount of drastically similar options you're given.

Rather ingenious simulation game with board game elements, in which the goal is to achieve ecological transition by zeroing out CO2 emissions and gaining independence from fossil fuel consumption. It's very interesting in the way it manages to be cleverly educational by showing how many variables are at play in the fight against climate change and how everything is related from the political, social, economic, and environmental perspectives.
It is neither a rhetorical nor a catastrophic nor a satirical game, it's an experience in which the challenges of the modern day are shown in a quite simple and straightforward way, but at the same time aware of their complexities: there is no single answer to the best path to take, but there are an infinity of different aspects that have to be balanced with each other in the right way.
It is a profoundly interesting and instructive game, and it is also free!