SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION FOR EUROPE’S GAME INDUSTRIES

Project Information

STRATEGIES

Grant agreement ID: 101132538

DOI

10.3030/101132538

EC signature date 6 November 2023

Start date 1 February 2024

End date 31 January 2028

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 735 266,53

EU contribution

€ 2 735 266,53

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website

Public launch of the STRATEGIES website, including its visual brand in fulfilment of T8.1(vi).

Documents, reports (4)

Preliminary GHG Emissions Report

Scopes GHG emissions practices and material flows in SME game developers. This written report for sharing with the consortium, the Commission and on the STRATEGIES website presents quantitative data and a summary of GHG emissions practices and material flows in SME game developers. Delivery of this report fulfils T3.1(i-ii).

Policy Brief Summary Report

This written report for sharing with the consortium, the Commission and on the STRATEGIES website presents an overview of STRATEGIES Policy briefs gathered in the first 12-16 months of the project. Delivery of this report fulfils T8.3 (i-iii).

White Paper Ecogame Design for Sustainability

This written report for sharing with the consortium, the Commission and on the STRATEGIES website presents a summary of the literature review on Ecogame Design for Sustainability. Delivery of the report fulfils T5.1 (i-ii).

Preliminary SoA Report

Written report for sharing within the consortium, the Commission and via the STRATEGIES website that presents a summary review of literature on sustainability of game development. Sharing of this report fulfils T2.1.

Publications

Conference proceedings (1)

Game Makers against the Climate Apocalypse. Corporate Sustainability, Local Action, and Planetary Care in Game Development

Author(s): Ruth Dorothea Eggel and Sonia Fizek
Publisher: University of Krems Press
DOI: 10.48341/MHVY-0W15

Book chapters (2)

Tabletop Eco-Weird: Gameplay Experience and Ecological Ethics

Author(s): Chloé Germaine
Published in: The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Films, and Games, 2025, ISBN 978-3-031-77126-2
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-77126-2_9

Sustainable Game Design Beyond the ‘Nature-as-Franchise’ Paradigm

Author(s): Werning, S.
Published in: The Game Needs to Change : Towards Sustainable Game Design, 2025, ISBN 9781032836195
Publisher: Routledge

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Curious Games: Game Making, Hacking and Jamming as Critical Practice

Author(s): Chloé Germaine, Paul Wake
Published in: Behavioral Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2076-328X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/BS15101415

Understanding games as a site of utopian resonance

Author(s): Kyle A. Thompson, Joost M. Vervoort, Alenda Chang
Published in: Futures, Issue 172, 2025, ISSN 0016-3287
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUTURES.2025.103646

Beyond awareness: Climate games as invitations to care for the future

Author(s): carien moossdorff, Joost M. Vervoort
Published in: Futures, Issue 176, 2026, ISSN 0016-3287
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUTURES.2026.103760

Other (3)

Green Transition at Play. State of the Art Report on the Environmental and Social Sustainability of Video and Board Game Industries.

Author(s): Fizek, S., Eggel, D. R., Lindner, M., Paller, C., Limpach, O., Derivry, H., Grünberg, I., Taeger, M.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Project STRATEGIES - Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries

Preliminary GHG Report

Author(s): Hooper, P.,Paling. C., Raje, F., Tyynelä, E.
Published in: Project STRATEGIES - Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries, 2025
Publisher: Project STRATEGIES

White Paper: Ecogame Design for Sustainability

Author(s): Dörflig, D., Frelik, P., Germaine, C., Paller, C., Wake, P., Werning, S.
Published in: Project STRATEGIES - Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries, 2025
Publisher: Project STRATEGIES - Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries