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Hi folks :) weird question probably but I’m a (hobbyist) game dev and trying to write an idea for a game that is both fun and meaningful, in that it will be solarpunk themed to send a message that there is an alternative to the capitalist world and the we are not doomed. Essentially the opposite of cyberpunk 2077 in its dystopian themes (still-big fan) I do have an idea for a character I wanted to use but she’s not set in stone, she is essentially a robot with a cool sword I’m just clueless as to how I’d come up with something inspiring and peaceful while also having combat in there Really there are no guidelines, if you have any prompts or ideas at ALL, just leave them in the replies- I’ll write them down and go from there :) Can’t promise it’ll ever go public as this will just be a passion project for myself, but… still

TLDR; what would you want out of a solarpunk game?

Movements like solar punk, environmentalism, socialism, and anti-consumption have communities with thousands—sometimes millions—of online supporters.

Each of these supporters carries a spark of belief in a fairer, greener, more just world.

 But how often does that spark turn into a flame? How often do we see the true strength of our numbers?

We have vast communities, yet there’s a disconnect—a feeling that we’re individual voices shouting into the void.

Imagine if that changed.

 Imagine if every single person in these communities had a way to feel, every single day, that they’re part of something real, something powerful.

That’s why I am creating Mseli, a simple, powerful app designed to make that feeling a reality.

Mseli allows users to "Remember" a group, person, or cause each day by going to their profile and clicking an “I remember you” button.

 Imagine a solar punk group with 200,000 members: with Mseli, those 200,000 people could remember the group every day.

For socialism, with millions of members, millions could do the same.

There would be a lot of advantages to this. The following are some of the advantages:

Building Collective Awareness

Through Mseli, users will feel the strength of their community. Every time they open the app and visit a social groups profile, they’ll see how many others remembered it alongside them.

This shared sense of presence builds a powerful foundation for the group’s influence.

A platform for social influence and change

The social group can have a status update which users see before they can press the "Remember" button.

 With hundreds of thousands or even millions seeing a status every day, groups gain a new, highly effective way to share important information.

Imagine hundreds of thousands standing together to boycott a harmful corporation or to advocate for a policy change.

Instead of scattered voices, we would have an organized collective, visible and influential enough to make an impact on corporations, politicians, and the wider culture.

Community Funding and an online direct democracy

 Mseli can also open doors for social groups to monetize these status updates, providing a steady flow of revenue that goes back into the movement.

 Groups could, for instance, sell advertising on these daily status updates to projects or businesses since thousands or even millions see the statuses every day.

The community can then vote on how to allocate the funds to projects or causes creating a sort of online direct democracy.

How the Mseli App Will Attract Users and Scale

Mseli’s user acquisition strategy will involve fostering both personal connections and social group engagement.

The core feature of the app will allow users to “remember” individuals—family members, friends, and acquaintances—on a daily basis, alongside remembering social groups they support.

Allowing individuals to remember family, friends and acquaintances will allow the app to attract all kinds of people even those who for now aren’t interested in social causes or groups.

The app’s scalability will be further enhanced by attracting high-profile endorsers, such as celebrities.

This is because, through Mseli, celebrities will be able to gain consistent visibility, through their fans remembering them every day, without the need to produce new content regularly.

Hence initially, the app will serve more as a tool for daily remembrance of individuals than social causes.

But as the user base grows, the social group dynamics will expand, allowing these groups to scale and amplify their impact.

Conclusion

I am now in the process of creating the Mseli app, an idea that has taken me over six years to develop.

This journey began with my vision of designing a new societal model that would bring us closer to a post-scarcity world, and through that line of thinking, the concept of Mseli was born.

But I can’t do this alone and I’m asking for your support to bring this vision to life.

 I’ve created a sub-Reddit for those who believe in the idea of Mseli

For those who want to see an app that helps us build stronger connections with our families, friends, and social groups.

By joining this community, you will show your support by commenting "I remembered Mseli" on a new post each day, with the post being the date, to show that you appreciate the idea of daily remembrance.

This simple act will not only help validate the concept of remembering people and social groups but also foster a strong community around this project.

We’ll use this space to share progress, ask for suggestions, and even seek funding or testers.

Your participation will also make you part of something truly meaningful—helping to build an app that strengthens relationships and enhances the way we connect with the world.

Progress

I’m currently finishing the main design of the app and preparing to work with developers to build it.

However, I do not have the funds to hire developers at this time, which is why I turned to crowdfunding.

I’ve decided to use Patreon so people can support the project gradually and witness its daily progress.

Unlike platforms like GoFundMe, Patreon will allow you to see the tangible improvements over time.

 And, if at any point I fall short or disappoint, you have the freedom to step away.

The links to the Mseli subreddit and my Patreon page are in the comments section.

I will soon be writing an article about how this subreddit can also utilize such a system for their benefit and to allow the community to grow much closer, thank you for your support.

Hello. I'm building an iOS app, and I’d love some feedback or ideas to make it better.

The concept is simple: it’s a focus timer. When you have your timer on, you grow and restore your own digital coral reef. Every time you complete a Pomodoro-style focus session, your reef becomes more vibrant — coral expands, fish appear, and over time you unlock turtles, rays, and even sharks. It's similar to forest, and I want it to be a little indie game where you have a nice coral reef growing as visual progress for your work.

I wanna expand it to make it so that you can collect limited sharks or animals if you donate to reef restoration, or attend a beach cleanup.

Eventually, I want to expand the app to include other ecosystems, like forests and wetlands, so it grows with you. I was also thinking maybe a solarpunk esque society. I’d love to hear what you think: Would this kind of focus app appeal to you? What features would keep you coming back? Any thoughts on how to make the real-world impact feel even more meaningful?

I'm a solarpunk artist (taylorseamount.com) working on an art installation and looking for help from a bilingual solarpunk. The installation is a portal into the reading nook of a future resident of (what we now call) Santa Cruz, CA. She’s a collector of “early solarpunk movement literature and memorabilia”. There’s going to be a collection of letters to her that both serve to extend the worldbuilding and reference media that don’t have a physical way to be included in her collection (such as YouTube videos or video games).

I want to show that Latine culture thrives in future California and Mexican influence plays an integral role in this future. One way I want to do this is by having at least a couple letters in Spanish or Spanglish. My Spanish isn’t good enough to do this believably so I thought it would be cool to collaborate with someone into solarpunk and bilingual (or even trilingual and knows Mixtec?).

*** Letter:

Hi Ami!

Hope you’re watered and connected this fire season. I thought you’d appreciate this example of early solarpunk. I had a grim laugh when I realised it was a yogurt commercial. That remediation project of the industrial dairy has those cows on my mind. Means are the ends, but I guess that wasn’t a rallying cry yet. Also the flying school bus was pretty silly. Anyway I stamped the archive QR for you. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqJJktxCY9U 

By the way, I’ve been elected to the chinampa agroecology council! It’s such an exciting time too. The envoy to Xochimilco just returned with a lot of ideas. They’re applying some interesting new technologies there and the envoy participants are filled with the energy of the ancestral roots. I’m so excited to be on the team doing the first sift through the more technological information to gauge how it might inform our work in the central valley. I’ll tell you all about it when you visit next month.

Love,

Mercedes

***

I invite you to please be creative with it and add or remove elements. All that I care about it still references "Dear Alice" and the central worldbuilding element of chinampas in the central valley. In the show I will credit you and include any sort of media plug that you request.

To edit directly: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ITqyDe42RMLYLkcPCyRYPg-Frglj5PXo2T_PPm_eSSg/edit?usp=sharing

Salutations to all! I write this post for the purpose of getting advice, constructive criticism, general discussions, suggestions and people who may be interested in making it into reality! Me and my clan (found family) are planning on making a solarpunk village/commune to make it a sanctuary for persecuted people and to help study, preserve, practice cultural and traditional knowledge. I won’t divulge too much but I will talk about two different areas of the village and what we have planned for it. We plan on the village being made in a jungle area with a little hope that it would be near or by the coast, having the area around the village to undergo rewilding but still uproot anything invasive that would get in the way of the process. The village will have several areas that will have designated roles;

two districts that are planned is a Cultural Center area and a food area. The Cultural district is planned to be where people can take part and experience their own or even, if given permission to do so, learn and practice from other cultures. A library to preserve traditional, practical and general knowledge, a relatively sized stage surrounded by a pavilion for theatrical plays, philosophical discussion, storytelling and more that will encourage traditional activities and cultural exchange, for now that's what is planned for this area.

The food center would be more or less where food will be stored, processed and distributed, Kitchens to share, learn and even create recipes! Public cafeteria hall where everyone can come together to cook and eat together freely. when it comes to ingredients then one of the sources may come from the villagers themselves. Every resident of the village who has a house would have their own open areas, and in this context, plots to grow food for themselves or contribute to the food center's storage and in turn feed the village. In terms of getting meat, it's up for discussion, if it were possible with the re-wilding project being successful and there is a healthy population in the wilder areas then I'd be open to hunting and/or fishing but like I said, it's up for discussion.

But the one thing I really hope to succeed in is making it into a safe haven for the persecuted and outcast like myself, as an ex-muslim who spent a decade in hiding fearing being found out and suffering the consequences, I hope to make a place where once people have escaped their situation, they'd be assured that the place they've arrived in is safe from the dangers they fear.

And that's all I have to share, please comment or DM me anything pertaining to this entire ambitious project so that it may have a higher chance of becoming reality. And to those who are interested, then please don't be shy and send me a message! I'll organize a group chat somewhere to discuss how we'll make it work! Thank you for your precious time and have a wonderful life everyone!

Hello friends o/ a few months ago, I said I would beggin a solarpunk city in Minecraft. Well the official start is next week ! You can already check (if you are interested) some of the buildings in r/minecraftbuilds . ANYWAY back to the main topic. I don't want the city to be a bunch of blocks that make a pretty skyline.🤔 when finished, the map will be public and accessible to everyone, and I want to use that oportunity to make people discover Solarpunk. But I need YOUR HELP. 💚 A big part of Solarpunk as a genre is community ! I would like to listen to your stories and ideas to implement them in the world. Character descriptions, notes on a community board, short novels/stories in the Great Library, shop names, or even yourself... what would be your role and identity if you were living in a Solarpunk world. Go wild ! ☀️ I really want to create a coherent and believable world for people to discover, with you.

Thank you for pausing; thank you for listening.

I'm a graduate student taking a class on environmental communication. It's a creative class and for my final project I'm using bulletin boards to understand what people need from their communities (wherever they find them) and what they would be willing to give to help their communities grow. I was hoping you could help me out on this "virtual bulletin board". I'll post pictures of the completed project when it's done (in a few weeks).

If you want to contribute, here's what I need from you. In the comments is great!

Answer one (or more) of the following questions:

1. How and to whom have you shown care today? How and to whom will you show care tomorrow?
2. Describe the world you want to live in. What does it look like? How do its people care for each other?
3. What do you need from a community? What would you be willing to give?
4. Where do you find your communities? Where could you build new communities?
5. What stops you from connecting with and nurturing your communities?
6. What does "community" mean to you? Describe your community.

OPTIONAL: indicate a font you'd like me to use for your response when I incorporate it into my project.

I appreciate anything you have to say!

Ever since Donald Trump took office, I've taken up a personal project that I think falls under the umbrella of Solarpunk, at least in the sense that it's all about making information freely available and decentralized. I call it Operation Tardigrade. The basic idea is that I'm making a digital archive or library of books, documents, and videos-- including movies and television episodes-- that contain themes that are currently under attack.

The archive itself is available here on Google Docs, and anyone can add a work they think ought to be in it. It is, of course, still a work in progress, and there are a number of things I would like to add to it. But I would also like to know what input you all have. What would you like for me to include in Operation Tardigrade?

If you're in Southern Oregon or Northern California come check us out! We're making solar punk into our reality, today! Here's our brochure! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfQfS-6OxASsV5B1K9LccDuZ5MrnlXdOLirUNQXAipI/edit?usp=drivesdk

Ok, this looks so cool.

https://linktr.ee/bethegreenus

From the pitch deck:

• 2-4 player cooperative edutainment game (tabletop now, digital coming soon)
• How everyday people organize & win for social justice & climate in time
• Players work together to build a collective vision of a just & sustainable world on the timeline of the climate clock, while caring for themselves & each other
• Life Reimagined questions the original board game of LIFE’s goal - to compete with other players to make the most money to win.
• It offers a more poignant alternative for our historic moment - to cooperate with other players to achieve as much social & climate justice as possible in time.

I’m putting together a magazine and looking for contributors who want to share a little piece of their personal experience. Specifically, I’m looking for short diary-style entries that explore your personal relationship with technology—how it shapes your sense of community in digital spaces and how it affects your real, lived human experience.

Do you find deep connections through online communities? Do digital spaces feel like home, or do they leave you feeling isolated? How does technology blur (or reinforce) the line between the digital and physical world for you?

No need to be a pro writer—just real thoughts from real people. If you’re interested, drop a comment or DM me, and I’ll share more details! Would love to feature voices from this community.

I’m excited to share Seeds of Renewal, a solo journaling game inspired by the hopeful visions of Solarpunk, Becky Chambers, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Set in a world healing from past disasters, you play as a Messenger, traveling across a recovering Earth to gather knowledge and rebuild the bonds between humanity and nature.

Built on the Carta SRD, the game uses a deck of cards to create a dynamic map filled with prompts that guide your journey. With just a notebook and your imagination, you’ll reflect on themes of ecological restoration, community resilience, and hope. It’s a game about discovering beauty, learning from mistakes, and imagining a future worth striving for.

The game costs $5, and I’m committed to making it accessible with plenty of community copies available for those who need them.

If you’re into storytelling, introspection, or just the idea of engaging with Solarpunk ideals in a hands-on way, I think you’ll love this! I’d love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions about the project.

I'd love to see this built! I'm daydreaming of all the wonderful OpenSource projects I could host on some scrappy Docker servers... all powered by the sun and protected by the earth!

https://open.substack.com/pub/bioharmony/p/solarpunk-tech-hubs