The climate crisis is sadly very real, though it can also be just as depressing when depicted in games, or possibly in poor taste when used for a gimmicky game mechanic. The alternative is to present a more optimistic vision of how things could be if humanity got its act together. We've seen an example of this earlier this year with online football sim Rematch, and now Rebound is planning to do the same for its cosy open world exploration game, where you live sustainably in the camper van home of your dreams.
"My co-founder Mark and I, we both love the idea of owning a camper van," Square Glade Games co-founder and studio director Tobias Snackernberg tells me. "It's a very cool dream, but in practice it's very impractical when you have a family, a job, and you need income, all that kind of stuff. So Outbound basically creates this alternative where you can at least live it digitally."
