Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉

Huge thanks to the amazing team at the
@indigitalgames.bsky.social
@danielvella.bsky.social @gua-le-ni.com
@sohanaveed.bsky.social & Jasper Schellekens

And to the DiGRA Board especially Ashley Guajardo & Yekta Kalantar thank you for creating space for voices from Palestine

Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta (@indigitalgames.bsky.social) Making big waves in Game Studies research, Game Design, and AI from a tiny, Mediterranean island | Check us out: http://game.edu.mt | Hosts of DiGRA 2025

It was a true honor to give the keynote at DiGRA 2025 at the University of Malta.

The audience was deeply moved, some in tears and many asked: “What can we do to help Palestine?”
That question alone meant so much.
#DiGRA25

YouTube video by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences D.I.C.E. Summit 2002 - Mark Cerny

I usually watch videos, tutorials, and talks at 2x speed, But for this one, I watched it at 0.7x
Yes, it’s that important if you're in this industry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAW...

Rasheed is the first game developer in Palestine to post a role to our job board. Inshallah he is the first of many.

Join @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and an award-winning team of developers creating Dreams on a Pillow, a game inspired by a Palestinian folk tale set during the 1948 Nakba.

Dreams on a Pillow, a powerful indie game about Palestine, and we need passionate Art Lead & Tech Lead to join our Amazing team.

My Father Lied A Mystery / Lovecraftian Puzzle Adventure about a daughter's search for the secret behind her father's 20 years disappearance.

You know Iraq from war games only, but none of those games mention that Iraq was once Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization

Now, "My Father Lied" is bringing its 7,000 years of history and myths to life in a mystery puzzle adventure

Support it on Kickstarter!
@lunargamesuruk.bsky.social

Recurring donations to Rasheed Abueideh | LaunchGood A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land

Because of your support and the success of our main campaign, Dreams on a Pillow is becoming a reality

Missed it or want to keep supporting? We launched a continuous campaign. We now have an opportunity to keep the creative vision of the project fully independent, your support will guarantee that

@rasheedabueideh.bsky.social is with us at @indigitalgames.bsky.social this weekend for the Malta Global Game Jam! Here he is last night giving the opening keynote, talking about using games for telling personal stories, and introducing his upcoming game Dreams on a Pillow, set during the 1948 Nakba

This is a good interview about Palestinian history & present behind Dreams on a Pillow

What is ‘Dreams on a Pillow’, the Palestinian game about the Nakba? The game is based on the events of the 1948 Nakba, referring to the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians.

Al Jazeera reports in-depth about @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's Dreams on a Pillow.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

CEASEFIRE - GAZA

Thank you

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Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow is on its last day of crowdfunding - CDM Create Digital Music Games weave art and empathy in unique ways: gaming is at its heart a medium about perspective and action. The story of developer Rasheed Abueideh is a model for telling stories and for what happens wh...

Wonderful (and very complete) article here about Dreams on a Pillow.

cdm.link/palestinian-...

"DREAMS ON A PILLOW", a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba ( led by @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social ) has been 100% funded !!

there are still 6 hours left ; any surplus in crowdfunding goes towards inspiring & supporting game development initiatives in Palestine !!

[ 🍉 ] dreamsonapillow.com

Last 9 hours, let's make them count
Launchgood.com/1948

Dreams on a Pillow: Making Games Mean Something More Can video games be the best medium to convey tragedy? One indie dev thinks so.

Wonderful interview by @zaidkriel.bsky.social over at South Africa's IGN franchise, IGN ZA. Still having a fading hope that IGN International or Gamespot will share the story eventually too - for now, I'd appreciate if y'all went and read this.

za.ign.com/dreams-on-a-...

Dreams on a Pillow: Making Games Mean Something More Can video games be the best medium to convey tragedy? One indie dev thinks so.

Our own @zaidkriel.bsky.social spoke with Palestinian indie Dev @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about his new game, Dreams on a Pillow, the tale of the 1948 Nakba. Are video games the right space for this kind of story? Rasheed thinks so.

Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land

Final 10 hours!

www.launchgood.com/1948

Dreams on a Pillow: Making Games Mean Something More Can video games be the best medium to convey tragedy? One indie dev thinks so.

My first feature of 2025 & it was a real struggle. Got major anxiety writing this worried I would get the story wrong, sound biased, get the wrong attention from the wrong people. But it's here now and I hope it helps. Please share. Thank you @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social for trusting me with this.

Dreams on a Pillow: Making Games Mean Something More Can video games be the best medium to convey tragedy? One indie dev thinks so.

Guys, we are on IGN ✌️
Thanks @zaidkriel.bsky.social

Dreams on a Pillow video game cover

#THREAD Avec @checkpointmedia.bsky.social & @psychocroco.bsky.social, nous avons interviewé @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social, Game Director sur Dreams on a Pillow, un jeu vidéo palestinien dont la campagne de financement se termine demain 🍉👇

Alquds Newspaper - Jerusalem

From the IAmA community on Reddit: Hi, I’m Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian game developer living in Palestine. I’m the creator of Liyla and the Shadows of War—a game that Apple famously banned and lat... Explore this post and more from the IAmA community

Rasheed is doing an AmA. Go ask him some cool questions?

www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/YGX...

From the IAmA community on Reddit: Hi, I’m Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian game developer living in Palestine. I’m the creator of Liyla and the Shadows of War—a game that Apple famously banned and lat... Explore this post and more from the IAmA community

📢 And the AMA is live folks, join me now with your questions and support at www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

Dreams on a Pillow on Carta Capital a Brazilian magazine

Dreams on a Pillow continue sur sa lancée 🎉🎉🎉

@rasheedabueideh.bsky.social & son équipe demandaient 190000€, ils en ont désormais 210000 !

Il vous reste encore une trentaine d'heures pour investir dans l'un des jeux les plus importants de la décennie 👇👇👇

www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

Palestinian developer raises more than $200,000 to make Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the horrors of the 1948 Nakba The new game from Lilya and the Shadows of War maker Rasheed Abueideh promises to relate "often untold stories of Palestinian history."

DiGRA 2025 keynote @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's new game about the Nakba has been crowdfunded! www.pcgamer.com/games/palest...

Palestinian developer raises more than $200,000 to make Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the horrors of the 1948 Nakba The new game from Lilya and the Shadows of War maker Rasheed Abueideh promises to relate "often untold stories of Palestinian history."

And a massive thanks to @pcgamer.com for writing up the Dreams on a Pillow story, too.

www.pcgamer.com/games/palest...

Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land

Extremely happy to see that 'Dreams on a Pillow' hit its funding goal. You can (and actually should) still support it.

www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...