This War of Mine: War is futile The only game in the educational set up

The game differs from most war-themed video games by focusing on the civilian experience of war rather than front line combat. The title was published by the Polish game development company 11 bit studios for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in November 2014. The Android version was released on July 14, 2015, followed by the iOS version on the following day.

‘This War of Mine’ will be placed on the official reading list for schools in Poland, the first video game to be recognised in that way. The decision was the outcome of a campaign launched in early 2019. The inclusion of the title on the recommended reading list for Polish students has now been confirmed by the country’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki.

The title drew on the experiences of the Bosnian people during the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. It won widespread acclaim for its realistic portrayal of the human cost of war, and had sold more than 4.5 million units in April 2019.

Most of the characters under the player’s control have no military background nor any kind of survival experience, and will require constant intervention by the player in order to stay alive. A real like portrayal of a common man’s life during an ongoing war. How they sustain; how they survive! It readily carries the message of a common man, how they cope at the time of emergency when there is dearth of everything around us!

The game will be included in the Polish reading list for the 2020/21 academic year, but will only be available to students aged 18 and above due to its age rating in the country. The game simply tries to convey an age old theme, ‘War is futile’!