What the game is about
A gentle builder game about sadaqah jariyah — charity that keeps giving after you are gone.
Villagers bring gifts, you carry them to the well, and once the water flows you keep the village
supplied. Nothing is ever lost by playing slowly, and no one in the game can fail you.
For the youngest players
Walking, carrying and a bright picture is the whole game. There is no losing, no timer that
punishes you and no screen full of numbers to read.
Characters
Everyone in the game is an invented cartoon villager: girls and women in hijab and loose clothes,
boys and men in kufi or plain clothes. No prophet, companion, angel or any other sacred figure
is ever depicted — stories about them are told in words only. There is no violence, no gambling
and no music: only quiet, synthesised sound effects you can switch off.
Texts and their sources
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