Grove of the Felled Olives

I don't have much hope that this will stay up for long, but I need more people to play this

There are billions of people in this world, and we lose thousands daily to a genocide that won't be stopped. To anyone, those numbers may seem small, but take a moment to think if you can even name a thousand people you know--a hundred even. You'll come to realize that you cannot, because people aren't just names you list out and numbers you write down. People are more complex. More real and beautiful--comparable to shining stars and shimmering lights, much like how the grove represents them. The grove grows full and bright with color as you take the time to venture through and pay your respects--yet these people have had their light taken. This is a gorgeous memorial and does a very good job of making visitors reflect on themselves and the world around them. I do hope it grows more in popularity and not in numbers. Thank you for properly giving these people a place to rest.

Oyun Ekim 2023 ile Temmuz 2025 arasında Gazze'de öldürülen 60.000'den fazla insana adanmış ücretsiz bir sanal anıttır. Her bir şehit olmuş insanı dualar ile yad ediyoruz.

Sad but necessary. I wish things did not have to be this way in the world.

One devastating thing you will notice about this game is that its icon is designed in such a way that makes it so the "o" in "olives" is covered by the shortcut arrow. When looking at it newly downloaded onto your desktop, it will read as the "grove of felled lives." This choice also has a double meaning due to the retraction of the word "olives," referring to the tree and symbol of peace. (In the bible, a dove flew to Noah's arc carrying an olive branch, signifying that the great flood was over.) With the removal of the olive trees, hence: felled, peace was also been removed. I should also note that I'm fairly certain the environment of the game isn't just a random unity sandbox. Rather, it's quite literally a grove of decimated olive trees, entrapped in gray fog that feels eerily similar to the concrete dust clouds that erupt from bombed buildings. Hats off to the dev. I really couldn't have come up with something so potent myself. Thank you for this game.

I wish I could live in a world where this memorial wouldn't need to exist.

12min in and I'm 0.415282% done - only 59950 to go! Games saves progress, but unfortunately I guess that the count is not over yet. Good way of visualizing the magnitude of what is going on and to pay hommage. Not sure why the tunnel vision was necessary (maybe for optimizations purpose?). Playing this game, yYou will not feel a sense of achievement, but you will feel something.