Historical Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow surpasses funding goal
Dreams on a Pillow, the Palestinian video game about the 1948 Nakba, surpassed its funding goal
It’s follow-up to the award-winning Liyla and the Shadows of War
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January 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Historical Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow surpasses funding goal
It's Liyla and the Shadows of War all over again. Back in 2016, when @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social made a game about real life Israeli atrocities in the 2014 Invasion of Gaza, Apple banned it from the App Store for being "too political". It took industry outrage to pressure Apple to revert that.
April 24, 2026 at 2:04 AM
It's Liyla and the Shadows of War all over again. Back in 2016, when @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social made a game about real life Israeli atrocities in the 2014 Invasion of Gaza, Apple banned it from the App Store for being "too political". It took industry outrage to pressure Apple to revert that.
Again, my utmost respect for @polygon.com for reporting on Dreams on a Pillow when so many sites and influencers that claim to stand for inclusivity and diversity and equality have ducked speaking about the genocide, about Palestine, and about Palestinian stories.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...
www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...
Dreams on a Pillow, the Palestinian video game about the 1948 Nakba, surpassed its funding goal
It’s follow-up to the award-winning Liyla and the Shadows of War
www.polygon.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Again, my utmost respect for @polygon.com for reporting on Dreams on a Pillow when so many sites and influencers that claim to stand for inclusivity and diversity and equality have ducked speaking about the genocide, about Palestine, and about Palestinian stories.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...
www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...
Huge respect to Rasheed+team, who are crowdfunding this important game project and could use our support:
bsky.app/profile/rash...
Related, I recommend people go play Rasheed's previous game, Liyla & The Shadows of War (rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...)
bsky.app/profile/rash...
Related, I recommend people go play Rasheed's previous game, Liyla & The Shadows of War (rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...)
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
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
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Huge respect to Rasheed+team, who are crowdfunding this important game project and could use our support:
bsky.app/profile/rash...
Related, I recommend people go play Rasheed's previous game, Liyla & The Shadows of War (rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...)
bsky.app/profile/rash...
Related, I recommend people go play Rasheed's previous game, Liyla & The Shadows of War (rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...)
Friends, an opportunity to help tell the story of Palestinians in the form of a video game.
Rasheed previously did “Liyla and the Shadows of War” which you can play today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liyla_a...
Rasheed previously did “Liyla and the Shadows of War” which you can play today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liyla_a...
November 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Friends, an opportunity to help tell the story of Palestinians in the form of a video game.
Rasheed previously did “Liyla and the Shadows of War” which you can play today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liyla_a...
Rasheed previously did “Liyla and the Shadows of War” which you can play today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liyla_a...
The years after “Liyla and the Shadows Of War” @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social is working on his second game “Dreams on a Pillow” made in Palestine and about Palestine. Share and support ! More info below. <3 #arthousegames #indiedev #AMaze2024
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
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
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The years after “Liyla and the Shadows Of War” @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social is working on his second game “Dreams on a Pillow” made in Palestine and about Palestine. Share and support ! More info below. <3 #arthousegames #indiedev #AMaze2024
The ever-lovely folks over at @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social also covering Dreams on a Pillow. Super grateful for this write-up, too!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the creator of Liyla And The Shadows Of War
Palestinian developer Rasheed Abueideh has announced Dreams On A Pillow, a mixture of stealth-adventure and interactive…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:37 AM
The ever-lovely folks over at @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social also covering Dreams on a Pillow. Super grateful for this write-up, too!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
excited to announce Games & Resistance, a podcast miniseries hosted by @doougle.net and I 🍉
EP1 features @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and his projects Liyla and the Shadows of War, and Dreams on a Pillow.
🎧 games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
🪙 support Rasheed: launchgood.com/1948
EP1 features @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and his projects Liyla and the Shadows of War, and Dreams on a Pillow.
🎧 games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
🪙 support Rasheed: launchgood.com/1948
ANNOUNCING:
Games & Resistance, a new podcast interview miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social and me.
Episode 1, we interview Palestinian game dev @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about his work, including his current project, Dreams on a Pillow
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
Games & Resistance, a new podcast interview miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social and me.
Episode 1, we interview Palestinian game dev @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about his work, including his current project, Dreams on a Pillow
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
01 - Rasheed Abueideh
# Episode 01 - Rasheed Abueideh For our first episode, we talk to Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian software engineer and game designer who lives in the West Bank. We talk to Rasheed about his award-wi...
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co
January 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
excited to announce Games & Resistance, a podcast miniseries hosted by @doougle.net and I 🍉
EP1 features @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and his projects Liyla and the Shadows of War, and Dreams on a Pillow.
🎧 games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
🪙 support Rasheed: launchgood.com/1948
EP1 features @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and his projects Liyla and the Shadows of War, and Dreams on a Pillow.
🎧 games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/0356...
🪙 support Rasheed: launchgood.com/1948
People Make Games made a pro-Palestine video featuring Tamoor Hussain, Rami Ismail and Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh (Liyla and the Shadows of War), and YouTube has Age-Restricted the video. Go watch it: youtu.be/pDB_wYdn5f4
The Games Industry Must Not Stay Silent on Palestine
What's happening in Palestine is wrong. Why won't the video games industry say so?Play Liyla and The Shadows of War: https://rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-an...
youtu.be
November 6, 2023 at 7:50 PM
People Make Games made a pro-Palestine video featuring Tamoor Hussain, Rami Ismail and Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh (Liyla and the Shadows of War), and YouTube has Age-Restricted the video. Go watch it: youtu.be/pDB_wYdn5f4
Vamos falar sobre o game Liyla and the Shadows of War, de 2016. Em que você joga como o pai de Liyla e seu objetivo é proteger sua filha durante um ataque de Israel à faixa de Gaza. Você deve se esconder das bombas, saltar por escombros e fugir. O game usou fotos de guerra (...)
October 18, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Vamos falar sobre o game Liyla and the Shadows of War, de 2016. Em que você joga como o pai de Liyla e seu objetivo é proteger sua filha durante um ataque de Israel à faixa de Gaza. Você deve se esconder das bombas, saltar por escombros e fugir. O game usou fotos de guerra (...)
Rock Paper Shotgun
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the creator of Liyla And The Shadows of War
Palestinian developer Rasheed Abueideh has announced Dreams On A Pillow, a mixture of stealth-adventure and interactive…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Rock Paper Shotgun
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Dreams On A Pillow is a game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
If you want to know why Dreams on a Pillow - a Palestinian-made game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine known as the Nakba, should exist - go scan the comments of the Rock, Paper, Shotgun article.
The game is crowdfunding at launchgood.com/1948
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
The game is crowdfunding at launchgood.com/1948
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
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December 5, 2024 at 1:41 PM
If you want to know why Dreams on a Pillow - a Palestinian-made game about the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine known as the Nakba, should exist - go scan the comments of the Rock, Paper, Shotgun article.
The game is crowdfunding at launchgood.com/1948
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
The game is crowdfunding at launchgood.com/1948
www.rockpapershotgun.com/dreams-on-a-...
Liyla and The shadows of war
1.5M+ download on google play alone
What's really amazing its 5 Stars Game by 56,161 player
1.5M+ download on google play alone
What's really amazing its 5 Stars Game by 56,161 player
August 31, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Liyla and The shadows of war
1.5M+ download on google play alone
What's really amazing its 5 Stars Game by 56,161 player
1.5M+ download on google play alone
What's really amazing its 5 Stars Game by 56,161 player
Salam! The AMA is LIVE! 🎮
I’m on r/gaming right now talking about Dreams on a Pillow, Liyla and the Shadows of War and our vision for the future. Come ask me anything! and bring your Uplifitng vibes with you!
🔗 Join here: www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
I’m on r/gaming right now talking about Dreams on a Pillow, Liyla and the Shadows of War and our vision for the future. Come ask me anything! and bring your Uplifitng vibes with you!
🔗 Join here: www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
From the gaming community on Reddit: Hi, I’m Rasheed, the creator of Liyla and the Shadows of War—a game that Apple famously banned and later reinstated under community pressure. I’m currently working...
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January 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Salam! The AMA is LIVE! 🎮
I’m on r/gaming right now talking about Dreams on a Pillow, Liyla and the Shadows of War and our vision for the future. Come ask me anything! and bring your Uplifitng vibes with you!
🔗 Join here: www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
I’m on r/gaming right now talking about Dreams on a Pillow, Liyla and the Shadows of War and our vision for the future. Come ask me anything! and bring your Uplifitng vibes with you!
🔗 Join here: www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
god damn people make games are being real
The Games Industry Must Not Stay Silent on Palestine
What's happening in Palestine is wrong. Why won't the video games industry say so?Play Liyla and The Shadows of War: https://rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-an...
youtu.be
November 8, 2023 at 2:08 AM
god damn people make games are being real
Dreams on a Pillow announced - a game based on the 1948 Palestinian Nakba.
From the dev behind Liyla & The Shadows of War - the 2016 game about a girl living under the war in Gaza.
Expression and stories like this are important - back it if you can.
(LaunchGood page)
From the dev behind Liyla & The Shadows of War - the 2016 game about a girl living under the war in Gaza.
Expression and stories like this are important - back it if you can.
(LaunchGood page)
November 28, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Dreams on a Pillow announced - a game based on the 1948 Palestinian Nakba.
From the dev behind Liyla & The Shadows of War - the 2016 game about a girl living under the war in Gaza.
Expression and stories like this are important - back it if you can.
(LaunchGood page)
From the dev behind Liyla & The Shadows of War - the 2016 game about a girl living under the war in Gaza.
Expression and stories like this are important - back it if you can.
(LaunchGood page)
I can't emphasize how important it is to support this project. After releasing Liyla and the Shadows of war, I have high hopes for this project. We need diverse more voices in our industry, and this is a topic that needs to be covered.
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
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
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I can't emphasize how important it is to support this project. After releasing Liyla and the Shadows of war, I have high hopes for this project. We need diverse more voices in our industry, and this is a topic that needs to be covered.
A Apple rejeitou a listagem de Liyla and the Shadows of War na sua loja. Contudo, você pode baixar de graça aqui:
rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...
rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...
Liyla and The Shadows Of War by rasheed.abueideh
Game based on actual events, it tells a story of little girl lives in Gaza during the war in 2014. Available for Windows
rasheedabueideh.itch.io
October 18, 2023 at 2:20 PM
A Apple rejeitou a listagem de Liyla and the Shadows of War na sua loja. Contudo, você pode baixar de graça aqui:
rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...
rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-th...
People Make Games has always made incredible documentaries this one is tough but please watch, please listen! youtu.be/pDB_wYdn5f4?...
The Games Industry Must Not Stay Silent on Palestine
What's happening in Palestine is wrong. Why won't the video games industry say so?Play Liyla and The Shadows of War: https://rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-an...
youtu.be
November 24, 2023 at 10:48 PM
People Make Games has always made incredible documentaries this one is tough but please watch, please listen! youtu.be/pDB_wYdn5f4?...
A new video game is being made to tell the story of the Nakba. Dreams on a Pillow is made by Palestinian developer @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social, who previously made Liyla and the Shadows of War.
🧵 of the crowdfunding campaign and more details on the game
🧵 of the crowdfunding campaign and more details on the game
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
A new video game is being made to tell the story of the Nakba. Dreams on a Pillow is made by Palestinian developer @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social, who previously made Liyla and the Shadows of War.
🧵 of the crowdfunding campaign and more details on the game
🧵 of the crowdfunding campaign and more details on the game
Webfishing character WIP of my butch les, Liyla
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November 9, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Webfishing character WIP of my butch les, Liyla
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There was a game developed in 2016 by a Palestinian game developer about the harrowing nightmare that goes on over there.
That game - Liyla and the War of Shadows - is all the more harrowing and important now. Play it. It's free www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/10/now-...
That game - Liyla and the War of Shadows - is all the more harrowing and important now. Play it. It's free www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/10/now-...
Now would be a good time to play Liyla, the game about suffering in Palestine, again – Digitally D...
www.digitallydownloaded.net
October 11, 2023 at 12:25 PM
There was a game developed in 2016 by a Palestinian game developer about the harrowing nightmare that goes on over there.
That game - Liyla and the War of Shadows - is all the more harrowing and important now. Play it. It's free www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/10/now-...
That game - Liyla and the War of Shadows - is all the more harrowing and important now. Play it. It's free www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/10/now-...
Rasheed is an amazingly inspiring individual. A great artist, able to create "Liyla and the Shadows of War," an extremely important and powerful game, with a limited budget and very little time to dedicate to it.
Imagine what he would do with a full budget.
Please consider giving if you can ❤️🇵🇸
Imagine what he would do with a full budget.
Please consider giving if you can ❤️🇵🇸
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
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
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Rasheed is an amazingly inspiring individual. A great artist, able to create "Liyla and the Shadows of War," an extremely important and powerful game, with a limited budget and very little time to dedicate to it.
Imagine what he would do with a full budget.
Please consider giving if you can ❤️🇵🇸
Imagine what he would do with a full budget.
Please consider giving if you can ❤️🇵🇸