An award-winning game engine for playful SEL

In 2019, the United States National Archives and iThrive Games approached Affordance to develop an innovative game platform. With real-time multiplayer scenarios, each student takes the role of an important stakeholder in the management of a crisis.

iThrive Sim is a gaming platform designed to create, drive, and evaluate engaging learning experiences that cater to users' developmental stages. It provides interactive environments that foster social and emotional skill development.

How do you make critical decisions when time is of the essence and the information you rely on is constantly changing? 

iThrive Sim offers a collection of role-playing games tailored to teenagers' developmental requirements, aiding them in attaining lasting social, emotional, and academic insights. Adolescents possess a distinctive learning profile, with their brains undergoing significant developmental changes. Research indicates that facilitating experiences where they can freely explore, articulate, and engage their strengths contributes to their well-being. iThrive Sim serves as a catalyst for these inquiry-driven, interactive experiences.

Since its launch, iThrive Sim has attracted thousands of young players who have engaged in meaningful compromise, negotiation, and collaboration with their peers to tackle intricate crises and challenging scenarios. Feedback from players highlights how iThrive Sim's interactive experiences facilitate self-awareness, empathy, knowledge acquisition, and the development of social and emotional skills.

High school students act as government officials who must make individual and group decisions during a fictional pandemic through conversations with information constantly coming at you

High school students act as government officials navigating domestic and international crises who must collaborate and use data, primary source documents, and problem-solving skills to chart a path forward

Gameplay in action:

High school students step into a role as a journalist or news editor tasked with digging deep to find credible sources and collaborate with their peers to break the story with accuracy and without bias

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