Games and gamification
Digital or analog games and activities designed to promote civic engagement and awareness through play. Many of the digital games are one-off projects, and aren’t maintained over long periods of time (for example, when browsers remove support for Adobe Flash). Gamification seeks to bring elements and mechanics of gameplay to more arduous tasks, like registering to vote.
Suggested reading:
- Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History – A history of board games and the powerful ideologies embedded within them, by Alex Andriesse, Public Domain Review (2019)
- How Minecraft Is Teaching Kids to Face the Threat of Climate Change – A case study of efforts to teach young children in Australia about climate action through the incredibly popular game.
- The gamification of journalism. Anna Thulin looks at how games and gamification can be used in journalism to build audience engagement and loyalty.
Politipoly Board Game
POLITIPOLY is a 10-edition version of a famous real estate board game by artist Guillermo Gutiérrez Arribas.
Fight to Belém
Neste jogo, a democracia foi substituída pela pancada e o voto virou um ataque especial.
The Worldview Upgrader
We can predict what you are wrong about. We have asked thousands of important fact-questions to lots of people and identified the most common misconceptions.
Open Data Board Game
The Open Data Board Game is a board game built around the creation of tools using data.
España en Libertad
Spain's pro-democracy campaign, leveraging digital, influencers, and gaming, to remind the country of its post-Franco freedoms 50 years later.
Civilization V video game mod: Superintelligent AI
Researchers from the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) have released a mod for Civilization V that introduces superintelligent AI into the popular video game.
Subway Builder
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs.
The Howard Dean for Iowa Game
Launched at Christmas 2003 to help Dean supporters understand grassroots outreach and to encourage them to participate in pre-caucus campaigning in Iowa or in their local area. Commissioned by Dean fo...
Starlight Stadium
Starlight Stadium spans four episodes that each tackle a different aspect of the human rights monitoring cycle.
Bad Vaxx
Level up your defenses! Learn to build resistance against manipulation.
Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation
We find that Go Viral!, a novel five-minute browser game, (a) increases the perceived manipulativeness of misinformation about COVID-19, (b) improves people’s attitudinal certainty (confidence) in the...
The cranky uncle game—combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation
Combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation
Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation
We provide initial evidence that people’s ability to spot and resist misinformation improves after gameplay, irrespective of education, age, political ideology, and cognitive style.
Cranky Uncle
The Cranky Uncle game uses cartoons and critical thinking to fight misinformation.
Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation
Our findings suggest that a short, low-cost, gamified intervention can increase resilience to vaccine misinformation.
Sage
Building tools to make sense of the future
Ayeta Digital Rights Toolkit
Games to teach digital rights, including a quiz, password generator, and security goal setting
Anti-ICE protests in Roblox
Roblox players have started conducting virtual I.C.E. immigration raids, sparking anti-virtual-ICE protests in the game
Community Engagement Center
Gamifying Civic Engagement to Rebuild Community Wealth
Democracy Timeline Game
See how well you know Thai democracy
Minesweeper Thailand
Targeting Senators from the NCPO network
City Bus Manager
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager.
Internet Roadtrip
Twitch drives Google Maps
Matteo Menapace
I design seriously cooperative games
ერთიანი სივრცე (United Space)
The application allows you to be involved in the democratic process, vote anonymously, receive government services online, and also become a co-owner of important projects.
Papers, Please
“The concept was inspired by frequent trips through airport immigration and the realization that inspecting documents in a game setting might be fun"
The Best Amendment
It’s an unofficial NRA game that involves tactical shooting and four dimensional thinking.
The Uncensored Library
Censored articles were republished in books within Minecraft, giving readers the chance to inform themselves about the real political situation in their countries and learn the importance of press fre...
Daybreak
Daybreak is a cooperative boardgame about stopping climate change. It presents a hopeful vision of the near future, where you get to build the mind-blowing technologies and resilient societies we need...
Empowered.vote
A non-profit civic platform designed to empower shared solutions.
KI-Kompass Kartenspiel
Findet es im Kartenspiel KI-Kompass heraus! Hier schlüpft ihr in die Rolle von ultimativen KI-Expert*innen und helft Bürger*innen bei ihren Anfragen.
Timeline to a Meltdown
A 2024 Election Simulation Game
Reach
The grassroots organizing app that lets you meet people where they are.
캠페인즈에 뱃지가 생겼어요! (Campaign badges)
Gamification features on the Parti Campaigns platform
MapSwipe
Swipe and tap. Put communities on the map. Help humanitarians find and help vulnerable people.
StreetComplete
This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map.
Mapeo
Mapeo is a free, easy-to-use, open source set of tools for collecting and mapping information. Mapeo was built by Digital Democracy with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental & huma...
MapRoulette
MapRoulette has dozens of mapping Challenges that are created by experienced mappers. Each Challenge is about improving OSM in one very specific way
Gali Fakta
A new kind of media literacy game specifically tailored for an Indonesian audience.
Exploradores da Cidadania
A board game to energize participatory sessions in primary school classrooms, practically exploring various dimensions of citizen participation. Wander down the road of this game and improve your terr...
Embaixadores da Cidadania
Incrições abertas em 08/08 - É um programa de Educação Cidadã que se baseia nos princípios de governo aberto: transparência, prestação de contas, participação cívica, tecnologia e inovação. O objetivo...
Games for the Many
We’re making games to change the face of politics.
Future Perfect
Future Perfect is a live, choose-your-own-adventure game where players join an imagined society called Tomorrowland.
Public Option for AI (PO4AI)
Public Option for AI (PO4AI) is an immersive experience designed for elected officials and city staff to explore how residents’ voices might be centered in decision-making around public-interest techn...
Civic Story
Civic Story, a wacky Civic Education Game.
Digital Safetea
An interactive game presenting scenarios to learn about existing and emerging digital safety issues
Cat Park
A game to arm people against disinformation
Political Arena
Political Arena is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim about American power where no two playthroughs are the same
Stop Your Government
The interactive story game aims to inspire young people to stand for what they believe is right and become active in civil society and non-governmental organizations.
Danes je nov dan
Ljubljana, Slovenia based civic tech NGO, focusing efforts on (digital) political participation, open data, transparency, and public institutional oversight.