Houzz-it: A fine example of a South African Serious Game done right – htxt.africa
A conference on Serious Games would be incomplete without an example of a real-life Serious Game that has been done properly.
From the presentation I’ve just seen by Sea Monster’s Jade Mathieson, Houzz-it is that game: it’s a gamified simulation of what it’s like to buy and sell houses with the aim of becoming a property mogul.
It was commissioned by Property Junction with the specific aim of exposing people to some of the realities of buying and selling houses in such a way that it would encourage more people to get involved. But it also needed to give them a taste of the sort of processes and challenges they will encounter in the real world should they decide to go for it.”
