Celebrity Calamity: Our First Game
- “Can I have a copy of the game? Where can I buy it?”
- “I’ve got the hang of it now. I can do this.”
- “I’ve had credit cards for a while now, but I did not know what Annual Percentage Rate (APR) was until now.”
D2D's first prototype financial literacy casual video game, "Celebrity Calamity," is now available and, as the above comments indicate, players have been quite positive about the game.
In this casual video game, players become the financial manager for up and coming celebrities—Alice Albudget, Buster Buyin, and Missy Moolah—who spend beyond their means. Players must effectively use a bank account, debit card, and credit card to be successful. While focused on fun, the game's explicit learning objectives include:
- Paying more than the minimum credit card payment;
- Minimizing credit card finance charges;
- Avoiding all fees including bank overdraft, credit card late payment, and credit card over-limit; and
- Making good annual percentage rate (APR) choices.
Celebrity Calamity also includes a number of implicit learning objectives, such as raising awareness of spending behavior and the value of saving money.
Celebrity Calamity has been made with and for low-to-moderate income (“LMI”) females aged 18 to 32. D2D has created a collaborative game development process that integrates quantitative and qualitative feedback from LMI females into the game design process at key milestones. In addition, D2D aggregated feedback from a group of volunteer advisors that includes professional game designers, financial education academics, and educational gaming experts. This development process represents a significant and scalable innovation itself.
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Buster Buyin