Get a Life

A student’s choices shape their character’s story in Get a Life, a narrative-driven, college- and career-awareness game.

Guide a character from high school graduation to retirement. Decide what interest they will pursue and if they will continue in school. Then, navigate opportunities and obstacles. Balance their comfort, civic involvement, and income to make sure they lead a comfortable, satisfying life.

Dynamic play ensures nearly limitless storylines and outcomes, much like life.

Get a Life is designed and written to teach secondary school students about college and career options and encourage them to have conversations about their futures. By playing Get a Life, students will:

• connect the concepts of college, career, and income;

• understand how salary impacts other aspects of life; and

• consider their comfort and civic involvement when evaluating possible future careers and career clusters.

Students are introduced to a character who has just graduated from high school and is ready to begin adult life.

The character has an expressed interest, an ACT score, and a GPA. Using that information, the student must make choices on the character’s behalf.

Get a Life promotes interest exploration by encouraging students to investigate options outside their comfort zone. In Get a Life, students:

• consider their character’s interests when making decisions, exploring options they may not have otherwise chosen for themselves;

• navigate events that demonstrate how job satisfaction is influenced by factors other than income;

• experience common challenges and setbacks in postsecondary education to gain perspective and discover the resources and support that schools offer to students; and

• manage major- and career-specific decisions that offer insight into the type of work involved with the career field they chose for their character.