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Play Overview
Digital Compass (2015) is an adventure game set in a fictional fantasy town. You choose from a series of eight young characters facing tough decisions about civic life: social media, homework, popularity, sports and romance to name a few.
Play involves selecting one of the characters and making choices to guide them through their digital dilemmas. You make a series of choices that have both obvious and less obvious consequences. Novel for these sorts of games, at any time you can pull up a map of the decisions you have made to trace how things turned out.
Although the game is focused squarely on education rather than entertainment, and older children might find it heavy-handed, the quality of the product makes it stand out. The characters are well fleshed out, the graphics engaging and all the dialogue is fully voiced.
The result is an innovative way for children to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can affect their relationships and futures. The varied story paths and multiple decision points encourage students to play repeatedly in order to explore alternative courses of action.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Digital Compass 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
Play involves selecting one of the characters and making choices to guide them through their digital dilemmas. You make a series of choices that have both obvious and less obvious consequences. Novel for these sorts of games, at any time you can pull up a map of the decisions you have made to trace how things turned out.
Although the game is focused squarely on education rather than entertainment, and older children might find it heavy-handed, the quality of the product makes it stand out. The characters are well fleshed out, the graphics engaging and all the dialogue is fully voiced.
The result is an innovative way for children to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can affect their relationships and futures. The varied story paths and multiple decision points encourage students to play repeatedly in order to explore alternative courses of action.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Digital Compass 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Communication and Narrative game with Puzzle elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: It takes between 5 minutes and 10 minutes to play a round of this game. Each play through takes around 10 minutes, but it's worth playing each story multiple times to see how it plays out. Each character has 9 endings, 23 decision points, 32 paths and 50 stories.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
This game includes adverts on some platforms that are watched to unlock additional content. Note that these adverts are not covered by the age rating and may include older-rated content.
Skill Level
9+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it’s important for parents and guardians to ensure they understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. The simple play and set-up scenarios mean this works well for young players. The skill to play is in understanding the questions and processing implications.
Costs
Digital Compass
This game is free to play, but there are other costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
- Advertising: Smartphone or Tablet version of this game includes adverts. This varies in form but watching ads is often incentivised by unlocking additional content and progress in the game. Note that these are not covered by the age rating and may include older-rated content.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 07/08/2015, updated in 2019
Out Now: Android and Web
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Communication, Narrative and Puzzle
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Developer: Common Sense Ed (@CommonSenseEd)
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