Gro Play

As a part of my education at Future Games, I completed an internship at Gro Play from April to November 2021. I later started working here again in August 2022. 

Gro Play is an indie company that makes educational games for children with a focus on STEAM and sustainability. My main project while working here is Grow Planet, with occasional work on translation and coordination for other projects.

Grow Planet

Grow Planet is an educational game for children in grades 1-6. It focuses on teaching children about sustainable practices using STEAM subjects and methods. It is meant to be used in schools as a digital mixed learning environment for teachers to use.

Grow Planet consists of island levels based around certain themes. One focuses on recycling, another on electricity, another on farming, etc. The activities for each level were designed to both place the themes in a practical and worldly context and to fulfil learning goals that connect to the theme in schooling. The result is a mix of narrative, facts, and activities which put these facts into immediate action immediately after the students learn them. This quick application of knowledge allows the children to put the facts in context, making them more concrete, easier to remember, and fun to learn.

The following are some of my responsibilities when working with Grow Planet:

  • Writing documentation.
  • Worldbuilding.
  • Writing narrative, level outline, dialogue.
  • Minigame concepts.
  • Level design.
  • Translation (Swedish to English and vice versa).
  • Educational content and fact checking.
  • Mapping and usage of learning goals in the game.
  • Designing and writing offline materials used to supplement the game during lessons (experiments, fact sheets, class activities).
  • Designing and writing the accompanying LMS for the game (offline materials and game descriptions). 

Marketing

As part of my work with Grow Planet, I take part in marketing it to the international sector. These are some of my responsibilities involved in this:

  • Writing and translating English sales emails.
  • Customer contact.
  • Customer support.