The CHALLENGE

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Students, who begin their college journey at a four-year college or university, fail to return for their second year. At two-year colleges, half of students do not return to complete their degree. 

This is a huge loss.

It’s a loss to the student — sunk cost of tuition and expenses and likely student loan debt. But it is also a loss to a society who needs an educated and highly skilled workforce. ​

These statistics got Dr. Tricia Seifert thinking, “‘how can educators help students learn the habits associated with college success in an engaging way before the consequences are real?”

Games! Dr. Seifert noticed her nieces and nephews played games often. All sorts of games – card games, dice games, video games — and they were learning from game play.

We make games that give students the tools to draft their unique blueprint for success in higher education. Transitions are hard, and there's often no known rule book.

College can feel like a game. There are published rules, like the Student Code of Conduct. But colleges and universities also have ‘house’ rules, often referred to as the “hidden curriculum”. If you do not know that your professor has office hours and actually wants to see you, you may never go. Students may not know the people on campus who are there to help them succeed, like professors, academic advisors and student success coaches.

Success Prints Crash Course demystifies higher education’s “hidden curriculum” and gives players the chance to practice how to ‘do college’ when the consequences are as minimal as ‘game over; play again’.

Developed with Students, for Students