Digital serious escape games

Digital serious escape games to educate your collaborators on sustainable development issues, corporate well-being and security.

A participative tool encouraging good practice
Alone or in multiple teams of 2 to 6 players, approx. 90 minutes

Credible and convincing
Scenarios inspired by current challenges and real-life events

Collaborative e-learning
Fun, accessible, educational and with high impact

Our games

Food chain

A family sits down for dinner. The food progressively disappears from the plates. A visitor from the future enters the room… Address the issues of the eco-food value chain !

Our planet’s resources are finite, but global warming and the demand for food are increasing all the time. Embark on a journey through time and make the decisions that will ensure sustainable growth. You only have 60 minutes. Will you be up to the challenge?

Players find themselves at the center of the agri-food business. Between colleagues they take decisions that can ensure sustainable growth: intensive or local production, biodiversity, regeneration, labels, meat, fair value creation, packaging, supply chain, marketing, consumption, recycling,…

Our games

Luxury

A diamond theft leads the players into an international investigation. Dive into the complex world of sustainability in the luxury sector !

Whether of certified origin or a synthetic product, a diamond set in a piece of jewellery is the result of several arbitrations to meet the codes of luxury and claim an undisputed limited social and environmental impact.

Players find themselves in a diamond mine and follow the distribution chain to a point of sale in Asia. Together with their colleagues, they will have to face the many challenges that exist within the lifecycle of a luxury product : extraction conditions, human rights, certifications, packaging (eco-design), transport, marketing,…

Our catalogue

Our digital escape games help companies raise employees’ awareness of the behaviours and decisions that promote sustainable development, well-being and security in the workplace.

The A-maze catalogue also includes solutions with other themes

Advantages of gamification

To address the issues of sustainable development, well-being and safety, companies will be confronted with the challenges of training and developing their teams’ skills. Compared to traditional training, gamification has several advantages: it is more fun and engaging, it is logistically simple and reduces costs among others, the recruitment of trainers and travel expenses.

Applied to training, gamification allows the standardization of practices and learning at a large scale and within a short period of time. It helps build a corporate culture and creates bonds within an international team or in a company that has introduced teleworking.

The introduction of gamification within a global training strategy should be seen as a complement rather than an alternative tool. Depending on the themes addressed and the target audience, a more traditional training format involving discussions, group work or shared experiences may remain necessary.

Last but not least, competition encourages participants to excel in order to defeat other teams. It also stimulates collaboration between colleagues. This in turn will increase their commitment during a training course.

About a-Maze

Companies are gradually rethinking their value creation model to ensure a harmonious development for all their employees. To show their commitments, one of their challenges is to promote a change of mindset and behaviours within their own organisations.

The serious escape games developed by a-Maze aim to stimulate new reflexes to support the development of our society. Each experience invites participants to find solutions that will allow them to escape the maze of the game as well as that represented by the challenges we face every day.

dss+ and Voxia communication, both forward-looking companies and recognized influencers have combined their talents and convictions to create a-Maze.

FAQ

What is a-Maze targeted audience?

Companies wishing to educate train their staff in a fast and effective way to meet the challenges of their private or professional environment. Depending on the theme chosen, players will be able to tackle topics as diverse as the eco-food value chain, the journey of a diamond as a luxury good, agribusiness, cybersecurity, gender equality, sustainable finance, sustainable fashion, leadership, fight against corruption and data protection.

Can the scenarios be adapted to my company?

Scripts and enigmas riddles have been created to address universal themes shared by the largest number of companies. The games can be personalised and adapted to the desired themes.

How many participants can play?

The game can be played alone or in teams of 2 to maximum 6 players. Unlimited number of simultaneous players.

How long does a game take?

It takes between 1 ½ and 2 hours to get the most out of the Diamondo and Agrimondo training courses. 5’ beforehand to connect, welcome and brief the participants, 1 hour of play (approximately) and 25’ to debrief and discuss with colleagues.

How can we access the games?

All games can be accessed via major web browsers whether you use a desktop or a laptop computer. A camera and a microphone are required to interact with team mates.

Quotes

"A superb experience in popularizing and raising awareness of the challenges of an ethical industry committed to the ecological struggle. The game is peppered with facts and anecdotes that give a better idea of the needs of the big brands in a fun way."

"a-Maze offers a playful approach to raise the environmental awareness of companies and allows all employees to be informed about the issues around sustainable development."

"The a-Maze experience allowed us to reinforce team building in a friendly way and develop strong synergies between colleagues."

"We have learned a lot about the still underappreciated ecological impact of jewelry production and distribution."

"One of the strengths of a-Maze is that you can collaborate and talk to each other throughout the game, right from the home screen. It's not far from a physical escape game."

"The information content is well integrated into the story and by its repetitive nature but declined in several forms, it stays well in mind. The educational objective in my opinion is well achieved."

"The visual rendering is nice. We don't need big visual effects for this exercise. It's even nice to have a 2D look that allows us to focus on the enigmas and the story and to easily find the important objects."

"The game gave us a comprehensive view of sustainability issues in the field. The quest animated the whole team and it was great fun to reconnect and collaborate with geographically distant colleagues on this occasion."