Wonderseed World
An immersive trauma-informed cognitive behavioural gamification programme designed to prevent youth drug initiation and recidivism in the juvenile justice system.
About
Wonderseed World is an innovative immersive programme developed for the Wonderseed Foundation, designed to prevent youth initiation into drugs and reduce recidivism in the juvenile justice system. The programme uses a trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Gamification approach to teach justice-involved youth the tools to identify and express their unmet needs, frustrations, and anger in safe and healthy ways. Structured across 7 weekly modules, each session challenges the player to solve a puzzle – designed in collaboration with psychologists and educational guides. The programme provides tools to overcome societal obstacles and emotional dysregulation through positive communication skills, good decision making, and constructive thought patterns.
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Commissioned by
- Wonderseed Foundation
Funders & co-producers
- National Research Council of Canada
Technology
- Gamification
- Game mechanics applied to non-game contexts to drive engagement.
- Interactive Narrative
- Branching, user-driven story structures built for immersive engagement.
- Cognitive Behavioural Design
- Experiences shaped by behavioural science to support learning and wellbeing.
Team
Sean Thomas Evans
Producer
Nimrod Shanit
Producer
Keren Shanit
Project Manager
Oury Atlan
Creative Director
Jeel Patel
Technical Director
Jumana Saad
Unity Developer
Victoria Freydin
Character Designer
