Serious Games

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Serious
Games

A serious game uses narrative, rules and interaction to explore a complex situation, test choices and discuss their consequences. Äerdschëff asbl designs these experiences to make the dependencies, collective capacities and trade-offs of the ecological bifurcation tangible and open to discussion.

Ariane, a human adviser to the Prime Minister in the fiction, accessible through an AI interface.Episode 1Horizon 2040Les mille
jours

Episode 1 · Available

Take the mayor’s seat

Play a mayor in a Luxembourg facing a dangerous decline in oil supplies: listen to needs, negotiate an agreement and organise an initial mobility service. Meet the characters again on day 21 to examine the consequences of your choices.

At your own pace · Solo · No account
Talk through the AI interface of Ariane, the Prime Minister’s adviser. Local AI download is selected by default when accepting the terms (290 MB); you can deselect it. After day 21, an optional questionnaire lets you give feedback on the game. It is also available during play.

Discover episode 1 →Catalogue and legacy campaignEpisode guide (PDF)

Discover Horizon 2040 – les mille jours

A fictional decision game about mobility and local cooperation. Dialogue and rules let you explore choices, commitments and their limits. The catalogue also offers the original Thousand Days campaign, with an estimated duration of 90–150 minutes.

Marc and Hannah travel in a four-wheeled electric cycle while a TrainLi crosses the landscape in the distance.

Project 02 · Pre-productionOnly the Sky Is ImpassableA narrative HD-2D adventure in which Marc and Hannah travel through a territory in bifurcation, maintain their light vehicle and connect their journey to the TrainLi network.
The Gardens of M.A.L depicted as an HD-2D permaculture simulation.

Project 03 · In developmentGardens of M.A.LObserve soil, water and seasons, then design a resilient permaculture system capable of regenerating ecosystems and producing food without exhausting the living world.
The Arrow light electric vehicle is assembled in an HD-2D territorial microfactory.

Project 04 · In developmentARROWCreate a company capable of producing an electric, bio-based and repairable light intermediate vehicle. Balance economic viability, materials, maintenance and territorial anchoring.
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