Adaptive Planning Game

The Adaptive Planning Game is a completely digital and redesigned version of the original
game “Sustainable Delta”, a serious game combining a computer-based simulation with
board game materials, developed by Deltares. This version of the game is specifically
tailored for the online course ProfEd ‘Adaptive Planning’.

The game is an experience in planning on a large scale over a long period of time. It takes
place in the fictional coastal city of Tainui, which players need to keep safe from flooding,
economically stable and sustainable. Player’s choices will affect the city and the simulation
model which is behind the game.

The original game was played at the table with other participants, so the challenge
for us at the gamelab was to change the game for a singleplayer experience. We used
stakeholders, tutorials, selection screens and a new user interface to make this possible.