{"id":53020,"date":"2025-06-18T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/new-game-inspires-young-people-to-start-repairing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:19:00","slug":"new-game-inspires-young-people-to-start-repairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/new-game-inspires-young-people-to-start-repairing\/","title":{"rendered":"New game inspires young people to start repairing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) have created a game for Repair Caf\u00e9 International. Their mission: to show young people that repairing things can be fun and<\/em> meaningful.<\/p>\n

How to make repairing cool for younger generations?<\/h2>\n

Students from the Creative Media & Game Technologies programme wanted to make a real impact on sustainability. That\u2019s why they teamed up with Repair Caf\u00e9 International for their graduation project. After months of hard work, their game Patch-up Planet<\/em><\/a> is ready. The target audience? Teens and young adults. \u201cRight now, most Repair Caf\u00e9 visitors are older,\u201d says student Thomas Bakker. \u201cTo get young people excited about repairing, we tapped into something they already love: gaming!\u201d<\/p>\n

A robot on a repair mission<\/h2>\n

The five-person design team came up with Patch, a curious little exploration robot. Patch lands on a broken-down planet with a mission: help the local inhabitants bring all sorts of damaged objects back to life. His ultimate goal? Repair a giant kettle that supplies hot water to the entire planet.<\/p>\n

The choice of a kettle wasn\u2019t random, explains student Lea Molema. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the more common items brought into Repair Caf\u00e9s.\u201d The game also mirrors real life by highlighting the joy of fixing things together<\/em>. And the sustainable impact is clear: with every successful repair, the once grey planet transforms into lush, vibrant green.<\/p>\n

A playful take on a serious topic<\/h2>\n

\u201cBy letting Patch travel across an entire planet, we show the massive scale of our throwaway culture,\u201d Thomas explains. \u201cWe\u2019re turning a heavy topic into something accessible and enjoyable.\u201d \u201cAnd,\u201d adds Rieneke Post, project supervisor from Repair Caf\u00e9 International, \u201cthe planet\u2019s residents only have one world \u2014 just like us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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